adam_derstine

As much as I love printing my 4x5 negs, I wouldn't mind being able to

scan them as well. What's a good place to start with a 4x5 scanner?

A friend wants to sell me a Nikon AX-1200 for 100 bucks. It does the

job, but is 12 years old and only interfaces with SCSI.

And now for the interesting bit:

In college the darkroom had what I think was a Beseler 4x5 enlarger

with perhaps a Beseler/Minolta head and a neat control panel with a

calculator to do things like make the transition to a 11x14 from a

5x7. It controlled the height of the stage, etc. Can't find those

things around. Who has seen that? What is it called? Gear lust is

rough.

Thanks for any leads.

Adam

Thanks, friends.

I will proceed as such.

Adam

Just getting started with my Crown Graphic and polaroid film -

confused by tube of 'caustic paste' that comes with the film.

I've read Polaroid's website and the photo.net pages about polaroid

sheet film, and I thnk I understand how to expose and develop, but I

still don't know what the four tubes of 'caustic paste' are for-

there's no mention anywhere! What are they for?

Thanks,

Adam

Quite right- google is my friend. However a google search for "kodak 5063" doesn't yield a

5063=tri-x explanation. Try it.

But thanks for the explainer.

I know this has been asked before, but the caches and old links aren't working.

I bought a bulk loader on ebay and it came full of unexposed Kodak Safety Film 5063. It

seems to be about 400 speed. Anybody know more?