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Tulips from the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens:
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Crown Graphic 4x5, Provia 100F, Sinaron-S 150mm

Saturday mornings are extra great because you get into the BBG for free :) Who doesnt like free things.

Two parter here guys. First, are there any LF meetups in NYC (I didn't find any.)? Second, would you all be interested in an LF expedition to the Brooklyn Botannical Gardens to photograph the Cherry...

If I don't lock everything down hard then I get the same thing. The polaroid back is just so darn *BIG* that you can easily shift the rear standard slightly as a result of inserting it. At least you...

I don't know about that Jim, I'm sure I can throw tilt, shift and swing at the camera until I exceed some tolerance somewhere. :)

I have yet to identify what the wet plate "look" is though. I am in awe of the beautiful photography produce via wet plate methods by many of you, but I don't know what makes something "wet plate"...

Simon,
I don't want to sound like a twat, but was the Heygate series all just shot a series of foggy days or is there darkroom work to dodge parts of the final images for the gradient lightness.
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You can see the camera body at the bottom, case for two lenses above it, the tripod mount is detached for convenience (i.e. it is a huge...

I'm not sure what the "right" way is, but I did get the gentleman from Photobackpacker to make me a custom holder for the F2. it essentially sits at the bottom of the backpack with the two standards...

I shoot whatever catches my eye. Right now I have a 210 and a 150 and I will likely get a 90 at some point this year for even wider views. In a city as full as this one is (of architecture) I do...

Hey all, I have had my Sinar F2 (4"x5") for the better part of 6 months now and I find I get frustrated trying to drag it out through NYC to shoot. At this point I am not sure what to do to replace...

My first REAL LF shot:

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Stats: Sinar F2, Fujinon 210mm f/5.6 Lens @ f22 1/8 second, no rise or shift, 10-12 degrees back tilt for...

Joe, this shot is great. Makes me want to go find some trains to shoot in all this cloudy weather we have going in NYC. (I don't think there is anywhere that would let me close enough to take a...

Thanks a ton guys, the problem was definitely scanning in reflective mode. Once I switched to transparency I got MUCH improved contrast and detail. Now I just need to find the sharpest height for the...

Mr. Kauffman,
In this case I want to resolve the huge amount of fogging and the weird band on the left side of the image, then ill worry about suspending my film at the right height.
Thanks for...

Hey guys, just got some of my first film back. I have some real problems with the scan, I know i need a cleaner workspace and whatnot, but this is not about that.

Tech Stuff:
Ilford Delta 100...

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but I am a little confused by the terminology. How do you know the limits of what you can do by shooting at a higher ISO. If i shot Ilford Delta 100 sheets...

So, I use a Sekonic L-358 with the 1 degree spot finder attachment to meter for large format (generally). That said, in darkness it is both hard to see and cant effectively meter truly dark areas. If...

Alex, I find this particular work stunning. I know it may be a personal secret, but can you dissect the lighting for me. I can normally see this lighting in a shot easily, but here the catchlights in...

I had great luck with eBay. Mine cost me 55 bucks, which is fine by me!

Bid on this maybe?...

A step up ring is sufficient, I am using step up rings to mount my 77mm Singh-Ray circular polarizer.

Two of my first images. I don't know why the color image came out so much softer, I must have knocked the camera post focusing and didn't realize it.

Both: Sinar F2, Fujinon 210W f/5.6 @ f16 1/30...

I didn't see it at first but now that I look back I see they will modify film holders for my use into plateholders. very cool. Thanks again!

Thanks guys! One last question; Ideally I would like to do all my wetplate work on my current sinar f2, anyway I can get/make plate holders for the thing or is that a bit of a doomed enterprise?

Long Story Short:
I want to get into wetplate, these guys seem to have a nice product pre-measured for me. How good is it and perhaps more importantly, will it be a good way to learn wet-plate?
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How can I give myself any more or less of a buffer than the holder allows?



My experience is limited to these holders, but it is not that easy, if you imagine the film in the box, when you slip...

So, I am *very* new to the whole thing, I literally just loaded my first piece of film, learning in the light before trying to do the same thing in utter darkness.

So here is my dilemma, I can...

I really enjoy just as it is, and I know this may be asking more than you feel like sharing, but was the sky that blue when you were out there? I always feel like my skies go gray, with or without a...

Can you actually combine F and P standards? It looks (though I have not tested) like the P rear standard is going to have a lateral shift WRT the F front standard.

PA 145 takes Fuji FP100C and 100/3000B film which is about half as expensive (or less) than Fuji FP100C45.

Its feels like a much different aspect ratio to me as well.

Thanks to everyone!

Dan:
Forgive my excitement, it is my first LF lens and I'd really like to mate it to my camera when it gets here to start taking a few photographs.

Thanks very much for the help!

Oh, If I had the shutter it wouldn't be so bad, but It is en route to me, and I would really like to have a lensboard for it when it gets here.

I just purchased a Fujinon 210 f/5.6 W, It is mounted in a Copal Press shutter, Thalmann says its a Copal C shutter. I cannot find stats about what diameter i need a lensboard hole for at all.

Can...

This one is incredibly rich. I salute your printing and photographic skills.

Just as an aside, color film development here in NYC from US Color Lab, $5.50 a sheet (E-6 within 3 hours, c-41 within 24). I haven't used them for LF yet, but they have done right by me on my medium...

I can't find anything at all about Fuji FP-3000B in 4x5 size, does such a thing even exist?

I know this has mostly been left to settle, but in considering what you all are saying about view cameras, am I going to be at a drawback if i was to use a sinar over a toyo view camera to start out?...

So far based on my research into them and your opinions, it seems like a field camera is the way to go. Now If I can just figure out *which* field camera, then I will be getting somewhere!

It...

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