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I would say your best bet is to make a bunch of exposures (and keep notes) and see what works better. Use 35mm or just make a bunch of exposures on 4x5 at 4 minutes separation. The moon is 1/2 degree...

If you goal is to have a photo of the moon itself (See first link) I'm not sure why you would want to use a LF camera. Absent getting access to the Lick 36" refractor or the like I can't imagine...

The problem is trying to get the moon and any other night sky object in the same shot, the moon is just a LOT brighter then even the brightest stars and planets. The moon is about mag -9 at full...

Try over on cloudynights.com great astronomy forum and there are some of us film nuts over there. :) Just remember that the moon is a sunlit object. So even if it is dark where you are standing the...

If you are using the sunny 16 over expose 1 stop, the moon is about 8% grey.

When doing moon photos I generally use my 35mm with a 1900mm Lens (Telescope). Even then the disk of the moon does not...

1 Point away from the moon.

For star trails reciprocity should not matter, really. The thing is each spot on the film will be illuminated for a few seconds before the star drifts off to the side....

1 Point away from the moon.

For star trails reciprocity should not matter, really. The thing is each spot on the film will be illuminated for a few seconds before the star drifts off to the side....

1 Point away from the moon.

For star trails reciprocity should not matter, really. The thing is each spot on the film will be illuminated for a few seconds before the star drifts off to the side....

Please post your pictures, I now live in Israel but grew up in Boston and NH and miss it a bit

Buying a new tripod is not an option right now. I'm a little broke and everything in Israel costs 3x as much as in the USA. So I had better learn to love what I got.

I have a Bogen 3036 that I use for my Sinar as well as a telescope and various other things. The problem I am having is that since each of the legs can move freely when you set it up I can never get...

Really nice! thank you for sharing

Sinar F1, 150mm caltar lens, on Fuji Velvia
I'm a total newby at LF shotting, this is one of my first 10 shots on a LF camera, and I'm pretty happy with it. ...

I actually have been here for quite some time, but i finally have a LF photo that I have scanned. This was shot a while ago from my house on Velvia

I'm still looking for more, PM me when you are ready to sell, I may be willing to take a bunch of them at one go.

I have a readiload holder, the only problem is that no one imports the film into Israel, and ordering it from B&H or the like is just way to expensive for me.

I was wondering, how many film holders do most people have for any given format? I currently have 12 4x5 holders, and a quickload holder for which I can't get film locally. I was thinking about...

Iran has a large Jewish population, and there are a lot of Iranian Jews here in Israel*. Many of them go back and forth to visit family etc from what I am told. You just have to change planes in...

I work in SEO, and its kind of a black art, but having good photographic web sites be linking to each other, as well as from fora like this and blogs is a good thing.

Provia 100 has very good reciprocity and might do well for you here.

Take care of yourself and get well soon! I hope to someday order something from you

Just wanted to let folks know, On the morning of Feb 4th the Moon, Jupiter and Venus will be pretty close together in the predawn sky. The moon will be a waning crescent and Jupiter and venus will be...

I currently only have a Caltar 150/F5.6 on my camera. I would love to own a few more lenses but right now I don't (I also have a 300F4.5 Tessar in a barrel, but its not mounted yet). Someday I will...

So who is up for meeting up in Jerusalem over the next few weeks? I know we have a bunch of Israelis here so it can be done.

Rabbi Sinclair:
You need to do a few things (which have already been noted)
1) Make buying easy, for each extra click the user has to make to buy a print you will loose some people. A big easy to...

One problem, no one imports readyloads or quickloads into Israel, so unless I want to order from the USA the thing is really not much use

Figured it out, I popped the back off, then looked at the insides, there was a little plastic thing out of place, I put it back, glued it down and put the whole thing back together.

Now I just...

I know that many of the makers of high end Dobsonian telescopes (Dave Kregie of Obsession etc) Swear by Appleply or Baltic Birch, which are HVHC plywoods. I am planning to get some of that to build a...

A friend gave me an old ready load holder that is somewhat broken. The problem seems to be that the pressure plate is not flat against the stop. I think its probably a spring out of place or...

Provia has almost no reciprocity failure, I also do astrophotography so it is always one of the first things I check in a film. I have Jason Brunner posted a nice little video on bellows extention...

The only problem is that I don't have a flash, or a flash meter. I think I will wait until later in the week when I can do it under sunlight.

So I want to do some macro shots this week of some pomigranites that I was able to get. They are huge and amazing looking. However so far I have only been doing outdoor photography and working under...

Thank you. I'm working on a tracking mount so I can take longer shots. I want to be able to go to 3 minutes at least. The big things you need for a shot like that are the right film (Fuji Provia in...

Yup, no matter how much you magnify a star it will be a point source. Of course a nebula or the milky way will not. I haven't used it yet, but I've picked up a Carl Zeiss Janna 300mm F4.5 Tessar. It...

I'm working on doing an astrophotography project using film. Wide field work mostly using regular camera lenses. I took this shot with a 50mm lens on a 35mm camera. 15s at F2.0 Fuji Provia 400 pushed...

I need to find a way to mount the thing on my camera, as it is HUGE.

My wife found a box of Tri-X pan from when she was in college about 15 years ago. Any idea on how much use it will be? I have some film holders that need testing for light leaks

Its here, my 300mm Carl Zeiss Jana Tessar Lens. It has some cleaning marks but it looks good. I need to get it mounted on a lens board, and find a lens cap for it. I may try to find a sinar behind...

I seem to be mostly using my Rollei TLR. It helps that while I don't have a lot of cash right now I have about 15-20 rolls of 120 format film in the freezer. The 35mm comes out some of the time for...

Here in Israel there 4x5 is pretty easy to get. In Jerusalem I know of at least 2 stores downtown that sell it. (Prizma and Shwrartz) and there are probably more. Also Jungend in Tel Aviv (though I...