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Category: Tools of the trade

  • DIY Camera Case Customization

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    Dave Krueger
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    The Poor Man’s Halliburton Case I’ve never been satisfied with a single camera case for all the formats I use on camera outings. There’s just not a one-size-fits-all solution for me. For some years now, I’ve taken to DIY camera case customization to accommodate a particular camera kit. As a result, I have multiple cameras…

  • Darkroom Tour

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    While testing my recently acquired Hasselblad 501CM, I shot some pictures of my darkroom using the 40mm lens. The shots were hand held on TMax 100, so the depth of field was not great due to wide aperture, but it was as good a subject as any for test shots. This article simply puts those…

  • Hasselblad: My Latest Film Camera Shopping Spree

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    Dave Krueger
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    If you read the blog entry about my experience buying a new Rolleiflex Hy6 a few years ago, then you already know it was not a pleasant affair. I have been able to fix or work around the Hy6’s multitude of problems and I do use it, but it’s not a system I will be…

  • The Perfect Paper Safe

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    My darkroom paper safe has, for decades, been a small DIY wood cabinet with some shelves inside. I have never trusted it to be light tight, so I kept all the paper and test strips stored inside in black plastic envelopes like the ones paper and film are packaged in. The hinged door was held…

  • Defective Right Out of the Box

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    Serious Quality Control Failings with New Rolleiflex and Leica Film Cameras I have never been able to afford high end German cameras, but I always wanted one. Almost all the cameras I have owned were from Japanese companies like Nikon, Minolta, and Mamiya. Finally, in October 2020, being retired and having some cash available, I…

  • Got Haze?

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    My RB-67 Got Haze Earlier this year I pulled my old RB-67 out to admire it and noticed that the 127mm lens had developed a nasty case of the haze.   While doing some internet research, I found that there is a guy on Youtube who makes disassembling Mamiya lenses look easy.  After collecting a few…

  • Never Ending Enlarger Re-Alignment

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    Most articles that talk about enlarger alignment tell you how to do it, but don’t explain how it can be a never ending battle.  For me and my two Omega D5s, the mechanisms that throw my enlarger out of alignment are drop-away baseboard tabletops and different negative carriers. Quick enlarger re-alignment tweaks take less time…

  • Laser Enlarger Alignment

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    If you’ve been involved in darkroom photography very long, you already know that corner-to-corner sharpness of a print made using an enlarger requires a properly aligned enlarger.  That simply means that the negative, lens board, and baseboard are all parallel to each other.  Tools are available to help verify and adjust the alignment of your…

  • DIY Omega D5 Focus Extension Lever

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    Dave Krueger
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    Have you ever made a big enlargement where the enlarger head was so far above the base board it was impossible or too awkward to reach the enlarger focusing knob while looking through the grain focuser?  I have and decided to find a way to make it easier with a DIY focus extension lever. There…

  • Adding fans to Omega DV Condenser Lamp House

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    Background In my last article, I conducted some temperature tests using the 250W PH213 lamp in the Omega DV Condenser lamphouse.  Omega offered a blower for the DV lamphouse that permitted use of 250W bulb. The Omega part number is 412-020.  I’ve never seen one, but it is listed on the KBH Photografix website. As expected, with…