If you intend to focus on the ground glass and don't care about having a viewfinder/rangefinder, look for a Horseman VH. They've become quite inexpensive these days. The 2x3 Technikas will be...
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If you intend to focus on the ground glass and don't care about having a viewfinder/rangefinder, look for a Horseman VH. They've become quite inexpensive these days. The 2x3 Technikas will be...
I don't agree at all - about SLRs as a class, that is, not about the existence of the spectrum. But I'll leave it there. I'm running short on wet noodles, and there's no arguing elegance anyway. ...
Every camera type is highly cludgiferous, with the debatable exception of simple monorail view cameras considered specifically in the context of photographing inanimate objects that sit still.
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I bought a Schneider center filter IIId recently - similarly large, with 82mm inner and 105mm outer mount - and that one, too, came in a pouch rather than a plastic case.
There's a Speed Graphic in postcard format.
To provide a bit more detail here, Harman's coating machine is a city block long, too. The main issue with the sheet film special orders isn't coating the master rolls, it's how nimble the...
Some of the early Asahiflex and Pentax models in the 1950s were sold by Sears under the Tower brand, though AFAIK sales volumes were not high. At the very end of the 1950s (1959?) Asahi signed a new...
No. It's not enough to see where the lens starts to mechanically vignette. The circle of illumination can be and often is larger than the circle within which a lens renders with adequate...
IIRC the standard lensboard for a 5x7 Eastman No 2 is 4 1/2" square. Somebody has remodeled the front standard of your camera to enable it to accept much larger boards. You can get a good look at...
Yes. Cosina's use of the licensed Voigtlander names is purely for marketing effect. There is no connection between the optical designs of today's C/V lenses and the historical lens types for which...
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/pressroom/article.asp?n=164
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/Webfiles/20135109303574.pdf
Simon Galley has cautioned that it may take a few days for the participating...
I will probably go back to PWP when I've run out the string with CS6. Details here:
http://dl-c.com/content/view/47/74/
Such permission is baked into the terms of service. You can't reject that provision if you want to use CC.
11.4 The Software may automatically download and install updates from Adobe. These...
Lloyd Chambers walks through some notable features of the Adobe CC Terms of Use:
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2013/20130508_1a-Adobe-legal-agreement.html
Richard has restored two cameras for me - a 7x17 Korona and a whole-plate Century. In both cases the work included installation of a new bellows and remodeling of the front standard to accept a...
Nope - details for this year's run haven't been announced yet. Should be pretty soon, though.
270mm Apo-Sironar-S, please. :D
Yeah, I know it's not going to happen. :(
Kirk - thanks, I enjoyed that very much. I hope the show will find its way east - I still remember well his "Hudson Landscape" show all those years ago.
Meh, 1000 as a milestone is just an artifact of counting in base 10. Don't sweat it: no matter how you slice this, it's already a fantabulous achievement.
I don't have any problem in principle with basic dodging and burning. When those manipulations are done in a way that leaves obvious artifacts, it can sometimes be distracting.
Have you tried Calumet?
http://www.calumetphoto.com/eng/services/repairs.cfm
FWIW, that one's pretty heavily manipulated too, just in the old-fashioned darkroom way, with dodging and burning. This is common in his film-based work.
Don't need to go all the way to London - Salgado will be opening soon at two venues in Toronto:
http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/primary-exhibitions/1345
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Thom, I'm not sure I understand precisely what the concern is. If someone could tell you that 4x5 color film was going to become completely unavailable in exactly two years, would you then go ahead...
Something Ben posted over at RFF (emphasis added):
First things first: we need to raise $75,000. If we can do that, then on May 2 we'll begin waiting a couple weeks for the funds to transfer....
There was a nice discussion over at APUG when this first came to light, including lots of interesting comments about the manufacturing process by Ron Mowrey, formerly of Kodak.
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When you draft the instruction sheet, how about including a list of URLs of sites recommended for users who'd like to learn more?
There was a review in View Camera magazine - IIRC it was an actual user review, not just a glorified press release. Rummaging around on the VC website I see in their index that it was in the Jan/Feb...
What Bob said. There's a whole series of f/6.8 Grandagons - 75, 90, 115, 155, 200. These are modern designs with large image circles. I've used the 75, 90, 115 and 155. They're fine lenses that,...
Having been twice now, as a visitor from out of town, all of this sounds about right to me. The first time is the most fun, because you get to see a large if haphazard selection of the canonized...
I was at AIPAD for a few hours on Saturday. I had a chance to visit in 2011 as well; my impression was that between the two years the pendulum has swung a bit away from new material and back toward...
Anyone who can be persuaded to buy one and help the campaign reach $75K. ;)
As of a moment ago... 50%!
314
Backers
$37,935
pledged of $75,000 goal
27
days to go
Ben and Justin don't need to have 750 90mm Angulons come out of the woodwork. What they need is to find 750 buyers who will use the camera with a 90 Angulon, or another 90, or a 65, or a pinhole, or...
Your credit card doesn't get charged at all unless and until the target is met. So no need for refunds if the campaign falls short.
Yes. Odds are there won't be a production model unless everybody pitches in now. There have been no backers at any of the higher, more philanthropic reward levels yet. And at $99 per, $75K is...
How much work and how much time would it take to be able to toss in a couple of pinhole-ish reward options - say pinholes or zone plates pre-mounted on a piece of plastic that will attach easily to...
Well, there are also Optars, and probably some other press-camera 90's, and I think we've established that you can fit a 90/8 or 90/6.8 SA, Grandagon, etc., albeit at some cost to the elegance of the...
Beautifully done - kudos to you and Justin for getting this off the ground!
I wonder whether you'd sell a few more if you make it clear that the camera can be used with other 90's too. Or do you...