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    May/June View Camera

    I disagree with most of Doug's points.

    I thought the An-My Le article was engaging and the photos were different. I liked the story behind why she shoots what she does.

    I'm not going to go...
  2. Any comments on a New Vue camera? (Brand Name)

    I just measured my camera at full extention with the rails attached, it measures 21 inches total. I also have a cambo nx camera and must say that the New Vue camera is much more stable at full...
  3. Any comments on a New Vue camera? (Brand Name)

    Its funny, I just made a lens board for this camera today to mount my 150 rodenstock and am going to use this camera this weekend. This was my first 4x5 camera that I put away into a closet and got...
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    "Digital" View Camera

    Man, he has some toys.
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    Backup Cameras

    My backup is either a leica m3 with a 50mm cron or a pentax mx with also a 50mm. I carry one of these with any format I am shooting.
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    ratio of 4x5 to 8x10 shooters

    100% black and white in large format, 99% of that 4x5, the rest 8x10 on my ancient Cambo.
    If I shoot color, I do it with my pentax or my leica.
  7. Thread: Handheld 4x5?

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    Handheld 4x5?

    Wista also makes a 4x5 rangefinder model of its metal field cameras. The rangefinder is set up for the 135, 150 or 180 Nikkor w lenses and I read somewhere that it could also be set up for other...
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    Using 4x5 lens on 6X9 camera

    Should I also be doing something about bellows flare with my new fuji 450 c on my 4x5. This lens has a huge image circle and just recently started shooting with it, just wondering what I can do...
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    What is the worst piece of large format gear?

    Dang Kirk, that sure does trump my darkcloth.
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    What is the worst piece of large format gear?

    A darkcloth, any darkcloth. What a pain in the wind.
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    Relative cost of film compared to...

    Whether film is cheap or expensive is relative to the individual and really is all about priorities. Film is cheap for me because of what I get with my purchase; a negative that I can reprint many...
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    When holders beat Readyload

    'The one I have that is really rough seems to rub on the darkslide and on the slide of the tray. I haven't used this holder for shooting because it is pretty rough, but I can see small flakes of...
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    When holders beat Readyload

    Well thats pretty darn negative. I tend to think photographing areas and people hit with disaster is important for numerous different reasons, kind of like combat photography or any other...
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    Signs that Kodak won't discontinue film soon?

    Its too bad shooting digitally doesn't help the actors act or makes the story better, because man, those new Star Wars movies blew.
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    When holders beat Readyload

    When I bought my first large format camera, a crown graphic, I also bought 6 graphmatics all from ebay. 4 of them were in great condition one is pretty hard to use because of bent septums and one is...
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    2006 view camera conference?

    This is good news, close enough that I can be sure to be there.
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    Agfa: another one bites the dust

    Sucks!
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    4x5 vs 8x10 print quality

    Art need not be pretty or beautiful, sometimes its there to make you think.
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    4x5 vs 8x10 print quality

    I have shot some 8x10, but mostly 4x5 with a view camera to enlarge. The times I used the 8x10 the final outcome is always a contact print, which is obviously more detail rich than any enlargement...
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    Inkjet and Hunington Witherill

    "Problem is, no one cares how difficult the picture was to take, how much sweat was poured getting their or how much virtuosity was displayed"

    - Paddy, I disagree with you here, the one person who...
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    Inkjet and Hunington Witherill

    "The best quality digital backs now exceed what 4x5 & 8x10 film can offer in terms of resolution, dynamic range and noise characterists." Since the debate is closed I will assume you are correct in...
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    Is b&w still acceptable by the general public?

    Around where I live, if you take a portrait of a kid and digitally clone some NASCAR driver sitting next to him the stuff sells like umbrellas in a rainstorm. I don't like nascar, and I think those...
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    Ansel's disciples: Ross, Witherill, Orland

    How well financially one does in the art world doesn't necessarily have much to do with how technically apt the artists is, it may be how groundbreaking their work is. I mean, I can surely paint as...
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    Inkjet and Hunington Witherill

    I agree with Jorge, these arguments have been beaten to death, but I'm not done swinging my hammer so here comes more beating, of course this is all IMHO.

    I never quite understood why the argument...
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    Do you also paint, sculpt, draw, etc?

    I work on rebuilding cars along with fabrication, not hugely artistic but nothing like working with the hands. Ialso have started to build wood furniture from scratch. Takes a ton of time which...
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    This month's View Camera

    I tend to get a bunch of different subscriptions to magazines for all my various hobbies, and View Camera is the one that I have consistently renewed over the years. I actually have purchased back...
  27. view camera mag's LF photo conference may 20-22

    My wife told me I can go to it if I sell enough other photo equipment that I am not using to afford the trip. Ebaying here I come. I am looking forward to learning as much as I can, meeting people...
  28. Thread: ROLL CALL

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    ROLL CALL

    I check it daily. I like this forum and have found plenty of information over the years, someday I will be good enough to leave some helpful info too.
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    4x5 lighting requirement for portraits.

    Howdy all,

    Would a 1000 watt monolight, say the speedotron force 10, be sufficient in light power to use as a key light through a chimera softbox to light a portrait of one or two people? The...
  30. Thread: Ilford update

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    Ilford update

    I had my wedding shot on black and white film, specifically for the look. Some of it was shot color for my wife's parents. The black and white is more pleasing to me, and no, it wasn't shot...
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    It's the experience, not the resolution

    To each his own. I personally get joy out of shooting and darkroom work.
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    Nikkor-M or W 300mm

    Check out the lens reviews on the homepage of this forum. The 300m lens is talked about quite a bit. Also check outhttp://www.thalmann.com/largeformat/future.htm for his thoughts on the m lens.
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    Large format photo onference

    Ah, man, one of my excuses I was going to use to get my wife to let me go to the conference was that I would learn how to spell. Now thats shot to hell.

    Thanks for the heads up Steve, its on my...
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    Neurological Problems

    Well, if I were the late Hunter S Thompson I would say you need to definately drink more beer while playing with your camera.
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    Neurological Problems

    My eyes really hurt after staring at a computer screen all day. ( Sorry, couldn't resist, but they do.)
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    survey digital vs traditional darkroom

    I am 100% wet darkroom, mostly because that is the way I choose to spend my free time. The hands-on craft of photography is at least 50% of the reason I photograph, the computer is not a substitute...
  37. Another camera opinion question, Wista this time

    Greetings,

    I currently have a cambo nx using a nikor 90 f8, rody 150 f5.6, and nikor 300m lens and have enjoyed it immensely. The camera is just too big and bulky for some of the shooting I would...
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