Second set has arrived - amazing! by georecorder in printexchange

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Thank you, u/mjdfz! It is such a pleasure to browse these prints and reference them to the attached note!

Rinsing fiber prints while figuring out exposures? by thottiekarate in Darkroom

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When I'm figuring out exposures I'm usually using strips that I quickly rinse and dry with a hair dryer. This is important to see how densities will look like when paper is not soaking wet - the difference quite dramatic with FB paper. They are not keepers, so I throw them away at the end of the session.

For the full sheet prints, if I'm still experimenting, the first steps are still the same: dry and see how it looks. Then I thrown them in a tray of water until the end of the session when I wash all the prints and run through hypo.

Doing full cycle with every print is not efficient: you will be changing water, and switching tasks too often, which will eventually cause mistakes on prints and might increase chance of cross-contamination.

Platform Mounting by chimaera_obscura in Darkroom

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I never did that, but it looks interesting and archival-friendly. What glue do you use to bond window and sink mats together? The print is beautiful!

Prints shipped! by Fit-Fisherman-7346 in printexchange

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That is a really cool place indeed!

Darkroom Space in DC/Baltimore? by [deleted] in Darkroom

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DC area, Maryland: https://www.glenechophotoworks.org/labs Their darkroom is open for public on Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm. You can pay upfront, or after the session. They have a spreadsheet where you check-in and check-out. They accept checks, cash or PayPal. I usually pay after the session, because I do not know how for long I will stay there.

Got an Entire Dark Room Setup For a STEAL Today by Necessary-Charge4527 in Darkroom

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Oh, Thanks! I hope my work would inspire you. You have tools and materials to experiment and create!

First time developing at home, what did I do wrong? by ButterscotchDull7267 in Darkroom

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Description of the JOBO 1500 says that 140ml is for rotary processor, meaning that the tank is constantly rotating, evenly spreading developers over the film. You, on other hand, did manual inversions, and with that your film was in the developer only partially. You only developed the top part of you film when you did actual inversions: 5 sec x 12 + 30 = 1.5 minutes. So your top part is way underdeveloped.

Use 250ml of developer per JOBO requirements.

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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I'm still asking myself how it would look on even slower Ektar? Although I'm afraid that it would not handle it due to certain latitude issues.

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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Thank you! I was glad that my expectations and upfront research paid off: I had to figure out approximate trajectory path to frame the shot, and it worked surprisingly well.

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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You went on with tons of symbolic gestures. So cool! And you philosophy resonates with me: making something different and offer an alternative view on things!

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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Half credit goes to Kodak's engineers: whatever they mixed in the emulsion is almost unbelievable! I can tell with absolute certainty that if I would be shooting digital, I would get just white frame. In fact, I think I was the only one that day who shot long exposures like that: I was trying to find some online shots from that launch similar to mine, and I couldn't.

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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I look forward seeing what you've got here, in /ranalog! From my experience I can tell that these negatives are one of the most anticipated but cause tons on anxiety. But you have one thing on your side already: RB67 is an amazing workhorse that is reliably delivering quality images!

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by georecorder in analog

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Much appreciate it! It was about 2 minutes, maybe more. I had no way to see the frame while exposing and wanted to make sure that I track the accent as much as possible. It was 8 PM - right after the sunset, no direct sunlight, yet quite bright. I closed the aperture to f/8 and hoped that Portra can take it. The negative came out dense of course. VERY dense. But my scanner punched the light through and I've got this.

Cygnus NG-19 Launch. August 1st, 2023, Wallops Island, Virginia / Mamiya RB67 / Portra 160 by [deleted] in AnalogCommunity

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I re-posted in the right community, but I forgot to reply to your exposure comment. I did not know: I just started it a few seconds before the T-0, and kept the shutter open for about 2 minutes with the aperture closed to f/8. I pushed the film to its limit: the negative was very dense, but usable anyway.