There are two other books you might find helpful. Photographer's Handbook of the Internet by:Joe Farace Sellphotos.com by Rohn Engh (this is a book and an internet site) Both are available at...
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There are two other books you might find helpful. Photographer's Handbook of the Internet by:Joe Farace Sellphotos.com by Rohn Engh (this is a book and an internet site) Both are available at...
I have a 150mm,that I use for 4x5 and 5x7 with great results.I especially appreciate the smallsize and weight.
I have a Canham Metal 5x7 camera.It is lighter than most of the wooden cameras,very rigid,and has 24 inches of bellows extension.I have the 4x5 reduction back for it,and they are developing a ...
All the 300mm F6.3 lenses I am aware of like the Commercial Ektar and the Schneider Xenar are mounted in Acme#4 or Copal or Compur #3 shutters whose fastest speeds are 1/125 sec.Lenses of this size...
John's idea about checking graflex.org is a great one.The Graphlex cameras are basically snapshot cameras.They were designed to enable the photographer to grab action shots to illustrate news...
Quality Camera in Atlanta.It's not a large store but they pack a lot of stuff in there.The staff is very friendly and well informed about large format.They run an ad in View Camera Magazine every...
The asking price for these lenses has gone from $800 to $1450 in the last year or so;at least in the ads by Lens and Repro in View Camera Magazine.
Legend has it that the Dagors that tested best at the factory were marketed as Golden or Gold Rim.Lens mavens seem to think that the difference is probably insignificant.However you will pay a...
The image circle for a Super-Symnar XL 110mm lens is 288mm which would make it too small for 8x10.The 150mm version is 386mm which would be fine.The image circle on some Schnider lenses is very ...
The image circle for the 135 WF Ektar is 229mm.This will cover 5x7 with no movements to speak of.These lenses were not multicoated but many of the later ones were single coated.The Ektar brand of...
Go to Toyo's site and compare your 4x5 model with their equally excellent 8x10 monorail.Notice that the 8x10 weights 16.8 lb without a lens. The monorail on your camera is 445 mm long; which would...
That's like asking which you should buy a Ford or a Chevy.All three lenses are first rate products from first rate companies,with basicallthe same design.The prices are within 10% of each other.I ...
Don't give up on the Gold Dot Dagors.Most of them are in shutters that I have seem.The Red Dot Artars were designed as process lenses and many of them especially the longer ones ane in barrel.
The person to ask is S K Grimes at skgrimes@skgrimes.com.His website is skgrimes.com and you can also contact him there.He does this for a living.If a copal 0 won't fit he will find something that...