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The leopardskin print would be a strong look with a LF camera.
My 2 favourite gadgets: #1 - The humble ziplock bag - great for individually bagging up 4x5 DDs to keep dust off, bigger ones for bagging up film boxes in the fridge/freezer. Keeping your wallet and phone dry on a wet walk. Even keeping sarnies in. #2 - vacuum wine bottler pump + stoppers, used for keeping chemicals fresh. |
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I have a slightly bigger one though - I get 12 in mine I keep my cuurent working stock of film (fresh and exposed) in yet another Lock n Lock container Martin |
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I also use the RH Design torch for Lith Printing but I also use Led Magnet Light that looks almost like the following http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/40...net_Light.html
I find them useful to focus when there is not a lot of light. Jacques |
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I cut out a 6x7cm aperture from an 8x9cm piece of cardboard, then wrapped it with black tape. I hold it at the width of my index finger from the point of my nose, giving a true representation of the coverage I get with my RB67's 65mm lens. By extending the distance from my nose, to the length of the same finger, I get a true representation of my 127mm lens.
This little piece of cardboard fits into my back pocket and allows me to 'scout' for shots at all times, and is a lightweight boon that facillitates pre-pre-visualization. I'm sure there's a proper name for this type of device, but I haven't come across the term yet. The most handy device that I've never paid for. JP |
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I have one of these for my 5x4, complete with knots in a thread to represent the various focal lengths - http://www.robertwhite.co.uk/product...1033&PT_ID=163 I find I don't use it all that much, I can "see" my focal lengths fairly well. Martin |
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....An Imaging Frame !
Thanks Martin. I have to say that having my little soft, flexible, home-made frame in my back pocket will be much more less of a pain than the rigid, inflexible titanium example....as I sit in a nice bar getting tipsy on the £18 surplus that I have in the other pocket. JP |
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useful gadget
For me, my most useful gadget would have to be the Leitz Vidom universal finder as shown in my Avatar. For those not familiar with this little device, it allows adjustment to view at a variety of focal lengths (something I never use it for), but it also allows you to view the image inverted in a horizontal plane, should you wish to print shiny side down for compositional reasons. However, its best function is that by turning the small prism at the back you can view the image upside down in both landscape and portrait format, thus giving the objectivity of shapes and forms only seen when working with LF.
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Hygrometer: mine's a combination digital thermometer/hygrometer sold in cigar shops. Its located in my coating area; and I rely on it for when to do Platinum/Palladium printing.
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(1) A DIY device for test strips when calibrating with RH Designs ZMII. On a small board the 2.5 x 13 cm paper is slid under two rails, guide s a metal cover allowing to print the 7 test fields and is also used as a rail to cut the paper strips.
(2) the motorized focusing of my DURST M601 enlarger |
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