That's great to hear, Daniel!
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That's great to hear, Daniel!
This is why we might think twice before being too negative about new large format products. The truth is, there have always been problems. The most expensive camera I ever bought new, a Wisner...
Terrific stuff, Scott!
Take apart. Clean. Lube. I've done that on my 1570M, and it's much smoother now. I used Super Lube. A few years ago, I gave Joe's Lubricants a try, as Right Right Stuff recommended it, but the...
DS-10
fine grain film developer
Water 750 ml
Dimezone S 0.15 g
Ascorbic Acid 8 g
Boric Acid 4 g
Salicylic Acid 1 g
Sodium Sulfite (anhydrous) 75 g
Triethanolamine 99% 10 ml
My laptop has 32 gig of ram and decent ssd drives. Those make the biggest difference in my experience. It's an Eluktronics RP-17. It's not fancy, but it's fast and affordable.
I'm pretty tired, and so I only skimmed your post. Are your density values net densities, i.e. minus film base plus fog? If not, then they should be. My experience is that a Zone I net density of...
Always try what you have. That way you have a baseline of quality, and you can judge if it's good enough for you. I did a lot of scanning at 1x....but that was 7 years ago with a low res camera. ...
240mm Germinar-W
That's really good, Bryan!
According to Kodak, using Tmax developer in a Jobo can lead to dichroic fog. That's why they recommended Tmax RS. If you don't have any fog, well, no worries.
Thanks! Sophia is 15 now. She's currently making cookies. :)
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Merry Christmas!
Piano tuning! One of the only things that's more tedious to me than inkjet printing! Those frick'n high notes! Blow on the tuning hammer...too sharp! Blow on the other side of the hammer...too...
That's terrific, Paul!
The D750 should serve as a good starting point! I could do better than an Epson with a D200.
I agree with Sandy's advice. I've looked into this a fair amount. I've never found an illumination system that was ready to go right out of the box. Whether I'm making the unit myself using LEDs,...
Those are lovely photos.
Les, I'll be curious as to how well that will work. I used a 4000 series Velmex Unislide.
That's a really good one, Ken!
Maybe I'm unusual, but I don't focus at infinity very often. I'm often focus much closer to the camera. Doing so increases the image circle. I've used my 120 SA on 8x10, and it covered just fine. ...
I have the Wollensak, but I haven't used it enough to have a good sense of it. A Nikon 150SW would likely be a good choice.
Man, I always wanted that as a kid, but alas it wasn't to be. Excellent photo, Tuco!
That's a good one, Scott!
Looks terrific, Pali!
https://www.dpreview.com/news/6522471028/fujifilm-adds-a-400mp-capture-mode-to-its-gfx-100-camera-with-3-00-firmware-update
An 8x enlargement is pretty serious.... I have a bit of experience with all of this, including being in charge of all of the equipment at a major studio which used a boatload of H25 backs.... My...
Bob has moved to California, and I believe he is having some health issues. He's had one of my cameras for over a year, and I'm not optimistic about getting it back.
Love it, Tuco, but don't show it on regular social media or the self-appointed train-track police will be after you.
Lovely rendering.
Well, the drum scan looks better, with much better tonal range, and it looks sharper, too. With the Epson scan, it looks like you clipped both the blacks and the whites.
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The Wolly F/12s are certainly small, but they aren't the easiest to focus.
Germinar W 240mm. Converts to an excellent 450mm lens. Multicoated.
240 G Claron.
Thanks, Randy!
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Using Paul Butzi's method with a dichroic head was the single best methodological change I made in my darkroom work. YMMV.