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I find it interesting that many of us are drawn to subjects that represent a time gone by, as we ourselves as lf photographers work in a medium that many consider archaic and obsolete. Is it...

This question is kind of a follow-up to Joe Kras' "How old are we?" question. B ecause of the time required to setup and compose using LF, some subjects lend th emselves more to LF than others. I'd...

33. I'm new to LF, but hope to stare down my 50-year mark through a ground glass (reversed and upside-down, of course).

I'd like to recommend Tom Grimm's, "The Basic Darkroom Book (1999)." Lots of information for both B&W and color processing and printing. It also has a short section on digital for the sake of...

Well, I just thought I'd follow up with some quick comments about my Arca Swiss Discovery. First of all, I absolutely love it and now understand why people get so emotional when describing Arca...

I second Colin's suggestion. I purchased the same lens with a Synchro-Compur #00 shutter that was jammed. My local camera repair shop was able to completely fix it for $80. Shutters are a pain...

Thanks again, everybody. As usual, your contributions have been very useful and definitely represent the wide range of experience that comes together in this forum.

Well, I decided to get the...

Hi Mo, the important thing about the lens you're considering is that it is coated--not multi-coated, but single-coated. This is much better than no coating at all. Yes, multi-coating is better...

Thanks, Jennifer, for the tip on how to get the front standard to tilt forward. Unfortunately, the clips you mention don't exist on the Speed and Crown Graphics, only the Super I think. However,...

Thanks for all the very helpful replies. I appreciate that I'm still very new to LF and that it's very difficult at this point to know exactly what I'm missing and where I might take LF as I move ...

Hi guys, first I'd like to say that I've already spent literally dozens of hours researching LF cameras and visiting photo stores, but I've become almost parali zed with too much information. ...

...He's a shutter-fixin' guy, and no one is his equal in large format -- Steve Grimes!

With apologies to Isaac Hayes and this wonderful forum. =)

Yet another vote for CF abstinance (note the American misspelling of abstinence =) ). The rule-of-thumb that I've heard for 4x5 is that anything >= 90mm was okay without a CF. I'm sure I'll be...

Hi all, this is a follow-up to an earlier discussion, "How to keep #00 Synchro C ompur shutter open for viewing/focusing? (John Elstad, 2002-02-15)" wherein I as ked for suggestions on where to find...

Thanks for the extremely fast and helpful responses. This forum kicks-*ss! In fifteen minutes I've received all the information I needed as well as some good links for those seeking lensboards ...

Hi, I recently bought a circa '61 f/8 90mm Super Angulon mounted in a #00 Synchr o Compur shutter. Everything seems to work fine (other than the fact that I can 't find a Speed Graphic lens board...

Thanks everyone for the helpful responses. Based on what I've read of the Shen Hao here and elsewhere I think I'll go that route.

Hi all, I'm currently considering a few 4x5 field cameras including the Tachihar a (aka Osaka & Calumet XM 4x5) and the Wista 45DX. To initially keep costs down I'd like to start with a roll film...