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It won't do any harm, besides the chance of scratching the film that each cleaning cycle adds, but I don't see the point.

The fluids used will leave a deposit or mark but they don't damage the film and you'll be cleaning them if you want to use them again anyway so no point cleaning them twice.

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I stopped using Kami mounting fluid after it caused fogging on the acrylic drums of my drum scanner. I now use Lumina scanning fluid but as this doesn't seem to be available anymore, I will be using Gamsol when it runs out (most people have said there is very little difference if any). As for...

One of the main issues with scanning was grain aliasing and/or the general prominence of the grain. The frequency of the grain is very close to the 4000-5000dpi that is used for high resolution scans. In order to make it better for scanning, they reduced the 'graininess' of the film, making...

Have a play with this.... http://static.timparkin.co.uk/static/focus/

Here's another couple. Not the best but gives you an idea what I've been doing.

Same problems here. Any device has to be close to the developer/darkroom to stop water cooling in pipes and you need a pretty damned good heater to get things up to temperature well (and a wall mounted on demand heater is just not stable enough with on and off cycles).

The Sous Vide are a great solution - pump and heater. Not so good for the ATL though (I need three bar of pressure too)

Yes that's pretty much the solution I'm using at the moment. I have a mobile home water tank with a couple of heating tubes in their (and a small pump to stop localised heating) out of that I'm using a negative pressure shower pump (I need three bar for the ATL). This all works well enough but I...

Cheers mate - it's such a beautiful area and so many undiscovered gems if you walk just a few hundred yards from the roads

I've not published a lot of 5x4 in the last few years as I haven't really felt like they fitted in (a bunch of Iceland stuff and then random East Yorkshire shots). I have a few ideas for projects locally though. :-)

I might well give you a bell - I'm trying to work out what to do about a tempered water supply (I need a really consistent one as I'm using a Jobo ATL 2300 that sits idle for a while and then uses the tempered water so it needs to not go cold in the pipes and be consistent without pre-running...

That's exactly what I do - I like a bit of loomage!

If I'm close to the ground (or subject) I can use up to 10-15 degrees of tilt and often use a lot of shift to try and play with perspective.

My Favourite lens is probably my Schneider 110 SSXL just for it's flexibility and sharpness (it even covers 10x8!) but I also love my Zeiss Tessar 165mm f/2.7 that just covers 4x5 and swirls beautifully. As for dream lenses - can I have two, the Fuji 600C and a Schneider Fine Art XXL 1100mm

Yep - I use a Toyo 810MII and as people have already said - it's more than just twice the size and weight, it's a challenge but rewarding. Most people won't see it in the end results but you'll know what you did :-)

Nice to see an active Large Format Photography forum! We've moved to the area near Glencoe and I'm hoping to get my LF back in action now I've got a darkroom space to set up my Jobo ATL2300. For the time being here's a couple of my last LF photos that I developed last month (one of which is over...