Recent content by Emily Cook

I haven’t used it for a lot of IR yet but I’ve put a few sheets through my Chamonix 45H-1 as well without any noticeable IR fog

I don’t remember exactly when, but recently I was developing some C-41 and spaced out. Accidentally “returned” fixer to the bleach container, overflowing the mix all over the counter :( Fortunately my working solution containers are only 600mL, so that’s all I lost. It was still a stinky mess...

Freestyle? I ordered some Provia in 4x5 from them around that time too and mine is still back ordered as well. They are accepting preorders for it again now, due June 30. Hopefully they get enough in this batch to fulfill the February orders at least :smile: I’m just glad they let me back...

I would also point out that you don't have to use the probes that came with your meter. A lot of meters, especially cheaper ones, come with probes that have very thick tips that can be hard to accurately place. If you expect to use your meter a lot, it can be worth considering whether there are...

From a roll I just developed to test my F100 that I hadn’t used in probably a decade :)

It’s somewhat varied. Initially math and CS, then windows and macOS “app” development for a while, gradually more and more low-level and physics-adjacent until I was designing circuit boards and programming embedded systems of various kinds (for those who might not know, “embedded systems” is a...

It would be a huge undertaking, and something I'd have to approach incrementally. More of an idle dream than something I intend to actually DO unless I can store up a giant reserve of motivation. My approach would lean heavily on my occupational experience designing circuit boards and...

I was hoping you’d post something on the FA! It’s my go-to manual focus 35mm and I love the way it feels and sounds. Some day I’d really love to take some time to design modern replacement electronics for it just as a fun side project. One of mine is a “daily driver” and almost never not loaded...

A good example of this is when Dorothea Lange was working with the War Relocation Authority during the ”internment” of Japanese and Japanese-American families in the US during WW2. She was assigned to document the event and took many photos of the camp at Manzanar in California. Most were not...

It also has a magnificently bright and clear focusing screen. I use the Chamonix more because it's got offset axis tilt and I can pack it with a bigger lens, which helps me set up and focus more quickly, but I really love the Wista too.

I don't know about Opticolour, I was referring to the Aerocolor from Reflx Lab.

I have two that I can vouch for - the Wista DX 2, as mentioned previously, can fold up with my 150mm Apo Symmar inside (I have to reverse the lens board), and my Chamonix 45H-1 doesn't fold but it collapses and can be packed away fairly comfortably with a lens as big as my 90mm Super Angulon...

That'd be great, the only real reason not to is that I just don't have the skill myself to do all that in a reasonable amount of time. It's something I could imagine tackling at some point, but I have to prioritize my projects to fit within a very limited amount of free time :)

This seems to be the case, I recently ordered a batch of XTOL on Freestyle and it arrived in packaging branded as "XDEV" and saying something like "new name, same great developer".

Reflx Lab also sells cut sheets of Aerocolor IV under their Pro100 branding for reasonable prices. I haven’t developed a lot of mine yet (1 developed, 6 more shot last weekend and to be developed soon) but I’m very happy with the one sheet I did develop so far. It’s on a thin base like a roll...