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Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 29th January 2024, 02:09 PM
Replies: 3
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Posted By billcowan
a couple of hits on google....

a couple of hits on google. https://www.photo.net/forums/topic/529463-the-mcm-wedge-manufactured-by-ilford-limited/
http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_D81-0.html
The quoted march 1938...
Forum: Introductions 8th September 2023, 05:55 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 2,151
Posted By billcowan
Welcome from Hamilton. Let me know when you need...

Welcome from Hamilton. Let me know when you need an enlarger.
Forum: New products and offers 28th February 2023, 10:01 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,431
Posted By billcowan
I am very pleased to have been noticed by Mick...

I am very pleased to have been noticed by Mick Johnston and been his Book of the Year for 2021.
https://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2021/09/bills-great-book.html
I...
Forum: Darkroom 10th February 2023, 05:48 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,961
Posted By billcowan
eeek!

eeek!
Forum: Darkroom 9th February 2023, 02:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,961
Posted By billcowan
This bulb-like LED is safe but is from away. ...

This bulb-like LED is safe but is from away.
https://www.superbrightleds.com/led-light-bulbs-universal-finder/globe-bulbs/s11-led-bulb-7-5-watt-equivalent-led-globe-bulb-27-lumens+color-Red
Forum: Darkroom 5th February 2023, 07:34 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,043
Posted By billcowan
Thank you Martin, I have so many safelights...

Thank you Martin, I have so many safelights plugged in with extension cords, and of so many hues of yellow, orange and red, my darkroom is like a carnival celebration.
Forum: Darkroom 5th February 2023, 03:55 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,043
Posted By billcowan
I googled Grove Rake. We don't really have this...

I googled Grove Rake. We don't really have this sort of history here in Canada although the salt mines under Lake Huron come to mind. Great colour work. Which suddenly made me realize I don't have a...
Forum: Darkroom 4th February 2023, 05:21 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,043
Posted By billcowan
Alas my darkroom is a 30 foot long family room...

Alas my darkroom is a 30 foot long family room and separate wet area, so I have to walk to and fro the enlarger in the dark and the developing area with the paper in a light tight tube. Mind you I...
Forum: Darkroom 4th February 2023, 02:29 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 9,043
Posted By billcowan
This is certainly true in my darkroom. I use...

This is certainly true in my darkroom. I use three such lights altogether.
Bill
Forum: Monochrome Film 25th November 2022, 03:47 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,351
Posted By billcowan
Absitively and posilutely! And the flip side is...

Absitively and posilutely! And the flip side is that many many totally anonymous photographers make wonderful work!
And I still very much like Rob's photograph- between the ivy and the cobbles and...
Forum: Monochrome Film 25th November 2022, 05:12 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,351
Posted By billcowan
When I see the pictures, I find it hard to...

When I see the pictures, I find it hard to pinpoint the problem in such a complex textured image. Indeed I think the picture is just fine. But seeing this...
Forum: Overseas 11th February 2022, 02:59 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 20,749
Posted By billcowan
But you said...

But you said...
Forum: Overseas 11th February 2022, 03:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 20,749
Posted By billcowan
Ticks have 8 legs!

Ticks have 8 legs!
Forum: Filters 21st November 2021, 02:26 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,639
Posted By billcowan
I expect the problem with using glass was getting...

I expect the problem with using glass was getting the lenslets all oriented and spaced, whereas casting plastic allowed that sort of design. I must say I am still a bit skeptical that the new B&W...
Forum: Filters 20th November 2021, 03:09 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,639
Posted By billcowan
Happy face. I have one which has the most...

Happy face.
I have one which has the most remarkable circular cleaning marks which has made a No. 1 filter in to a No. 3+ filter. very dramatic and still good for a perfectly fine soft focus...
Forum: Filters 19th November 2021, 07:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,639
Posted By billcowan
No, No! The new B&W are advertised as glass, but...

No, No! The new B&W are advertised as glass, but the old Hasselblads are, at least some, if not all, are Optical resin.
Forum: Photography in general 19th November 2021, 04:41 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 5,998
Posted By billcowan
http://disused-stations.org.uk/t/tynemouth_first/i...

http://disused-stations.org.uk/t/tynemouth_first/index.shtml
Forum: Darkroom 24th September 2021, 12:42 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,469
Posted By billcowan
Howevr, I understand that all the fluid spaces or...

Howevr, I understand that all the fluid spaces or none should be filled or empty!
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 18th June 2021, 11:54 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 7,683
Posted By billcowan
this sounds like s similar problem as I had. I...

this sounds like s similar problem as I had. I have an older Nova and if I move the sheets with my fingers from slot to slot instead of the clips, the skin of my fingers was contaminated with a...
Forum: Darkroom 5th June 2021, 10:35 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,818
Posted By billcowan
I use these. ...

I use these.
https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/hardware/storage-and-organization/magnetic/69809-magnetic-studs?item=50K0401
They sit flat and are easy to tilt and remove.
Forum: New products and offers 3rd June 2021, 04:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 4,431
Posted By billcowan
Here are a few more pages for perusal. The book...

Here are a few more pages for perusal. The book is still to be had at cost plus postage.
The most notable is the portrait of Dikran Garabed Kelekian, a major intermediary between the shadowy world...
Forum: Photography in general 9th April 2021, 06:03 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,064
Posted By billcowan
Yes, opening size dependent that is what your...

Yes, opening size dependent that is what your baby finger is for; or a curved forcep.
Forum: Photography in general 8th April 2021, 01:34 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,064
Posted By billcowan
I use old dish scrubbers. Here in Canada they can...

I use old dish scrubbers. Here in Canada they can be had as 3x4 inch sheets of green fibrous stuff. a 3M scotch-brite scouring pad. after they have been used a while they get quite floppy and can be...
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 6th April 2021, 06:30 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,193
Posted By billcowan
Well, almost the same. Supposing you have settled...

Well, almost the same. Supposing you have settled on a grade two to give perfect highlights but feel like you want to boost the contrast in the overall blacks just a bit.
You can go to grade 2.5...
Forum: Monochrome printing techniques 5th April 2021, 05:35 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 8,193
Posted By billcowan
It is not to be understood because it is not...

It is not to be understood because it is not true. Your first sentence is quite right: barring Burning and Dodging, the two techniques produce the same result. Why use one over the other; well-...
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