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    Re: Wet Plate for Architectural & Portrait

    Don't forget that wet collodion is messy; silver nitrate stains everything, even very diluted and is transparent before it does so*... It's also pretty toxic and dangerous: one tiny drop in your eye...
  2. Thread: People

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    Re: People

    Reminds me of this one:
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  3. Re: Older Arca ball head, anyone know if the camera platform is removable?

    I have one like Conrad depicts, If you look through the bottom socket of the head, you can see the bolt that holds the upper plate. If my memory serves me well, you can access it with an allen...
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    Re: ultrafine multigrade filter set

    Shortest and best explanation I have ever read of multigrade system, thanks !
    Andreas
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    Re: should I chuck my Epson Stylus Pro 3880

    Hi Sandy,
    Here is a page on the InkjetMall forum where I and some other have posted the procedure (nearly ten years ago).
    You will also need a service manual. Once the covers are removed, you...
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    Re: should I chuck my Epson Stylus Pro 3880

    I have several 3880. Original cartridges have been modified so that I can reset the chip and fill them up with Cone inks (or Epson inks from larger cartridges). Same thing for the maintenance tank,...
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    Re: Dry Mount Press Cover?

    My scanner (V750), printer (3880) and screen (CG243) all have dust covers (double sided quilted black nylon) from Digital Decks Covers. I even have one for my keyboard (no idea why I ordered this...
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    Re: New printer - Epson ??

    The 38** printers are really well made in my opinion (I have four of them), but you need to get your hands dirty and forget about the manufacturer's help (besides the service manual Epson generously...
  9. Re: Are slower films more contrasty or less contrasty than faster ASA films ?

    Development of course influences the contrast and the grain. But if it did everything, we would be just happy with a single film and a range of developers.
    The film emulsion has by itself some...
  10. Re: Polaroid 545 Pro filmholder - who knows this type?

    Yep, the buttons let you select the type of film and the corresponding development time.
    I bought a bunch of Type 56 (sepia) film when Polaroid went out of business.
    Unfortunately, the developing...
  11. Re: Are slower films more contrasty or less contrasty than faster ASA films ?

    If my memory serves me well, slow films have a thinner emulsion, fast films a thicker one. The ability to record a large range of densities is in function of that thickness, therefore HP5 can handle...
  12. Re: Epson R2400 printing issues after long idle period

    I use a couple of old Epson 3880.
    They do their job to my satisfaction, but this only after I learned how to re-fill OEM cartridges an reset their chip, take apart the capping station and change...
  13. Re: Swiss photographers! Are there any shops that sell 4x5" film in Zürich?

    Hi Marc,
    I would go the other way around: look for a professional lab and ask them where film is available.
    Save your undevelopped film one trip and get back home with your results.
    Best
    Andreas
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    I agree Bernice.

    Reliability of the strobes was one thing, standardization was another one. In the photo-advertising environment I was active in, photographers often lent their gear to each other;...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Hi Williaty

    I agree that it is not an obvious question. The 8 kw/s head plugged on a single 4 kw/s generator (it doesn't matter if I plug in both or just a single cable) produces less light than...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Thanks for you thoughts Bernice,
    I did the experiment again using a standard reflector.
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    Results are similar; a lamp with"U" shaped flash tubes produces between one third and half a stop...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Hi Bernice,
    I just tested my generators and lamp heads. Using an almost perfectly clear tube on an S4000 head (4000 w/s), I get an f45 2/3 at 2.7m from each of my 404 generators (fiver of them, all...
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    Thanks for your reply Bernice. Each of the 404 packs seem to deliver the right power into any T4 head. The X8 /X8000 come from two different sources, one has quite dark tubes, the other pretty clear....
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    Re: Broncolor Flash Pack Bonanza

    I have a couple of Elinchrom X8000 (with 4 generators). They actually only bring half a stop more than the T4 (4000 W/s) heads. Cost an arm and a leg back in the 80's. They were used to photograph...
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    Re: Anyone want to diagnose this negative?

    A reflector seems to be a good advice. I never had satisfactory results when exposing 400iso BW negative at the original rating. 200 to 320 and under-developing works better for me (expose for the...
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    Re: Wet Plate Collodion questions answered here.

    Hi Anne,
    I made my first silver tank with dark red plexiglass. Unfortunately I found out that the stuff is pretty transparent to UV light and I fogged many plates before switching to a black tank. I...
  22. Re: Marketing Platinum Portraits in 11x14 , Is this posible and then How?

    Thanks a lot Michael. I use potassium nitrate as well, for the same reason you mention. I will try to dilute the developer along your suggestion.
    Here something you can find in the Alps (some...
  23. Re: Marketing Platinum Portraits in 11x14 , Is this posible and then How?

    Michael, this is a beautiful plate.
    I can't keep noticing how even your development is. Are you using sugar ?
    Would you care to share with us your developer/development technique ?
    (might be worth...
  24. Re: I Built Myself a 16×20-Inch Camera in 10 Hours

    Great skills, both as artist and in handywork.
    The faucet comment should appeal to anyone who has ever "messed" with silver nitrate.
    Andreas
  25. Re: I Built Myself a 16×20-Inch Camera in 10 Hours

    Seemed a good idea until my better half saw the faucet
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    Re: Elinchrom 404, Rebuild

    Bernice is spot on. Without the "snail" setting, I would blow out my fuses each time I fire the 5x 404 generators for collodion pictures . Try to shoot a group portrait at 1 ISO at F 16 with lights...
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    Re: Elinchrom 404, Rebuild

    A few thoughts:
    Two 404's with a twin 8000 w/sec head do not seem to be an f-stop brighter than a single 404 with a 4000 w/sec head (closer to 1/2 f-stop). Might be specific to my rig though.
    The...
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    Re: Elinchrom 404, Rebuild

    I have several of these with 8000w heads. Ideal for wetplate and needed when using modifiers.
    Servicing them is not for the faint of heart, the capacitors can kill easily.
    If my memory serves me...
  29. Thread: Drying Clips

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    Re: Drying Clips

    When I started my photographer's apprenticeship some fourty years ago, I was told to use these:
    https://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/180748564109-0-1/s-l1000.jpg
    Never lost a negative with them; just...
  30. Re: Why would someone cut out the core of a film back?

    Consider yourself lucky !
    That is how I modified one of my own 5x7 holders for wet plate.
    It is pretty tricky, but when done well, you get to load plates that have the exact same size as 5x7 film....
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    Re: LED light recommendations for dark box

    Mine comes from Italy, amazingly bright (yellow).
    Never fogged a plate, runs from a usb powerbank.
    On the auction site, user "vendoesvendotutto"
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    Re: How many film holders?

    I used to have many Fidelity, Sinar or Linhof holders.
    Although doing mostly group portraits, I never needed more than three 5x7 holders for the TMY film.
    There was never time to shoot more....
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    Re: November Portraits

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    5x7 wet plate, lithium/amonium salts
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    Re: August Portraits

    Thanks !
    Done last Sunday, fresh lithum and amonium salts.
    The studio strobes are pretty old though...
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    Re: August Portraits

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    Neighbor kid, 5x7 wetplate
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    Re: Should there be a Wet Plate subforum?

    1) Methylene chloride works best for assembling silver and fixer tanks.
    2) Red plexiglass is not opaque to UV light.
    3) Silver nitrate stains puts your eyesight and your mariage at risk.

    I am...
  37. Re: how to avoid the lens shade / compendium in the image

    This is one of the reasons many groundglasses are clipped at the corner; the aerial image tells you if movements are too extreme (not all blades of the diaphragm are visible) or if the shade is in...
  38. Poll: Re: Poll: Tmax400 (TMY-2) vs Tri-X Pro (320TXP), which do you favor more?

    TXP, since TMY is not available in 5x7
  39. Re: new Epson 3880 for B&W Cone conversion when new?

    Install new dampers every 2 years to avoid cross-contamination and make it a ritual to shake your cartridges every Monday morning at 9:00
    Otherwise your prints will become darker and darker, due to...
  40. Re: Technika owners -- do you use the rear movements?

    Technikas are great cameras. But their rear movements are a pain. If you ever used an assymetric back (such as a Sinar P or an Ebony "U" series) going back to front movements will be hard. These...
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