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It may be a naive question, but I'll ask it anyway ...

If you don't want to bother with 4x5 and prefer 120/220, then why choose a LF ra ther than MF camera?

I have APS, 35mm and MF cameras and...

I intend to try my hand at LF photography. I've read Steve Simmons' book and I' m now considering buying a used field camera.

Originally, I planned to build a Bender from kit, but I get the...

Could someone let me know how/where I can obtain a back issue or reprint of this article, please? NB - I'm in the UK.

Thanks again for your replies. I'm definitely going to order a Bender kit, as s oon as funds allow. Meanwhile, feel free to jump in with more comments. Seems Bender is the only company that sells...

Many thanks for the feedback. I'm curious to know why it took so long. Is ther e anything apart from varnishing and assembly that I'm not aware of? I enjoy wo odwork and wouldn't mind spending...

I've discovered, via their Website, that Bender Photographic Inc offer LF camera kits.

Are there any other manufacturers that offer LF cameras in kit form?

Have you built a LF camera from...

Two terms that frequently seem to spring up when LF photography is discussed are : (1) view cameras (2) field cameras.

Are view cameras only used for studio work, and are field cameras just used...

I already have some used Fidelity film holders. Unfortunately, there doesn't se em to be a supplier of LF cameras anywhere near where I am in the UK, which is w hy I posted the message :-)

LF...

Many thanks for all the suggestions and tips. Please keep them coming! Meanwhil e, I'm sure this information will be of interest to other neophytes like me.

I discovered this wonderful Website while pursuing my interest in pinhole photog raphy. Having read many of the messages that have been posted, I'm now curious to find out more about LF photography...

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I've been told Calumet is located in Chicago which is central time (it's an hour behind NYC time) - Germany is about 6 hours ahead of NYC. Calumet is open from 8am (9am NYC) until 6pm (7pm NYC).
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I would like to make a pinhole camera that uses 4x5 filmholders. Not ever havin g seen the inside of a large format camera, I'm not sure how to make the film-ho lder/camera-back interface light...

Does CALUMET have an all number phone number, that can be called from outside th e US? I'm in the UK and only have an old steam powered phone with numbers on it ! Furthermore, in my experience free...

I recently bought three Astra 4x5 Film Holders in the UK, which were made by Fid elity Manufacturing Co. Burbank CA USA.

One of the holders is missing a "slide" (I'm not sure if that is what it is...

By the way, I've discovered that there are at least two companies that market pi nhole cameras on a commercial basis - one in the USA, and other is Rigby (www.bo brigby.com) in the UK. The latter...

Many thanks for recommending a Gossen Luna Pro - it sounds ideal. What do you c onsider to be a "reasonable" price?

Many thanks for your reply:

A search on the Yahoo! server returned an amazing number of URLs concerned with pinhole photography ...

Precision pinholes are available...

Apologies, if this query annoys any large format purists ...

I've been taking photographs since the 50s. I've used 35mm cameras for about 30 years, have recently extended down to APS, and up to...