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debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 21:59
I went to the fabulous Angkor-wat, Siem Reap Cambodia with my Tachihara 4x5, and with only one lens, the apo-lanthar 150/4.5 linhof select. It's the first time I went out without the WA and the Tele lenses, so I could put everthing into a small lowepro off-road bag and the whole pack weights no more than 3 kilo, easy for walking, and I can focus on using my only lens, easy for thinking.
I'm a chinese amature, first time post here, nice to meet you.

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debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 22:00
encore.

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debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 22:01
encore.

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debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 22:02
encore.

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Apo-lanthar inside the Angkor-wat.

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debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 22:37
thumbs here.

debellatio
3-Jun-2010, 22:44
the last thumbnail I can upload... for today or for the whole year?!
:eek:

mdm
3-Jun-2010, 23:04
WOW!!! That is an outstanding lens. They shure know what they are doing in China. :)

Well done.

David

jnl
3-Jun-2010, 23:14
great images! That place begs to be photographed w/ large format.
Kenro Izu has has done some amazing work there w a 14x20 camera.
He then contact prints them in platinum-Palladium. The web cannot do his prints justice
at all! If you ever have a chance to see his work in person do not miss it!
http://www.kenroizu.com/html/sp16.html

eddie
4-Jun-2010, 01:08
great stuff.

did you have any problem with the cambodian government trying to make you pay extra for the 4x5 camera at angkor? i heard this happens at times.

i loved angkor. i only had an rb67. but it was great. are you still in SE Asia? if so you must get that 4x5 to Bagan in Myanmar.

zoneVIII
5-Jun-2010, 18:23
wow great images,
i heard that in Angkor Wat if you bring 4x5 you have to pay 300USD a day to make photograph there, how much you paid?
thanks for sharing

haryanto

Bill_1856
5-Jun-2010, 18:43
Nice sense of composition and color. Thanks for posting them.

debellatio
5-Jun-2010, 21:36
i heard that in Angkor Wat if you bring 4x5 you have to pay 300USD a day to make photograph there, how much you paid?

hello eddie and zoneVIII,

That is something I have to tell. I was worried about that because before I went, I heard the rumor of LF forbidden rules in Angkor-wat, too. I asked my friends and my local guide if it's true, they denied.

But I kept worried about it because when I entered the immigration of Cambodia, the officer solicited a bribe from me or he just would not want to let me pass. What a country!

Things went right during the first 3 days, my tachihara only attracted attention from those tourists. I barely saw the securities or policemen inside of the Angkor-wat, nobody came to stop me.

The last day, when I entered a temple, I noticed there were 2 young men sat before the gate, holding mathematics book and staring at me with very weird eyes, I guess they are high school students, and I thought maybe I have to deal with them later. Just as expected, after about 20 min'. the 2 young men come close, showing me there ID cards(maybe the student cards), and stated that they were on behalf of the local Authority, and LF photograph is forbidden here, blablabla, finally they said I have to pay to continue. I replied in anger, "You do not know who I am? Your government invites me to shoot here, I'll call the police if you bother me again". They left immediately without a word.

I'm not lying, I bought ticket to enter the Angkor, so I had the contract with their government, and I have my right to shoot.

And I can tell they are just students, not from authority. Cambodia is still a very poor country, so there must be some people who want to get money from you, especially when you carry a shining LF camera. But they just want few dollars, usually 3-5 USD, and they will be satisfied, after all, they are not bad, they are just poor.

And maybe there used to exist a rule of commercial shoot forbidden long time ago made by Angkor-wat authority, but now the Angkor-wat was managed by a Vietnamese private company for a long term. So there would be no Cambodia authorities inside the Angkor-wat nowadays.

I guess the Angkor-wat LF forbidden rumor should be ceased from now on.:)

zoneVIII
5-Jun-2010, 22:27
Thanks for quick reply, my friend has to paid 300USD per day at there maybe by the same persons, if i go to Angkor I will try your trick, thanks again

haryanto

eddie
6-Jun-2010, 02:08
great idea with the 2 men.

cheers

eddie

Jim collum
6-Jun-2010, 07:13
I was there in 2003, with an Ebony and Betterlight setup. I only had problems in one of the temples (the main Angkor Wat). There were two young men with id cards who didn't want money.. just said I needed a permit to shoot with that camera. Oh.. they also had rifles.. so I listened to them.

Other than that one instance, the biggest problems were tourists

debellatio
6-Jun-2010, 18:20
I was there in 2003, with an Ebony and Betterlight setup. I only had problems in one of the temples (the main Angkor Wat). There were two young men with id cards who didn't want money.. just said I needed a permit to shoot with that camera. Oh.. they also had rifles.. so I listened to them.

Other than that one instance, the biggest problems were tourists

Thanks to God, I saw no more rifles inside Angkor-wat nowadays, actually, during the last 5 years, the Cambodia has became a peaceful country again. everything changed quickly, and in a good way. inspite of the political problems, the Angkor-wat is just amazing, I'll go back there again... and again.

robertmgray
6-Jun-2010, 19:52
Great photos, I've just found my new wallpaper for my laptop.

p_markowski
6-Jun-2010, 21:01
Very nice images and thank-you for sharing. I look forward to more posts from you. Angkor-wat has been one on my to do list for some time now.

Jim collum
6-Jun-2010, 21:37
Very nice images and thank-you for sharing. I look forward to more posts from you. Angkor-wat has been one on my to do list for some time now.

I would recommend it sooner than later. We hired a guide to help us thru the ruins, and he fears that even though they have survived the last 1000 years, tourism will probably destroy them before his grandkids can fully enjoy them (In 2003 when i was there.. the talk was to put a Disneyland 'tram' system thru the ruins to facilitate more tourists.. hopefully this has fallen by the wayside). Staying in Siem Reap, you can see the huge disparity between the people living there, and the Hotels built for tourists.

That said, the ruins are beyond beautiful and majestic. I could easily spend a decade there shooting, and still not fully captured it

jon.oman
7-Jun-2010, 09:47
Very nice work!

Jon

ethics_gradient
7-Jun-2010, 19:03
There's a permit/fee required for commercial photography, not specifically for LF cameras, although laypeople tend to conflate the two. That's hardly out of the ordinary in our own countries. If you're polite, respectful, and firm, it's unlikely you'd have to pay anything as a hobbyist.

Not that I imagine many people would to begin with, but be wary of trusting police officers. You can buy a full police uniform at the markets in Phnom Penh and Siam Reap, or at least you could when I was there in '08.