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I received another set of negatives from Gammatech the other day. This time, I had the negatives made on 6x7 medium format film. I was partially following my reasoning from another post on the subject where I concluded that medium format would probably yield good images at a more reasonable
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In this update I attempt to print a couple of the images from the composite negative I made with Gammatech. I will discuss the pitfalls and potential issues with this approach. In the original post I made a composite 4x5 negative from 8 different 65:24 aspect ratio digital images
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This is a continuation of a series of posts on making film negatives from digital files. (The previous post is here... ) The purpose is to allow me to print the images in my darkroom. In summary, so far, the experience has been quite good. My next print from film made
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I am getting a lot of use out adapted Mamiya 645 lenses on my Fuji GFX 50s ii. I have considered getting into DSLR scanning for my film work. It is supposed to be better than a flatbed scanner and faster but I find that hard to believe. My understanding
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This is a continuation of a series of posts on this subject, Part 1 and Part 2 links. I am back in the UK now and have started to look again at my 'film from digital' project. I have also received the negatives from Bayeaux in London. Bayeaux
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Introduction Last summer I spent a wonderful evening photographing on Lake Pend Oreille looking back at Sandpoint during a thunderstorm that was blowing over the town. I wrote about framing another print from that evening here... As I was using my Fuji GFX digital camera then I had a large
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A couple of weeks ago I began to re-explore getting film negatives from a digital file. The motivation was to take some of my newer digital images and print them in black and white in the darkroom. I explored two different vendors Bayeux in London UK and Gammatech in Albuquerque,
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The next phase of any lith printing I do has a tendency to be toning. I never feel in control of my toning, but I manage to stumble into some interesting images as a result. Today I played with some sepia and gold toning but didn't really get
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After much upheaval in my personal life living a semi-nomadic existence in the USA and UK I have not been in the darkroom for some time. My last effort was at the very end of May just before my move to the USA. I am back in the UK for
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I am revisiting this subject of how to put a digital image onto a piece of film. The motivation for this is to be able to make silver gelatin prints in the darkroom from digital images. Since I bought my Fuji GFX 50s ii digital camera, I have been blogging
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In a prior post I discussed the use of ‘old glass’ on the Fuji GFX 50s ii as a means of keeping the cost of the camera system reasonable. Coming from film cameras, I find the use of old manual lenses natural to use and not terribly troubling once I
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I spent the summer in Sandpoint Idaho with my Fuji GFX 50s ii medium format digital camera. My digital philosophy has been to retain and integrate the aspects of film that I enjoy so much. I tend to work with mostly manual lenses and not use a lot of the