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Er -- more or less, yes

I suppose (because I'm the cheapskate around here) I'd buy a 135 ektar or graftar in a sync'd shutter and use it on the camera you have.

I guess I subscribe to the simpler the better school here. That said, I do still lifes using two photofloods {250 watt} in hardware store reflecters. I set them at 3 feet on one side of camera, 6...

Shukins! I forgot a P&S visual quality I scored for $60.00 from a Rolleflex dealer at the Boston camera show! I only bought it because it was an 8", and could use it on my Ansco view.

Wow, compared to some of these deals I've been a spend-thrift. I always thought I had made out real well when I bought, from a camera store in Mass., a 5X7 ansco commercial view, with an agfa-ansco...

I've only bought one item from adorama, and the service was fast, well packaged, and as described. That said ever since the sale I've been bombarded with advertising by e-mail on digital stuff. Too...

lachlan's last post is accurate. If you are doing landscapes and portraiture, I've never had a problem. For technichal work, I imagine it makes a big difference.

Alex from Holland --- [I]'m surprised at this question.. My family last name is Labij. As in dijk. My family is from Den Helder originally.

If film expense is worrysome, check posts on using x-ray film. I bought a box of half speed blue for $36.57 including shipping. 100 sheet box, by the way.

Geez -- I've driven a few of these, and really liked 'em.

I have used packard shutters for years. It makes me smile to read of people obcess about the slow instantaeous speed of 1/25 second. If you are using 100 speed film on a bright sunny day set lens...

I know you didn't mention 5X7. I meant if you're really going into large format, 5X7 is the smallest LF. Of course, that was a little tongue in cheek reference about press 4X5's not being "real" LF

Yes the portrait of Sophie is drop dead gorgeous. I like the seashell also. What has kept me away from color is the + or - 1/2 degree in the processing. I can't control the temps that well!!

I should have added we used at least press25 flashbulbs and shot on ansco super-pan press asa 125 @ f16 shutter 1/50. The reason for the flash was to permit f16. I set the lens @ 12 feet, because...

Hey papah, that color shot really blew me away. I've never shot color (other than 35mm), but maybe I better start.

BSK, I didn't think he was ready for 5X7, or larger yet.

I must say, this has been an enlightening story-line on this thread. Not to oversimplify, I take landscapes because something in the scene resonates within me. I use so-called LF (4X5's) because...

BTW, I don't have a dog in this fight. I prefer air controlled time of exposure over everything else I've used. But I should say also that I'm on the more pecunious (cheapskate?) side of the...

What Ilex patented was the variable clockwork escapement to control exposure timing. I doubt that deckel would have liscensed an appartus made 20 years earlier. I looked at the linhof site as...

FWIW, Ilex invented the "clockwork" shutter ca:1912. They immediatly licensed Frederick Dectal (sp?) to produce the design in Europe. It became known as the compur. The escapement timing of...

I'd like to add Ernie Morin from Glouchester, Mass. There is quite a little art colony there, but you have to sort through a lot of chaff to find the wheat.

I also was surprized by the reaction to what I saw as a good question. I hope we can explore the different ways of LF work further. The point that American ( and as far as I know Canadian)...

I think it is important to re-visit these other methods for exposure control. I am somewhat sure "modern" shutters are more accurate. But if you want to put a shutter on either an antique lens or a...

Thanks for the info on where to find the stuff.

I don't think it's silly at all. My R.O.C. has a dull GG also. I didn't realize this until I got a Burke&james 5X7. Something is different as I can focus on it at f11, and f9 is very bright. I...

I agree, "my posts" would be very useful.

Ditto

Well, very interesting. How strong is the phenol-paper, and where do you get it?

Right now on that auction site, offered is a 6 1/2 inch Ilex Paragon in an Ilex shutter. An Ilex shutter is one of the better ones, and easy to fix. The man offering the lens and shutter is in...

H-m-m-m, maybe I'm missing out on something here. Maybe I could shuck my 8X10 and switch. I prefer the proportions of 5X7, and I'm thinking maybe whole plate is even more of the same? But bigger?

Yes, Jim's right about all of this--and especially the packard. I've used packard's for over 50 years. In fact I've never used any other kind of big camera shutter. While techies may claim that I...

I am sorry to admit that I also wondered who lem was, and I was breathless with anticipation to find out about his fungus.

My B&J comm vue has the grid----I don't know if I'm going to like it though, (I've never had a view camera that had gridlines before this one, hope it's not a distraction.)

You really need strobes? I use photoflood bulbs, white for pan, blue for ortho. Gives room for plenty of experimentation on lighting effects, ratios etc.

I have two weston masters one needs an overhaul, one works fine. If I had two working, I'd be worried one was more accurite than the other. And so, while composing the shot, hmm lets see one is...

Just lovely.

One winter, afew years ago, I got caught in a blizzard on my way back from Texas. Truck stop had flannel shirts, insulated with black nylon cloth interior. I found it worked great as a camera focus...

I used to use a 3 1/4X4 1/4 graflex for portraiture and landscapes, and loved it. Mirror slap was not a problem, and the graflex shutter was the soul of reliability. I sold it because film became...

O is for open, just keep working the slit button until you get O. O is also usefull for flash, if camera does not have sync on rear shutter.

I suggest you google up graflex. When you find the graflex-graphic site, they have all kinds of tutorials on focal plane graflex shutters (also up to 1000 speed). Perhaps by going thru their site a...