[LargeFormat] Big Old Cave

[DigitallyScenic Photographer]

Thanks Leigh - I think that is the way I'm going to go with B&W. Looks like 
the E-6 stuff will be travelling to Australia! No-one else has trouble with 
the sheet film buckling? I assume it's because the lab is drying it too hot 
or drying it hanging......


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leigh Solland (on Chickadee)" Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Big Old Cave


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> DigitallyScenic Photographer wrote:
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>> Hi - I'm new to the list to and have tried posting messages only to have 
>> them bounce because of the html problem. So I'm trying again. I'm brand 
>> new to LF, and have just taken my first 20 shots with a Toyo 45CF with 
>> Rodenstock 150mm lens. Unfortunately, the first 10 I had processed can 
>> back a bit buckled, which means I have to find a new lab! Options are 
>> limited here in Thailand, which could mean sending film via courier to 
>> Singapore, Hong Kong or elsewhere. Good news is that the focusing was 
>> spot on and exposure within acceptable range. I shoot landscapes and 
>> ancient temple structures, and am itching to try some B&W.
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> John, if you want to try B/W, are having trouble with your lab, and are 
> feeling isolated in Thailand, it sounds like a perfect time to start doing 
> your own development.  You will have to get a few things, but you don't 
> even need an enlarger with LF negatives.  You can develop in kitchen 
> utensils if you don't have tanks or trays, and contact print (or even scan 
> the negatives and print on a computer printer, if you don't mind that). 
> All the chemicals and paper are available by mail order, if you can't find 
> them locally.  When I started doing my own processing, I was living in a 
> mobile home that couldn't be darkened properly, so I had to do my 
> "darkroom" work at night, after dark, with blankets hung on the windows to 
> keep the streetlights out.
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> Just a thought.  Good luck.
>
> Leigh
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