Recent content by jimedge

Hi, I know this is quite an old thread but I wonder if any of you could answer a question for me about these heads. I was recently looking for a cheap studio setup just for photos of my grandkids etc., and managed to buy a used 300di two-head set complete with wireless triggers, stands and...

Hi all! Just bought a used DeVere 203 enlarger fitted with a multigrade 400HS head and have some concerns over the alignment of the bulbs in the head. On the magenta side the bulb is not symmetrical with the bulb on the yellow side but seems to be pointing much higher. All of the fittings in...

Hi Koen, A few years ago whilst I was living and working between Antwerpen and Gent a Belgian friend (one of very many) said that Belgium was a very small country whilst the UK was quite large by comparison and asked why I chose to live and work in Belgium. My answer was one that I would still...

Hi David! Thanks for your response to my post. You are right, N. Wales is a great place for a photographer to live and work. I am originally a city boy from Liverpool and moved with my family at age 11 to Wrexham, 12 miles equidistant between Chester and Llangollen. Where did you live whilst...

Hi Steve! Thanks for the offer. I'm afraid I abandoned my car in Holland whilst I was working over there a few years ago - my fuel pump decided to die whilst I was at 80 mph in the fast lane of the motorway at rush hour - nearly got myself killed! Havn't owned a car since and don't miss it...

I would be interested to learn more about Multigrade papers if there is an expert out there!

Hi Simon - thanks for your reply. I understand what you mean when you mention a hybrid approach. I considered buying a high end film scanner and Photoshopping everything, but at heart I am something of a purist. I have an Epson 1520 A2 plotter which cost me over £1000 a decade ago - it's dither...

Thanks for that Stephen - FP4 and HP5 have always been my films of choice. What do you know of Ilford Multigrade paper - is it variable contrast as the name suggests - variable by filtration maybe? If so it sounds a far better solution than keeping several boxes of paper of different grades in...

Hi everyone, I have a problem which is causing me some embarrassment and makes me feel like a complete beginner. I have been a photographer since the age of 17 and cut my teeth on Mamiya's, Hasselblads and Sinar and Linhof monorails. That was during the late 60's as a graphic design student - In...

I use Nikon DSLR's and also have a couple of Jessops 360AFDN dedicated flashguns. I recently dug out an old Metz 45CT1 left over from my film days to try out. Triggered via wireless to save frying my flash circuitry, whilst the computer thyristor appears to be working perfectly, the shots taken...

The crucial thing is the fact that you are using just one flashgun - fall off with bounce flash and hot spots with direct flash will always be a problem with just one head. Beg, steal or borrow another identical 360AFDN flash, place both on stands, preferably with brolly reflectors equidistant...