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  1. Re: HC-110 new formula? Any comments on performance?

    I'm no expert in photo chemistry, but I'm using the "new" HC-110 as my primary developer, and so far can see no difference from the old (which I used expensively) in either processing and keeping. ...
  2. Re: What is the best home film scanning workflow if you shoot 4x5, Medium Format, & 1

    In answer to your question, some of us unfortunates are largely restricted to hybrid workflows, often because we no longer have space for a print-capable darkroom. Or perhaps we have family...
  3. Re: What is the best home film scanning workflow if you shoot 4x5, Medium Format, & 1

    Software: VueScan for all formats
    4x5 = Epson 700 w/ supplied holders
    5x7 = Epson 700 with Better Scanning holder, usually wet scans.
    120 = Nikon Coolscan 8000, usually with aftermarket glass...
  4. Re: What Dilution HC-110 Do You Recommend for 4x5 HP5 Portraits? What's The Capacity?

    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Poole View Post
    I meter at 320, expose for detail in the shadows, and use Dilution E (1:47) for 7.5 minutes as 20 C.
    I'd like to see and example if you have one!...
  5. Re: What Dilution HC-110 Do You Recommend for 4x5 HP5 Portraits? What's The Capacity?

    I meter at 320, expose for detail in the shadows, and use Dilution E (1:47) for 7.5 minutes as 20 C.
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    Re: large artifacts on black and white.

    I would argue against its being the MOD 54 holders if they are loaded properly, which takes a little practice and then is simplicity itself (IMHO). I use 30 seconds of rotary agitation using the...
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    Re: The Setup and the Shot

    I like this thread. Please don't be jealous of my elaborate studio.

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52735861765_cec7e97272_b.jpgAPC_2144 by William Poole, on Flickr
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    Re: bag for 4x5 holder?

    +1 for Stone Photo Gear products.
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    Re: post your trees!

    Thanks Gregg and Phillip -- enjoyed your website and Fickr stream.
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    Re: post your trees!

    Thanks, Rick. Appreciated.
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    Re: post your trees!

    Monterey Cypress, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, Moss Beach, CA

    One of my favorite spots out of town.

    Chamonix 45-H1
    150 mm Sironar N
    HP5+
    HC110-E
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    Re: Help with QL45 reel uneven development

    Roger that, William. Whatever works!
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    Re: Help with QL45 reel uneven development

    https://mod54.com/collections/shopmod54/products/mod54-film-processor

    No bands. Once you learn to load em, simplicity itself and great results, at least for me. I have 2 and am contemplating a...
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    Re: Light meter suggestions?

    Depending on the situation and what I have with me, I will use an older Sekonic meter in incident mode, a Reveni Labs spot meter, or the My Lightmeter Pro ap on my phone, which is always with me and...
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    Re: Epson scan v Vuescan v SilverFast 9

    For what it's worth, I have been using VueScan with multiple scanners and multiple film types over many years, and the scans appear and adjust in Lightroom exactly like my digi-original images. I'm...
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    Re: Post Your First Successful LF Picture

    Among the first large-format photos I was happy with. Made the same month I acquired a Deardorff 5x7 as my first large format camera, November 2011. Taken at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss...
  17. Re: Are there planar-type lenses longer than 135mm for large format?

    The f4.5 Tessar have been mentioned as an alternative to the Planars. For what it's worth, I absolutely love the rendering of my 180mm Jena (Zeiss East German) version, which I got from a member...
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    Re: Darkroom vs Scanning

    Every photographer needs to decide for themselves how to produce the work that pleases them based on the tools they have available. In my case, current available tools include a decent 4x5 field...
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    Re: Viewfinder for shooting on a 8X10

    +1
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    Re: Darkroom vs Scanning

    "Words, words, words, I'm so sick of words" - Eliza Doolittle, My Fair Lady.

    But then again: "Art: the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual...
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    Re: Darkroom vs Scanning

    I have blacked out the windows of our small bathroom (thank-you, patient wife) for loading holders and tanks and making small contact prints. I process tanks in daylight in my larger kitchen.
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    Re: Darkroom vs Scanning

    Yikes! I take 10 days away from this very valuable online community and the longest thread on my return is about . . . digital v. analog. It's like I left in 2022 and returned on 2010. I suppose...
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    Re: Still Life 2022

    Thanks, Robert. They were fun to make.
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    Re: Still Life 2022

    I bought the onion green in the spring and have been watching it mature. The dried bromiliad we found on the street. My wife tells me that she bought the ink bottle and used the ink--news to me,...
  25. Thread: Cemeteries

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    Re: Cemeteries

    This cemetery is all that's left of Purissima, California, which maintained an up-and-down existence between the 1860s and the 1930s. Now billed a "Natural Cemetery," its dense poison oak has been...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Like!
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    Re: Old Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles

    Thanks, Roger and Michael. They certainly were mucho automobile.
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    Re: Old Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles

    Cadillac Eldorado, Ferndale, CA, September 2022

    Chamonix 45-H1
    150mm Sironar N
    HP5
    HC110-E

    https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52393356028_07baf5fa75_b.jpgFerndale El Dorado. by William...
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    Re: Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

    Swaybacked building--lumber and hardware store, still in use, Ferndale, California.

    Chamonix 45-H1
    150mm Sironar N, yellow filter
    HP5
    HC110 E


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  30. Re: Please help me identify the source of this light leak on my negatives.

    +1 for developing a sheet directly from the box. Then from that box, or better yet a new one, maybe take a single sheet and leave it naked to your darkened loading area for perhaps 10 times longer...
  31. Thread: Bridges

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    Re: Bridges

    Two from my recent trip to Humboldt County.
    1) Elk River Covered Bridge
    2) Mad River Bridge, now a part of the Hammond Coastal Trail

    Chamonix 45H-1
    150mm Sironar N #1 = Yellow file, #2 =...
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    Re: Portraits from 2022

    These last two are lovely!
  33. Re: Comparing the Reveni Labs Spot Meter To My Minolta F

    Your videos are always fun and informative, Andrew, and I thought this one was fair. I have been using a Reveni Labs Spot Meter for a month or so and generally agree with your assessment. It can be...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Now that's some fancy hybrid work. These photos are gorgeous.
  35. Re: Use of X-ray film: technical discussion with example images

    I don't know about other browsers, but if you are in Safari you can go to VIEW| STATUS BAR to turn on the status bar on the bottom of the screen. Then, when you mouse over a link, the URL appears in...
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    Re: Large Format Landscapes

    Drake's Beach, Point Reyes National Seashore

    This one came out pretty much as I envisioned it, despite a howling wind that kept the dark cloth flapping across the ground glass and constantly...
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    Re: Still Life 2022

    Now dats pretty!
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    Re: Portraits from 2022

    Love 'em both, Alessandro!
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    Re: Old Epson Perfection V700 Photo scanner

    VueScan says it supports Apple silicon. Have been using their software for years, Might be worth a try. https://www.hamrick.com/blog/vuescan-on-apple-silicon.html
  40. Re: Keeping borders square when trimming photos

    I've been using the Dahle 507 "Personal" rotary trimmer to trim prints up to 8x10 for many years. The cutting edge seems to line up square with the guides according to my admittedly inexpensive...
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