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Forum: Sale or Wanted 28th October 2021, 01:52 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,815
Posted By MichaelJ
Thank you!

Thank you!
Forum: Sale or Wanted 28th October 2021, 09:59 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,815
Posted By MichaelJ
Hi Ian, Appreciate your post above is >2yrs...

Hi Ian,

Appreciate your post above is >2yrs old (!) but did you ever find a stash of MPP Microtechnical bits? I'm after a pair of the thumb-bolts for the back standard of a Mk. 7...

cheers,...
Forum: Photography in general 26th October 2021, 11:19 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,259
Posted By MichaelJ
Hélène Binet at the RA

If anyone's in Central London and doesn't baulk at dropping £17 to go and see an exhibition, there are some wonderful pictures by a brilliant architectural photographer, to see at the Royal Academy....
Forum: Introductions 29th September 2021, 09:46 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 4,923
Posted By MichaelJ
Hi Andrew, Please excuse a bit of a gush but...

Hi Andrew,

Please excuse a bit of a gush but I think LFFP has been absolutely brilliant- you have found some really good guests and have developed an almost "Test Match Special"* approach to...
Forum: Photography in general 27th September 2021, 02:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,415
Posted By MichaelJ
Contact printing is great. I started messing...

Contact printing is great. I started messing about with 4x5 and haven't got the enlarger for the gurt negatives (or the space in my flat to set it up even if I did) so I found an old contact frame...
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 28th May 2021, 07:54 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,295
Posted By MichaelJ
As a post-script, I just had a man named Pierro...

As a post-script, I just had a man named Pierro Pozella (https://pppcameras.co.uk/contact) service a Xenar 150mm with a Synchro-Compur shutter that came bundled with an old MPP Micro-Technical that I...
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 24th May 2021, 12:07 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,671
Posted By MichaelJ
Thanks all- I could have sworn the Kentmere was a...

Thanks all- I could have sworn the Kentmere was a bit thinner but I guess the Vernier doesn't lie... and yes, Martin, the files will just fill up quicker!
MJ
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 23rd May 2021, 11:09 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 4,671
Posted By MichaelJ
Lightweight FB paper?

In my limited but enthusiastic recent experience of making B&W prints, I've mostly used Ilford MGRC paper as standard. I got a pack of Kentmere RC paper a while ago to make up an order to a 'free...
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 11th January 2021, 10:44 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
Posted By MichaelJ
Good point about weight ratings. It seems to be...

Good point about weight ratings. It seems to be quite difficult to get hold of specs for old Manfrotto kit, but the old 190B appears to be rated for 5kg; the 141 head with the tripod is rated for 6kg...
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 11th January 2021, 04:52 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
Posted By MichaelJ
Thanks all, I think I've found a used 190B...

Thanks all, I think I've found a used 190B Manfrotto for a reasonable price. This still seems like a good idea.
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 11th January 2021, 01:10 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
Posted By MichaelJ
"Beefy tripod"...

...would be a good name for a Groundhogs/ Budgie-style Hard Rock band, but I digress!

I've just bought a large-format camera on an impulse- or more of an impulse than the one that saw me acquiring...
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 15th November 2020, 10:55 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,908
Posted By MichaelJ
Thank you all for information, advice and...

Thank you all for information, advice and encouragement!
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 14th November 2020, 11:15 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 7,908
Posted By MichaelJ
Fibre-based paper... what do I need to know?

Good evening!

I've been starting to make prints in my bathroom since June (and negs in the kitchen since about March. I've learned A LOT- I just went back and made contact proof sheets from the...
Forum: Art and aesthetics 10th November 2020, 06:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,282
Posted By MichaelJ
Good shout, great piece: "He says remaining...

Good shout, great piece:

"He says remaining an amateur photographer is key to keeping his curiosity alert."

I realise I may have been snobby towards his work as I'd been exposed to many of his...
Forum: Introductions 1st November 2020, 11:39 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,525
Posted By MichaelJ
Hullo! That's a good story- the journey's...

Hullo!

That's a good story- the journey's often just as interesting as the destination! Do you have any of the negatives from your 'previous life'? I've started operating an enlarger again this...
Forum: Photography in general 28th October 2020, 08:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,870
Posted By MichaelJ
I read ahead of myself, and thought you were...

I read ahead of myself, and thought you were talking about spending time. That's actually the valuable and scarce commodity- my bathroomdarkroom would improve exponentially with a little time!
...
Forum: Photography in general 17th October 2020, 11:14 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,786
Posted By MichaelJ
I still have most of a small bottle of Paranoid,...

I still have most of a small bottle of Paranoid, I mean Paranol.

"Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get you"
Forum: Sale or Wanted 13th October 2020, 03:17 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,137
Posted By MichaelJ
Probably too late, but DM sent!

Probably too late, but DM sent!
Forum: Photography in general 19th September 2020, 09:48 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,800
Posted By MichaelJ
God they're good- I've picked this up on a...

God they're good- I've picked this up on a general catch up on forums and so on after a month or so of being waylaid with tedious wage-slavery. Thanks so much Svend for posting.
It's interesting if...
Forum: Introductions 25th August 2020, 12:34 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 5,765
Posted By MichaelJ
Hi & welcome- I haven't really contributed...

Hi & welcome- I haven't really contributed anything but have found the forums full of information and experience, as well as their inhabitants helpful when asked daft questions as I've started...
Forum: Monochrome Film 10th July 2020, 11:27 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,143
Posted By MichaelJ
That seems like a good starting point. Thank you!

That seems like a good starting point. Thank you!
Forum: Monochrome Film 10th July 2020, 06:58 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,143
Posted By MichaelJ
Off menu... Ilford Ortho Plus in Paranol S?

Good morning!

I've had an idea for a portrait that might be interesting to shoot on ortho film, so I've ordered a couple of rolls of Ilford Ortho Plus.

I'm processing in Paranol S, because it...
Forum: Introductions 1st June 2020, 09:35 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,843
Posted By MichaelJ
Thank you! I've used 35mm all my life (Pentax ME...

Thank you! I've used 35mm all my life (Pentax ME Super and an old Voigtlander), but last year was lent a 120 TLR of some vintage and prestige... the 6x6 neg is what has led me back to film, and...
Forum: Introductions 1st June 2020, 08:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,843
Posted By MichaelJ
Hello from West London

Hello all,

I'm Michael and I come from London W10... in the murky backwaters of Ladbroke Grove. I learned basic darkroom technique at school a very long time ago and all sorts of circumstances...
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