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Forum: Members Announcements 13th October 2011, 08:30 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,121
Posted By Akki14
Steve, Unfortunately I've not taken many...

Steve,

Unfortunately I've not taken many photos this year so unless some lightning bolt from the blue causes me to make about 10 more good images this year in the next week or two, a cyanotype...
Forum: Members Announcements 4th October 2011, 02:37 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,121
Posted By Akki14
Thanks everyone! I've had the most encouragement...

Thanks everyone! I've had the most encouragement from this thread on this. Kind of in a panic but guessing everything will be fine on the day, huh? Now for a few days of printing lots and lots... And...
Forum: Members Announcements 29th September 2011, 07:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 6,121
Posted By Akki14
Talking Heather Sullivan at Photomonth's Photofair 8 October 2011 10am-6pm

Hello lovely film people :)

I have foolhardily decided to plunge myself into the deep end and try to peddle my wares at the Spitalfields Market(nearest tube/train station: Liverpool Street) at...
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 13th August 2011, 11:35 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,047
Posted By Akki14
I poked Harman on their facebook page yesterday...

I poked Harman on their facebook page yesterday about the pinhole cameras.

ILFORD PHOTO (Official Page) we expect the new pinhole camera to be available from the UK late September. a more...
Forum: Contact printing 10th August 2011, 06:16 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 14,259
Posted By Akki14
The problem with the Fotospeed one is that it...

The problem with the Fotospeed one is that it only has little twiddly bits around the edges so no pressure in the middle of the frame, doesn't it? Unless they've changed this since the last time I...
Forum: Contact printing 3rd August 2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,348
Posted By Akki14
It'd fog up. Also it was far too sensitive in...

It'd fog up. Also it was far too sensitive in comparison to APHS for negative copying.
Forum: Contact printing 2nd August 2011, 09:49 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,348
Posted By Akki14
X-ray film seems hard to obtain as least in my...

X-ray film seems hard to obtain as least in my limited attempts to figure out how to buy some :confused:

I also use APHS but I heard recently that they stopped selling this at freestyle photo :(...
Forum: Auctions of Interest 2nd August 2011, 09:39 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,552
Posted By Akki14
HAH, yeah funny... I just googled and found out...

HAH, yeah funny... I just googled and found out just how huge that 5108 is...
Forum: Photography in general 19th July 2011, 10:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 5,248
Posted By Akki14
Before I was even a proper "photographer" of...

Before I was even a proper "photographer" of sorts, I did consider photographing my grandfather in his coffin but my mom told me not to. I'm not sure why it's such a taboo or offensive - it's one...
Forum: Photography in general 19th July 2011, 10:01 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 2,782
Posted By Akki14
Yeah I saw that and then got slightly annoyed as...

Yeah I saw that and then got slightly annoyed as I was telling my sister about the Print Study Room and now I think there may be a few less prints for us to look at when she comes over in October....
Forum: Auctions of Interest 18th June 2011, 12:37 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 9,593
Posted By Akki14
I'm going to sit and cry now. I would have liked...

I'm going to sit and cry now. I would have liked one of those. I'm in London, and we actually had a car hired on the 15th (tho we were going off to Southwold for a break).
Forum: News and Announcements 12th May 2011, 10:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 4,477
Posted By Akki14
Also be aware that because he prices everything...

Also be aware that because he prices everything so high, if you're buying more than one item, you can usually haggle him down a bit on the prices.
Forum: Photography in general 12th May 2011, 07:47 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 6,162
Posted By Akki14
I don't mind digi colour and I shoot (and print...

I don't mind digi colour and I shoot (and print but via online thingies that print onto proper paper, not inkjets) a fair bit since I got a decent small digi. I think they're pretty good for some...
Forum: Art and aesthetics 21st April 2011, 06:51 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 11,441
Posted By Akki14
blahblah... several pages later, replying to...

blahblah... several pages later, replying to original post.

I do this and don't really need to crop usually. It's a matter of pre-visualising what it'd look like 3 feet higher than yourself,...
Forum: Darkroom 14th April 2011, 05:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 2,717
Posted By Akki14
This is why when I got my set of three trays,...

This is why when I got my set of three trays, grey, red and white, I chose the grey for developing, red for stop bath (naturally), and white for fix :)

Also I was expecting this to be a How To...
Forum: Introductions 12th April 2011, 07:35 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 6,407
Posted By Akki14
Hello from North London :)

Hello from North London :)
Forum: Photography in general 8th April 2011, 09:30 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,322
Posted By Akki14
Different formulas in general, not necessarily...

Different formulas in general, not necessarily linked to anything to do with the silver content. Silver isn't the only thing in play in film :)
Forum: Monochrome Film 6th April 2011, 10:48 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 9,539
Posted By Akki14
I peel the tape off and fold it over. Never had...

I peel the tape off and fold it over. Never had it come off in development. Even with rubbish Lucky film which is less like masking tape and more like a cheap office label (that i do just rip in half...
Forum: Art and aesthetics 6th April 2011, 10:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,225
Posted By Akki14
Face and head look good. Not so keen on the body...

Face and head look good. Not so keen on the body position (and even less so on those old style bullet-point bras, eesh...)
Forum: Top Tips 25th March 2011, 11:01 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,403
Posted By Akki14
Also found the tiny tiny waist level view finders...

Also found the tiny tiny waist level view finders on box brownies cause you to understand composition quickly.

Also agree on the composition at point of clicking the shutter... I don't crop often...
Forum: Alternate printing processes 10th March 2011, 08:19 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,796
Posted By Akki14
http://pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/tricolor.html ...

http://pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/tricolor.html
or more specifically
http://pacifier.com/~kthayer/html/RGBseps.html
"Cyan = minus Red; Yellow = Minus Blue, etc." But this is for separation...
Forum: Sale or Wanted 10th March 2011, 09:55 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,879
Posted By Akki14
I got my glassless 6x6 carrier from RK...

I got my glassless 6x6 carrier from RK Photographic. I think they're the UK supplier of LPL stuff?
Forum: Equipment miscellaneous 7th February 2011, 08:58 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 9,602
Posted By Akki14
Having taken delta 3200 through 3 x-rays (two...

Having taken delta 3200 through 3 x-rays (two before exposure, once after) and pushed it to 6400 or so in post processing with no problems, I'd say x-rays and handluggage should be fine for most...
Forum: Darkroom 24th January 2011, 06:48 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 7,717
Posted By Akki14
I love my AP bulk film loader but yeah, short of...

I love my AP bulk film loader but yeah, short of cranking enough so it gets to 17m, or writing a note to yourself on the bulkloader saying, this isn't actually 30m, there's not much you can do. Just...
Forum: Cameras - Large Format 7th January 2011, 07:59 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 16,028
Posted By Akki14
I use my digital watch's stopwatch feature. ......

I use my digital watch's stopwatch feature.
...
Oh shush it's not that bad! :D

Also, I've been informed by a camera repairman here in north london that shutterspeeds can be off by half a...
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