It looked straight to my eye, I guess I should be checking more carefully for sharpness with my loupe.
David, you're right about the place never standing still! Directly behind the camera they were...
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It looked straight to my eye, I guess I should be checking more carefully for sharpness with my loupe.
David, you're right about the place never standing still! Directly behind the camera they were...
Never taken an architecture photo before, but there's a new building in town.
Central Government Office, Hong Kong
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6515686039_3738a45c9b_b.jpg
Cenral...
A popular photo spot on Hong Kong Island,
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6425480515_b1c8602fd6_b.jpg
Connaught Road Central - 4x5 by Rod.F, on Flickr
Chamonix 045n-2, Schneider XL 72mm,...
Jordon, Hong Kong.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/6305885203_aa629f4271_b.jpg
Gascoigne Road - 4x5 by Rod.F, on Flickr
My first ever photo using film, taken last week but a lot of reading...
Chinese don't really have a problem with their l's and r's, that tends to be the Japanese stereotype. "frica" actually seems to mean "friend and camera".
Personally, I think it seems like a nice...
Thanks all for the advice, I can see both side of the argument for lenses in perfect condition - not too sure which side to take though! Sadly I missed my chance with the Fuji lens, some early bird...
Thanks Brian and Leigh for putting me right about bellows and recessed boards. I imagine that if I get a lens without a board included then I'll buy a recessed one as my first board. The Chamonix...
Thanks all for the answers so far. I will take on board the information about the shutter - admittedly something I neglected. As to the centre filter, I will likely get the lens first and see how...
Hi all, hoping to get some advice about 75mm lenses. I've just got a Chamonix 045n-2 (my first film camera) and am looking for its first lens. I realise that 75mm is on the rather wide side for a...
I don't think so. Admittedly I am very new to LF, but I saw an 8x10 Wilderness camera on Hong Kong Island a few months ago. I spoke to the owner briefly, I recall he said that the camera is very...
Hi, can I ask what those photo forums are?
Thanks all for the welcome.
dsim, I have been busy reading through those articles but am sure I will be making plenty of mistakes. As long as they aren't too costly and I don't waste too many...
Hi all :)
I'm Rod, a Brit living in Hong Kong. Just got myself a Chamonix 045N-2 and trying to get my head around all the other things I need to be getting. Seems all my years of buying...