Recent content by Luckless

I'm liking the colours/lighting/contrast in the canopy, but I think much of the image falls into that awkward situation of just being 'boring clutter' - Everything looks to be a 'technically fine' photo for exposure and focus. It is just that elements are pulling the eye to different things like...

I just saw a post on Threads with a photo of a large format camera and "Scale changes everything.... 7th May", and can't find anything official about the release or any other shops with it up... And fairly sure it is only the 5th, so I'm going with "Someone messed up and opened the shop early...

That's giving some really strong "We never had all these safety features back in MY DAY! How do you think we all survived then!" vibes... Kids died Jim... That's why we have safety features now. Accidents in the past lead to doing things differently in modern times.

So much of that comes down to enabling effective team work. Especially remote monitors. Being able to consult with other members of the team on something without them having to physically come over and directly look at something themselves saves so much time and lets far more work get done in a...

We have these neat things called "Film Scanners" that let you convert a physical film xray to a digital version, which are cheaper than a whole new digital xray rig. Plus most of the rest of my points were mainly important in developing countries. I don't work professionally in photography...

Canada has used the vastly superior 'Nothing' in our pennies for well over a decade now. We ditched making pennies as they weren't useful for general daily use.

Might be worth splitting the discussions on your printing options into a new thread just to keep subject clarity. It also helps bring eyes to the issue from users who might skip over "4x5 tank" discussions. Starting with hybrid process and pulling scans of your slides into the digital realm...

I feel like open tray development on panchromatic film to save on the cost of a daylight tank is a false economy. Some argument for working in ortho film and a safelight, but modern film would be fully blind in the dark, and trying to fish sheets of film from a tray in the dark with accurate...

I have no interest in shooting red scale film, but it seems popular in some circles, and glancing around online stores it looks like it is a buck more for a ready made roll of it with adjusted DX code... A extra dollar to avoid having to faff about and risk exposure or scratches for flipping a...

Can't offer direct solutions, but did you confirm the focus/lamp switch is wired the correct way round?

Medium format is a nice and flexible option for hybrid processing, and as long as you process and store your negatives well they are still good to come back to in the future if you find/build access to a darkroom. It was nearly a decade ago when I got my first 'serious' film camera, years after...

I found that one way to make my C330f setup feel far lighter to lug around is to lug around an RB67 with prism viewfinder and a few lenses for a bit. Or a pair of them to avoid swapping lenses for an event if I'm feeling foolish. The C330 feels far lighter when I then switch back to it...

I feel that there is a big difference between wanting a working Camera of Specific Model according to original spec and wanting a working camera. It isn't the 1970s or 80s, and I'm not restrained by tech or designs of the 70s or 80s. Nothing says I have to solve the exact same problems in the...

Far fancier than mine, which is just a mask of heavy black card stock, and a 'sled' with stepped notches cut in so I can feel the alignment. However it has the issues of not having the greatest hold and stability of position since I just hold it down with some magnets. Might have to make some...

I find the easiest way to avoid having to deal with fractions of a second is to just round to the nearest millisecond instead. Also, letting a computer deal with the actual math. And letting it flip the switch on the enlarger... A digital enlarger timer running on an f/stop scale is simple and...