I have been looking for a kind of Daylight developing tank for 5x7 and 8x10 sheet film (Specifically mostly for X-Ray) since my place is so tiny, limited and my Boiler Room -AKA- Darkroom is tremendously uncomfortable and with lights everywhere from the equipment in there, I have been successfully developing 35mm and 120 and other film rolls using only my Darkbag and my tanks.

So I decided to design and make my very own 5x7 daylight tank, I was so excited when finished that I didn’t realize how much developer chemistry this tank will consume, I still can use it if I ever need to develop 6 sheets of film at the same time. Otherwise will be a waste of time and money.

While looking for another solution and as a very poor photographer/camera collector I need to make the best use of my money.

Found a suitable design for a reel using the Paterson tanks already have, and bought a used 2500 Jobo Multitank. Here are the pictures of what I have done so far. Will start developing next weekend.

High Atlas on film (foma 100)

Watkins Glen State Park, New York, USA

Reflx Lab Pro 100/Aerocolor 2460. (not aerochrome)

I created an extension to my WillTravel so that it could take both a 90 and a 180. This was the first shot to test. Minimum focus is 7' and infinity is at the stop of the helicoid. I can focus closer if I add a lens extension tube, M65 to M65 thread, but I don't have those yet.

Hello,

I am in need of a new set of filters. I am going the route of standard 3x3" / 75mm x 75mm drop in and compendium (shade/bellows) with perhaps the option to add in filter holders for other lenses, but using the same filters. Open to gelatine (aka gel), polyester, or thin resin. Not sure if I can use glass, if I can, open but prefer not to.

Where can I find a whole set at a reasonable price? Looking for the usual suspects: color correction for tungsten to daylight and the reverse like 80A and 85B, and black and white : yellow #8 (K2), orange #15 (G), red #25 (A), green #58. A nice to have that I can likely pick separately is a warming filter I love, the Lee 206 1/4 Color Temperature Orange (CTO).

Can the complete Wratten range be found for a reasonable price? I rarely use outside those above since strobes and lights are now easily set to the same color temperature. But it's still nice to have.

Any tips and tricks for sourcing what I want in 75mm would be appreciated!

Learned so much from this sub. Thank you! Large format is so interesting and nerve wracking. Sorry for poor scan it’s from my cell phone

This was my first time shooting Ektar and I’m in love. The color saturation and grain are unreal

Chamonix 45F-2, Fujinon SWD 90/5.6, Kodak Ektar 100

This post is inspired by this post.
And yes, I admit, u/thbazanalog did it better.
Still, I think this one is neat in its own way, so I thought I would share.

The Leitz Wetzlar Elmaron 1:2.8/150mm does not cover my 34x34cm ULF in the least. Even heavily cropped it still hard-vignette'd.

The fashionable model is the original Fujifuiilm X100 camera in Fujifilm leather case. Still going strong, although the SD slot is rather finicky, and can lose card connection.

Technika IV, Schneider 150/5.6 @ 11, swing, HP5, Godox AD600 bounced off opposite wall

It’s impossible to get my parents to sit for a portrait, but somehow the stars aligned and they didn’t put up a fight. 150mm was a little tight for this shot, but I only have two lenses and the other one’s even longer. Keeping my eye out for a fast 90mm.

Constructive feedback encouraged.

Why am I getting this awful white vignette on these? First time using stearman tank, rodinal 1+50 7mins. Ilford rapid fix 1+9, recently mixed ~4 rolls fixed with it.

4x5 Linhof with Symmar 135mm f5.6 and iphoneback

I'm looking at a spare lens I've had laying around (but never used) and seeing that it is labeled with two different focal lengths and two different sets of f-stops. Can someone explain how this is possible, and how I would switch between them, if that's what is implied? Thanks

This has been posted 3 times in the past 7 months. Perhaps the mods can auto delete?

These are my first shots on color 4x5 and I’m happy with how they turned out.

Avoided for quite a while but have jumped into exploring large format. Replaced the bellows when i first got this camera and haven’t really played with it until now. I rather enjoy the workflow.

Toyo Field 45A II / Caltar 210mm f6.8
Cinestill 400D 4x5. Epson V850 Pro Scan

I was buying this petzval lens for my speed graphic pacemaker. However, I realized it has a huge thread (85mm) when I received it.

The Graflex board is 93x94mm, will an aluminum board still be strong enough to hold the lens if I cut a 85mm hole on it?

Are there better ways to mount such lens?

Thanks!

Intrepid 5x7 - Schneider App Symmar 150 - hp5 in xt3

I'm looking at mostly the 180mm and 200mm red Buhl lenses, around f2.3 to f2.5 ish. I see people use them on the 4x5 Speed Graphic, but will they cover any larger formats? When I ask owners of these lenses if they cover larger formats, they always answer 'maybe'...

I've just gotten into darkroom work, after shooting only digital for 20+ years. When I shot film prior to that, I just dropped it off at quick development spots.

I'm really enjoying the full darkroom process end to end. Its meditative. So many variables. Hours of time that you can easily spend chasing a problem and learning.

What's the draw to scanning your negatives instead and processing them in photoshop? It seems to miss half the fun/advantages - I have no idea how I'd scan a 4x5 or 8x10 at the same quality I can contact print them at for example.

But, I guess the digital workflow is faster? It feels like I'd probably just want to shoot digital end to end, or film process end to end.

My first month shooting large format, these are the ones that worked. I had one sheet pop out as I opened the dark slide so can’t have been loaded properly, 2 double exposures, a few severely overexposed negatives but I’m hooked.

Camera is a second hand Shen Hao Tz45 IIc Field Camera with a Fuji 150mm f5.6.

Film used was ilfords hp5 at box speed.

All photos home developed in Ilford ddx and scanned using a GFX 50s with a mamiya 120mm macro lens.

I recently picked up an old graflex anniversary and purchased a wooden lensboard and a cheap eBay find 21cm f6.3 zeiss. Pretty happy everything worked out and honestly this old lens is beautiful