Large Format Photography Australia

Very high impact photograph, not sure about the inclusion of both hands though. I can understand one hand holding the pipe, with maybe the other stroking the beard if it is to be included, but, somehow, I think it would be far stronger with just one hand in the frame. Apart from that nitpicking, it ...

Shane, the 150 is cropped heavily at the top, and slightly cropped on the right, to more or less bring it in line with the 250 version. The 150 is cropped at the bottom, the 250 has only had negligible cropping at the bottom to pull out the cliff top bank; I was about 25 metres above the beach. As y...

It may help a lot if we know your location, enlargers are basically a non postable item. They are awkwardly shaped and sometimes quite heavy, so pick-up is usually the go.

Do you know how enlargers work, or is this your first foray into enlarging?

Mick.

Bazz, 200 prints, the mind boggles; must have been unsettling if exposures were all over the place. Until I sold my business 4½ years ago, I had a couple of Stouffer step wedges, one in ½ stops, the other in 1/3 stops. I used to read them with my Gossen Profi-six meter using the fibre optic extensio...

Are either or both of you developing by inspection in trays? I don't, Mick. The main reason is that with my eyes and the safelight I use, I don't seem to be able to reliably see subtle changes in density. Probably age-related, but that's life . As to the safelight, I made my own consisting of a doz...

I use a BTZS file which after testing gives me a development time around 4-6 minutes,because of contrast I have been hesatent to rock the trays too much initially 15sec per minute. This neg is constantly rocking the tray side to side and them lengthways. I do not get to much scratching although I c...

Barry, I'm warming to doing a print of the 250, so I tend to agree with you. Lachlan, I struggled to get it all in with the 150, using a 180 would have cut off stuff on the right, like with the 250, but wouldn't have gotten in as close as the 250 to give more emphasis to the rock pool; interesting p...

Are either or both of you developing by inspection in trays? I ask as I have about 80 sheets of 30.5x45.7cm Ilford Newsdot film that I bought new around 25 years ago. I used this for making negatives for a photomechanical process I did when manufacturing rubber stamps. I haven't yet ever had the urg...

Last year I picked up a 250mm lens, a Fujinon W f/5.6 250mm to be precise. It was picked up to replace a Linfof Schneider Kreuznach Tele-Arton 250mm f/5.6 lens. There is nothing wrong with the Schneider lens, I just wished to have more coverage, so after looking for close to three years, I found the...

Looks very good, shadow wise, when viewed correctly. The difference from correct viewing, as to what is shown, is more than I imagined it would be.

Mick.