Forum: Filters
Yesterday, 08:28 PM
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The variation in sky colour is almost a...
The variation in sky colour is almost a certainty. Polarisers are best left for suppression of reflections off non metallic surfaces, water polished wood, plastics, shiny leaves etc.
I have to say...
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Forum: Filters
Yesterday, 06:35 PM
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Stacking filters
It will have some effect but may not be consistent. It all depends which way you are pointing the camera in relation to the sun. I am not a great lover of Polarising filters but I believe the most...
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Forum: Photography in general
24th February 2021, 09:18 AM
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That link
There are two words that I would use - Cheap and tacky! Cheap in as much they items were junk and tacky because that is what they were. Even if they were priced in US Dollars!
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Forum: Introductions
23rd February 2021, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Photography in general
23rd February 2021, 10:11 AM
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Replies: 4
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In and out of trading
Second Hand Darkrooms has not had a lot of luck recently, but has always come back. Not helped by his website failure a short while ago. I have been to his place a couple of times when his business...
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Forum: Photography in general
20th February 2021, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
20th February 2021, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 211
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Forum: Introductions
20th February 2021, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 20
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Buzz do you still use C41 colour? I do both and...
Buzz do you still use C41 colour? I do both and alternate which I print. The weather here is rubbish today, not cold, but wet so I think a day in the darkroom is looking more likely. I have plenty of...
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Forum: Introductions
20th February 2021, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 20
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When I started printing my own way back in the...
When I started printing my own way back in the 1960's 12x16 or 12 x 15 as it was then, was a small print for serious workers and 20x16 was more normal.
Too big for me (and expensive) I have never...
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Forum: Photography in general
19th February 2021, 08:17 PM
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Forum: Photography in general
19th February 2021, 09:10 AM
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Replies: 19
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As far as I an aware tripod screws and the...
As far as I an aware tripod screws and the threads in cameras have always used 1/4" or 3/8" Whitworth threads. A 3/16th thread would be far too slender to withstand repeated use. If a camera needs a...
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Forum: Auctions of Interest
17th February 2021, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 8
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Floating dishes
Floating them empty on water would probably be OK. but put enough developer in them to work properly, I would say you would need to call out the lifeboat. A weird contraption no mistake.
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Forum: Photography in general
17th February 2021, 08:48 AM
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Replies: 17
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Forum: Auctions of Interest
16th February 2021, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 196
Rocker dishes
A good idea BUT! How will you manage to get the chemicals up to temp with only a small surface in contact with a heater?
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Forum: Photography in general
16th February 2021, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 17
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Germany
Judging by your mothers reaction I would say
Vorsikt Starkstrom
Which is not a name, and actually means something like 'Precision Electrical Current'
Absolutely shocking!
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Forum: Photography in general
16th February 2021, 05:56 PM
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Replies: 17
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I too developed a taste for German wines during...
I too developed a taste for German wines during my time. Helped by my wife's cousin who worked with a woman who's family owned a Moselle vineyard. It was so, so cheap it would be rude not to join in...
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Forum: Photography in general
15th February 2021, 09:40 PM
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Replies: 17
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Germany
Apart from my time in Germany with HM Forces where I took a colloquial German course and I mixed with the Germans via my wife's cousin who was a doctor in Munster, but they would always tried to...
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
15th February 2021, 09:28 PM
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Replies: 10
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Werra cameras
I had a brief ownership of one in the middle 1960's. It was the basic model, no rangefinder, meter or anything else. There was even one that had interchangeable lenses.
I didn't keep mine for...
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Forum: Equipment
15th February 2021, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 4
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I had a look at the address on Google using the...
I had a look at the address on Google using the 'streetview. This a small unassuming address in Delft with no name over the shop. It was them obviously because of the cameras displayed in the window....
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Forum: Equipment
14th February 2021, 10:10 PM
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Replies: 4
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Camera shop in the Netherlands
I came across this site when looking for somewhere to stay later in the year.
https://fotohandeldelfshaven.nl/en/
They have a very good and clear website with a load of film cameras, lenses of...
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Forum: Photography in general
14th February 2021, 04:15 PM
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Replies: 17
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Ich Sprechen Deutch aber nur langsam. Danke.
One point on pronunciation is, the letter 'i' is always pronounced as 'e' and vice versa. Sometimes it is a struggle to get your tongue around those words.
The chap in the video certainly speaks...
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Forum: Photography in general
10th February 2021, 08:14 PM
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Replies: 3
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Copied unashamedly from Wikipedia:-
The Avro...
Copied unashamedly from Wikipedia:-
The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the Second World War. The design was derived from the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber,...
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Forum: Chemical formulae
9th February 2021, 07:44 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 354
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Forum: Monochrome Film
6th February 2021, 10:09 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 301
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Forum: Monochrome Film
1st February 2021, 01:29 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 192
If you go onto the digital truth site...
If you go onto the digital truth site (digitaltruth.com) and feed in the developer/film combinations and search you will get the results Fomapan rated at 1600ISO.
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