Recent content by joe bosak

Great, thanks. Next problem is that I sometimes feel like the rangefinder is sticking, it seems as though sometimes it will focus at infinity and sometimes it won't. The distance scale on top doesn't seem accurate but I understand that can be misaligned without really meaning much other than...

vertical alignment perhaps?

Cool, thanks Dan :)

I am trying out a Kodak Medalist I that I recently obtained. Until now I'd been testing it with an exposed 120 film respooled onto a 620 spindle. But I'm now using 620 film and intended to get it processed. Either way, this happens: I load it with the "1" denoting the first frame just...

So nothing ventured nothing gained... have fun....😆

I suppose this could not be some kind of light path issue (maybe dependent on direction of light). If it's at fast shutter speeds does that mean wide aperture? Maybe try lining the extension tube/adapter with something light-absorbing.

If the thrill is the marriage of digital and film medium format in one body, the Mamiya AFD series cameras allow use of both digital and film backs, and if it's particularly old Russian lenses you want to use then adapters are/were available (eg Hartblei) so you can use Kiev88/Pentacon6 lenses...

For a given film type I've always assumed so - HP5, Tri-X, whatever. The emulsion/whatever gives you the same per-square-inch whatever size the film. Not sure it would make sense to be otherwise. That's a major plus for the larger formats. And also why they can be disappointing in some...

I came to use my AFD tonight and found that unbeknownst to me the end of the electronic cable release had come off last time I removed the cable and was still in the camera. The cable has the intact pins on the end, but this will go into the plug at least two ways round by the look of it. I...

Some of this is reminding me of the confusion that often seems to exist around the concepts of evolution, the "balance of nature" and probably many others.

*edges towards the door with a feeling of having joined the wrong conversation....*

In the studio or in pretty specific circumstances outside where I know what I'm after - it's directed/driven by me. Guess that's "making", and it's where I'm most comfortable. Sometimes I can get in the zone mentally and take unplanned pictures successfully - this is situational, needs a...

Great news, I'm tempted to have yet another go at LF... The lcd seems the weakest link to me. But on the bright side at least it's not controlled by a phone app like some of those SX-70 adaptations.

Oh dear, sad to see this one go... https://wycameras.com/blogs/news/we-are-closing

I had some rolls of HP5 120 film (expired Feb 23) that I shot this year, they came back from development at a reputable lab (AG) and all the shadows were full of small blotches (picture is after scanning and reversal). The film had been stored in a drawer for a few years. I assume this is the...