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With the key difference that one is then unlikely to toss his/her negative in the bin.

It’s one thing to digitize a decades-old catalog of work amassed over decades on a medium of the time. It’s entirely another to shoot film today just to toss it in the can after essentially taking a picture of a picture (whether literally with a digital camera or with a scanner). Seems analogous...

I have the Matin one. It works really well if you get a good copy. I’ve gone thru a few. Quality control seems to be an issue.

Exactly right—unless you’re a foreign based importer or distributor, which is a thing But the larger issue of the moment remains one of practicality and logistics. Ending the exemption may likely force formal “entry” of even singular e-commerce purchases {or, say, “gifts”). No entity in the...

The exemption ends May 2nd. Things are not being snuck in (or “sneaked” in for that matter) as asserted in another post anymore than they were before all this. Not yet anyway. Additionally, the exemption is only ending for things coming in from China and Hong Kong. At least for the time being...

Not true regarding most inflationary period. That’s not a fact at all. And the rest of your assertion is notional and speculative.

Call it cancel culture if you'd like. Whether it's "probably" a tenth or otherwise is arguably immaterial. Censorship connotes something more nefarious and sinister carried out by a state or authoritarian regime. Is that what we have here? It isn't. Even if that is what we fear.

I think it’s a bit disingenuous to call it censorship if public outcry is what has led to the action taken.

My Cokin EVO has a gasket on the holder to block extraneous light.

The MGIV gen of RC and the classic FB always required meaningfully different exposure times and contrast adjustments for me. Take a look at the tech data sheets Ilford publishes for each paper and you’ll note whatever speed and exposure range differences exist.

Not familiar with the ETR but have you tried another release cable to rule out that possibility?

I’m curious about the OP’s water quality out of the tap and whether filtration wouldn’t help here. My darkroom sink has an inline filter installed with carbon block that filters the water down to 5 microns. I don’t use distilled water or hang m roll film at an angle. No issues with spots with...

I have both an SQ-A and 500CM. I can’t tell them apart qualitatively up to 11x14 or crops that would otherwise be the equivalent to 16x20. I use the SQ when I need to work faster (because I use it with an AE finder), but it I don’t need to I’ll use the 500CM. Image quality doesn’t factor in.

With the tank in a water jacket, even if it is barely submersed in one would invariably carry at least some water with it as it goes around. My concern would be the likely possibility of water migrating from the tank to the magnet and onto the drive shaft and eventually the motor itself. The...

This is hugely helpful--thank you! I'll indeed try to source some from CatLabs or elsewhere.