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Yea, Sadly I have a Graphic View II so I would have to jerry-rig some kind of shutter. I would love to say I have a Zeiss lens to shoot with though, I'll certainly see about trying it out still and...

Hey guys and gals!

Well, I've been rooting through the shop today, trying to clean up, and found myself a lens! Other than having some dirt on it, it's in very good shape. It doesn't have a...

I'll try and call up our contacts in Kodak and see if I can get any answers from them a little later if I can. Who knows, maybe I can get an answer...but it is Kodak we're talking about. I love...

I agree totally with the last bit for certain. I was looking through the model mayhem people in my area, and the ones that had nudes often had the most responses about the picture it seemed. I want...

I agree with you on the perfect forms. Just about everyone on that MM site does have pretty much "perfect" forms though. I personally like slightly meatier women, but that's just me and I suppose I...

Lol, I think that I might not only break the camera, but the mirror as well! Being that I just recently got my LF - I would like to hold on to it a little longer than that! Thanks for the...

Thanks a lot for all your suggestions, guys and gals. I checked out the site and it has a lot of great models in my area. Most of them say they'll work for prints and what not - so that's even...

I just might! I shall add nothing less than not a single nude woman has been photographed by me. I think that might be enough for the world on it's own. I would say next to the natural landscape...

I would say that's a very wise idea, Louie. I honestly didn't even think about the fact that there could be some people that would claim misconduct. Would certainly be nice to have a signed...

Haha, I might agree with you. She was the reason I wasn't allowed to take photos before now. She was always worried I would run off with them and what not. Now I'm free to follow my artistic wiles...

Well, I just broke up with my girlfriend last night...damn! I'm sure I can find some one to help me though. If not, perhaps a very effeminate male would work too! It does seem a good idea though,...

I had thought about the craigslist post, I just really don't know how to write it out? I would want to certainly mention that the work would be nude so I wouldn't have to turn a lot of people away...

Well I hope he offers some help! I was thinking about paying them like 50-100 dollars for about an hour or so (seems fair!) and give them a copy of at least some of the prints. I probably wouldn't...

Well, I would like to try taking some nude shots for a kind of portfolio I'm putting together, but I really don't know a good way to get models for it! It seems like many ways would just come off...

Thanks for the advice and about the parts. I certainly might need some as this beast is quite old. I'll PM you about the parts if I do, hopefully I'll be able to get back there and look at it this...

My arista 100 and 200 both just have a singular round notch at the top right corner. I keep them in the same 8x10 paper safe, and just notch the boxes. Easy enough except for when I neglect to mark...

Hey all,

Yet another question for you smart guys and gals.

We have an old wing-lynch machine that we started using again for E6 and D76 stuff. Well, I use that for my 4x5 as well and it's...

Adam,

Thanks for breaking it all down for me so well! Most of my work up to now has been with 35mm, so that certainly did help a lot. I would be doing mostly landscapes with some urban stuff in...

I figured 90mm might be to hard to move around, guess I'll be stuck with something above 100mm. Oh well! I'll get something to stick bags on some time later when I figure out this stuff on the...

Thanks both, sorry again for being such a moron, thanks for all the links! I figured the Kodak had a pretty small circle since my movements seemed limited. Very nice to have a number to go off of...

Okay, I've read around (mostly on this forum and the main site) about the lenses and everything else but still can't seem to totally understand the image circle. With my Kodak Ektar 152mm f/4.5 it...

Shoot :( I knew the ISO was a bit different but I was hoping otherwise all the characteristics were the same. I guess I'll get a small pack to test out and hope for the best. Thanks for the heads...

From what I understand I think Foma makes the 4x5, but I'm not really sure. Mine certainly looked good as well. I also bought 120 but have yet to use it, so I'll see if it also has the cast you...

I really wish I did get the 50 sheet boxes! I got 25 of each and will now need more soon. I think I'm going to stock up, but don't know about how well shipping them across country in this heat will...

Hello all,

I just wanted to mention that so far my use of the Arista EDU line of 4x5 B&W film has gone on very well. No hairs, scratches or anything. Even emulsions and nothing bad so far. I...

Speaking from a professionals stand-point, canvas is a pain in the ass to print on. We're just about to stop offering it because of how much more waste we encounter. We use an Epson 9600 here with...

How many people are actually going to buy a D1 though? Digitals certainly don't hold their price, and then it's pretty hard to sell them after about 5 years or so period. We run in to a good many...

Hey all!

I just wanted to share my fortune with you. As some of you might know I recently got a View II, which is at the moment out of action till I replace the ground glass, BUT! My dad told me...

Thanks guys!

I just messaged the guy on ebay, and I think I might try my hand at grinding my own as well. See how I do with that, hah.

Thanks for both the links!

-Will

Picture this, if you will.

I get my sweet sweet graphic view II in the mail yesterday. I open it up, see that everything is as beautiful as I imagined. I grab my box of 100 4x5 film and rush to...

Well buddy, you just fixed me right up! The lens is now in place, and good to go. Best of all, the shutter seems to work perfect at all speeds, WOO!

Thank you so much, Tim, and I owe ya.

-Will

It rattles, like the glass is loose and moving around. I took some more pictures, hopefully this will help more.

-Will

Bear with me as I'm just getting into this, and a lot of the nomenclature eludes me. If, as I understand, the retaining ring is what holds the lens to lens board - then it is missing. I can remove...

I'm an idiot and forgot to attach the files!

Well, I got myself a lens like I wanted, but not the one I showed you all last week. It's another B&L Rapid Rectilinear with a UNicum shutter. This one, however, has a loose rear element! I shot...

I'm 23! Just getting started in to it myself, can't wait till I have a whole load of nice pictures to show off to you all!

-Will

Mark,

I know, it is damn cute! I couldn't get over the look of it myself, I'm not used to seeing such lenses, so it was kind of a first for me. I would probably be using it for a good bit of...

A lot of it was the price, since it's just 20 dollars I figured it would be nice to play around with. The person I'm buying from did say the shutter was working, but doesn't know about the speeds,...

Hey hey all,

I'm looking at buying this lens for my newly purchased (and yet to have received Graphic View II) but really wasn't sure how to mount it. The camera I'm getting comes with an extra...

Thank you very much for the link! That's just what I was looking for, I'll have to order that soon and I will certainly show you how it looks! I wonder if it tells you what speed it would need to...