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In search of my 10x20 film, I contacted Photo Warehouse this morning. They are field testing a new B&W film from Europe and so far the result is very promising. They have a waiting list of 40-50...

I am searching B&W films for my newly acquired 10x20 banquet camera. First place contacted is jandc photo to see if they can cut their Cirkut roll film for me. The answer was no. Shall I just order a...

John, I will keep my dorff and its dozen of lenses for now as my "mistress". See, I am faithful in my owe way, all my cameras are still with me, even I don't use them any more. Use the biggest camera...

Robert, The last time I used an enlarger was a few years ago. The very reason why strictly 8x10 and contact printling only. No enlarger and no scanner, for they are less "pure" and less "true".

entering a land of no return. Yes, I bought that 10x20 old banquet camera yesterday after a 48 hour futile battle against the temptation! Some friend had warned me that my first 12x20 negative would...

Do you call him an artist???

Thank you very much, Jim!

Come on, Jim, just take the credit! Without your posted wonderful portraiture shot with that lens and its rapid spread around by internet, how could Chinese guys know this lens? I think Lens and...

Talking about "older and unusual lenses", Lens and Repro lists a 16" f4.5 Pinkham & Smith VQ portrait lens on their website and when I called this morning, I was a few days late. Sold at $2,350. A...

Thanks, Bob. That is a very beautiful box! Instead of the round hole to accept one lens, I will probably need a square hole to accept lens boards with lenses of different diameters. Very...

Jim, Can you send me some pictures of your set up? Thanks.

Dave...

If you are going to China on a tour package with other 30 torists on a bus, forget your 4x5 and tripod. No way! But if you are on your own with a guide/driver, you will have a great time...

Don't we love to see the prices of our old Dagors go up like this? I sold one of my back up 18cm Zeiss Dagor f/9 a few weeks ago and have used the proceeds to: 1. put a shutter on my Trigor, 2. buy...

Thanks, Jim, Your portraits is an inspiratin! I will try to sign up Per's next workshop. I need a few boxes of films to start my exercise to get that 1/4, 1/8, up to 1/250 second right on the dot....

Thanks for the information, JG. I have no problem using a dagor in barrel at f/64 for long exposure using a lens cap and a stop watch. But how do I learn the tricks to shoot a 360mm Heliar in barrel...

LF is getting popular in China. When you check eBay auctions, you notice buyers from China paying top dollars for classic lenses like Dagors. I have found these pictures of their new cameras in...

Sorry, I meant understand this world.

Very interesting! I actually did a paper called "Zen, Phenomenology and Art" for my Master degree 17 years ago.

I started LF a few years ago and I have to agree with Michael here that philosophy...

41. 8x10 for 2 years after 1/2 of that time on 4x5.

Hi John!

I own and use 9-1/2 f6.8 Dagor for my 8x10 Deardorff. Wonderful lens. I have the golden dot version. Small, sharp, contrasty with a special glow. Enough coverage for 8x10. I usually...

110xl. I have no experience with Nikon 90mm f8. But I do own and use 110xl. Very sharp and contrasty, a great performer.

Please count me in too. I lice in So. California.

I use Ries100 with my 8x10 Deardorff.

To create a new world.

Old wooden 8x10 Deardorff. Bergger 200 film in ABC Pyro. Contact printing with AZO+Amidol, getting into Pt/Pd. NO DIGITAL!

Same photo can NOT be taken over and over again, unless you are using an auto 35mm shooting out of the window of your tour bus. First and foremost, photography as an art is a very intense creative...

No, Chris. How could you go back to 35mm from LF? What makes LF so addictive is the challenges and rewards it represents. Tell me you feel the same when you look at THINGS on 8x10 ground glass....

Aaron,

I agree with what Kevin and Carl. Photography is only one means of artistic expression. It's more a journey than a destination. The "vision" comes from within yourself. You have to dive...

I used a 35mm Nikon for 10 years before I bought a Hassy and a 4x5 Arca-Swiss a year later and then a 8x10 Wista a few months later and a 8x10 Deardorff another few months later. I only shoot 8x10...

I second David. I have been using Bergger for over a year after dropping Ilford HP5. Best combination seems to be: Bergger+Pyro+AZO+Amidol. I shoot 8x10 and the contact prints have a wonderful...

You need to read Rilke's "Letters To a Young Poet". It anwsers many questions you have raised.

I own and use a 150mm Super Symmar XL. It's a very sharp and contrasty lens. But it is very heavy and big. I prefer to use 150mm or 180mm Zeiss Dagor as a wide angle lens. Only 1/5 of weight and ...

I am mostly what you call a amatrur fine art photography. I have a day job and i n my spare time I do 8x10, mostly B&W landscapes and still life with pyro and co ntact print them. About a few months...

Lee's B&W filter set(4 filters), a snap-on holder with a rubber band. I have 9 8x10 lenses from 150mm to 600mm. It fits all. It costs you $57 from B&H.

The lens in Copal 3 is an earlier version and single coated. The one in Compur 3 is a multi-coated late production run and usually costs a two or three hundreds more than the first one. I use a Lee...

I am going on a 3-day trip to Cancun this Oct. I need to decide if I want to bri ng my 8x10 Deadorff with me for the Mayan ruins. My main concerns are crowds, li ght conditions and logistics. Any...

I use an Arca-Swiss Discover 4x5 with 110XL and a 210 Rodenstock lens. Wonderful combination. No need of WA bellow. Discover comes with a backpack. You can get an extension rail for the 210mm lens...

It's a Schneider 210mm f/8 Angulon,I guess. Due to inconsistant quality control of lens production of that period(50s-70s?), you actually have to test Anlugons before you buy them. This is what I ...

Why don't you take a look at 240mm Dagor? It's coated, very sharp when stopped down. They are available used at very good price.

My 24 Inch Artar was lost during the shipment on its way to get a shutter mounte d on it last week. I also have artars of 450mm and 19 inche and I like the image s they produce. I also happen to have...