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    Home Building my Own 8x10 Camera

    When we met I didn't ask what kind of photography you plan to do with this camera. At three feet long and with two tripods it's certainly going to be a rather special piece of kit. What do you have planned for it? Alan
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    Home Building my Own 8x10 Camera

    Jonathan, the new bellows look very good, and fit in nicely with the size of the lens. In fact I have the feeling that viewers won't realise from the photograph just how big and heavy the lens is. I got quite a shock on Sunday when I picked it up. And I've been scratching my head trying to...
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    Temperature consistency - advice please

    I develop films at the kitchen sink. I put a large bowl in the sink and fill it with water mixed to 20 degrees C. from the sink mixer tap. The air temp. in the kitchen is usually 20 degrees C. so the water temperature in the bowl stays the same over processing time. I dilute the developer...
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    Home Building my Own 8x10 Camera

    Jonathan, I have sent you my contact details so you can get in touch when you want to come over. Alan
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    Home Building my Own 8x10 Camera

    Jonathan, good luck with your project. Large format cameras are great fun to build. I have made quite a few over the years. If I can offer you some advice, I would start with the back, not the front. Get a film holder, if you haven't already got one, and make the back so the film holder fits...
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    Shibdon nature reserve

    Thanks Kevin
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    Shibdon nature reserve

    A mile? Wow. I'm impressed. Maybe I should get into training and take mine out . Not sure if my tripod is sturdy enough. What tripod do you use?
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    Hello from Austin, Texas (but grandmother from Sussex so I squeak in under the wire,,,)

    The reference to HDR reminds me of a friend who is heavily into digital photography and used to subscribe to a magazine called "How to Ruin your Photographs - monthly" well, it wasn't called that exactly, but that was its effect. Through a series of steps in a tutorial you could start off with...
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    Shibdon nature reserve

    Kevin I really like the first one here. I looked up your camera on your website, and it looks very much like my Kodak Specialist. In other words "very heavy"....So congratulations on being able to lift it. Alan
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    Hello from Austin, Texas (but grandmother from Sussex so I squeak in under the wire,,,)

    You know it's true David. Metric is miles easier than imperial!
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    Hello from Austin, Texas (but grandmother from Sussex so I squeak in under the wire,,,)

    When I grew up in the 1950s making things using imperial measurements was the norm. But when I started making musical instruments in the 1960s it didn't take me long to switch to metric measurements. Millimetres are far easier to work with than thirty seconds of an inch....
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    Hello from Austin, Texas (but grandmother from Sussex so I squeak in under the wire,,,)

    And we also have some strange measurements for area, David. If something is quite big we say it's the size of an Olympic swimming pool - whether it actually is or not. And if something is absolutely huge we say it's as big as Wales... And you may not believe me but I once caught a pike that...
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    Student housings

    It's a superb tree Francis. It would be good to photograph it in different seasons. If it was in Sheffield you'd even be able to photograph City Council workers chopping it down.... Alan
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    How do I know when a developer is spent ?

    Andy, there is a simple way of keeping tabs on your film fixer. Mix a fresh batch of fixer - 1 part fixer+4 parts water. Take a spare piece of undeveloped film and swish it round in the fresh fixer, and time how long it takes to completely go clear. Make a note of this time. When you process...
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    Pyrocat-HD: Changing The Ratio Of Part A To B

    If you change from 1+1+100 to 2+2+100, then you get more grain. Not obvious in large format, but noticable in 35mm. I deliberately used to use it that way when I liked a bit of grain in 35mm. Shortens the development time too.
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    ID-11

    I'm in the Vale of Pickering. Alan
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    home-made 5x4 camera

    Sounds like a nice idea. Do you plan on using the camera when you have made it? If so, the type of photography you plan on doing will determine the focal length of the lens/lenses you will need, and in turn lens focal length will have a bearing on the design, dimensions and layout of the camera.
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    home-made 5x4 camera

    Hello Konrad. Welcome to the forum. 5 x 4 film holders are widely available - just do a google search. Alternatively, Ian Grant, of this forum, will probably sell you one.
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    Some thoughts on light, small, tripods for FF

    That's interesting Ian. The aluminium tripods that I have tested had more vibration than my carbon Manfrotto tripod. And when you rap the leg of an aluminium tripod with your knuckle, it does vibrate more than a carbon fibre tripod leg. .... But as long as you are happy, that's the main thing.
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    Introducing Fasquel Cameras....

    I like coloured bellows too. But not all colours, and I think the colour of the bellows should be in harmony with the colour of the wood. Not that it really matters....The important bit is how the pictures come out.
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