What's the format, Bill?
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What's the format, Bill?
Usually I just grumble "Stay off my lawn!" LOL!
Any reports on the Bellini chemicals Freestyle just started carrying?
They sound interesting, but I need a nudge to experiment.
I find that a seperate sling for my tripod works best for me, but I'm not very coordinated.
Cool kids lash their tripods to their packs.
I use an inexpensive but nicely padded nylon shotgun sling....
Cool stuff!
I accumulated my LF gear (8x10) and it certainly can be accomplished. The thing is, making photos is what keeps your enthusiasm for the effort going.
I'll suggest:
1. Make a list of the absolute...
How large of a base board do you need to go?
What tools do you have to work with?
I like the Butcher Block option.
If your dark room session heads South, you could always slice up some Coleslaw...
OK, I'll play :)
Storage bottles: go to a compounding pharmacy during flu season and they'll usually give you their empty Robitussin syrup bottles if you ask pretty please. They used to be amber...
The only National Park I've had a problem with was in Golden Gate National Recreation Area at Fort Point.
Never any problems in Yosemite or Kings Canyon/Sequioa, but I always seek out any nearby...
We need to define elite.
If elite is doing what few others are attempting, I'd guess elite could be an apt term.
If elite is being an artsy-fartsy, then no.
Large Formats are too humbling for most...
I hear you!
All it does for me is it forcefully encourages me to slow down more and be extra careful and discriminating when to comes to firing the shutter.
There are still aged 5x7 Elwoods around. Elwoods are darned good machines for the price, IMHO.
I heard that the National Park are closed for the duration. It's going to be a mess where the roads transit burn scars with all that dead timber.
I've used 8x10 trays, Unicolor print tubes, and a stainless steel tank made for developing 120 film that accommodates multiple reels.
Yosemite, Sequoia, Kings Canyon and Lake Tahoe ae supposed to get hammered, and if that's the case the roads are going to be treacherous if they are even passable..
Always have a Plan B
A color print from a paper negative?
This is mind blowing!
How?
How cool is this!:cool:
Welcome aboard!
Bob Salomon is the resident Linhof expert who posts here.
Perhaps he'll chime in.
He can probably tell you not only what parts fit, but likely who built the part and on what day of...
How much weight can you hang on the snout of your Tachi?
How much moo-lah do you want to spend?
I have a 159mm Wolly EWA, but I'm cheap.
I'd love to get a 165 Super Angulon or a Nikon 120 SW,...
I'd love to have captured the event on film:...
Dimples, grooves and ridges all accomplish the same advantage. Are dimples worth the extra $$?
If you prefer working with them, yes.
Sorry to hear about the OP's Duraflex trays. Those yellow...
Was that an Outside Beyond the Lens?
The Tenaya Lodge and the Narrow Guage Inn in Fish Camp is an easy drive into Mariposa Grove. The iconic Wawona Hotel is even closer, and there are rental cabins available at Moores Redwoods, which...
The OP might consider rooting about for a Graflarger, or is it Graphlarger? However you spell it, an accessory that can convert a Crown to an enlarger.
It's a pretty slick deal!
B-b-but all the cool kids shoot Speeders and wear fedoras :cool:
But when you snap a photo, will they smile?
FWIW, I have a nice Wollensak yellow dot 159mm that rarely gets used. It takes fine images, I just don't find many 8x10 shots requiring such a wide angle, so a 250mm WF Ektar or 240mm G Claron see...
I'll suggest starting with a single lens, anywhere between 360mm and 240mm. These are pretty normal focal lengths for an 8x10.
Shoot with them for a year or ten months or so and it'll tell you if...
Has the OP checked out Graflex.org? Lots of good info on press cameras over there!
If you want a press camera, get a good press camera.
Beware that some less expensive examples of Speeders look like they were hammered from amateur use, and of course no Linhof will be found cheap...
8x10 dark slides aren't all the same---some are aluminum, but they should all be interchangeable.
At least the ones I've come across are interchangeable.
The ideal tape to use for a replacement on...
For protecting the ground glass, I cushion it with a folded focusing cloth. You could also make a ground glass protector out of plexiglass cut to size and folded over in a "U" ---a supplier like...
I parted with my 8x10 KMV because lens boards were near impossible to find. That's the only issue I had with it, also IIRC, the lens board didn't lend itself to being stowed in reverse so that the...
You might consider this:
https://www.popphoto.com/story/how-to/make-film-developing-chemicals-from-household-items/
Who is currently making 8x10 B&W sheet film?
I have seen Ilford, Kodak, Foma, Arista, Bergger, Cat Labs (apparently Shanghai?) Rollei and Adox(although I haven't found an importer currently...
I cushion my camera with the dark cloth.
One lens fits on board the camera with the lens board reversed.
Film holders in a zip-lock for protection from dust.
The tripod is slung over the shoulder...
If the OP is considering an old woody tail board, make sure the front standard can take the weight.
Those wide lenses can be heavy.
FWIW I put my Versa-Lab washer on the Cement front stoop and drain the overflow into the Gardenias and Camillias under the cover of darkness on watering days, as we're still under draconian water...
LOL I can picture that in my mind.
I sparingly applied Renaissance Wax, but I have to confess that the smell of the stuff reminded me of Butchers Wax.
It's probably my over-active imagination at...
The engagement ring I proposed to Suzelle with I made from duct tape. Gaffer's tape was too expensive.