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by Maris
06 Jul 2013, 11:32
Forum: The Negative
Topic: How do I store sheet film?
Replies: 5
Views: 4026

Re: How do I store sheet film?

Unopened boxes live in re-sealable plastic bags stacked edge on in the film 'fridge freezer. Opened boxes are in the same plastic bags but in the 4 Celcius 'fridge space. Precautions include sucking the air out of the plastic bags before sealing, letting film warm slowly to room temperature before l...
by Maris
05 Jul 2013, 12:50
Forum: Places
Topic: Boosa Forest
Replies: 1
Views: 2035

Boosa Forest

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8298/7990293352_0c606c32db_b.jpg Afternoon Light, Noosa Forest Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV RC, image size 19.5cm X 24.5cm, from a Kodak TXP 4x5 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 9...
by Maris
02 Jul 2013, 15:07
Forum: The Print
Topic: Print washing sequence
Replies: 2
Views: 5564

Re: Print washing sequence

My FB paper archival wash sequence goes like this: Drain the fix out of the paper by holding it in my tongs over the fixer tray for as many seconds as there are inches in the diagonal dimension. A 8x10 sheet drains in 13 seconds. The sheet then is placed on the surface of water in a holding tray unt...
by Maris
27 Jun 2013, 10:23
Forum: The Print
Topic: Member photos
Replies: 5
Views: 6999

Re: Member photos

Pictures of some of my photographs sleep at http://www.flickr.com/photos/54704995@N02/. All of them are scans of the actual gelatin-silver photographs. Original negatives include the 8x10, 4x5, and 120 rollfilm formats. Nothing has been synthesised in Photoshop.
by Maris
25 Jun 2013, 11:00
Forum: The Print
Topic: Enlarging lens
Replies: 2
Views: 5281

Re: Enlarging lens

My enlarging lens requirements changed when I ditched 35mm (decades ago!) and moved to large format and some occasional rollfilm. The bigger negatives don't need extreme enlarging ratios and short focal lengths. My rollfilm negatives go through a 135mm lens and 150mm serves for the 4x5 format. I've ...
by Maris
25 Jun 2013, 10:37
Forum: Community Chat
Topic: Humanity takes millions of photos every day...
Replies: 3
Views: 3050

Re: Humanity takes millions of photos every day...

You've heard this before but it's worth repeating in the context of "Humanity takes millions of photos...": the problem or dismay is created by reconceptualising photography away from "the making of pictures out of light sensitive substances" into the "making of pictures any...
by Maris
17 Jun 2013, 11:10
Forum: The Print
Topic: Enlarger lamp
Replies: 7
Views: 8269

Re: Enlarger lamp

I run an Omega D2V enlarger with a 75 watt Photocresenta bulb and the brightness is ample to enlarge a 4x5 neg up to 16x20. But a dense negative does mean exposures more than a minute so I try to avoid those overexposed/overdeveloped mistakes. Importantly the Omaga D condenser head is rated for a 75...
by Maris
11 Jun 2013, 13:58
Forum: People
Topic: Glow Like Angels.
Replies: 1
Views: 2064

Glow Like Angels.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8267/9011980129_f89fcc238a_b.jpg Good Company, Charlotte Pass. Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image dimensions19.6cm X 24.5cm, from a 8x10 Efke IR820 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera...
by Maris
10 Jun 2013, 14:57
Forum: Community Chat
Topic: Ruffling of feathers!
Replies: 7
Views: 4931

Re: Ruffling of feathers!

I promise not to post after a long darkroom session and the couple of Scotches that come as a reward at the end of it. But, yea verily, forebearance is tested by some of what passes here.
by Maris
05 Jun 2013, 13:19
Forum: For Sale/Wanted
Topic: WTB: 8x10 field/folding camera
Replies: 25
Views: 12253

Re: WTB: 8x10 field/folding camera

Tachihara cameras are still made. See: http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tachi-ss/

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