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Hello, I've been shooting with a Shenhao 5x4 for many years and am looking to get a 10x8 camera for making some larger contact prints. I saw this Eastman View Camera No. 2-D camera linked beneath...

Hey, turns from my research and your information that a Hoya R72 58mm filter is the best option, and iv also ordered a bay 50 to 58mm converter for my blad. Thanks for all you guys help, appreciate...

Really useful information! Thanks!

Yeah, I was inaccurate in saying contrast, as iv found out I need a filter for infrared work rather than a standard colour one.

Thats great! Ah yes, the old kodak HIE infrared ghost?

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Was wondering if anybody has any advice for the highest level contrast filter for a 5x4 camera lens? I have never used filters before, the only reason I want one is for doing infrared work...

Hi, was wondering if anyone knows much about redhead lights? I was looking at Ianiros but their a but pricey. I found loads on ebay for a more affordable amount. I dont mean the really cheap ones...

Thank you everyone for your advice!

Right.... I will look into it then, I had always been told that processing anything colour by yourself produced inadequate results.. But anything I do couldn't be worse than the results I got back...

Hmm, I would imagine they would do regular tests with the machine using materials made for testing, I cant remember what their called, the strips you buy to test chemical condition.. I suppose as a...

It is a Linhof Shnieider. I looks pretty intact... The shutter speeds are the older type, as in 50th rather than 60th, 25th instead of 30th ect. I have re-metered for that though..

Had lens serviced, meter works at all other times, also did digital tests to be meter wasnt drastically off, flim loaded into holder the correct way!

Hmm, I suppose a b/w test comparing shutter...

Hi, I am having some problems processing 5x4 slide film. I am not attempting doing it myself, that would be ridiculous! No, I am using a lab to do that. The problem I am having is that my slides...

Thanks, il check those out too. Photography allows for a little more time on each exposure than shooting moving images, so I dont think il have as much difficulty shooting scenes under candlelit as...

Right, thanks for the info, il go with the Symmar!

Hi, just wondering if anyone has any advice on these lenses. I want a 'standard' lens for 5x4, iv been shooting with a wide angle (Nikkor SW 90mm 4.5) but im fed up of the distortion, so I want...

It's spring now, make the most of it before you get the mower out!

This is something im working on at the moment, does anybody else have a similar interest? They dont have to have to be contrasty!

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Thats a good idea, I didnt think of doing that

Hello, I was wondering if anybody could tell me the optimum aperture for printing with a 5x4 enlarger & lens. I know thats not terribly specific, as I do not know the name of my college's enlarger's...

Thats really fantastic.

Ah, I see. Thanks, I will not open the box in the light!

Hello, I need some help with getting the film into the holder. As far as I am aware 5x4 film is in a box which has another layer inside, which opens up to the sleeve the film is in. I was just...

Hello, I just bought a Shen Hao 5x4 camera. I was wondering what others opinions on focusing screens were. I have heard that the Fresnel is much better for looking through, as it allows much more...

Good, thank you. Thanks for the info, the Yashica is a very nice camera!

Hey, thanks a lot for all of the information. Yeah im actually doing the same set up of PanF on a tripod, the photographs from it come out really nice. I decided on going for 5x4 instead of 10x8 as...

Thats great, thanks for all the charts and info, I have more of an idea now. Im not going to be doing anything longer than two seconds, and mostly B=W, so it shouldnt prove too much of an issue. Iv...

Could somebody explain this to me? I understand what it is, increasing exposure times as film does not react to light in the way it was intended to at longer exposures. I looked at Ilford's chart...

Its more a matter of image quality, and to do with how I want to enlarge it, having a larger rectangular format just involves less enlarging than cropping a 6x6 frame

Happy Christmas to you too. I am shooting mostly medium format 6x6 at the moment using a Yashica 124, after shooting 35mm on a Pentax K1000 for the past few years. I know how to develop black and...

Thats great, thanks for the advice everyone, thats given me a better understanding

Thats great, il check the links out, thank you

So it dosnt matter which format you want to use it for? My mother has an enlarger in the attic, she never used it for the larger formats though so I wasnt sure if I could.

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I need an enlarger that is capable of being used for 35mm, 6x6 medium format, and 5x4, 10x8 large format. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am aware I will need different lenses for it,...

Thats great, thanks a lot for all you're advice

Hello, just wondering if somebody could tell me what millimetre numbers are used for the various different focal lengths in large format lenses for 5x4 cameras. As an example, a 50mm lens is the...

Hello, I am looking to move into LF portrait portraiture for the first time. I want to be able to have the camera quite close to the subject, as close as possible, so I was wondering what length of...