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Since no one has responded I will say in my experience, printing pt/pd since the mid 1980s, that there are variables that complicate it. Especially if you mix the two and keep using the same...

It has been a few days now and not one of the Chinese buyers paid. I guess it is some sort of game to win bids. I have written and told them I will report them as non payers, doesn't seem like...

Right right and right. Unfortunately the bids were all from China. Already the buyer of the 135 Planar has declined and asked the sale to be canceled. The buyer of the 75 Biogon will cancel...

Thank you for that link. Sorry for my ignorance. I was given these 3 Linhof lenses to sell and I have never used Linhof.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/31076-REG/Linhof_002431_Heavy_Duty_Cable_Release.html

is this the one?

And if I just take that attachment off, which looks easy, does any cable release...

Does anyone know how you go about using this Linhof Cable release attachment?
Thanks
Dennis Purdy

For many years now for my platinum printing I use 2 sheets of quarter inch plate glass a little larger than my print size (usually 8x10). I put down one sheet of glass, put the coated paper on it...

The definition of leisure class is wealthy with time and money to do whatever they want. Not part of the working classes.

For me photography is a lower middle class pursuit. It would be a totally...

Ok thanks for the thoughts guys. These are Compco brand, obviously for photo use as they have the raised X in the bottom. I do have a process that I use a water bath for and the weight holding the...

Luis, I just got them this morning and I am still thinking it over if and why I would find a use for them.

I was just given three 8x10 stainless steel trays by a photographer friend who works digitally and was cleaning out his closet.

I am just curious if there are people out there who prefer stainless...

I just noticed the other day that B&H in New York sells Beattie bright screens for 4x5. They list it as special order so you might call them and inquire.
Dennis

Yes I have a couple of recessed lens boards on linhof shutters right now with the 250 sonnar and both the other dream team lenses and I don't understand that cable release thing. It seems there is...

You can't help who you love and I do love my 20 years spouse but she is not a visual artist. When trying to respond to my work she is just guessing what her response "should be".
Ultimately she...

When I process my sheet film by hand in pyrocat I always wear powder free food handlers gloves. Partly to keep the chems off my fingers and partly to keep my fingers off my film. The gloves I use...

Well I could do both. Vodka is cheap. I have actually found that vodka is quite a good lens cleaner. It also leaves no residue.

Thanks all for all the advice. I took the front element off and verified that yes indeed the haze is on the inside, so I am waiting to hear back from John Van Stelton about having Focal Point Lens...

Yes that is my thought especially as the Planar is not as good condition as the others.
Dennis

Thanks. It would be difficult to photograph but I will try. I had the same sort of thing with some very old Schneider enlarging lenses. I don't know if it is progressive or how to stop it being...

I have a very nice 135 Planar in a linhof shutter that unfortunately has developed a slight bit of haze apparently on the outside of the front element. It looks like you could just wipe it off. It...

My first 4x5 was an Omega View that looked just like the Toyo here. I found that walking with a case with lenses and film holders and tripod I could go about 50 yards between rest breaks. Luckily...

Good enough is depending on context, but for me in my Pt/Pd printing I jump through several hoops (starting with film exposure and processing) to get the best Dmax I can and the smoothest tones and...

Thanks guys. It is definitely good to get some response. But then I have never responded to any image in this thread though I have looked at all of them. I apologize for not spotting the print...

An 8x10 still life with wire. I've done a bunch of these and call them scribbles
Dennis

A dart board with red safe light on it. I can throw a round of darts while processing a print.

The dart board is on the door to the bathroom... There is a bathroom in my darkroom.. that is...

I sold a Rolleiflex to someone in china. The tracking on the package stopped when it arrived in china. The buyer didn't receive the camera for several days after that and I was getting pretty...

Because I bought the box over 6 months ago. I tend to buy film when I have some spare money rather than when I run out.

I thought I should update my complaint. I decided to pull a couple of sheets out of the middle of the box and got good useable film with both sheets. One of them is arguably flawless and the...

I can write them to lodge a complaint but it is over 6 months since I bought the box of film. I suppose if enough people complain they might discontinue it. I think I will just write a feedback...

I too always wear a glove and never touch the emulsion, or the base for that matter, except at the very edge and usually only the notched edge. I first tried Beutlers developer because I thought the...

I go through a lot of 8x10 film and it has gotten so expensive that I try to find ways to get it cheaper and ways to waste less.
I have gone through several boxes of Arista EDU 100 and 400 and...

I do that as well. It could be partly a matter of having worked with the medium for a few decades till it is very ingrained. I have stood looking at an image I haven't made yet and thinking I will...

I had it pretty bad for a long time, felt like I had been hit on the bottom of the foot with a hammer. I think it has a lot to do with how the shoe fits as well as the support. I finally found...

Cliche' city!

The very best tray for developing 4x5 film is a Pyrex glass bread pan. It is just smaller than 4 inches across at the bottom though wider than that at the top. The film will be held straight in a...

When and why did everyone stop using Hydrochloric Acid for clearing baths? It is what I have used since the mid 80s and at that time was what any platinum printer used. I once gave the EDTA a try...

Sorry I didn't come back to this thread. Turns out even though the lab I talked to told me it is an xtol problem I have since found I have the same problem with Beutlers and D76.
It does look...

I think I figured it out. I went to the local film lab here called "Blue Moon" and they said they get the same thing, only on Hp5, and even worse on 120 film. They have come to the conclusion...

I have a problem processing 8x10 Hp5 that I am clueless about.
First let me say I am not a newbie, I have been processing 8x10 film for 30 years.

I process a variety of 8x10 film. My norm is...

I am an "other" voter. I still shoot 8x10 in my studio/still life work. However I have found 2 disadvantages to 4x5 in landscape. #1 it is hard not to take "stiff" looking photos and #2 it is...