Yes, and I find it way too paddy. For each piece of equipment, you add two layers, while with a custom solution, you only add one.
The photobackpacker solution is nice, but I really want to go the...
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Yes, and I find it way too paddy. For each piece of equipment, you add two layers, while with a custom solution, you only add one.
The photobackpacker solution is nice, but I really want to go the...
My Sekonic Studio Deluxe is always gathering a lot of interest. I think thoses old lightmeters have a very strong magnet inside, and that excites the guys at airport checks. Last time I travelled in...
Hello,
I'm sure it has already been discussed here, but I can't find it.
So, I got a very good backpack (Haglöfs Mountain Surf, 30L) in which I put for the moment the insert of my Billingham...
I went for the Paramo DarkCloth. Very well made and conveniently thought by large format photographers on the move. the fabric used is breathable, lightweight, and the entire product is really...
On a Chamonix 45N-1:
Fujinon 75 SWD 5.6
Schneider Ap Symmar 120 5.6
Fujinon 210 CMW 5.6
In the future,
Fujinon 300 C 8.5
Thanks Bob,
I like that 'square' approach, level, front drop, tilt and focus for good plane of focus position.
On the Cham, there is some front drop, but not that much, I'll try anyway :-)
...
Wowow guys :-),
I was not intending to rise a fight here. Thanks for all the help and different ways to achieve near-far. Yes, this is my first true wide angle in LF, and no, before the Cham, I...
Thanks Greg,
That I didn't think about, and could be helpful in case of vertical parallels in the view.
Good!
On the Chamonix 45N-1, the back tilt is base, not axis.
I was wondering if tilting downwards the entire camera, placing roughly the horizon high on the picture was a good first action, before...
Hi,
I'll soon will have a Fujinon 75mm 5.6, and intend to use it on my Chamonix 45N-1 for near-fars.
I would like to have your advice on the way to proceed. All I got is this:
Tilt camera...
Any news, any pics of this new 45N-2??
I'm highly interested. It could be also very interesting if Chamonix would offer a front and/or back upgrade...
Here is a list of things I'd like to have, in the LF field, I got also some other domains in which I got some kind of list:
Fujinon SWD 65
Schneider SS-XL 80
Fujinon C 300 8.5
Maybe a Fujinon...
I went for the Chamonix 45N-1, special order for fresnel position out of GG, not inside the camera. Maybe this will be available standard in the 45N-2). No change of weight though. 120 Schneider,...
My Chamonix (less than a month old) came with the fresnel outside the GG, to my request, and protected behind a glass. All fits inside the normal back, the protection glass just flushing the wood...
Chamonix is within your grasp, as well as Wista or Toyo on eBay.
All the best,
Mark,
I understand you arrested your brand choice already, but why not Chamonix, or Toyo field, or Wista Field, or Ebony, or even Canham? Just for me to be sure you do choose wisely after having...
Hi,
I received mine some days ago now. The camera is really nice. What I really like is its design, the holes in the baseplates are really helpful to maintain the camera while attaching it to the...
I think the focussing plane shift due to the covering thin glass inside the camera is explained on the bosscreen website.
I thought of trying this at home with microcristalline parafine, melting...
Thanks mr Mortensen,
I knew already Timbuk2, but not Chrome. All these looks really well done, and one could think of putting inside some padded dividers from Pelicase, Billingham or Lowepro.
...
I wouldn't.
Too big and cubersome for me. Still on the 4x5"...
You're most welcome Clement.
This is more or less the solution I look for, and the one I implemented with an old Crumpler that I found at home. now I choose the smaller of the two I have, and...
If I may, this link is very interesting for those of you who read french:
http://www.galerie-photo.com/rotule-arca-monoball-p0.html
The guy is really happy with a Gitzo 1531 and an Arca-Swiss...
So, let's stop posting here, and let the subject sink to nowhere.
I'll make a new thread to show you my future 45N-1 :-).
Good one too Percepts. Wista is nice in its way, and also it doesn't cost a Linhof Technika 3000...
Now, what's fashion for one is maybe not for another.
Anyway, some ideas are here, I didn't...
Lol,
thanks Brian, that's a good one.
But I'm sure it exists :-), or I'll do it myself.
Hi,
Some copals have the shutter cable attach threaded peice at some angle toward front of lens, so as to still be able to use the shutter release even if the lens is in a recessed plate.
I...
I know the perfect bag does not exist, but you never know all the possibilities, so
I'm looking for a bag to hold 4x5 field folding camera, 2 (3 maybe) lenses, 3 fidelity, darkcloth, lightmeter,...
Jason,
Do you know if bosscreen are still available these days?
Thanks,
Good to know too,
Thanks Ari.
Lens is shipped already apparently :-)
And I double this,
Hugo so far has answered me quickly and helpfully, being open to discuss all matters related to accessories, solutions to the 'problem' and so on.
Haha Michael Gordon,
That's so true.
Anyway, mine is ordered, and Hugo will put the fresnel on top of the GG, so for me, they have a tech solution they can implement readily, and will for...
I could add something more,
I choose the 45N-1 for its aesthetic aspect also. Sorry, I'm sensitive to that aspect of all the objects I own and use, they need to fit some kind of idea of beauty I...
I agree that at least the communication put up by Chamonix should be clear, honest and straightforward. They should also choose the best solution to solve the problem (I mean, invert the fresnel GG...
That's it, I ordered the 45N-1 in Teak, grey parts, with the universal bellows, and the fresnel placed on top. I let you know when I got it.
Thanks to everyone to have helped here.
Greg
Actually, there was two of them from the same seller, and I took the best looking one, described as perfect in all the criteria (shutter, aspect, glass and so on). I found it to be a fair price...
Yep, sadly, it is done already.
Thanks, next time, I'll check here.
I didn't know there was a marketplace here.
Anyway, in euro in the end, it's not that bad (if customs are sleepy the day it...
That's exactly what I answered to Hugo when he proposed me that solution. And what about the focus in the corner, or anywhere in the image. We are not speaking about 135mm reflex camera, where the...
@ Vinny: I know, I'm a compulsive buyer...
Thanks Allen, hope this will be the case.
Anyway, for 350USD, that's not a heck of a money for that, no?
We'll see, thanks averybody for the help,
Good, this looks like the one I will have. I'll use it for 4x5, so, plenty of movement. What about quality? What about weight? Is the Copal C the same as Copal 1?
Thanks,
Greg
hi,
I just bought on the bay a Fujinon W 210mm f:5.6. I'm interested by any of your comments about that lens. I know already about the unofficial fujinon webpage, very informative, but without any...