Recent content by Marvin d martian

Sometimes they come up on here. I have bought and sold a couple of LF cameras and lenses on the forum, but they dont apear that often. I started off with a monorail that was great to learn with, and it was cheap (£250 camera+lens+darkslides) It was not realy suitable for taking outside, so I got...

Learn on Foma 100. £35 for 50 sheets, which for LF film is very reasonable. You can make mistakes with Foma and not feel too bad. Making a mistake with 8x10 slide film hurts!!! Mart

My answer would be don't wait, jump in and try it. I did and it's great. Beware it's addictive and warps your mind. I'm no expert, but would be willing to bring kit along if someone wants to organise a LF day in the north west. I now have 3 5x4 cameras, and could let people try them, with a...

b****r, missed this. I'd be up for it if anyone drops out. Mart

A few more church doors from me, bit of a project and I've been printing them. marble2-1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr marble1-1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr and a bit more of this church marble church 1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

I wet print these days, got lucky on here and picked up a nice 5x4 LPL Enlarger for very little. Took me a while but I'm getting the hang of it after a few years. Best thing is to see if you have a collage or a commercial dark room you can rent, or be taught. Doing it from books and guess work...

And a great WW1 statue inside the cathedral, only there till the end of the month. liverpool-cathedral5 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

Liverpool Cathedral, Outside, liverpool-cathedral2 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Inside, liverpool-cathedral1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

Not going to make it as I can't get out of my road! Mart

No Now that's a beautiful image

Ooh now that's nice. Mart

I use HC110 as a one shot devloper, had a bottle open for 6 month now with no ill effects. Normally I use PMK pyro, 2 bottles that you mix 10ml of part A and 20 ml of part B (to make 1 Lt) and it lasts forever!! You can also tell if its not active as it does not change colour when mixed. Mart

Develop them, they might not be "right" exposure wise, but I have done similar and got, lets say interesting results. Mart

Mine would have to be this one, not printed it yet, but need to do so this year. Dark Tulip by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

Andy, love the first 2, and as someone that does not particularly get on with or like 35mm or colour, they are great. Mart