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Thanks everyone! I am trying to recreate what happens in a Polaroid old fashioned peel apart but without the rollers etc. I want to take a photo and lay the negative onto photo paper and use a reagent to stick the two and get the transfer to occur. I've been told I need to fix and wash first I have been told.
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Hey there I am trying to make a print from film onto photographic paper without light so hopefully using a diffusion transfer print. Did some research etc and have enough info to attempt this but one thing though is that I have to fix and wash the photo paper so that it no longer sensitive to light. How do I do this exactly and why is this important? Would not just exposing it to light fix this? Clearly not but wondered what happened here. Also do I was it first then let it dry and then cover it in fixer? Any help much appreciated!
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Ah thanks Dave!
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Help with issues getting going on my Graflex 4x5 Speed Graphic
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Ah yes, that makes sense
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Yeah Thanks John, it seems this camera is a bit of a mystery. I just hate not being able to fix a problem. Do you think if i took it somewhere they might be able to test to see what might be causing it at all?
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I take it this might not be a well know issue here. Does anyone have a person who they can direct me to that might have some more info on this at all? Be lovely to try and get this matter resolved as its such a fun camera to shoot with.
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Help with issues getting going on my Graflex 4x5 Speed Graphic
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Thanks so much for all your help!!! OK so AJG I'll post some for sure! my first two are test photos done in my apartment but I plan to take some this week so I'll be happy to post the results, good or bad haha. Thanks Bob_salomon for this guide, tjis might be a total morons question but how or when will I know if something is 1:1 in size or any variation such as this? I actually don't know how to tell right now so clearly missing something or a trick or common sense. One or all of those things. Total newbie here but keen to learn. chauncey_walden, I actually had to do something similar after consultation with a polaroid SX-70 pro whereby I had to close and open the camera about 100 times to try to solve the issue that the camera wasn't always allow any function when fully opened which it should so the focusing works and spits out the film etc, that actually did fix the problem so I do hope it does here also with repeating the shutter cocking and releasing. If it doesn't work I'll get it looked at by a CLA. I'm based in NYC so when things get back to normal a bit hopefully I can find one. If anyone has any good leads for such a person that won't rip me off please do let me know. Thanks all!!!! -
Hi all Was just curious to know what this little metal thing is on the side of the Ricoh GR21, you can push it in a bit. Its situated near a tiny screw as can be seen in the photo below. I was hoping it was a way to gain access inside the lens as I think I have a slight haze issue maybe? I'd love to get this serviced but have no idea who can do that, I'm based in New York but would send anywhere.
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hey thanks everyone OK I scrubbed and I scrubbed and this sticky stuff is all off. I see a few tiny specks of white on the glass near the mount I can't clean off. Is this the beginning of mould or haze i hear about? Without shooting to test, how noticeable will it be in photos out of interest
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Ah thanks for this, its super helpful!
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Help with issues getting going on my Graflex 4x5 Speed Graphic
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hey all Ok GREAT news. I have now taken some shots are they are working!!!!! WOOHOO! OK so the issue was that although I had the slide set to Front but the focal shutter wasn't set to open. AJG you were right and that was the issue, i needed to cycle that through in Back and then I could take photos correctly. I see about not using in-between speeds so am now using only the ones listed. this is all very exciting for me haha. OK so one issue I have found with the camera, when its set to shutter speed 1 or 2 I don't think its working properly at all, the level seems to get stuck as its moving towards shutting the shutter again but does eventually work but stalls a little. It only seems to happen at 1 and 2, all other settings are fine. Is it worth trying to fix it myself or get someone who is a specialist to do so, maybe leave it? Not sure but I am glad its working. Thanks everyone for all your help. My next task is working out how to better use it so if anyone has a great resource let me know. One questions i had was do I have to allow for distance when taking a shot or will the settings be the same as depicted by the light meter? The bellows can extend a lot and wondered if that had any influence on the settings at all. Thanks everyone again, what would I do with out this forum and everyone part of it -
Help with issues getting going on my Graflex 4x5 Speed Graphic
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Hey all and thanks for all your help. OK so there are no markings on the film at all and yep clear. I use a monobath and with 35mm and 120 never had any problems so doubt its a developing issue, although I am still prone to mistakes haha. The film is an expired ???? which came with the camera, it was an open box but fully closed with the film in the envelop, plstic bang and the inside box correctly but who knows for sure, I have a new box of film that I can try if the next ones don't work. To check the films in right, when feeling the film which side should face the camera? The one that feels more slimey so to speak or the other one? I think I have it right but should check. OK so AJG i am going to try and take photos with the lens leaf shutter, it seems to open and close correctly. I am going to set the switch to back and then cycle through until it no longer fires then go back to front so let me try that to make sure I have it set right. I will also use a perfectly aligned shutter speed. -
Hi all OK have a used Ricoh GR21 from a friend which was a fair deal, an issue is the LCD screen is not displaying all parts properly. I know this is an issue sometimes with these and read about a thing you could do to maybe get it back but can't find it online anymore, anyone know what that might be? This was a thing without ripping it apart. If that doesn't work, whatever it was, what could I do to fix it. Best Scott
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Thanks William, this sites crazy helpful for me getting into all of this. I post all the time I feel haha!
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Hey all ok as promised heres my first photo using the first extension tube to arrive, its the largest one so the E-42. Its looking like it'll be a great tool, photo can improve but I'm very happy.
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Hey all If it was a little sticky I'd just deal with it but it actually leaveas a surprisingly think amount of sticky black gloop on my hands which I have to scrub off hahaha, its wild! But I must look inside the camera also so will be doing that, thanks for the heads up on that rodeo_joe.
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Hey all OK not sure if I should have posted this in the beginner section but this a newbie here with 4x5 and need help getting things working. I have recently bought a graflex 4x5 speed graphic which seems perfect but when I took my first 2 shots they came out transparent so wondered if I could get your help here. I'll list what I did and what happened below to see if theres anything missing. I checked a couple of youtube videos but not sure if I did everything as cameras seem to vary somewhat. Anyhow this is what I did. I set the camera up moved the lend forward and locked it into place. Focused the camera on the subject matter using the various devices other than the ground back, i couldn't work out how to get that to work) Took a light meter reading and set the F stop and shutter speed according to that reading on the lens. (I have a light reading of 5.6 and 15 so set the camera accordingly, I have numbers 10 and 25 on the lens so put it somewhere in the middle, that correct)? I used a dark-bag and put the film into the holder after watching the video, made sure I could feel the notch in the film and it was in the top right. I did wonder if top right meant the notch faced the top of where the dark-slides get entered into the device or the clip side. Put the dark-slides in and then secured them, took them out of the bag. Put the holder into the camera, it seemed to be in correctly Checked the settings again and then cocked the lens and then pulled out the dark-slide nearest the lens Took the shot Put the dark-side in and turned the holder around took another photo same as above. Put film into development canister in dark-bag Developed the film and the images are clear. My camera has these settings on the side I have no idea what they are but I've been using front, the other options are back and trip with a turn knob above it. Theres a couple of other lens things, a slider to the right of the shutter cock if looking at the camera as a subject which seems to open and close something in the lens, what should I set that to do you think? Any help much appreciated and so sorry for the looonnnggggg post. Best Scott
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wow ok thanks everyone! Going to air it for a bit and then scrub it with alcohol. Intrigued by lenscoat, haven't heard of that before. I will look into what that is.
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OK thanks William, I shall try that.
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Hey all OK so I have inherited a Sigma APO AF ZOOM 70-210mm 1:2.8 len which looks amazing but it has on really weird issue, its super sticky where the rubber is! Where you select MF or AF the band is made of rubber or plastic and its so sticky, the black sticks to my hands, its probably the case on other rubber parts also, any idea what is going on or what I can do about this. Is this a common thing or totally weird and I'm just lucky.
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Hi there OK I know this isn't the best or proper Leica in many respects but I have a mini-zoom point and shoot and love it. Its a little slow and obviously a very low level Leica, probably the lowest but still I love it and photo quality is quite good I think for a point and shoot, don't judge me haha. Anyhow I got it relatively cheap a while ago. Annoyingly I see a common issue according to this thread is that they can be prone to the odd light leak, a ring in the top right corner if look at a photo taken in landscape or bottom (see photo examples in linked thread). They sometimes are there, maybe sometimes not. can anyone help me work out what might be causing it and if theres a fix. Theres very little info on it and people do seem to want to know so be great for me and the rest of us poor mini-zoom owners to see if theres much we can do about it. I read it could be due to a gear-wheel of the zoom which causes a reflection or light leak that reflects on the photo. Is that possible? and if so anything to be done about it? Any help much appreciated with this mystery.
