Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet: ensure that your lightmeter, headlamp, and GPS all use the same type of battery. Carry just a couple of spares and you have lots of redundancy.
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Surprised this hasn't been mentioned yet: ensure that your lightmeter, headlamp, and GPS all use the same type of battery. Carry just a couple of spares and you have lots of redundancy.
My experience tallies with Jerry's. I have both a 1228 and a 1325. Although the 1228 is almost perfect for a lightweight 4x5, the tripod is a little light for long lens and macro shots. I would not...
Requests for lens suggestions usually invoke considerations of cost, weight, and coverage. However, I rarely see any comments about the flare resistance of lenses: is it possible to have the sun in...
Follow-up to Harley's comment: the problem with "Arca-compatible" lever clamp systems is small variations in the dimensions of the dovetail plates between different manufacturers. The genuine Arca...
I own a Tachihara 4x5 and use a Nikon 75mm f4.5 on a flat board. I just checked: you can easily get 20mm of front rise with the lens focused at infinity and the bellows only a little compressed. If...
Robin Imaging of Cincinnati does 4x5 2 hour E6 for $2.50. They have a Lightjet and offer all the usual services you would expect from a prolab. I have not had a problem in the three years I have used...
I was in the area only a few weeks ago. There have been lots of great suggestions already. Given you only have five days, get a good map and give a lot of thought into your route. The distances are...
I use a P-50 plate from Wimberley on my Tachihara. The plate is almost as long as the length of the camera base. I find this mini-rail particularly useful when shooting macros in the field. Long...
I took my first images recently with a 4x5 Tachihara camera, on Kodak E100VS positive film. I took the film to Chrome Imaging in Northwest Washington, D.C. When I received the images, I noted all...
Ernest wrote:
I think a first LF camera should be considered temporary, a means of finding out what you need and don't need, what you like and dislike, just what it takes to fit your personality...
Clearly, the epitome of The American Landscape Photography Repertoire - copying Till, Muench, Dykinga, Fatali, even... Fielder.
Perhaps Schneider should offer professionals special focal lengths...