Recent content by paul ron

most important when having a gallery showing is lighting. your photos as printed in your darkroom and viewed with your room lights may not look the same in the gallery. check the gallery lighting and color temps. as for mounting and framing, thats up to you as the artist.

the vactrol has a small neon bulb to triger the photocell. if you ever had florecent lights with starters, you know how they flicker when old. since we first started diagnosing this problem years ago, we discovered a modern fix using led opto islolators. i did have the part number but its been...

delayed light or flickering or no light.

id be interested to get a few of those vactrols. i have a couple heads in need of repairs. pm sent Rick. thanks

keep up the good work. btw you shoot film? we need every film head we can get to keep analog alive. ok im out 10-4

not overhauls, just basic cla. i hope you use them regularly? they die of lonelyness in the dark.

very nice collection! i probably serviced most of those once upon a time.

speeds on my old mechanical cameras are still within specs. but how accurate is the film that needs speeds to the thousandths? 1/3 stop is close enough. ok your electronics are very accurate but can you see any difference in the photos?... no.

"Then open up your Nikon from the 1960s, which you never serviced, and see the work that lies ahead." those cameras are still being used by my kids. you cant kill those oldies. they were over built to last forever. the most they ever needed were shutter ribbons to nothing at all. but im glad...

hahahaha old cameras? i still have bulk rolls of panatomic film that expired in 1966. my 1960s black body spotmatic and my nikons still work as good as new n never needed any repairs to this day. your cameras were decent but considered plastic disposables because no one expected those...

https://jongrepstad.com/pinhole-photography/pinhole-photography-history-images-cameras-formulas/ https://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/46489/how-to-calculate-the-optimal-pinhole-size a body cap on almost any camera can be used to make a pin hole camera.

so far its going very well. i saw the doc the otherday n he gave me an rx for glasses n contacts. i cant use contacts for a month he said, but my eye is not going to change much at this point. 3 drops 4 times a day. thurs i wont have to use the anti biotic anymore. the following week another...

with 3d technology its a very good chance to get one custom made. you would be surprised there are so many people doing this in their home and willing to collaborate with you just for the fun of it. ask around? it could be a group project and making a few is easy once you get the STL files...

ive never seen one but here is a video of someone using a sheet film adapter.

funny you should ask... i found 2 bottles of kodak rapid concentrate fixer brand new in the box i bought several years ago... its the 2part stuff. the bottle looked yellowish with about 1/2" of a yellow solid crud at the bottom of the part A, the big bottle. the small bottle partB was perfectly...