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I already have 335mm meniscus lens by Reinhold Schable, I'm not sure I will be able to make my own Wollensack Portrait lens but the article is interesting! Thanks!



These are the exactly...

Hi! I'm going to buy this lens and I'm a little confused with the weight of the lens.
I have been trying to find any info all over the Internet but nothing!
I asked a few ebay sellers who are...

Thanks Steven ! You cleared it up a bit for me.
I'm new to Soft Lenses and I'm just looking for some lens. When I saw Emil's picture I fell in love with this effect of that Wide Angle Landscape with...

Hi Emil , could you help me to find out what Dallmeyer is it?

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=142417&d=1447882685

Is it Dallmeyer Rapid Landscape?
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Thanks! It's located in Pirogov (Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine) it's right in Kiev. There are many such old churches there



Thanks!



Thanks! The film was pushed 3 stops...

https://i.ibb.co/HHrKP4p/church1.jpg

St Paraskeva Church, Ukraine, April 2021
Ancient wooden orthodox church in Pirogovo village near Kiev in Ukraine.
20x24" (50x60cm) gelatin silver print
...

https://i.ibb.co/RvGB378/D35A9307.jpg
8x10 Arista EDU 100
Kodak 305mm portrait lens
20x24" Ilford Art 300

This is what it looks like in real life:
https://i.ibb.co/SRX5CZD/D35-A9307-1.jpg

Thank you guys!



I clamped the leaf between two sheets of glass. The leaf was curved and this way I was able to get sharpness across the entire field. I also got rid of the need to mount the...

A leaf, study 1, 2021
Gelatin silver print 20x24" (50x60cm) Ilford baryta paper
Toned with sepia and selenium.
8x10 Ilford Delta 100, HC110, Rodenstock 210mm

https://i.ibb.co/n89FBgm/a1.jpg
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Thank you!

First frost, Ukraine, December 2020
(50°07'06.7"N 35°13'19.1"E)

20x24 FB Ilford print, shot with 8x10 ArcaSwiss and Kodak tmax 100

https://i.ibb.co/8z06gK4/01-big.jpg
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Thanks!
both on 20x24 inch paper, but the horse I cutted to panorama view



Thanks!
Yes, you are absolutely correct :)
I take a photo of the print with a digital camera, 100mm 2.8 canon macro...

https://i.ibb.co/z5MMJkv/full1.jpg

Somewhere around Paris. January 2020. 35x60cm Ilford FB.
In the cropped image with the horse, you can see its breath. It was morning and the air was cool. The...

https://i.ibb.co/7rcbhf7/oleg4.jpg

France, Villers Cotterets, 2020
20x24” FB print.
At the intersection of the wings you can notice two capital letters, I think it’s the architect’s initials,...

Thank you all for your help! As soon as I have time to check the washer I will write what I've got.

Thanks for advice! Adding height and adding more tube is the easiest way to check it. If it is not working I will change the diameter.



I tried different pressure and the tube fills the same as...

there is a video of the same Kienzle washer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMRVB4rm-p0
I wrote to the owner and he said that he used it just a couple of times and yes, the top of the negative gets...

I bought Kienzle 8x10 film washer and I can't make it work correctly, I mean it should have changed the water like here on video https://youtu.be/lwyHAtxzMpE?t=109 This one looks very similar to...

I have a gelatin silver print and I'd like to increase print contrast. If it's possible of course. (I can't make one more print)

So, I know that its possible to whiten a print using Potassium...

Thank you all for your advice!



Thank you! Very useful information!

Please help with choosing a macro lens for 8x10. I'm choosing between
Rodenstock Macro-Sironar-N 210mm
Rodenstock Apo Macro-Sironar S 180mm
Both lenses are almost the same price.
I know that...

Thanks! I found out that Series9 is 87.3mm
http://prntscr.com/mijsgm
Now I just have to make the right step-up ring to mount my color filters.

Thank you!

Hello everybody. I have the same problem with this lens. I can't understand what the filter thread it is and there is not any shop where I could check it with different filters.
I measure the lens...

I was looking for Fujinon C 600mm F11.5 and the lenses are sold for crazy $8000 on eBay.
Recently I found Chinese brand Kang Rinpoche that produce the same lens and they say the lens is even better...