I use a 360 & like it. As you are probably aware, the key is to practice to point where the technical issues become automatic so that you can devote your effort to posing and interacting with your...
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I use a 360 & like it. As you are probably aware, the key is to practice to point where the technical issues become automatic so that you can devote your effort to posing and interacting with your...
It is the nodal point of the lens. This usually assumed to be the midpoint between the front and back of the lens. In certain cases this assumptions is flawed. See Stroebel's "View Camera...
Good ole' tray processing works for me. I wear disposable nitrile rubber gloves, have good ventilation, and prewet the film. I develop up to 3 sheets at a time and get even development with no...
I'd give the folks at Midwest Photo Exhange a call. I have found them easy to deal with and they have a lot of unusual stuff. http://www.mpex.com/
"A cold developer will slow development in the shadows and highlights to the same degree, as will using a shorter time." This is true only if the activation energy for the chemical reactions of...
To really blown them away, show them a 4x5 or 8x10 transparency on a light table!
I bought a standard bathroom exhaust fan, built a wooden box to make the vacuum work, and connected it to the darkroom via a piece of flexible dryer duct. Works great and was really cheap.
Try a Lens Pen which are available from many local & mail order camera stores. A photo.net search will turn up many references to this handy device.
Tamara: Please put informative titles on your post. It helps identify the contents of a post when scanning threads.....
Can someone post a URL to Merklinger site? The one posted doesn't work for me.
I'm lucky because my Cambo Legend comes with a depth of field calculator built in. I called Calumet and was able to find out that the assumed circle of confusion is 0.30mm for the 8x10 scale and ...
The 545i is loaded in daylight. Individual sheets can be taken into the field and loaded in daylight. The instructions for loading a 545i are included with the holder and also available online. ...
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~qtluong/photography/lf/plasmats.html
Astia portraits can be breathtaking.
Sean: I never was much of a speller... It should have been "peruse."
Correction to above: I suggest you preruse the optics section of photo.net at http://www.photo.net/photo/optics/index.html and View Camera Technique by Leslie Stroebel.
Sigh...... Geometry is normally discussed and taught using drawings and equations. Neither of which are practical with the text based system on this forum. I suggest you preruse the optics...
Robb: Great suggestion. One question.. Does hanging the camera upside put any undesirable stress on the camera?
Popular Photography had a review of 4x5 camera within the last 18 months which might be helpful.
Where might I find devices that I could use to hang my film so that I could wash them using a print washer? I've only heard of film hangers so I don't even kno w what they look like. It sounds like...
I looked and couldn't find the Bob Wheeler's article for visualizing lens focal length by using a wireframe tape measure. Could someone post the URL?
This is why it is good to enjoy photography on more than one level. The process can be as satisfying as the final result.
The Bogen minigeared head allows easy and precise adjustments. I don't use a 4x5, but works well with an F100 with an F2.8 80-200 zoom.
I have a Bogen 3258 in use for supporting a 8x10 monorail....
You can get a used 8x10 "electric only" processor for $400 from Midwest Photo in Columbus, Ohio. The new manual or electric processors are more expensive.
Richard: Thanks for your very clear explanation. I'm buying the lens on Tuesday and when checking out the lens previously, I wasn't looking for a flash hookup thus did not see it. Whoops,...
I'll be using a 360mm Caltar IIs with a Copol shutter. I appreciate the thoughtful response so far.
I've only used modern electronic equipment and don't understand how a studio fla sh is triggered when using a manual cable release. Can someone explain the opti ons to me?
Carlos R. Herrera kindly forwarded on a URL where the construction on the panels is detailed. http://philbard.com/panel.html
Thanks to Carlos!
After researching various 360mm LF lenses, a used Caltar IIs seems to be quite a bargin at $800. The only reference I've seen to Caltar IIs lenses is http://ww...
Can someone post a sketch or picture of the this device? It sounds like a great idea. Thanks.
I'm going to purchase a used 8x10 in the next couple of months. Leading candida tes are Cambo Legend and Calumet C-1. What should I ask about prior to purchasi ng one via the internet? If I get...
Also see this website for a nifty shareware program for the sun and the moon. http://www.iserv.net/~bsidell/moonrise.htm
My understanding is that View Camera magazine has published some excellent artic les in the past. Which of these has you found to be the most useful and why?
I'm considering moving to 8x10 in order to make contact prints from head and sho ulder portraits. I don't envision much work in landscapes or architecture. Wha t things should I be considering...