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    Re: Has Digital Changed Darkroom Printing?

    For me good landscape photography conveys an emotional response to the natural world. A lot of modern landscape photography is more like an over-intricate guitar solo, technically brilliant but loses...
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    Re: Fomapan filter factors ?

    I don't have any practical experience of Fomapan 200 but judging by the data sheet it is less sensitive to blue light than to red light. In practical terms that seems to mean it behaves as if it has...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53545922422_ef1027cb98_c.jpgStunted Oak, Chichester Harbour by Toby Key, on Flickr

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53547760854_32ea35a985_c.jpgSalterns...
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    Re: Post your churches

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53480284070_c096874ab8_c.jpgSt Mary the Virgin, North Stoke, West Sussex by Toby Key, on Flickr

    This church dates from 1180 if you look at the right of the...
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    Re: Post your churches

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53478709158_c2a140c9ee_c.jpgOld Bedham Church by Toby Key, on Flickr

    Bedham Church was built in 1880 and served as both a village school and a church. The...
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    Re: Portraits from 2023

    Just trying to get back in the swing of things.

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53357770834_e46c0eea07_c.jpgCourtney by Toby Key, on Flickr
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    Re: 8x10 monorail conversion - bad idea?

    I have used a manfrotto super clamp as a supplementary monorail clamp in the past, you can also buy wedges so it will clamp to different shaped services. Certainly strong enough for the job, cheap...
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    Re: Lightweight 4x5 with good movements?

    I started my large format journey with a Toyo monorail and went to a Wista 45DX for field work. I have never really run into the issue of lack of movements, for rise/fall you can always raise or...
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    Re: What's going to become of photography?

    As I understand it AI created work doesn't or can't have copyright, so it is going to have some serious limitations if you want to earn a living that way. As per usual it seems like an idea that will...
  10. Re: Focusing loupe - which one do you recommend

    I have the same loupe but it's Nikon branded!
  11. Re: Alys Tomlinson—Large Format Photographer

    I saw Ex Voto when it was exhibited at my local cathedral. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. The main portrait that lead the exhibition wasn't 'quite' sharp when enlarged and you could see...
  12. Re: Alys Tomlinson—Large Format Photographer

    I saw Ex Voto when it was exhibited at my local cathedral. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. The main portrait that lead the exhibition wasn't 'quite' sharp when enlarged and you could see...
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    Re: Best choice portrait BW film

    Personally I would recommend Ilford HP5+ as it is a better all rounder and you would need much less flash power in the studio. It also gives you relatively fast shutter speeds outdoors in shady...
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    Re: Anyone want to diagnose this negative?

    Whenever I have used that combination I have used HC110 at a higher dilution so you get a development time around 10mins. That would hold back the highlights a bit, as the developer would start to...
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    Re: post your Architecture photographs!

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52408643842_4a18dc195a_b.jpgSt Michael's Up Marden by Toby Key, on Flickr

    A tiny 12th century drover's church tucked away in the south downs. A range of hills...
  16. Re: Schneider Super-Angulon 75mm and Vignetting on 4x5?

    When I use my 75mm I find it helps to look at the ground glass at an angle when you are checking the corners. Line you eyes up with where the light is coming from if that makes sense. I piece the...
  17. Re: Schneider Super-Angulon 75mm and Vignetting on 4x5?

    I have just been working on this image I shot with my 75mm Super Angulon 5.6 hopefully this is a useful reference. This was shot with about 10mm of rise so any vignetting would be more obvious at the...
  18. Re: Aperture used for portrait - What do you think?

    This is one of my images so I can let you know a little bit more about the choices I made. I shot this on a local beach and there was a slight breeze so I was trying to keep the shutter speed up a...
  19. Re: Please help me identify the source of this light leak on my negatives.

    Is it possible you have a bad light trap in one or more of your holders?

    That would account for the random nature of the leaks as it would only happen when you use one particular side of one...
  20. Re: Rear lens cap size for Fujinon NW 125mm

    I have that lens. The original rear cap is marked inside as 39mm so I can only assume that the size goes by the filter thread. I have measured it and it is 41mm across as you have said.
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    Re: What film to use for first test shots

    I would use a film you already have experience with. Otherwise you are testing a film and a camera at the same time. If you use a new film and the exposure seems off how will you know if it's the...
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    Re: Negative Dark Patches

    On the second image it looks like a light leak in the middle but that hard line on the each edge looks like an internal reflection being partially blocked by the holder, although it could be a very...
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    Re: 180mm for Portraiture

    I don't know if if is the same sort of thing at all, but have you thought about getting a couple of the more subtle tiffen pro mist filters? There are digital photographers who use the just to take...
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    Re: HP Combi-Plan 4x5 tank and agitation

    The way I have seen it done is by filling the tank with developer and then loading it in darkness, putting the lid on and then continuing in the light with normal agitation. Repeat for each step....
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    Re: Where’s all my zone system experts??

    Personally I don't think you have to worry about the minutiae of the zone system with modern black and white emulsions. All I do with black and white film is spot meter the deepest shadow I want...
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    Re: Dark spots of film

    They look like air bubbles formed on the film during developing to me.
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    Re: Blurry Focus on 4x5 Portraits

    I would shoot at least one sheet of film at a test target to check the ground glass is aligned properly. If you don't have a test target shooting something like a letter at 45 degrees will work....
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    Re: Cheap 4X5 Cameras are Everywhere

    The market is a peculiar thing. I have a Toyo 45C and a Wista 45DX. The Wista was four times the price of the Toyo. Portability aside, the Toyo is a better camera in every respect. It also came with...
  29. Re: Is it .27 or .30 when figuring out a focal length - Which one do you use?

    I don't think it's worth obsessing about really. Most people would agree that 150mm is the defacto 'standard' lens for 4x5 90mm is the most commonly used wide, and 210mm the favourite portrait lens....
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    Re: Custom Bellows question

    You aren't going to get better bellows than Keith's so the question is moot. I would just wrap the camera in a decent dark cloth to be sure.
  31. Re: Safe/Legitimate Resource for Nude Models - LF Project

    I wouldn't necessarily write off modelling sites. They are a bit like buying on ebay. You have to do your research, but busy, professional independent models will be there and are usually on...
  32. Re: How many film holders do you bring for a day out?

    It really depends on what I am shooting. I have a separate bag that holds about 15 holders plus my lesser used filters and back up bits and pieces. If I am shooting portraits I carry it with me. I...
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    Re: Fujinon 125mm f/5.6 W (old version)

    I have the 125mm 5.6 W but I think it is a newer (80's?) version with EBC coating. Its lettering is on the outside of the lens barrel. I really like the focal length and use it next to a 210mm APO...
  34. Re: Scanning Provia/transparencies with a digital camera: ICC profiling?

    Are you blocking off absolutely all extraneous light from the LED panel? I have a pixelatr film holder which I place over a light panel. I have found that if I take the bellows from my old monorail...
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    Re: Focus accuracy issue with Intrepid 8x10

    I guess the two questions I would ask is just how accurate is the CNC manufacturing process and what QC checks are undertaken once assembly is complete? Accuracy costs money of course and these...
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    Re: Focus accuracy issue with Intrepid 8x10

    Perhaps this is a stupid idea, but have you tried inserting and removing a film holder then re-checking focus? Just wondering if the camera might be moving when you are loading the holder.

    Also...
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    Re: Hello From The UK (West Sussex)

    Welcome to the wonderful/frustrating* world of large format photography!

    *delete as applicable
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    Re: Portraits from 2021

    This is from a shoot I did a couple of months ago, just got the colour film back from the lab

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51635737565_9e8d73d1db_z.jpgTrain to nowhere II by Toby Key, on...
  39. Re: Marketing Platinum Portraits in 11x14 , Is this posible and then How?

    The marketing hook for this is taking people's photo with a ULF camera. You are selling an experience and that is the crucial part of it, not any of the method that happens behind closed doors. I...
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    Re: Help identify cloud-like artifacts on film

    Happy to help. Good to see my memory is still more or less working!
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