I use Nikkor 90/4.5 on my Wista VX and never needed to drop the bed.
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I use Nikkor 90/4.5 on my Wista VX and never needed to drop the bed.
Well, when I see all the venom spat on Fatali in this forum, I feel sad and ashamed to be a part of the LF community. I am in the middle of preparing a portfolio for some US galleries but am at...
Sorry, please read "what we feel", not "what we fell", of course... It is getting late here in Switzerland... If I had to handwrite it, it would be rather sloppy...
Thank you Jim, it is nice to find a sister soul. No theory can explain what we fell while looking at a perfectly sharp print or transparency... I hope more people will share that heady experience ...
Hi Walter, thank you for your nice and personal answer. I would personally welcome more of this kind. I visited the site and will probably buy the books. There are some high quality photographs...
Wow, thaks to all for so many answers! However, my question was lazily written and therefore not clear enough. I meant that weird kind of satisfaction that makes us (please understand by us or we =...
After having followed several rather philosophical threads, I dare to come up wi th my question that has been haunting me since a long time: Why are we so concer ned, if not obsessed by a perfect...
OOps!!!, I pressed a wrong button to launch the thread. Sorry for that! Please diregard this question here.
After having followed several rather philosophical threads, I dare to come with my question that has been haunting me since a long time: Why are we so concerned, if not obsessed by a perfect...
Does someone still have in his/her files the reciprocity and CC correction table s for the discontinued Fuji RFP 50D film? While Kodak lists these characteristic s even for older films, I cannot find...
I did not ask Paul to give me his lenses! I already have hem all! But I see that Paul would like to involve me in the discussion. Well, I am at this very moment bitching on my Calumet C1 because it...
Thank you, Matt, for your honest and lucid words. Compared to real masters of the processus of pictorial expression like van Eyck, van der Weyden or da Vinci, we cannot even hope to get there and...
The APO Ronar is to my knowledge sharper than the Nikkor 360 T*ED, which is however very good. My Nikkor 500 is significantly less sharp than the 360, somewhat frustrating. The 720 T*ED is the...
I ordered a new bellows for my Gandolfi 8x10 by Camera Bellows about 6 months ago. They were very courteous and serviceable, made it in about ten days and immediately shipped. The bellows is of...
Wow, I did not expect so many answers so fast! Thank you very much! We will perhaps find a solution together in a kind of Internet brainstorming.
My first concrete step will be to have made a...
I have recently upgraded to 8x10. After having tried four cameras, it seems that I will stick to a Calumet C1, which seems to be able to gladly withstand the ha rsh conditions of my outdoor shooting....
I often used it for indoor macro work some years ago. I also used it outdoors, particularly with a polarizing filter, but today I prefer either the Sinar booster if I really need it or spot...
As my friend Paul says above, I have in my freezer several boxes of 4x5 Velvia, RDP I, NSP 160, NLP 160, all expired in 1989 or 1991 latest. Some of these boxes are open and were and (will be) re-...
I have been using both A and P series Cokin filters for many years but I decided to swith to Lee filters for the following reasons: 1. My cokin color compensation fiters, both blue and amber, are ...
I use a Fujinon 250/6.7 for 8x10, it is very good (I mean not only sharp, and it is very sharp)and I never went out of the image circle with any movement that I used for my landscape photography....
I am convinced that using an appropriate lens shade, preferably a compendium, to prevent off-axis light from hitting the lens, very positively influences the colour saturation, contrast and...
Here in Switzerland, and in Europe in general, LF photographers seem to be rare. The only one that I met or worked with in more than 15 years was my friend Paul Schilliger. If you visit Switzerland...
Wista's web site address is: http://www.wista.co.jp/, the email address is: WISTA@mb.infoweb.ne.jp. I however do not remember having received any manual with my Wista VX, when I bought it new about...
Sorin, the rear tilt on Wista is not geared. The friction based tilt is for me difficult to describe in English. Let us say that instead of a rack and pinion you have a rotating friction knob that...
Have a look at either Wista VX or Wista SP. They have all of that, except that the front tilt is not geared but has a friction device, which is practically the same. Wista Technical have...
Tony, I have recently bought two JML lenses on ebay. They are 209 and 305 mm long. I had them put into shutters by S.K. Grimes. I did not make any pictures with them so far. Will be able to test...
All three metallic Technical Field cameras by Wista (RF, SP and VX) will take the 4x5 mount roll filme holders in their Graflock type back. There are two formats available: 6x7 and 6x9 cm. All...
Trib, I am not so naive that I cannot tell apart what is the subject's beauty and what is the photographer's merit. I would bet that at least some decent photographers already had helicopter rides ...
Wayne: Unlike my friend and a very good landscape photographer Paul Schilliger(here above), I am not a frequent contributor to this forum. However, I allow myself: IMHO, Mr. Fatali is without any...
I have been shooting 4x5" for 15 years and suddenly caught by a 8x10 virus. I pl an to buy a not too expensive camera, a Calumet 8x10C to start with and see whet her 8x10 is for me or not. I will...
The misunderstanding probably comes from what you mean by "bed". Bed is not behind the ground glass. Bed is the part of the camera that carries the front standard. It is also the "lid" of the...
Schneider SA 58/5.6 XL is a nice lens but forget about is for 4x5". I have just tried it once more to be absolutely sure and yes, even in horizontal position the bed of my Wista VX is well in the...