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Welcome Katier. Re your quest for an affordable LF outfit, have you tried the camera fair held at the Wolverhampton race course, afraid you have missed todays fair but the next one is August the 23rd. There is at least one regular stall holder who is into LF and often others with bits of kit. Worth ...

I will swop you my transformer for yours if you like my 504 never gets that quick, course it may be my negs being denser than yours. Also check your filters are indeed in the light path, I found I was not getting them fully into the light path because I had not turned the knob far enough. Regards Pa...

I have found that I can get away without the tempering bath when doing up to 4 sheets 5x4 in modified print tank. Use the pre soak to get the drum and film up to temp and keep all chemicals at temp in a waterbath, the wash between stages keeps the drum temp stable and as it is only the first dev tha...

Got out with the Sinar yesterday all did not go well, after a bit of difficulty getting the darkslide back in removed film holder to find sheet of HP5 hanging out of camera, :oops: moved on and managed to suffer total brain fade and give Velvia 50 32 second exposure instead of 3.2. :shock: Today tho...

Hi Johnathan, If one camera has an iris opening of f22 for 2 min it will let in x amount of light. If the same camera has an iris opening of f4 for 2 min it will let in 5x amount of light, as f4 is 5 times larger than f22. So if in the first example the iris alowed say 10 lux ( measurement of light ...

Hi Ian, I don't quite understand your interesting comment here. Surely if the LF user metered 2min at F22 and the SF user 2min at F4, the total light energy available inside the camera over the 2 minute period would be the same, regardless of the outside light levels (on the grounds that I don't ha...

Oh bugger, just when you think you've saved enough the goal post moves :( A while ago I thought I needed a longer lens, looked at prices and baught a Landrover to get my existing lens closer. :wink: Spent yesterday (saturday) as part of my camera clubs extreame department, green laneing with cameras...

Hi all,
Dumb question I know but how easy is it to decant film from a quick load box into DDS? Appreciate will have to be done in total dark but is it doable please. I have no quickload holder but do have DDS. I would be home prossesing the sheets.

Regards Paul.

Am struggling to get my head around this concept and will have to consult the book of knowlage, but just had to congratulate Apple for the stunning picture he has posted here, if ever I achive one as good I will of fulfilled an ambition.
Regards Paul.

Oooooooo. I felt that, You must belong to the same if I didnot have bad luck, I'd have no luck club as I do. I think I would of sat and wept, bad enough if it had been a cokin set but to loose a LEE. Looking on the bright side at least the lens stayed on the camera. Hope some kind soul is able to re...

Hi Frankie,
Sorry I will not be able to visit your exebition but wish you best of luck and congratulations.

Regards Paul.

There seemed to be a number of people who were interested in this film, I agreed a price and placed an order for some of it via the PM system here. In my final PM I asked Tom how he would like payment as I assumed it was a cash up front deal, I recived no answer, so have to assume Tom didnot want to...

welcome Bill.

Ahh while others have the learning curve I have a learning cliff, only yesterday exposed an empty DD. ho hum.

Regards Paul.

Afraid I have to ask, Does it matter? There will always be horses for courses and on a wet winter eavening this could prove an interesting distraction, however it is spring time the eavenings are light we should be out there exposeing film, remember the golden hours? There are only just enough darkn...

Hi Nat,
Welcome.
In the month since I baught my Norma I have had more "now WHY did I do that " moments with it than I have with all other formats since I began takeing photography seriously 11 years ago but DAMN I AM HAVEING FUN.

Hope you enjoy your time here and with the Sinar.
Regards Paul.