Recent content by JerseyDoug

No need to change the ISO on the VC meter - a fiddly job even under good conditions - when switching the lenses. Just close the lens aperture one stop more than what the meter says when using the lens that doesn't have the filter.

I do not see lint when I wipe the wet film down with the Kimwipes. But I do use Pec Pads when I use a cleaning solution on dry film.

Everyone's circumstances are unique. I haven't used PhotoFlo since 1973. On the advice of a member of the camera club at work I ditched both the PhotoFlo and the plastic tank. I develop single rolls of 35mm film in a 250 ml SS tank. I use distilled water for the entire process. I dilute the...

We already have that. It's called AI 😀

If I keep the hand strap tight on my 4571 Flashgun Bracket and squeeze the bracket's shutter release button very slowly with my left forefinger I find I can usually get sharp negatives at 1/125 with my 500C/M. This is with the weight of the camera carried by a short neck strap and the camera...

I'd be interested in knowing what bulk loader was used here. I use Watson 100 and Alden 74 loaders. If I put the bulk roll in the loader backwards I would see the dull side of the film up as soon as I opened the hatch to trim the end of the film. If I put the cassette in the loader end for end...

My issue with the reversed image is not with the camera. 60+ years of switching back and forth between 6x6 WLF's and eye level RF's or SLR's seems to have resolved into automatically switching my brain when I look down or look forward. The issue for me is that I often have a strong preference...

Life is so much simpler with a liquid one-shot developer.

Don't get me started about my 1937 Martin 0-17 🙂

My Nikon F's feel heavy and awkward enough that I was never comfortable using them without a neck strap. As a result I never dropped one of them on a hard surface. But my LTM Leicas are light and handy enough that I am more likely to carry them in a small bag and use them without a strap, which...

The leaders, i.e. the leading portion of the film that does not take a picture, are the same length. More of the leader was cut away in earlier times to work with bottom loaded cameras. It is a myth that usable film is sacrificed when modern film with a shorter cutaway is trimmed to work with...

Our water supply switches back and forth semiannually between well water and reservoir water. And it can be pretty nasty for a week or so every time it switches. To avoid water related issues with my negatives I use distilled water for the entire process from developing to washing. I develop...

There are two IIIf's in my little collection of LTM Leicas. They are indeed excellent cameras. But when I was growing up in the 1950's in Illinois and then Oklahoma I saw a lot of Argus C3's and just two Leicas, one of which was my father's.

I have never been able to get a result I like with that range of brightness without a lot of heavy burning and dodging, both back in my darkroom days and now that I scan and edit with Affinity Photo. My usual approach when I encounter a subject like that is to take a quick shot with my iPhone...

Thank you all. I have 5 rolls of Tri-X coming from B&H. It was my go to 120 film for years and years. I started experimenting with less expensive ISO 400 120 films because of the price. But this is another reminder that you really do get what you pay for.