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    Re: Washing Fiber Prints

    Permawash will reduce wash times dramatically with fiber prints, as will any other sulfite based wash aid. There are many wash aids on the market:

    Arista Hypo Wash
    Clayton Archival Wash...
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    Re: Auto mechanic photography...lighting or retouching?

    Along with careful lighting to bring up shadows in general, it looks likely that a fairly broad light was used for the principal frontal lighting. The heavy retouch makes that just guess since most...
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    Re: Contact printing 8X10 negs

    As far as I can see it, it all depends upon the size of the light source as seen from the printing paper, and also upon the height of the dodging tool. An angularly broad source would force you to...
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    Re: The future of Kodak film?

    I'm usually a big fan and supporter of Kodak, but from what I have heard, they seem not to have consistently given reasonable notice for critical products being discontinued. Perhaps I have read...
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    Re: Contact printing 8X10 negs

    Why not? I can't see why raising a dodging tool a few inches would cause any problem, but maybe I'm missing something. Can you elaborate?
  6. Thread: props to my wife

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    Re: props to my wife

    Talk mike that means it's time to get a couple more freezers....
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    Re: Shooting "at" a Higher ISO

    I once shot something - unintentionally - at some 10,000 or 20,000 or some similarly stupid underexposure. There wasn't a heck of a lot of anything on the neg, let alone shadow detail.
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    Re: Shooting "at" a Higher ISO

    Some developers are better for getting the greatest shadow detail out of a given exposure. Xtol for one. A couple of Crawley's FX series are supposed to get just a little more out of a negative.
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    Re: Shooting "at" a Higher ISO

    A couple of random responses to your queries.

    This is the right forum.

    Any change of exposure will change the amount of information that can be recorded in the deepest shadows. If you have a...
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    Re: How to make a shaved negative carrier for 4x5

    Shaved as in filed open so that the edges of the negative show ala Dianne Arbus?
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    Re: Halcyon superfine grain film developer

    I could have guessed that, had I engaged my brain. I don't know why it didn't occur to me.
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    Re: Halcyon superfine grain film developer

    And why the relatively slight variation between formulas. Which does what best?
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    Re: Halcyon superfine grain film developer

    Are both variants Halcyon and Halcyon R replenishable with same 25 to 50 ml per roll?
  14. Re: choosing a 8x10 BW film for big digital enlargement

    How big are you printing?

    You can't get much better for the combination of grain and reciprocity than the TMAX films and for reciprocity the king is Fuji Acros film.
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    Re: The Sitter Apocalypse

    Best thread here in a long time. Bravo!!!!!
  16. Thread: Making Amidol

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    Re: Making Amidol

    I wonder if putting your powdered amidol in the freezer would be helpful. Lower temperatures seem to retard chemical reactions. I am assuming that the degradation of developing agents - oxidation...
  17. Thread: Any POP available?

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    Re: Any POP available?

    Thanks for that reference. I hadn't seen that company. I immediately passed it along to an interested person who is running out of POP.
  18. Re: First attempt at developing: Can you guess what went wrong?

    Whatever happened, you are almost all the way there. The one half of the image looks quite good.

    If you shoot test rolls or test sheets to work out the kinks in the process, it's less...
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    Re: Killing time during long exposures

    At near the bottom of this long web page: www.fredparker.com/ultexp1.htm there is a very inclusive list of exposures related to the sunny sixteen rule, from extremely bright light to starlit night...
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    Re: Films For Vintage Look

    You beat me to it. That's just what I was thinking.
  21. Re: Cheapest and Best Way for Developing and Printing 8x10s

    Some of the less expensive films often have defects according to postings by people who have used them. I stick to Kodak, Ilford and Fuji for that reason. Economize by making up your own contact...
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    Re: Store film in car trunk

    If the temperatures in your car trunk stay that cold, your film will stay in very good shape. However, if you park your car in the sun, and if the temperature in your trunk goes way up, your film...
  23. Thread: So many variables!

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    Re: So many variables!

    It sounds like you may still be sorting out film processing. If I'm misreading your post, my apologies. But, if you are somewhat new at it, I'd urge you to batch the solving of all your questions...
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    Re: How many uses from chemicals? How to dispose of?

    Purple stains on TMax films indicate too little fixing and/or too little washing. Tmax films both require stronger fixers, and use up those fixers faster than old style film. I have had good...
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    Re: How many uses from chemicals? How to dispose of?

    There are no "one - size - fits - all" answers too your questions. Depends upon which type of chemical (developer, stop, fix, hypo clearing agent, toner, etc, at what dilution, how much film or...
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    Re: nitrogen burst development tank (building your own)

    The basic reason for NB agitation has less to do with minimizing oxidation than having fast, efficient, repeatable, automated agitation. Whatever reduced oxidation that may happen is a side benefit.
  27. Thread: Getting Clean Negs

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    Re: Getting Clean Negs

    Dump the photo flo after each session. No sense adding crud after all the washing's done. Photo flo's too cheap to worry about. I just use a half capful for a small tank and more for larger...
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    Re: Rosy Products Print Washer

    I too have just bought a rosy products washer. It just arrived and is a thing of beauty. Haven't had a chance to test it out yet, but it's made very well and I am very happy with it. A gold...
  29. Thread: Help Diagnose leak

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    Re: Help Diagnose leak

    It's all too easy to pull the film holder away from the camera back a little when withdrawing the dark slide. I try to press in a bit to keep the film holder firmly in contact with the body of the...
  30. Re: B&W print quality: What was Karsh's darkroom and finishing technique?

    Dead ordinary film and processing. No magic bullets. Good lighting, appropriate exposure, and his portrait skills are what made a Karsh a Karsh.
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    Re: 8x10 Kodak TMax-400 going to be discontinued??

    Dealers seem to have a way of saying something is discontinued when they themselves just can't be bothered or when the supply chain can't be bothered. Happens over and over. Rumors about...
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    Re: I Want Kodak 8x10 B&W Film in Larger Boxes

    I'd really like to see 25 or 50 or 100 sheet boxes of 8x10. I appreciate that Kodak is under terrible pressure and that any decision on large film will leave someone unhappy, but if they read...
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    Re: Alternate Contact Printing Lights

    When you use the word alternate, it brings up the possibility you are talking about alternative processes. But, then again, maybe not.

    Are you referring to making ordinary contact sheets with...
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    Re: Washing print without running water?

    The only item you and yours need to handle differently is used - silver laden - fixer. The wash water is so dilute it does not matter. The fixer by contrast has a high concentration of silver and...
  35. Thread: Squeegee board Tips

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    Re: Squeegee board Tips

    Why fix it permanently. Set it up to be removable so you only have it there when needed.
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    Re: Darkroom Chem. Pot of Gold !!

    You could sell the big packs off to a photo class. They have to buy big boxes of chems. Maybe they could pay you a discounted amount that you could then use to buy more reasonable package sizes...
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    Re: Developer for Portraits

    Jay,

    We have related but distinct points. Before all else I'm concerned about a tendency to define the range of acceptable photographic solutions too narrowly.

    What I'll call a purist...
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    Re: Developer for Portraits

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    Isn't it possible these opinions are based on one aesthetic viewpoint? Not a bad viewpoint, but just one of many creative possibilities.

    I'm thinking back to some...
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    Re: Paper negatives - contrast control?

    There are a couple of ways to lessen contrast. No reason you couldn't preflash the paper to get the highlights to show. There are a number of threads on flashing paper. That's maybe the first...
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    Re: Well water for film & print

    This has been a good discussion here.

    The concerns expressed about selenium toner disposal could be addressed to a very large extent by how one uses selenium toner. I'm mostly referring to Kodak...
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