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  1. Thread: Fomapan films?

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    Re: Fomapan films?

    Jiri ..... Krasný fotki!
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    Re: Anybody use RH Designs timers?

    I started out an took a chance on their products and bought the the RHDesigns Analyzer 500 for my Ilford 500 head. After using it for a month or so I very quickly ordered the Stopclock Pro and also...
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    Re: New Variable Contrast B/W Lamp House

    This should work with the new iPod touch, should it not? If the system works well I sure would not have an objection to buying a new Ipod for it and would do that rather than use my phone. My phone...
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    Re: What VC LED Heads for LF B&W Are You Aware Of?

    I too have the Ilford 500 head and have a similar interest in finding a LED replacement, that is affordable, but works the same way. The age of the 500 makes me worry about the looming, sad day of a...
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    Re: Am I doing an exercise in futility?

    Ummm ... seeing that I'm considering taking the plunge into LF film and am intimidated myself as to the cost to benefit ratio, I need to ask a technical question; Are you saying that, from your...
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    Re: Small format with Omega 4x5 condenser?

    I have the variable model and a while ago I did a test just for the heck of it. I measured the light intensity at the middle and edges under various setups and the 35mm (50 lens) did not change AT...
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    Re: The future of Kodak film?

    It seems like the traditional businesses, even though down, are far more profitable still than their digital side.
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    Re: Headlamp Safelight?

    I bought 3 led red bulbs from Lowes, expecting to do tests and rejecting hopefully not all of them. On is a large (4"?) diameter 2.5 watt bulb, another is a 1.5" bulb at 1.5 watt and finally the...
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    Re: Wetplate / Dry plate workshops near D.C.?

    I'm highly interested in this, at the same or similar location, myself.
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    Re: Way Beyond Monochrome

    I wonder then if a mass appeal to the author may work?
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    Re: Way Beyond Monochrome

    No Don the images are actually quite decent but not at all geared to photographs in the way where we could discern some of the points they are making through their illustrations. Not at all. I mean...
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    Re: Way Beyond Monochrome

    I have and really like the kindle. I often click that button that tells the novelist "hey ... a kindle edition ... please!"

    Not for this book however. That would diminish one of the core...
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    Re: What's the point?

    Ari, I came from your perspective. Now I tend to think it is the other way around with the exception of the fact that 95 percent of people do not discern the differences. Most who can tell the...
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    Re: Way Beyond Monochrome

    I have a copy of the book and personally feel it is better than any other of its sort that has come before. I've read AA's books .... and learned much ... but the hard way. The way WBM is written...
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    Re: The price jump from Ilford is official

    Perverse as this sounds, I feel that this is just fine. I sure don't like the hit in the wallet but my greater fear has always been that manufacturers will diminish the variety of offerings that are...
  16. Thread: f/stop timer?

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    Re: f/stop timer?

    I'm about to buy a RH f/stop timer but am as of yet undecided between the analyzer pro or the StopClock pro. I do like the idea of dials, especially as described by aduncanson, and wish they would...
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    Re: Foma 400/Arista.edu 400

    Arista 400 is Fomapan 400. It does curl but if you have it dry slowly it is fairly good and it straightens out for me in the sleeves.

    I really like the stuff. I like the grain of it.
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    Re: Rosy Products Print Washer

    Yes, thank you for posting this. I'm slowly looking around for a washer and to have one recommended with the details of your description really helps narrow the field. It is also good to support...
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    Re: Way Beyond Monochrome 2ed

    This is a book I'm going to buy. Thanks!
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    Re: Chamonix 45N-2 coming

    No hint of what the differences in features and prices may be?
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    Re: Macro Lens Vs Normal lens ?

    I'm curious about this as well.
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    Re: FUTURE OF 120 FILM

    I wonder in five years .... if the price of a roll of 120 is at $14 dollars a roll (as an extreme example) how many would hold out.
    I like film and have gone back to it after a digital absence of...
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    Re: New B&W Magazine

    Actually FocusMag .... you are absolutely right. I should know better than to post things that I've written while I have five minutes and no time to re-read. I'm sorry about the tone of it .... it...
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    Re: New B&W Magazine

    Well then back to the topic. Sadly however, after looking at your blog, which is I think antithetical to the idea of a magazine anyhow, I need to say that I'm unimpressed.

    Let me explain. It is...
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    Re: How to clean a screen?

    Thanks Peter. I will try that tonight.
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    How to clean a screen?

    The screen I have has markings from fingerprints and some darker zones from what I presume is dirt on the rough side. How can a screen be cleaned? Any tips?

    It is the standard screen that comes...
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    Re: Marketing Question: 5x7 Film Holders

    Yes, a 5x7 fotoman! I looked at your site and am quite interested in the 45ps ... but not enough to buy one right now as I have a 4x5 camera. In 5x7 ... that would be a "for sure" buy ... and of...
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    Re: A few day in ....

    Thanks everyone who responded. It is very nice, very comforting to have a community such as this one when starting out. I'm taking your advice and now have "Using the View Camera", "The View Camera"...
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    Re: A few day in ....

    Lenser ... which of those two books would you start off with?
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    Re: A few day in ....

    Thank you everyone. Amazing amount of information. I was trying to see what the tilt did ... and so I think I overdid it :)

    I think I will keep this and whether I keep the 6.8 or 5.6 will depend...
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    Re: A few day in ....

    Mathew .... the cambo is, as best as I can tell an SC model. It came with a case which holds it upside down, the 6.8 lens, a Polaroid back and 12 holders (fidelity and lisco - six of each) for...
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    A few day in ....

    I decided to take the Large format plunge a few days ago. I don't of course know very much at all at this stage but the used equipment my local dealer had seemed to fit the bill nicely and so I...
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    Re: Needs suggestiosn for 4x5 scanners

    Are there really drum scanners that cost under $2000? If so ... I may go for one. Any suggestions?
    I had planned to buy a Nikon Coolscan 5000, but that was for 35 ... and now since I went out...
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    Re: How about a New Portrait thread?

    Hey Paul .... yes ... I was just kidding.
    Well I took the plunge. It is probably far from an ideal camera but I bought a second hand Cambo (looks exactly like a Calumet 45NX II) with a Caltar II-E...
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    Re: How about a New Portrait thread?

    And two in color:

    http://www.invl.com/lfuploads/RosiBridge.jpg

    http://www.invl.com/lfuploads/RosiDream.jpg
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    Re: How about a New Portrait thread?

    Well, hello first of all .... this is my first thread here. I was going to introduce myself in another thread but then I started to look through this marvelous thread (last week ) and thought that...
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