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How are you setting the film speed?

The late, great Per Volquartz described this as an incestuous relationship, and I suppose that he's right. On the other hand, he shot some glorious landscapes in the same geography that attracted St. Ansel... and landscape is perhaps the most accessible subject matter.

Aha. Well thanks, glad to hear it :) I thought we'd angered the gods.

I simply don't see it coming up in recent forum posts despite several comments, and I wonder why. Do you see it? In case there is concern about us soliciting business or seeking profit, I just want to be clear: ~~~ NON-PROFIT SHOW! APUG MEMBERS! APUG MEMBERS' WORK SEEN BY ATTENDEES OF...

By the way, if this news and this thread is embargoed by APUG then I am curious why. Our gallery workspace is nonprofit and is displaying the work of 5 APUGers for free, on my nickel.

The prints from fellow APUGer Massimo Marinucci arrived today! Come and see them at Manu Propria, they're fabulous.

In my own experience, the most color accurate film is ... drumroll... Fuji RTP-II: 64T tungsten slide film. It is used extensively for product photography with tungsten lighting. I once shot a color chart with it and held the chart next to the slide and couldn't see any differences. No...

Have you added a splash of hydrogen peroxide? That plus final rinse with DI water, after that there's just toning... This old article may help: http://web.simmons.edu/~benoit/AIC/barandiaran-evaluation.pdf

Thanks very much! Yes let's definitely talk about getting some Aussie prints over here.

Thanks for your kind and sincere comments! I really appreciate it. Firs of all, I'm afraid I have to apologize to poor Richard, for what he is about to experience. Poor guy is only just now getting to know my highly caffeinated and opinionated business side ;) I guess I'll say a few words...

Yep. Just do test strips to determine the optimum effective speed... you can partially pull out the darkslide, fire the shutter, full the darkslide further, fire the shutter again etc. and get a nice exposure test on one sheet. Then develop in RA4 as usual and... off you go. I'll take a...

Just bear in mind that the pops don't add arithmetically.

Sure Luigi, this is done routinely by photographers specializing in interior architectural shots. The world expert on this is one Kirk Gittings; I remember an interesting discussion with him on this topic on LFPinfo. He may be on here from time to time. The main technicality is that the...

Yep, she's near where I live, in central VA. I know some people who know her. I doubt very seriously that she's giving any workshops. Best bet is to ask around at Look3, when the Charlottesville-area photo gang convenes...

I just wouldn't recommend spotty light as a good starting point for IR film. Sunny 16 light will give the most easily reproducible results. ~~~ Anyway, it does seem that something else wasn't right, besides exposure....

Don't even both to shoot IR with this film in overcast weather. You need direct sunlight. Wait for a bright, clear sunny day, and with a 72 filter I'd use anywhere from 5-8 stops of filter compensation. In overcast weather... forget it, shoot with a red filter or don't shoot at all. I...

Well there is a 6x8 back for the rb, you can achieve the wider field of view that way. Yes, you can mount the 45 from another brand, there are simple ways to do that, but you may lose infinity focus.

Congrats! Very nice result!

As a new proud owner of this print, I have to say the obvious, the print is even better than the scan! It's gorgeous. Thanks Doug!

Haha I am going to pass on the opportunity to talk about breadth... anyway, can't you just buy one off ebay?

Nor is daguerreotype nor a lot of other historical processes, but....

Oh hail yeah!

Well done, this is beautiful! In this case the catchlights work well with her eyes. Great work. No need to tone a neg scan, though.

I agree, monobath is amazing. I have most use for it when dev'ing larger format stuff, for which I could care less about minor loss in acutance and contrast. Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) can be had at any pharmacy. They may also have some ethanol (ethyl alcohol). I am guessing that the...

Lowlight, the Rollei isn't really much faster than the Efke. The issue is the spectral sensitivity of these films. If you look at the curves, the sensitivity drops off very rapidly in the near IR. http://www.digitaltruth.com/products/product_tests/infrared_film_010.php To play the IR flash...

Mounting lenses is easy. I make my own lensboards with delrin and a hole saw. There is one major thing to be careful about: be extra careful not to cross-thread the lens in the shutter. Just work on a flat table and "find" the threads for the first revolution or so by applying very little...

I'd guess that the smelly part is going to contain most of the sulfur and selenium. So if you succeed in knocking out most of that by the water soak, that might be a way to separate the two actions. When you put your film in the potions, why not throw in some useless untoned negs too and see...

Awww!

Once you find the best method(s), we need precise, step by step instructions! I wouldn't be surprised if the potion makes a good toner too. I am guessing that selenium is in there; I think it is found in all of the alliums. Maybe that actually quenches the quercetin (?) development?

Mine has the brand "Cigar Savor" on it. Dead Link Removed seems to be the same one. I'd recommend getting a couple cutters and/or finding a good knife sharpener too, my cheap cutter started to go dull after a half dozen or so rolls. Still, compared to $10/roll for the 127 film, the cost of a...