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    Re: Era, Shanghai, or something else?

    I just added a few minutes to the time in the developer. The normal time in Bath A is 5 or 6 minutes -- for 400 I leave it over 10 minutes. The neg is more contrasty, as expected, but it still...
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    Re: Era, Shanghai, or something else?

    In my experience Shanghai behaves almost exactly as fp4 for time, reciprocity and such. I was also able to push it to 400 fairly easily in Barry's 2 baths (Metol)
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    Re: Anti-Newton Ring Glass??!!?!

    Hmm having the emulsion up doesn't make much sense. It should be down, toward the lens; otherwise you are scanning thru the film base.
    I scan the same way as Daniel, using run of the mill window...
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    Re: Chamonix Reflex Viewer

    I used a crown graphic for a long time before I got the Chamonix, and I was happy with the folding hood for 95% of my shots. Including precise focussing! You just can't beat the compact size of that.
  5. Thread: 8x10 E6, UK

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    Re: 8x10 E6, UK

    Ah, thanks Joanna, but a company that requires me to register by filling a page of personal data to access their product & price list is not going to get anything from me :/
  6. Thread: 8x10 E6, UK

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    8x10 E6, UK

    I've decided to treat myself to my first box of Provia 8x10, for getting the autumn colors in /big/ format this year.
    Anyone shoots 8x10 E6 in the UK ? Where do you buy the film, and get it...
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    Re: Forum Change Announcement

    I agree with the closure of lounge. This is not a "free speech" forum, it is a privately held set of pages with someone paying for it to host LF discussions. If one is invited to someone place, you...
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    Re: Lodima Fine Art Paper

    I grabbed a box too; to be shipped to the UK. I have never used anything like that paper, so it will be a new experience :D
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    Re: Chamonix website up and running

    I loved that bit. "Picture Frame" on mines -- which is, literally, entirely and totally 100% true :)
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    Re: wide angle, telelens for 8 x 10

    I used a Sinaron 300mm for some time, and now I only use the Sinaron 240mm f5.6. It's just wide enough to be wide, and not wide enough to "stretch corners". And since these lens are giganormous, I...
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    Re: Turn your Mac into a Light Table

    I always use a TextEdit blank window in the bottom right corner of the screen, I put my 4x5 tranny over it and I can color-correct the scan in the 'real' window with the real 'proof' alongside.
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    Re: 203mm Ektar f7.7 vs modern APO Plasmats for color

    These coated Ektar are all post-war, and there are a gazillion wartime 4x5 Ektachrome still in existence today (many have been added to Flikr the last few months) And "color correction" have been...
  13. Re: Could night vision gear be used for loading film?

    it is pretty straightforward to replace the 850nm LED of the Viper illuminator with a 940nm one; that one is 1) a lot less 'bright' 2) even less likely to cause fogging.
    You can also buy a LED based...
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    Re: July batch Chamonix 45N-1 changed the design ?!

    I think the dots could be great because you can realign the standard when at the back of the camera -- feel them with your fingers. I modded my 45N-1 to have 'touchable' marks on the front standard...
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    Re: shanghai and other cheap film ...

    Hmm I'm sorry to get back to the topic here...

    I tried in 4x5 the ERA and the Shanghai. The ERA is worthless, the base is thin and the film has a curl to it... it also floats in the Paterson tank...
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    Re: Chamonix 20x24 convertible is here.

    Oh no ! They mounted the LCD upside down !! typical "made in china" carelessness !

    :D

    /me with the cute, wonderfully finished, tiny 45N-1 :D
  17. Thread: Gnassgear ripoff

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    Re: Gnassgear ripoff

    Thanks Dave, got the notice etc. Note that I wasn't particularly pushy on you -- as I said, I just can't be the one to throw the first tone on this topic --; I waited about 6 months to get my first...
  18. Thread: Gnassgear ripoff

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    Re: Gnassgear ripoff

    Well, I only lost $37.90 to Dave Parker's business, and I've been out on the internet long enough to have to snigger cruelly when I read personal stories about sellers failing to deliver the goods.
    ...
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    Re: Paterson Orbital processor vs Combi.....

    I use the Orbital as well; I gouged the bottom of mine with a screwdriver to prevent the film from sticking to the bottom (it /will/ !).
    It's /great/ for 4x5 sheets; you can use it with 150ml of...
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    Re: Shanghai 100 in Xtol?

    Maybe it had changed recently (I have stocks) but Shanghai 100 in sheet is completely different from the Shanghai GP3 in 120. The sheets are fantastic, I shot several hundreds over the last year and...
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    Re: Loading film; how dark is dark enough?

    I think that closing your eyes prevents your eyes to get accustomed to the dark and 'see' light leaks. Also I find that having my eyes open helps with my 'localization' sense; I can reach stuff...
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    Open vs Closed tray

    So far I have developed most of my film (4x5, and 8x10) in a Paterson Orbital daylight tank. It works great for 4x5, a bit more tough for 8x10 but overall the development times I get are consistent. ...
  23. Re: Lens moisture affecting internal elements caused during shipping???

    Now that you mention it Songyun, and looking at the picture closer; it looks like fog/and/or separation. I have seen a 300mm f5.6 Symmar S with the same (?) problem, and it wasn't humidity.
    It was...
  24. Re: Lens moisture affecting internal elements caused during shipping???

    Pack it in a sealed ziplock with a handful of Silica Gel bags. And be patient. Not much else to do really...
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    Re: Large format processing labs UK / Ireland

    I've read that Peak Imaging does 8x10 E6 too, I didn't find it on their website tho....
  26. Re: All Good Things Come to an End - Black and White Photography Magazine (UK)

    Comes first here with "ag photo mag"
  27. Re: All Good Things Come to an End - Black and White Photography Magazine (UK)

    I wonder why I don't see any mention of "AG" here. It's /the/ best photography magazine bar none. Printed like a book, on proper paper, square format, /excellent/ printings of photographs and the...
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    Re: Chamonix 5×8 camera - first impressions

    Is anyone aware about the possibility to get 8x5 E6 processed ? That could make it a rather interesting as a format!
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    Re: 8x10 Fresnel/GG combo ?

    I just tried a cheapo (£3.50) 8x10 reading fresnel, and it does make a hell of a difference ! At about 20cm, I can see the whole of the frame, instead of having to do the 'head dance'. I think a...
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    Re: 8x10 Fresnel/GG combo ?

    $158 + $28 postage (+ duty + 17.5% VAT) I think I'll try to $10 'reading' fresnel first.

    I couldn't find a webshop for maxwell, nor a list of prices.. Anyone found their homepage ?

    I already...
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    8x10 Fresnel/GG combo ?

    I have a tachinara 8x10, and the original screeen/fresnel were obviously cleaned a bit too enthusiastically, so now it is too 'transparent' and I see double images.

    I replaced the lot with a nice...
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    Re: New Azo, M&P Amidol, and water bath

    Hmm 'new' Azo ? I never tried it, when I got interested the word was that it was no longer available... Is it available 'new' again ?
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    Re: OT:new Fuji MF camera

    No, it's why the topic says "OT".
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    Re: OT:new Fuji MF camera

    I always have a couple of folders in the bag. Super Isolette & Iskra for 6x6, and Super Ikonta & Moskva for 6x9. You can have them loaded with different film and pick the one you fancy for the day,...
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    Re: OT:new Fuji MF camera

    The new camera is a 6x7 rangefinder folder. Built in meter etc. Leaf shutter, f3.5 lens. A few pictures of it are floating on the net.

    If they price it reasonably, it might convince quite a few...
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    Re: Wide F***ing Open!

    Tachihara 8x10, Sinaron S 300mm f5.6, 1/15s @ f5.6. Film is Fortepan 200 shot at 100.
    (Sorry for the dirty scan)
    http://oomz.net/scaled/tachi-forte200-348-wop.jpg
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    Re: Sony Artisan mac drivers ?

    hey, funny that, I did the installer for that driver, way, WAY back :D

    buze, mac developer in disguise.
  38. Thread: plexiglass GG?

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    Re: plexiglass GG?

    Take a CD case, and sandpaper it with the smallest sandpaper you can find. Works great!
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    Poll: Re: Ilford Delta 400 in sheet film. Survey of interes.

    I found that Delta 400 was very easy to scan too; somehow. I get better tonal range in the histogram than almost any other film (ie wideness of the histogram). Might be the color of the base, I don't...
  40. Re: Good, sharp, cheapish portrait lens, for 4x5 crown graphic

    Forget about the 300mm f5.6 Symmar S. It's /gigantic/ ! The poor crown will fold over backward :D
    I think the limit for reasonable close focus is the 240mm, or a telephoto.
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