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[QUOTE=E. von Hoegh;1026620]Use a zoom lens, set it to "match" the 16 1/2" Celor as compared on the GG. You won't find a lens for 35 of the same construction as the Celor (a Dialyt type lens).
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Gents,

With the exorbitant cost of 10 x 8 sheet film these days, I don't know about you, but I can't afford much trial and error at film stage.

I plan to shoot portraits in 10 x 8 using a 16"...

Thanks Bruce.

Interestingly, I found this in the Mole archives – I managed to identify at least one of the lights Hurrell was using in a shot (type 410) and from the specification provided by...

Hi Bruce
Thanks for the info – I do have several books on the subject and most are a little hazy about the actual lighting – alluding only to Klieg eye etc from the Kliegls (which of course is...

Thanks for the replies all, good advice.

My primary use is portraiture in mostly black and white. I am a fan of the 1930s/40s glamour era and am trying to create as near to that look as possible....

Guys
Could you advise me on quartz halogen lights please. Are they similar colour temperatures to tungsten continuous 'hot' lights?

Would say a 2k Mole give a similar light intensity/beam quality...

Lenser (and everyone else),

Thanks for the information and help... it really is appreciated.

Yes, the camera rail block itself does have a threaded brass insert already in there... problem is,...

Thanks guys, this is very helpful.......

Guys, can I pick your vast resource of knowledge please...

I have a Agfa Ansco 10x8 with the large wooden mounting plate at the bottom – as you can see in the image, it has three holes, none of...

Hi, I don't know what size thread is on the lantern bracket am afraid and I have no way of finding out that I know of. It is original by the looks of it. The boom arm is 35mm diameter, if that helps...

All,
Can anyone advise me please on the clamp/adapter I need to connect a Strand Fresnel lantern to a Manfrotto boom arm?

Would it be a Manfrotto clamp or some sort?

Sorry I don't have the...

To me what is most interesting is the way George Hurrell 'saw' his portraits – with his painting background it seems he viewed each shot as a painted portrait – his use of chiaroscuro is outstanding....

Who said anything about trying to reproduce Hurrell's work? I am simply curious from an academic pov what was used to create his work. And btw - Hurrell's subjects were mainly actors/actresses - a...

Thanks Alan, – and thanks all for good advice. However, impossible is a word I don't recognise.
Cheers. PB.

Thanks for the replies. Alan – which book is it that you have showing his set up – I would like to get it. Many thank.

Hi Chris, thanks for the reply – I apologise if I have caused confusion – I know what one looks like hence my question about not seeing one in the pictures....

All,

A question: I read somewhere that George Hurrell used a beauty dish – but in all the books/photo's I can find of him at work, I cannot see any evidence of one in use. Can anyone throw any...

Hi all

Probably a question you've been asked a million times – does anyone know of a reasonable source of 8x10 b/w film these days? Ebay sellers seem to command silly prices. I know it's a...

Thanks Jim.

Hi all,
This may be a stupid question, but I can't seem to find an answer googling!

I have an old Agfa Ansco 10x8 studio camera, with a threaded brass insert fixed into the wooden base plate...

Thanks guys.... studio portraits are my concern.....

Guys, has anyone out there used a Voigty Heliar 300mm on 8x10 - does it give the image circle/coverage?

According to some sources the max image circle is about 16x21cm - just wondered if anyone...

Guys - does anybody have an Agfa Ansco view camera nameplate kicking around they would be willing to sell?

I know its a long shot, but you never know.............

thanks. PB

Anybody?

Hi all... I am quite new to the LF scene, and am slowly (very slowly!) getting the kit together for studio portraits.

I bought Ken's 300mm Heliar, and have a 19 in Goerz Artar.

I was pretty...

He he (love the name nn)!

Thanks for this.... I'll have a look.

Darkman - the only copy available on ebay is £125 + £25 post (from the US) and on Amazon, it STARTS at £200 and goes up from there! Would love it, but those prices are plain ridiculous.

Thanks for...

Hi all, I am really into George Hurrell's work, but cannot justify the asking price in the UK of the Viera book (I have the Hicks/Nisperos one)... and wondered, out of idle curiosity, can anyone...

Hi Steve and Johnny -thanks for the advice. I won't be using the camera in the field, purely for studio portraits. I use Hasselblad mainly, but want to make the jump to 5x4, with a view to 8x10.......

hi Steve, thanks for this. How does the Horseman LE stack up against say the Sinar X or an equivalent Arca Swiss?

Hi folks - I have been offered a Heliar lens with a no 5 shutter. However, the 5x4 camera i am thinking of buying (Horseman LE - are Horseman Japanese or German/Swiss?) according to a technical...

Hi John - to clarify (apologies to Hicks and Nisperos to quoting without permission) this is the whole statement:

By the time Ms Monroe was 'discovered' Hollywood photography had moved away from 8...

Aha. Got you.

The downside to this would be the need for more light and slightly longer shutter speeds, yes - with the added hazard of model movement?

What is the standard 8x10 focal length...

Hi Ken, thanks for the reply - so, if i understand you correctly - i could actually achieve an equivalent dof as 8x10 by using a 5x4 lens of twice the length, but stopped down more by 2 stops?

Hi everybody, I am new to this forum and to LF photography - so please humour me! Sorry if this has been asked before... in my pursuit of recreating Hollywood 'Hurrell' style portraits, I have read...