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Thanks for all of the input. Admittedly, my experience with the new tri-x is preliminary at best, and my evaluation was based on only three pieces of film (as I was only trying to get a feel to see...

Recently, I decided to see if my old freezer stored Tri-X film was still usable. I have two batches of expired film from 2008 and 2013, so I bought a new ten sheet box of 8x10 Tri-X (expiration 2021)...

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How do you justify the $40 entry fee?

Just noticed a few 210mm lenses on KEH web site, one for as low as $79.

Forget about the subjects that you usually shoot. If you wanted to do that you could stay in Texas. Come on out to the Columbia River Gorge for some spectacular landscapes and views. This is the...

Once while I was photographing, a young person came up to me to ask me what kind of digital camera my Toyo was. I proceeded to remove the back to show him the empty insides. You should have seen the...

Very enlightening, thanks for the link.

I saw the show last week while I was in Los Angeles visiting family, and it was excellent. For those who can't make it, there is a catalog available. I highly recommend it.

I had exactly the same thoughts when I received my copy yesterday. Great work!

Kings and Sequoia NPs are the best kept secrets in California, and I wish we could keep it that way. Let all the clicksters flock to Yosemite to try to be the next Ansel Adams, give me Kings/Sequoia...

Nice work!

I suggest that you refer to the home page of this web site, and click on "Large format lenses: specific wide angle and normal lenses". There you will find a description of the 90mm Angulon lens. I,...

According to an article which appeared in "The Guardian", "Of the nearly 40,000 gas and oil wells drilled since 2011, three quarters were located in areas where water is scarce, and 55% were in...

The 240mm Nikkor works well with 8"x10" negatives, but I also use it when enlarging 4"x5" negs so that I can work within the "sweet spot" of the lens. If I have to make a bigger print, say 20"x24", I...

There is no "common sense" in fearing an entire country, especially a country as vast and varied as Mexico, with some of the friendliest and most beautiful people I have ever met in my whole life....

Sure, go ahead, let fear rule your life. If you are so concerned about crime, why don't you take a look at your own country. One word of advise, don't text in a movie theater or you will most...

I own and love my Kodak 2D camera. It is a quick set up and it is the quintessential field view camera for 8x10, being light weight for its size.

For the Kodak 2D, I use an f64 backpack. I have hiked more than fourteen miles with that camera, with three lenses and a Reiss tripod. In my opinion, the 2D is the quintessential 8x10 field view...

"Those who speak, don't know. Those who know, don't speak." (Lao Tsu)

Veracity..."The quality or character of speaking the truth: truthful disposition, truthfulness, honesty, trustworthiness." (OED)

If we could get back to the original discussion, I think what has been lost since the dawn of the digital age has been the perceived veracity of photography. Who can look at a "decisive moment" image...

It seems that LI has contracts with the Library of Congress as well as accounts with the Getty Museum, the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (they tout it on their web site). With such...

What kind of bones?

It is a well known fact that all angels have six toes.

Thanks for the link, I'm eyeballing the Gator bag for my 8x10 and 11x14 film holders.

I might be able to get out there today. Are they open on Sundays?

I have to agree with Heroique, I was on the road to Windy Ridge and near Mt. Adams yesterday, it was a gorgeous day with truly breathtaking scenery. As for the Olympics, they deserve a whole trip in...

Why are you wanting to backpack an 11"x14" camera? My Burke and James weighs over 20lbs (10 kilos).

I use a Toyo 45CF in the field, which is essentially the same camera as the AX but made of a different material. I used to keep the 90mm on a flat lens board, but found that the front standard would...

Without a recessed lens board, it will be difficult to employ the drop bed movement.

Excellent work, Dan. I recieved my copy of "Black and White and Color" magazine yesterday and took special note of your image. I hope I'm not being a spoiler here, but the title is "Dream #943".

King's Canyon is the best kept secret in California...ssshhhhh!!!

Seems to me that this is a very good reason to go to Long Beach. If I were still living in LA, I would be inclined to organize an army of photographers to descend en masse on Long Beach to photograph...

Way to kill the thread, Don. Two cents? I don't think it's worth even that much. I was merely suggesting that there is an ALTERNATIVE PROCESS (this thread is about information re: alternative...

Don Bryant posted...
"I can assure you that if you visit Bostick & Sullivan's carbon works you will will find nary an enlarger. All of their enlarged negatives are done digitally. Optically enlarged...

As for a book recommendation, I suggest "The New Platinum Print" by Richard Sullivan (of Bostick and Sullivan) and Carl Weese. For platinum and palladium printing it is surely one of the best...

Why is digital technology automatically deemed necessary for the enlargement of negatives for alt process printing? You can save yourself a whole lot of time and effort by optically enlarging your...

I used to own an arista cold head for my Beseler 45. I got very adept at burning and dodging just to compensate for the very uneven field of illumination, which is what you get with one of these...

The vacuum pump which is described in the article is manual and would probably work as well as the one I use, which is electric. (What is also nice about the electric one is that it can also seal...