Forum: Darkroom
27th January 2021, 10:06 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,374
Hello, Norm. Here's my take at it. I wanted a...
Hello, Norm. Here's my take at it. I wanted a very simple and compact solution. As an illuminator I used a 15W 40cm fluorescent tube, it's a long time since I built it and then the leds weren't yet...
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Forum: Cameras - small format
28th July 2020, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 2,033
Hi, there. What about the former U.S.S.R. 8mm...
Hi, there. What about the former U.S.S.R. 8mm Peleng? They used to go cheap (compared to the big brands) on the second hand market. It comes in M42 mount which will fit most brands with an adapter...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
5th January 2020, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,575
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Forum: Colour printing techniques
5th January 2020, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 7,478
Hi, there. If I'm understanding correctly the...
Hi, there. If I'm understanding correctly the question print and film developers are definetely different and not interchangeable. That is unless you deliberately want the colors to go "weird"...In...
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Forum: Colour printing techniques
4th January 2020, 08:49 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,894
Hi, there. As far as I know the production...
Hi, there. As far as I know the production restarted steadily after some company took over the previous management. At my supplier's, here in Italy, the entire line of products went out of stock and...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
4th January 2020, 08:25 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,575
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Forum: Monochrome Film
3rd January 2020, 05:29 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 6,575
Hello and welcome to the forum. 16.5' sounds a...
Hello and welcome to the forum. 16.5' sounds a reasonable starting point to me. Keep in mind that there in no linear relationship between development time and developer concentration. A clip test is...
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Forum: Photography in general
3rd January 2020, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,953
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Forum: Photography in general
24th December 2019, 07:00 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 3,160
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Forum: Monochrome Film
26th September 2019, 04:50 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
An update...
Hello, everybody. I developed the other roll of the same age and, as to be expected, is affected too by this annoying problem. The prints I've made show what was already evident examining the...
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Forum: Photography in general
21st August 2019, 05:46 PM
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Replies: 55
Views: 9,787
I'm afraid the mythical long lasting properties...
I'm afraid the mythical long lasting properties of Rodinal are an heritage from the era of the old orginal Agfa stuff. Looks like the formula has been changed substantially since then. I'm not even...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
5th August 2019, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Hello. I made further investigation. So looks...
Hello. I made further investigation. So looks like I've been sitting on these films for two years and a half, according to my records I purchased three of them February 2017. The first one I exposed...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
4th August 2019, 04:39 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Hello, Paul. the more I think about it the more...
Hello, Paul. the more I think about it the more I'm convincing this might be the right answer. I never had a problem with any 135 and definetely I' ve shot more of this than 120. Then I haven't shot...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
4th August 2019, 04:26 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
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Forum: Monochrome Film
3rd August 2019, 08:21 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
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Forum: Monochrome Film
3rd August 2019, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Hi, Mitch. Thank you for pointing me to your...
Hi, Mitch. Thank you for pointing me to your interesting article. In the distant past I had a problem with the wetting agent, I was using a way too concentrate solution which left a nasty sticky...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
3rd August 2019, 07:18 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Hi and thank you for stopping by, Mike. I never...
Hi and thank you for stopping by, Mike. I never had a problem with this seller. I get almost all the films and materials from them since ever. Serious and competent staff. I'll expose the roll I have...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
2nd August 2019, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Alex, that didn't crossed my mind, As the room...
Alex, that didn't crossed my mind, As the room temperature at the time of processing was 24°C I cooled down the chemicals at my usual 20°C along with the loaded tank in a water bath with ice packs. A...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
2nd August 2019, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
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Forum: Monochrome Film
2nd August 2019, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Thanks for your reply, Alex. You can see the...
Thanks for your reply, Alex. You can see the issue in the attachment, the white spots all around the sky area. This is a straight (except for the inversion and light sharpen) scan of the negative,...
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Forum: Monochrome Film
2nd August 2019, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 8,439
Mottling on 120 Delta 400
Hi, everybody. I've encountered the annoying problem on a roll I shoot in the last weeks. It was a while since I shot and processed 120, anyway the "best before" date of the film is oct '19. I tend...
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Forum: Darkroom
25th July 2019, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,995
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Forum: Cameras - medium format
19th July 2019, 04:52 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,335
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Forum: Cameras - medium format
19th July 2019, 04:49 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,335
I think MLU might save the situation in low...
I think MLU might save the situation in low light and you go low rapidly. Slower than 1/125 or 1/60 tops you likely get shake. Then if you think that medium format lenses tend to have shallow depth...
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Forum: Cameras - medium format
19th July 2019, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 10,335
Hi. The ETR is the oldest version which is...
Hi. The ETR is the oldest version which is missing some features that appeared in the later models. I have an ETRSi, so the the latest. If I remember well in the ETR there were no locks on dark...
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