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Have you ever wondered what kind of gear you should consider taking with you when shooting large format?

Have you wondered how to load film into a film holder for a large format camera?

Today’s post can answer both of those questions.  Or at least show you one photographer’s approach.

Here, Paul Butzi shows you what equipment to bring when shooting large format.

In another article, he shows how to load large format film holders

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What are BTZS Tubes? As the video mentions, they are tubes from Phil Davis the writer of the book, Beyond the Zone System.

OK, so this 4×5 Part 1 video is a bit strange, but it shows BTZS tubes in action.  BTZS tubes are tubes used for sheet film development.

4×5 sheet film development in BTZS tubes Part 1: This is the “classical” video

4×5 sheet film development in BTZS tubes Part 2:

Here is the 8×10 sheet film development in BTZS tubes video:

These were from Fred Newman at the view camera store.

BTZS Equipment on eBay

Today’s site of the day is www.unblinkingeye.com.

This is another good resource site. It has articles that are often good step-by-step tutorials. Many are alternative process articles like
Getting Started In Wetplate Collodion Photography or this Lith Printing article.

Some are more basic how to articles such as this one on How to Develop Film.

It has Photographic Formulas for those with an interest in mixing their own darkroom chemicals.

Like the Massive Dev Chart at digitaltruth.com, this site also has Film Development Times.

A particularly nice resource page on this site is Alternative and Historical Process Links. Yep, more places I can go and spend hours.

It has travel photography articles such as A Spiritual Journey to West Bengal. I liked this one because I have several friends from India including one Bengali.

The content on this site is well worth checking out. That’s especially true if you are interested in old or alternative photographic processes.