Forum: Colour film
Yesterday, 06:04 PM
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prices
I bought a pair of ready-readers at Poundland a while back. Nothing remarkable, except that they cost a pound.
A day or two later I was in the prescription queue at Boots and my wife was looking at...
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
11th January 2021, 11:14 PM
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Replies: 15
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I have a Husky Quickset tripod, manufactured in...
I have a Husky Quickset tripod, manufactured in the 1960s. The top casting is steel, as are the legs (the Gitzo equivalent is of light alloy). The height adjustment is by twist collets. These become...
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Forum: Darkroom
3rd January 2021, 11:51 PM
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Replies: 13
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I used a 23C11 for several years. The C stands...
I used a 23C11 for several years. The C stands for colour - a compartment for colour filters. Good stuff, but the bellows were a bit stiff and tend to work against the friction focussing drive with...
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Forum: Cameras - Large Format
28th December 2020, 12:48 PM
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Replies: 3
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Arca Swiss monorail
I am considering the purchase of a monorail camera for architectural work. I have suitable spirals and drying facilities for 120 film and a de Vere 203 for negatives up to 6x9cm. The obvious camera...
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Forum: Cameras - small format
16th December 2020, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 6
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Nikon SP
I had a Nikon SP in the mid-1960s and it was magnificent except that the Contax-style focussing fingerwheel was stiff with the 105mm lens attached. And the lens hood for the 35mm masked a lot of the...
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Forum: Introductions
14th December 2020, 04:14 PM
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Replies: 19
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Forum: Darkroom
6th December 2020, 11:13 AM
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Replies: 21
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Yes, my dry bench is at conventional height,...
Yes, my dry bench is at conventional height, which I regret. It was designed for a wall-mounted Durst. But with my De Vere 203 with an Ilford 500 head, the ceiling is not too low and I can reach the...
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Forum: Alternate printing processes
2nd December 2020, 12:10 AM
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Replies: 6
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reversal colour prints
It's much easier to reversal-process colour paper because all of the silver is bleached out, leaving only a dye image. In B&W, the desired image is contained in the silver produced in the second...
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Forum: Equipment
30th November 2020, 06:09 PM
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Replies: 12
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Never forget the darkslide!
Me and the Missus have been watching old episodes of The Crown on Netflix. There was a scene with 'Anthony Armstrong-Jones' in which he was shooting 35mm, but resting the camera on a Hasselblad 500C...
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Forum: Photography in general
5th November 2020, 10:58 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 325
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Forum: Enlarger Manuals
28th October 2020, 08:04 AM
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Forum: Photography in general
14th October 2020, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 2
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New? exposure meter
I have just read of a Kickstarter campaign to get a new exposure meter, being developed by Hedeco, onto the market. It is intended to sell at €129.
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Forum: Photography in general
14th October 2020, 03:25 PM
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Replies: 10
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Chris Killip
I briefly worked with Chris when we were both assistants at Adrian Flowers' Studio in Tite St, London SW3. He said that it was there that he learned (or just became familiar with?) a large-format...
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Forum: Colour printing techniques
9th October 2020, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 9
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A novel solution to poor longevity
This is only theoretical - I've not tried it - but once mixed, ferric EDTA (brown bleach) and thiosulphate (fix) will degrade one-another in the presence of oxygen (air). Why not try bleaching in...
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Forum: News and Announcements
28th September 2020, 04:46 PM
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Replies: 15
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
25th September 2020, 09:50 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 490
Where are the articles? I collaborated with...
Where are the articles? I collaborated with another FADU member and developed a very sophisticated variable-contrast LED controller but there were so many different head shapes that I got stuck...
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
24th September 2020, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 490
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Forum: Sale or Wanted
16th September 2020, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 3
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Forum: Photography in general
14th September 2020, 07:40 AM
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Replies: 4
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collection of cameras
This was on BBC online:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53821146?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c77jz3mdmyvt/photography&link_location=live-reporting-story
I hope you...
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Forum: Photography in general
11th September 2020, 06:26 PM
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Replies: 9
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graduate materials
I note that some scientific and medical laboratories handling chemicals still use glass graduates but in general glass is regarded as hazardous and they substitute PP (polypropylene), virtually...
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Forum: Cameras - small format
10th September 2020, 07:53 AM
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Replies: 2
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Circular fish-eye
I would really like to experiment with a 'circular' fish-eye lens. I bought a Canon-fit one on-line from MPB but on a 35mm negative the image does not fill the frame and is rectangular -- there seems...
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Forum: Cameras - small format
10th September 2020, 07:45 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,166
watch it!
I bought a Rollei 35T from a market stall for £15 and exposed/processed a roll of FP4 in it. I don't think the automatic exposure was working because the results were very inconsistent. The battery...
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Forum: Photography in general
7th September 2020, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 20
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latent image regression
Latent image regression (fading) occurs exponentially from the moment of exposure, fastest in fast (ultra-sensitive) emulsions. It is most noticeable in colour emulsions - the human eye is most...
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Forum: Cameras - medium format
31st August 2020, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,060
A camera repairman showed me a trick on old...
A camera repairman showed me a trick on old leather - he used EvoStick, diluted with EvoStick cleaner, which slows down the operation - and held the surfaces in contact with a plastic bag of water...
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Forum: Cameras - medium format
31st August 2020, 02:51 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,213
I looked at the Arax website (thanks for the...
I looked at the Arax website (thanks for the link) and found the latest version of the adapter that I use. Mine is earlier and only allows the lens to droop downwards - there is no provision for...
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