Large Format Photography Forum

Announcements and news about the LF Photography site, including home page articles, Forum changes and downtime.

Questions and answers about the LF Photography Home Page and Forum.

Non-repetitive announcements about LF related gallery openings, workshops, new books, trade shows, and other educational opportunities.
Events can also be added to the forum Calendar.

Business aspects of LF photography, including legal, marketing and promotion.

Large format cameras of all types and sizes.

All about darkroom hardware: enlargers, lenses, easels, exhaust fans, etc.

Traditional film, film processing, lab processing, chemistry, paper, traditional printing processes and conservation.

Large format digital hardware (cameras, backs, scanners, printers, etc.)

Software, printing, workflow

Questions about photographic accessories (not lens or camera body accessories) like tripods, bags, meters, etc.

Post your own (large-format only) images for sharing and discussion. Critiques should only be offered if requested by the original poster.

Discuss Large Format Lenses & Lens Accessories

- discussions of how to build, restore or repair large format cameras and equipment or accessories for handling large format negatives (4x5 and larger).

Discuss questions about places to photograph, including conditions in transit and how to travel with equipment.

Discuss aesthetics, philosophy, history, photographers and photographs.

Labs, education, workshops, services, stores and places to find information on LF photography. Commercial posts are prohibited except by approval of the moderators, see the guidelines before posting.

For questions about exposure, meters, Zone system, or advice on photographing specific subjects.

Any reports about the outcomes of transactions with providers of products and services to large-format photographers must be made in the "Buyer/Seller Advisories" sub-forum. The purpose of this sub-forum is to provide a service to large-format photographers who need to know whom to trust in a small market. All posts in other forums complaining about specific transactions will be moved to this forum, and repeated mispostings by a person may result in moderator action. Threads in the Buyer/Seller Advisories forum must be: -Factual -Unemotional -Related only to what actually happened. Comments about the character or honesty of the person described will be deleted without notice, and repeated negative personal comments will result in moderator actions. Remember, personal attacks and abuse to other site users is not allowed on this forum. Demands for action are also not appropriate anywhere on the Large Format Photography Forum, and will be removed. The LFPF does not provide any mechanism for seeking resolution of an unsatisfactory transaction--resolution must be pursued outside the forum. This sub-forum is for simple reports of outcomes of transactions here and elsewhere. If the transaction occurred elsewhere, then it must involve transactions of products or services relevant to the large-format community.

Introduce yourself or share your recent plunge into LF photography.

Information & questions about organized LF groups & unofficial meet-ups.
Events can also be added to the froum Calendar.

A forum for announcements of a commercial nature related to large format photography. Moderator approval is required before posting promotional items.