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Hello ! Having, for a long time, done my E6 at home, I have to comment on your needs. IMHO, the better chemistry kit available is the "Kodak Single Use E6 chemistry kit". It is devised for exactly what you're planning : low or very low volume processing at home. The leaflet give mixing instructions ...

Hello Alan, Frankly, it's hard to beat HP5+ or Tmax film these days. But, as the size is big, you won't enlarge the neg that much. So shooting "inferior" film may be good. IMHO, I like the Efke 100 and the Foma 200 (not available anymore). the Efke 50 is difficult to master. These films are sold in ...

Hello Andrew, Have a look at this article (on the French "Galerie Photo" website) describing how to carry a monorail camera and lenses on a cheap backpack; Looking at the pictures will explain my concept for carrying the lenses... My design is more crude as I'm not a woodworker... http://www.galerie...

Hello Valerio, since I was a kid, everything has been fuzzy. Of course, with a pair of glasses on my nose everything came out clear; since I'm 50, the situation start to reverse a bit. To do delicate things or to read, I quit my spectacles ! Of course I now have varifocal glasses on my nose. All thi...

Hello ! I've made a wood box with slots and without cover into which I put my lenses and the whole into my backpack. The lenses themselves are fitted with their respective caps. the slots are evenly spaced and in great numbers. (I used a router on plywood) so I can adapt the box to accommodate vario...

Well speaking about HC110, one thing you should know if you work from the concentrate is you're better weighting it instead of measuring by volume; It's so thick that event using a syringe you will make errors because it sticks to the innards and make a non flat surface at the top. Weighing it is th...

Hello ! I've used a lot of Xtol when I mostly shooted small format or 120 roll film. Now, as my photography is 95 % LF, !I use HC110 which is cheaper. But I've learned a lot with Xtol. In order to keep it for very long time (long here means years) you have to split it in small bottle using the follo...

Hello Neil, If I was you, I'll try this film in my favourite developer, the one I use the most often and which has proven apt to produce the excellent negs I produce. This way you will change only *one* parameter at a time (this time, film) and you could gather solid evidence of what is wrong. In yo...

The only thing I would add is that the USPS/Royal Mail combination has been known to be less "zealous" in collecting import duties. Hi Joanna ! If the duties/VAT system is similar to the one in France, the USPS/Royal Mail is not less zealous. It applies the import duties allowances and threshold. I...

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Hello ! I think we are not the ones complaining about Ebay. I used to find everything on Ebay. Be it rare or common stuff. Now when you search for something specific, only a couple of items shows up... Sellers have switched somewhere else... And I think ebay's is working hard to get back all the mon...

Hello Keith, If you plan to make LF last, buy wooden MPP DDS. They're old enough to acomodate glass plate (be sure to get the metal sheat that convert them to film base, though). When the supply of film in 4x5 will fade, you could start making your own glass plates. Wet collodion seems to get a larg...

Hello ! A friend of mine used a Titan 5x4 for years. This camera is made of ABS plastic, and seems to be lightweight. I wrote seems because in fact there are comparable wood cameras as light as this one. Maybe the design has improved but my friend sold it for a Linhof Teknikardan which is a whole di...

Hello ! Depends if you own or plan to own only one or if it will be an addition to your kit. If this would be the only meter you own, buy a Sekonic or Kenko or the like able to measure continuous light and and flash. It's a one time buy if you buy a good quality one. If you already have a very good ...

Hello ! Having done a bit of E6 at home, in a Jobo, I've some knowledge of it. First of all, the CPE2 can't handle the Expert drums in order to use them you should go to the CPA/CPP route. Then, you can use a Jobo 28xx /25xx tank with the 2509 reel in the CPE2. (the 28xx tank is for paper use. The d...