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Forum: FADU YEARBOOK 2014 17th March 2024, 03:25 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 83,925
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Thanks Bill, that covers it Mike

Thanks Bill, that covers it

Mike
Forum: Photography in general 16th March 2024, 10:28 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 306
Posted By Mike O'Pray
It sounds as if Nico's news is a bit out of date...

It sounds as if Nico's news is a bit out of date Perhaps he only does his news video once a month and Tetenal's announcement happened after his last video

Mike
Forum: FADU YEARBOOK 2014 16th March 2024, 05:13 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 83,925
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Thanks for your reply Bill but it doesn't seem to...

Thanks for your reply Bill but it doesn't seem to cover the reason why the post came through but looking like nonsense. As Reginald said it is full of C and Ds

So is there something or someone on...
Forum: Photography in general 16th March 2024, 05:02 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 306
Posted By Mike O'Pray
There was a massive thread on this on Photrio a...

There was a massive thread on this on Photrio a good few weeks ago and I had thought that Tetenal was bankrupt and that rumours of its revival were just that, namely rumours

Mike
Forum: FADU YEARBOOK 2014 15th March 2024, 08:33 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 83,925
Posted By Mike O'Pray
:D:D Mike

:D:D

Mike
Forum: News and Announcements 15th March 2024, 05:36 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 125
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Photo and Video Show at NEC this weekend

I just got a note from Ilford of the above. Far too little notice for me but just wondered if anyone from FADU is going?

I have a feeling that other than Ilford there is unlikely to be any other...
Forum: Darkroom 15th March 2024, 05:30 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,819
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Good result in the end, Richard Mike

Good result in the end, Richard

Mike
Forum: FADU YEARBOOK 2014 15th March 2024, 05:24 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 83,925
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Mmm are you absolutely convinced, Keith, that...

Mmm are you absolutely convinced, Keith, that there are no state secrets hidden there and GCHQ just managed to scrabble it in tíme :D

On a more serious note and just out of curiosity, can I ask...
Forum: Photography in general 13th March 2024, 04:15 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 387
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Yes, that's my experience with D3200 in 120 as...

Yes, that's my experience with D3200 in 120 as well

It's almost grainless to my eye at up to 8x10 and I suspect at up to 11 x 14 although I have never tried

Mike
Forum: Books 13th March 2024, 04:10 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 569
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Just a thought on my part in terms of the above...

Just a thought on my part in terms of the above but I have often wondered if the qualities of D23 at 1+2 and 1+3 may be very similar which might make such dilutions of D23 very similar?

Mike
Forum: Manufactured brews 13th March 2024, 04:06 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 12,723
Posted By Mike O'Pray
I have a feeling and that's all that is - a...

I have a feeling and that's all that is - a feeling- that I read somewhere that Adox D76 is borax free

It may have been what the "inventor" and maker of it called Mirko Boedekker has said himself...
Forum: Books 12th March 2024, 10:01 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 569
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Alibris Books has copies but at eye-watering...

Alibris Books has copies but at eye-watering prices :shock:

Mike
Forum: Photography in general 12th March 2024, 09:48 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 360
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Yes I assumed this was taken in the U.S. A lot of...

Yes I assumed this was taken in the U.S. A lot of what Ilford calls "the magazine's" centres around the U.S. which is where the biggest market exist by far.

The recent announcement of its colour...
Forum: Photography in general 12th March 2024, 01:49 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 360
Posted By Mike O'Pray
It sounds to me as if they are specifically...

It sounds to me as if they are specifically targettíng students for the very good reason that they are the customers of the future. It is they whom Ilford must hold onto in their post student time as...
Forum: Manufactured brews 11th March 2024, 02:48 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 12,723
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Yes it is confusing:D It's a bit like the fact...

Yes it is confusing:D It's a bit like the fact that we tend to address each other on FADU with first names and list friends( members) by first names alphabetically. As there are a number of Mikes....
Forum: Manufactured brews 10th March 2024, 10:01 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 12,723
Posted By Mike O'Pray
My apologies to you John and Matt. It should have...

My apologies to you John and Matt. It should have been your name where I used Matt

What stands however is that we seem to have diametrically opposed views as to whether Sodium Sesquicarbonate...
Forum: Manufactured brews 10th March 2024, 06:08 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 12,723
Posted By Mike O'Pray
[QUOTE=John King;152206]I have just googled 'Is...

[QUOTE=John King;152206]I have just googled 'Is there a substitute for Borax'
Borax Substitute – also known as Sodium Sesquicarbonate – can be bought in the UK and EU. Chemically, Borax Substitute...
Forum: Manufactured brews 8th March 2024, 04:44 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 12,723
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Yes and I despair of finding out exactly what the...

Yes and I despair of finding out exactly what the reasons are

It shouldn't be that difficult being open and honest about such matters but I just have the feeling that Ilford has changed in the...
Forum: Photography in general 8th March 2024, 04:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 387
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Not much to add to Alex's comments except that at...

Not much to add to Alex's comments except that at 1600 there may not be much difference between shot with HP5+ and one with D3200 except that HP5+ is a lot cheaper

At 3200 and with microphen D3200...
Forum: Photography in general 5th March 2024, 07:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 225
Posted By Mike O'Pray
You may have already taken this precaution but...

You may have already taken this precaution but the smallest smear of oil is all that I would use. In fact I'd probably spray a little drylube onto a non absorbent surface and from that tiny pool of...
Forum: Photography in general 5th March 2024, 07:46 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 389
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Just had a look at parts 2,3 and 4. It was part 2...

Just had a look at parts 2,3 and 4. It was part 2 I recall seeing.

They are all worth a look

Mike
Forum: Photography in general 5th March 2024, 05:45 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 389
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Thanks for the link I hadn't see this one at all...

Thanks for the link I hadn't see this one at all In the one I saw David Suchet was more of a narrator of what Jarché had taken in a S. Wales coalfield in the 1930s I think

Towards the very end of...
Forum: Photography in general 5th March 2024, 12:24 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 389
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Hmm switched allegiances? :D Mike

Hmm switched allegiances? :D

Mike
Forum: Photography in general 5th March 2024, 12:02 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 389
Posted By Mike O'Pray
Well a few years ago he held some kind of...

Well a few years ago he held some kind of honorary post in the Nikon owners club from what I can recall so while clubs might be anxious to have an actor famous for his role as Hercule Poirot on board...
Forum: Photography in general 4th March 2024, 04:21 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 389
Posted By Mike O'Pray
I recall the documentary on him involving one of...

I recall the documentary on him involving one of his grandsons, David Suchet It centred around his visit to a Welsh mining community in the 1930s I thought it was well done

He was alive at an...
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