Re: 4x5 Sheet Film

Doug Holt wrote:
> Thanks for your input. Built it custom all on info I've picked up
> here and there. Basically it's a 4x5 finger-jointed mahogany box
> (think 1890-1900's wooden telephones and wooden salt boxes) with a
> zero-image shutter cable assembly. I've sized it to fit a standard
> 4x5 flat sheet holder - specifically the fidelity two-sided models.

That sounds nice.

> Am thinking B&W paper might be the way to go though. Any thoughts
> on paper vs. film? The darkroom self-processing is a desired
> thing.

I don't use paper negatives. I don't yet have a darkroom, and I don't
process my film. I mostly use Kodak Readyloads. I can load in the
field and by bringing a box of T-Max 100, a box of E-6 (originally EPP
but lately E100G) and an empty box (for holding exposed packets) I can
delay picking film until I see what I want to shoot. The Readyloads
also make it easy to hand the film to the lab, and eliminate any
chance of dust problems.

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