Forum: Sale or Wanted
28th October 2021, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,815
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
28th October 2021, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,815
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,...
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Forum: Photography in general
26th October 2021, 11:19 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,259
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....
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Forum: Introductions
29th September 2021, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 4,923
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...
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Forum: Photography in general
27th September 2021, 02:15 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,415
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...
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
28th May 2021, 07:54 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,295
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...
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Forum: Monochrome printing techniques
24th May 2021, 12:07 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,671
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Forum: Monochrome printing techniques
23rd May 2021, 11:09 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 4,671
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...
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
11th January 2021, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
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...
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
11th January 2021, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
11th January 2021, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 6,671
"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...
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Forum: Monochrome printing techniques
15th November 2020, 10:55 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,908
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Forum: Monochrome printing techniques
14th November 2020, 11:15 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 7,908
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...
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Forum: Art and aesthetics
10th November 2020, 06:23 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 7,282
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...
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Forum: Introductions
1st November 2020, 11:39 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 5,525
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...
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Forum: Photography in general
28th October 2020, 08:52 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,870
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!
...
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Forum: Photography in general
17th October 2020, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,786
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
13th October 2020, 03:17 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,137
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Forum: Photography in general
19th September 2020, 09:48 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,800
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...
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Forum: Introductions
25th August 2020, 12:34 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 5,765
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...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
10th July 2020, 11:27 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,143
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Forum: Monochrome Film
10th July 2020, 06:58 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,143
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...
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Forum: Introductions
1st June 2020, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,843
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Forum: Introductions
1st June 2020, 08:38 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 4,843
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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