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They're good - like a folded and riveted fibreboard. Not too heavy, but quite sturdy. I wouldn't leave them out in the rain, but they are splashproof. Just need another one and really pleased to find them again.

That's them! Thanks very much.

Thanks - I didn't mention they are sort of riveted. Will try to get a picture uploaded if I can. I'll check out those links.

A few years ago I went to the Photography Show at the NEC in Birmingham. There was a stall selling nothing but boxes to store photographs in (black boxes with straps and a nice handle with foam inside). The sticker has come off mine, so I can't see where it came from - has anyone got any ideas...

Thanks all for your replies and apologies its taken a while to say so.

Thank you, I'll have a read. I do understand the whole thing about variability in a darkroom - which paper you choose and how you print it etc. The thing is, if I shoot FP4 or Fomapan, they come out a bit different on the scan, but when I've finished with them, the images I get are very...

I'd like to hear some thoughts on scanning negatives - I have an Epson V550 - and while I realise a drum scanner would give the best results, I have what I have... My question really, is how do I scan a film to look as natural as it is - generally if I scan a negative, I end up squashing the...

Success! Printed my first dry plates today. I got hold of some ASA 2 plates as well as the ASA 25 plates I mentioned above. With a piece of Baader astrofilm, the ASA 2 plates have an 8 second exposure and came out pretty perfect stright away - some tweaking necessary to get it spot on, but I...

The issue is that I made my UV box - so no idea of how much it gives out, except for trying my process and experimenting. Printing out paper takes about 4 mins, similar for cyanotype. They are less sensitive that my ISO25 plates. I also print platinum, although I am at an early stage with that...

Have had a read - good stuff. Not sure I am ready to buy the book, bt I can read it when I need to on archive.org. Yes - I have the same feeling about the exposure meter - its a good one - but I was thinking this: On the plates, it says to put a blue filter over the sensor to exclude the red...

Not read the book yet - will do that on Weds. I have put my light meter in my UV box though, and it would measure at F/0.5 - at ISO 25, it gave a speed of 1/250s. I can't turn it on for that short a period, so I'll need to use an ND filter - I have some 1 stop gel, but a stack of that would be...

Thanks again - both for the link and page references. I'll have a look over the next couple of days and then post here again.

Yes please - have an account there now and can borrow for an hour at a time. Thanks very much.

Thanks for the offer of the page ref - its £165 on Amazon so am unlikely to get it I'm afraid. That's a lot of cat food.

Thanks. I hadn't realised that F/0.5 is full illumination. Will try that. The issue with printing paper for test strips, is that I don't know the ISO of the paper - I make my own, either Cyanotype or Platinum/Palladium, but they are much less sensitive than ISO 25 - I also have POP paper, but...