Large Format Photography Forum http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/ A discussion forum on large format phtography http://largeformatphotography.info en Sun, 19 May 2013 12:34:15 GMT vBulletin 15 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/images/misc/rss.png Large Format Photography Forum http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/ Lee wide angle adaptor on Schneider Super Symmar 110 XL http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103480-Lee-wide-angle-adaptor-on-Schneider-Super-Symmar-110-XL&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 11:58:13 GMT Hi everyone!

I am aware of the warning to use any filter but B&W EW on this lens as the glass somewhat protrudes. I would like to screw on a Lee 67 mm wide angle adapter ring and use the Lee slotted wide angle hood with it. Mai I do so without having to fear that the ring might touch (and scratch) the glass surface near the rim. Can anyone tell me for sure?

Thanks! ]]> Vic Montaigne http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103480-Lee-wide-angle-adaptor-on-Schneider-Super-Symmar-110-XL 8x10 Copy Camera - What The HELL did I just buy? http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103479-8x10-Copy-Camera-What-The-HELL-did-I-just-buy&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 11:28:36 GMT I think I'm picking this up next week:

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218...arch=&ad_cid=6

I'm trying to decide what to do with it. I'm thinking enlarger? Bigger camera? Something else?

I don't really need a copy-camera, but it's too cool to just pass up... ]]> michael slade http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103479-8x10-Copy-Camera-What-The-HELL-did-I-just-buy Pt/Pd Paper experiment http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103476-Pt-Pd-Paper-experiment&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 10:08:01 GMT Pt/Pd printers... How about we share -if do not mind- the characteristics and observation of what ever paper you use? Any comments would give me... Pt/Pd printers... How about we share -if do not mind- the characteristics and observation of what ever paper you use? Any comments would give me personalty a general idea, and I would compare it with my observation if am not wrong.

In my printing ex: Bergger cot-320 took 8 min, on the other side Arches platine took 6 min.

I knotes also Japanese Mullberry Papers (Kozo) have a tighter tonal range.

I really would appereciate your sharing of experience!

Nasser ]]> Nasser http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103476-Pt-Pd-Paper-experiment I need a C41 Lab in Osaka with a scanner... http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103475-I-need-a-C41-Lab-in-Osaka-with-a-scanner&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 08:40:32 GMT Hi.
Does anyone know about a film lab in Osaka, Japan. That can develop 4x5" negative film C41 and scan it (flat or virtual drum is good enough)? Its hard for me to find since I dont speak any japanese, but I really need it. Going there in 10 days for a shooting.

Thanks for any tips. ]]> Resources norly http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103475-I-need-a-C41-Lab-in-Osaka-with-a-scanner 5x7 enlarger http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103473-5x7-enlarger&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 05:08:41 GMT I have a Graflarger, and when I burned up the power supply for the coldlight I replaced it with a CFL in a box, reusing the base of the Graflarger... I have a Graflarger, and when I burned up the power supply for the coldlight I replaced it with a CFL in a box, reusing the base of the Graflarger that attaches to the camera and holds the diffusion glass and negative holder. The CFL gave such a contrasty image I had to use a "0" filter for a normal print, so I switched it out for a 60w soft white bulb. I worried about heat, but so far no problem (I don't leave it on long). To me, the incandescent lacks contrast, but perhaps I just need to get used to it. Anyway, its better than the CFL. The Graflarger looks like this now:

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]]> LF DIY (Do It Yourself) Tim Meisburger http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103473-5x7-enlarger WWE Extreme Rules 2013 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103472-WWE-Extreme-Rules-2013&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 04:39:32 GMT Be sure to check out WWE Extreme Rules 2013 tonight! WWE Extreme Rules 2013 Live Stream (http://mayweathervsguerrerolivestreams.com/) Be sure to check out WWE Extreme Rules 2013 tonight!

WWE Extreme Rules 2013 Live Stream ]]> Business Daniimu http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103472-WWE-Extreme-Rules-2013 Joe Forks--Great transaction http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103471-Joe-Forks-Great-transaction&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 02:14:53 GMT I bought a lens from Joe and everything went smoothly. His description of the lens was honest and accurate, he was prompt with his communications,... I bought a lens from Joe and everything went smoothly. His description of the lens was honest and accurate, he was prompt with his communications, he shipped quickly and did a thorough job packing the lens. ]]> Buyer-Seller Advisories BarryS http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103471-Joe-Forks-Great-transaction v11 deardorff or chamoix 16x20 camera? http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103467-v11-deardorff-or-chamoix-16x20-camera&goto=newpost Sun, 19 May 2013 00:40:41 GMT hi
right now i am shooting on an 8x10 dorff.
in the next few months, i plan on going to the next level to 11x14 or 16x20.
i can't decide if i go with a dorff v11 field camera or go with the chamoix 16x10 which allows me to shoot 11x14 as well
i shoot portraits in studio and on location but want to take it to the next level.
any pros or cons for either.
take out the money factor because i don't want that to be a issue right now
it will be later but for now. just the camera.

thanks

phil ]]> phillip2446 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103467-v11-deardorff-or-chamoix-16x20-camera How can I tell if my Beseler 45MXII is capable of taking a turret? http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103466-How-can-I-tell-if-my-Beseler-45MXII-is-capable-of-taking-a-turret&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 22:51:33 GMT I bought a Beseler 45MXII today. How can I tell if capable of accepting a turret? I looked at photos of them online and I can't see how one would fit.
Thanks,
Terry ]]> Darkroom: Equipment Terry Moore http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103466-How-can-I-tell-if-my-Beseler-45MXII-is-capable-of-taking-a-turret Why I shoot Large Format http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103463-Why-I-shoot-Large-Format&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 21:40:27 GMT I'm starting this whole thing over again. I just deleted about 1,000 words of preamble (it's my bad habit) and decided that if anyone was actually gonna read this, I should try to be a little less long winded. So here goes....

I live in downtown Dallas and there's this nice little block-long city park right next to my building. Today there was some kind of festival going on (I noticed this on my way to 7-Eleven, which is katty corner from my building) and there were a LOT of people out! Even more than usual for this kind of thing. There were also an inordinately large number of people milling about with big impressive looking professional DSLRs with fast lenses mounted. Clearly (if the gear was any clue) every one of them a sly and stealthy pro "street shooter", cashing in on the many opportunities for candid people photography, decisive moments, juxtapositions and so forth...and of course, anther golden opportunity to show off all your expensive, high end equipment. I even saw a guy with a big 300/2 type thing mounted (what???) and one of those belt systems packing a couple more big lenses and probably a "backup" body or two, from the look of this doof. All that stuff had to weigh sitxy pounds and I can't imagine he got a single "capture" that wasn't blurry for being too close to focus. But I'm getting off track again and we've all seen this guy before anyway...

My point is, there was indeed a day in the not too distant past when I would have been right in there with them, doing the exact same thing, albeit with a much more civilized and less conspicuous M6 and 50 'Cron (loaded with Tri-X). In fact, for the first...oh, 15 years or so of my photography 'career' I really wanted to be the modern day version of HCB, or Garry Winogrand (or name just about any other mid-century Magnum Photog who did that kind of work). All of my gear acquisitions were directed toward this goal until finally the Leica kit ended all the GAS and I could finally get to work! And none of it was ever very fulfilling. The street shooting I mean. I rarely ever printed anything I liked and I always hated processing and dealing with hundreds and hundreds of frames of 35mm negatives after a shoot or a trip. Digital is much worse in this regard, IMO. It seems easier and you don't have to deal with the chemicals, but...I see these guys in the park with their high end cameras and gear and think about what that must be like. I don't do digital, but I've dabbled a few times, and the prospect of having to "postprocess" 1,500 files after a day of shooting appeals to me not at all! It was bad enough with 35mm negatives, but at least that was something tangible and seemed to have some physical value. To me a digital file, is just...nothing really.

Whenever I looked through my ubiquitous Box-O-Prints, everything I saw in there was the same kind of static, stationary subjects I shoot LF with now. It took me awhile to make the transition and my first big camera was a Hasselblad, which kept me busy for a year or two until finally the standard Cambo 4x5, where I actually learned the value of the large format negative. Or better, the value of the large format way of making photographs.

I wonder how many others here have followed a similar progression. I think for the first years I spent with a camera, learning the technical fundamentals and enjoying playing with the gear, before I even recognized the existence of large format photography, was a completely necessary step in my development as a photographer. With all that, it wasn't until I really got going with large format that I actually became a photographer and the years that came before was just a learning phase, prior to the beginning of the real work. Learning and growing as a photographer will continue for the rest of my life - I would've grown bored and quit a long time ago otherwise - but I do feel like the time I spent walking the streets and the markets trying to be a street shooter was really just my education phase, getting me ready for what I do now every day. ]]> On Photography Cletus http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103463-Why-I-shoot-Large-Format does anybody know the lens board dimensions of the 16x20 chamoix view camera http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103461-does-anybody-know-the-lens-board-dimensions-of-the-16x20-chamoix-view-camera&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 18:45:11 GMT hi does anybody know the specs of the lens board for the chamoix 16 x20 view camera? i am debating getting this camera over the 11x14 v11... hi

does anybody know the specs of the lens board for the chamoix 16 x20 view camera?

i am debating getting this camera over the 11x14 v11 deardorff odr sc 11 deardorff

thanks

phil ]]> phillip2446 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103461-does-anybody-know-the-lens-board-dimensions-of-the-16x20-chamoix-view-camera Carbon-Arc lighting, interested to know anything http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103459-Carbon-Arc-lighting-interested-to-know-anything&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 17:32:41 GMT I saw a movie crew, using a very bright light connected to what looked like a welder or battery charger. It was blowing out the Sun and seemed... I saw a movie crew, using a very bright light connected to what looked like a welder or battery charger. It was blowing out the Sun and seemed different than a standard arc-welder in color and intensity.

What is known about current usage? How much juice do they need?

They also were used for old movie projectors.

Found one on eBay...


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Rega...item1c32d19039

Always curious Randy ]]> Gear Randy Moe http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103459-Carbon-Arc-lighting-interested-to-know-anything Freezer for Film http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103457-Freezer-for-Film&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 17:17:04 GMT I have been looking for a small freezer to store film in and I think I found one at a garage sale, just need input for all the folks that use... I have been looking for a small freezer to store film in and I think I found one at a garage sale, just need input for all the folks that use freezers for this purpose.

The freezer is one that is used in a store to sell ice cream. It has two sliding glass panels on the top.
One panel slides under the other to gain access to ice cream bars.

My concern in that moisture might get in when the panels are closed even though the seals look good.

Any feedback is welcome.

I might add, I am a cheap ass, and the price of $50.00 is at the top of my budget for this.


Thanks

Gary ]]> Gear gary892 http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103457-Freezer-for-Film Lexington, KY Area http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103456-Lexington-KY-Area&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 16:49:15 GMT I'll be in the Lexington, KY area for a few days next week. Does anyone have suggestions for shooting locations?

I'm mostly interested in color landscapes but I'd like to do some B&W urban/architecture stuff too. ]]> Mark Stahlke http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103456-Lexington-KY-Area Ed Bray http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103452-Ed-Bray&goto=newpost Sat, 18 May 2013 15:33:12 GMT I bought a lens from him and it was a pleasure to deal with him. I bought a lens from him and it was a pleasure to deal with him. ]]> Buyer-Seller Advisories chromemax http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?103452-Ed-Bray