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by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:16 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where's the best place to go to get a lens board cut?
Replies: 14
Views: 9195

Re: Where's the best place to go to get a lens board cut?

I'm thinking of getting a lens that is already mounted in a lens board (horseman 14cm) that is too big for my camera (takes 4 by 4in) so I am thinking I could get it cut down smaller. What kind of place would I look for? For example if you want to get your keys cut you can go to key cutting place o...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 11:00 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Maintenance and DIY
Topic: Ground glass focus screens
Replies: 8
Views: 15164

Ground glass focus screens

In the next 2-3 weeks I'm making a large batch of around 100 ground glass focus screens in a variety of sizes, these are for a third party, but if anyone needs a screen or two for restoration/replacement then let me know. I always have a small stock of screens as well, for 5x4, 10x8 and 9x12 (cm) ca...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:39 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Meeting up
Topic: Comparison of an image from the Maldon workshop
Replies: 5
Views: 10763

Re: Comparison of an image from the Maldon workshop

Choice of film, exposure and development, how they are scanned and calibration, how you then adjust, mean it's impossible to tell. Thingy's version is possibly a slightly denser transparency. Saying the same as Charles really, but if the scan's a match for the film it's a half stop or so over expose...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 10:08 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

A factor that's being missed is how a film behaves with reciprocity failure, Velvia does worse than Astia and Kodak E6 films and has a tendency to quite marked colour shifts towards yellw/green even with exposures less than a minute, the later versions are better than the original. So ironically co...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

I must say I'm no stranger to multi-minute exposures with velvia both old and new, in a landscape dawn/dusk context, and have never seen any noticeably adverse colour shift. The examples I've seen and shot myself were worse with tungsten lighting where there's less blue content to the light anyway,...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:13 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

A factor that's being missed is how a film behaves with reciprocity failure, Velvia does worse than Astia and Kodak E6 films and has a tendency to quite marked colour shifts towards yellw/green even with exposures less than a minute, the later versions are better than the original. So ironically cor...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:15 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: which black and white film?
Replies: 29
Views: 16816

Re: which black and white film?

Thanks again for your comments everyone. Neil, as you say the Adox50 does have a distinctive look. I enjoyed looking at your photographs. As I also have an old lens that I use quite a bit, I think I could see its low contrast influence in your pictures. Very nice. Hello Ian! Thanks for the recommen...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:40 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

It's not worth spending too long discussing an image that's a reject. However it's wrong to try and fully correct with a colour meter. When we sit in a room lit by Tungsten light we are verey aware of the differencein the colour balance and as photographers we shouldn't be trying to make it look lik...
by IanG
Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:21 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Services Forum
Replies: 12
Views: 7099

Re: Services Forum

We aren't the International US based Large Format Photohraphy Forum though, and being UK based have our ouwn issues. There's also now the much higher costs implications of buying from the US in terms od high shipping and postal costs compouned by duty and VAT on top with transactions with non EU cou...
by IanG
Thu Nov 03, 2011 12:36 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

It's a balance you can over correct and the reality is often the unfiltered E6 shot is a good match for the mood of the lighting , except in the extremes Something that was not possible with this shot: http://grandes-images.com/fr/Architecture_files/Media/MorlaixLeGrandCafeDeLaTerrasse/MorlaixLeGra...
by IanG
Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:54 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Services Forum
Replies: 12
Views: 7099

Services Forum

A very hasty Creation of a Services Forum needs some re-thinking. JC's first announcing she was moving the Post I made about shutter curtains to the classified, turned out to be the new Services section. In reality we need a section for those of us using /restoring / abusing for wet plate - old came...
by IanG
Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Filters for Colour Transparencies
Replies: 22
Views: 12446

Re: Filters for Colour Transparencies

Depends what you're shooting, in general I've rarely needed to use filters, but with Fluorescent lighting I do a test get it processed then adjust, General conversion filters are useful Tungsten lighting to Daylight film filters. It's a balance you can over correct and the reality is often the unfil...
by IanG
Wed Nov 02, 2011 10:53 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Wet Processing
Topic: Tri Colour process anyone....
Replies: 8
Views: 11897

Re: Tri Colour process anyone....

D A Spencer's 1940's book - Colour photography in Practice - has a lot of information on Tri Colour processes and the cameras, strangely the cameras rarely appear on Ebay yet there were quite a few about. Spencerhad joined Kodak research and was a Director, (Kodak Ltd - not Eastman Kodak which was i...
by IanG
Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:15 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB: 5x4 Dark slides
Replies: 2
Views: 1930

Re: WTB: 5x4 Dark slides

Tomas Hein wrote:I also need some dark slides, is anyone is selling? Much appreciated !
Look on Peter Walnes website (peterwalnes.com) he usually sells them at £5 each for a few, he has 6 for £27 at the moment, you won't do better than that.

Ian
by IanG
Wed Nov 02, 2011 5:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E6 DIY processing?
Replies: 16
Views: 9299

Re: E6 DIY processing?

Thanks all, I've just been hunting around for processors on eBay, there are a few CPE2s which is probably what I'll try and get but I was intrigued to see an ATL 1500, I'm guessing it will go for a lot more than I'm willing to pay but what do you think a fair price would be bearing in mind it's mis...