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Most of the time I travel on short notice. But I will give it a try. Occasionally a Dutch LF group gather in my studio. I will post date's here for the chance some of you are in the neighborhood.

Cheers for all this (albeit slightly conflicting... :roll: ) 120 info, its all good food for thought. I realise I'm probably hijacking this thread slightly, but how long do these 5ltr kits last for once opened - as I understand the shelf life isn't indefinite. As a yorkshireman I hate to see things...

Not the amount of film will be the limiting factor but the developer air contact in a rotary processor . If you are using a Rack & Tank processor, under optimal circumstances you can get 1 100 asa film 8 X 10 developed using 60 ml replenishment. But in that case I advise to use separate bleach & fix...

Here in holland film cost roughly ten times as much as the chemicals. Wy risk your film ? I develop 10 sheets 4 X 5 in a 3010 with 250 ml and lose the chem.

I am located in Nijmegen. About 60 km from Eindhoven. When I cross the north see most of the time I end up visiting Suffolk. If the weather permits I will like to go to the Silly's next summer

If 12 mm recess is adequate and you are prepared to spend the money there is a linhof "Comfort Plate" that is much easier to operate. My 72 saxl is fitted on one and my sausage size fingers have no problem operating it.

I also use a binary system. To read the number i have a strip tagged 1,2,4,8,16,32 (6 bit) at the appropriate intervals. I do not have more than 30 holders so 6 bit (64) is enough to distinguish all of them.

As a dutchman regular visiting the british isles with a silly locking camera, linhof technika, I think it is appropriate to register on this nice forum before bumping into one of you in the field. For more the 10 years making landscape pictures on large format is what makes my tick, photographically...