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Hi,

I bought a similair Globica some years ago with lens, wooden film holders and some other acccesorries. I paid about 200 Euro and then I was told by many photographers that I paid too much. Here in Slovenia the real value would be about 100 Euro.

Regards,

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lp,

Janez

Webphota is new name of ORWO company. OWRO was located in East Germany, they produced NP15, NP22 and NP27 films (also NP20 in the past), paper, chemicals and some lith films. As far as I know, emulsions remains the same under new name. I used ORWO films in the past, now I use Webphota. They are cheap here and available in 13x18 cm.

Forte, on the other hand, is Hungarian company. I never used their films, but papers are first class.

I think that there is no connection between those two companies.

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I had the same problem and I just bought 40.5-52 stepping ring, I

think from Kaiser, Germany. It is not quite top quality, but I never

had any problems unscrewing it. And Cokin makes P ring for 52mm

diameter.

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ORWO is now selling under different name, I think it is called WEB.

Here in Europe many different papers are still available, try to

contact dealer for Slovenia cumulus@cumulus.si, www.cumulus.si for

more details.

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Chris, it is possible to make such filter by yourself. Try Cokin UV

filter and attach some black paper on it so you block bright areas.

Make first exposure with this filter, say 1/30, then remove filter

and make second exposure, say 1/250. I tried this and it works, but

takes some time to cut masks, which are really small, even for bigger

areas. It helps a bit if you put filter on a bigger distance to the

lens and it is easier to work with wideangles.

Regards,

I like LF mainly because of its rich tonal range, not just because of

sharpness. I found modern lenses sometimes even too sharp for

portraits and I prefer the results from 40+ years old lenses.

Sometimes even still life looks better with old lenses.

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Camera is not so heavy, but for me it is much easier to hold 35mm

camera with heavy lense and good grip or Rolleiflex SL66 with tele

lens than Technika 23. Maybe just because I rarely use Linhof

handheld and the grip is on the left side. I can hold heavy 35mm gear

for hours, but Tecnika only for short time. Maybe other users have

different experiences.

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I used this film mostly at higher speeds in 35mm format. It is

excellent in contrasty lights, like concerts and theatre. It also

pushes well. Grain is very small but not among the sharpest. I print

it normally on multigrade paper with excellent results, but it prints

different from ordinary b&w films. You just have to get used to it.

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I never noticed any distortion at developing films which was exposed

some weeks before. Last year I found a film which was exposed about

15 years ago and developed it. Negatives were pretty thin, about 2

stops, they looked as if they were underexposed, which probably means

that you will lose details in shadows first if you will wait too long.

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I like SA 8/121, which is similair to 24mm at 35mm format. And this

lense also allows you a lot of movements. Sironar N 5.6/180 is

moderate wide angle with some movements, but incredibly sharp, for my

taste it is too sharp for photographing people. For still life and

portraits I use Nikkor M 9/300.

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There is one problem using enlarging lenses. Minimum aperture is

often f16 or f22 which is usually not enough at larger

magnifications. For macro work I rather use ordinary LF lenses

mounted reverse if magnification is larger than 1:1.

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I don't think thisi is the right answer, but Tetenal blue toner is

reasonably cheap and I am pretty satisfied with it.

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My goal was just to present my photos and make a simple homepage. I

also use FrontPage. For small corrections and making similair pages I

use Notepad or Ultraeditor.

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I also do not worry about stolen jpegs, I even do not add copyright

notice since it is very easy to remove it with cropping. However I am

awared of stealing. I know some newspapers which permanently print

jpegs downloaded from internet without permission. You cannot avoid

it just like musicians cannot stop copying and unauthorizied

broadcasting their music. I simply do not care much even if I notice

some of my photos in a newspaper, published without asking. There is

usually so little money involved that I rather live happy and with as

little worry as possible than have a stress for little things. I hope

you got the point.

Best regards!

Janez Pelko

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I have also an old Globica with probably similair wooden holders. My

friend made for me metal inserts from thin metal for very low price

and they work fine.

Regards,

Janez

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I don't see the reason why other enlarging lenses would not work

well. I've used many different lenses including old russian single

coated and new Rodenstocks and all of them much better for macro

photography than ordinary LF lenses. The only problem IMO is

aperture. Sometimes f22 or f32 is not enough for DOF I want.

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I am not famous, neither a great photographer, but at least I am not

fake.

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