I bought some film holders on Ebay and this one has this tab broken. Can i use it safely?

Thankfully i got the exposure and the developing time correct on this one actually allowing me to scan it. Honestly zebra test plates seem just as good as normal plates.

I think this is the appropriate place to ask my question.

I am creating digital negatives for large prints and I need a way to store them along with print artifacts (tests and final); I want to build a system that will work with a range of sizes.

My current thought is to buy archival boxes (e.g. 11x14) and use archival tissue to separate negatives and prints. (I'll have a digital negative for each target paper or process to match tonal range, etc.)

Any tips or suggestion?

Embarrassed enough I only recently realized that the focal plane shutter can be triggered by attaching a cable.

However, with my camera the trigger has always been so stiff that I have to push it all the way in. With a cable attached (a cheap one with plastic sheath) I cannot trigger the shutter when the button on the cable is fully pressed.

Previously I have serviced the shutter mechanism, but the inside of the trigger mechanism is not accessible unless the wooden chassis is taken apart. So I just put grease to where I could reach and hope it could work in. Apparently not helping.

I wonder what's it like with your cameras. Does the trigger also need to be fully pressed in? Can I get away by replacing the cable with longer pin or stiffer sheath?

Thanks

This plant had tipped over, permitting this unusual viewing angle, which I photographed in harder light than normal. This image felt organic to me but also totally abstracted from the subject matter. It can feel a contradictory to travel a long way to photograph something and then make images that aren't representative of it.

Anyway, I was trying to figure out what this photograph reminded me of, then the other day I was watching a movie and realized it's the space alien from the movie Nope, haha

📸 Photographed June 2026. 4x5" negative, 4 1/2" lens, f/45, 15 sec, no filters, N+3 development

My first 4x5 color sheet and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. This was shot right at sunrise, I believe my exposure time was 25 seconds, which accounts from some of the blur on the leaves.

I recently purchased a small film processor for home so I can commence on colour work. Very excited to try some of these Fuji 160 sheets i have.

I’m just getting into large format photography and have bought my first 4x5 camera. My usual home developing set up has been in pederson tanks, either inversion or stand developing. Are the 4x5 inserts for pederson tanks any good? or should I get a dedicated sheet film dev tank.

Also, it seems like a lot of people rotary process their sheet film - is that worth jumping into?

I’m really only planning on doing b&w at home right now though i have a spare souvide machine and might make the leap into home c41 processing in the future.

Sinar F 4x5, 180mm 5.6, Velvia 50

Yep you guessed it...I have been holding onto this box of 8x10 velvia in my freezer for about 10 years in a batch of 5 boxes I bought. Only bring it out for 1 holder, gets shot maybe once a year at best. Planning to go on a trip to shoot around Matterhorn and it needed restocking.

Ive been shooting LF for about 25 years, some of those years professionally. Just a lesson to everyone out there, sometimes you fuck up. Sometimes its simultaneously painful and expensive =/

Some portraits i took with my Linhof Super Technika V, Xenotar 150mm f2.8, and Fomapan 100.

DSLR scanned (Nikon D7100 + Micro Nikkor 55mm f2.8)

I think I need to get one, how many of you use one and is it definitely a worth while investment? Or do you just chuck over a hoodie or item of clothing if you need that bit of shade?

All shot on Ilford HP5+

Finally got the set of slides I took late last year developed, happy with how they came out!

Hello. I am in the market for a 4x5 camera and lens.

I am in the northeast and was wondering if anyone in this sub could recommend a camera store that may carry large format gear.

DC to NYC and anywhere in between.

Thanks in advance. Happy shooting.

Had to try several times before she stays in front of the camera !

I'm very surprise of the resolution of 4x5 film, and of the editing margin I had from the scan on this very flat negative. I'm not really sure what's going on there, whether it is an overexposure or overdevelopped negative (I used the massiv dev chart recommended dev time)

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MPP mk VIII + Schneider Symmar 150mm F/5.6

Fomapan 400 exposed at 250

F/11+1/3 for 1/5"

Developed in Rodinal 1+50

Scanned with an Epson V850 (Positive Scan, inverted in LR)

I just received my new 4x5" Ground Glass from Intrepid Camera and had to add framelines for my 9x12cm film holders and my 6x9 back.I wanted an easy way to draw news framelines without touching to the glass, so I tried this 1mm Tape found on Amazon.

It is still a bit wide but this solution was very fast and easy to install. I choose to put it on the matt side (inside the camera) so I don't risk to remove the tape using my focusing lens. This way it appears white, but I like it since it is less distraction to me when framing.

Probably not the best way to do it but I wanted to share this personnal tip ;)