Ansel Adams book, The Negative, has quite a number of B-W photographs taken in the High Sierras. The book can assist you in making up your mind what focal length lens you want. Adams is best known...
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Ansel Adams book, The Negative, has quite a number of B-W photographs taken in the High Sierras. The book can assist you in making up your mind what focal length lens you want. Adams is best known...
For macro lens selection, I would recommend you talk to Bob Salomon of HP Marketing. He has often commented on what lens is best for 1:1 images. He says that you will see a distinct improvement in ...
View Camera used to have really a fine layout. An A+. That all changed when they moved the headquarters to New Mexico. Now the layout is just an A-. If this were a government bond, the downgrading ...
Asymmetrical axis lens tilt>Arca-Swiss M/Orbix ($$$$); Base lens tilt>Standard Arca-Swiss FC ($$$); Center axis lens tilt> TK45S ($$). Picture quality Orbix ++++, FC ++++, TK ++++, Wisner ++++,...
I thank you all. I liked all of your suggestions. ..................
View Camera magazine is my National Geographic. Back issues lie on the shelves for years. I reread them from time to time. This week I read a May/June 2001 View Camera issue at p. 62 where Steve...
You can reach Bob Salomon at bob@hpmarketingcorp.com......
Which to choose, the 135 or 150, is objectively unanswerable. It is as if you were asking which is better, popcorn with or without butter. However, I do think it is easier to make useful...
The latest issue of Black & White shows Philip Hyde using a Technika. The picture was taken years ago....................................
I was in error. The www.betterlight.com website says the Super8K-2 has a maximum resolution of 12,000 x 15,990 pixels (549 MB 24-bit RGB, or 1.1 GB 48-bit RGB file) Super6K-2?. The Super6K-2 ...
Johnson was not using the latest super model version of the Better Light 4 x 5 insert that increases the file size from 140 MB to over 300 MB. According to an ad in the Nov/Dec 2001 View camera...
I eliminated this recurring problem of two negatives ending up in the same slot by using the slotted separator and clipping it into place after all of the negatives have been inserted. Without the...
Years ago I read of Land demonstrating color images with two black and white transparencies projected simutaneously on the screen, each transparency taken from the same camera in the same location,...
Contemporary creativity can be found in images that are notable for the unexpected composition, hues, light or shadow -- be it a Monet or a representation of what a person sees who is high on...
John Sexton has several books. He shoots Technikardan 45 and some recent version of the Technika (Master Technika 2000?).
"I pray thee cease thy counsel, Which falls into my ears as profitless As water in a seive." - S $20-35 for a lens cap. That is what steve grimes charges for a lens cap. He says manufacturing cost...
Robert White UL webpage shows the Fuji Quickchange. It is claimed that the design overcomes the problems of jamming associated with the Graphmatic. It accepts standard 4 x 5 films, not Quickload or...
Andrew: Please read Using the View Camera Author: Steve Simmons Binding: Hardcover, 144 pages Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated Published Date: 10/01/1992. I think it is the...
Bob says the Technikardan. He did not give the nod to the more expensive Master Technika or its predecessors. This serves no stinking self-interest. So how is it that Bob genuinely sees the...
The vast majority of View Camera issues are superbly laid out. I hope that you continue with this high level of performance. Am I in error to say that yours is the only magazine that includes...
Combine any wide angle (e.g. 75 mm lens, using center gradient filter) with lens shift; the wider the lens, the greater the lens shift, and the closer you position the camera to the ground, the ...
One way to meet others with similar large format landscape interests would be set up or attend a weekend seminar, with instruction provided by a professional photographer. The seminars could be...
No one has made a strong or compelling case regarding the value of the changes in the TK45S. The owners of the older version uniformly praise it as being lighter and more compact. One contributor...
I erred in saying that if you buy the TK 45, all you have is the 4 x 5 format. I forgot about the fact that Arca and TK 4 x 5 cameras can be used with roll film backs, allowing 6 x 12, 6 x 7, 6 x...
The current model is the Technikardan 45S, successor to the TK45. You may want to compare the T45S with the TK45--the changes are barely noticeable. Whether you buy the Arca or TK, you cannot go...
In choosing which Wisner, take a look at Wisner's webpage. This August Wisner came out with a 3 lb+ 4 x 5 camera. ..............................
K & S in Palo Alto has or had a mint Linhof 8 x 10 GTL for sale for about $4000. With lens, lens hood, tripod, ballhead, and film plate I would guess this combination would weigh about 45 ...
Dear Dan:
Check Robert White in UK, Badger Graphic, and B&H Photo Video in US for prices on top quality new field cameras. They all have websites. Over the years they have maintained a good...
There are only two things about Bob Salomon of which I am certain. First, he has never been to prison. Second, I dont know why. Once again he has stolen my dignity. I dont need anyone's help to...
None of these cameras have the geared movements of the Arca-Swiss or Sinar-P. Longer bellows of TK allows use of 210 mm lens at double focal length to attain 1:1 image while Technika limits user to...
In selecting a camera you may want to consider how readily you can get help from the camera manufacturer or distributor. Some contribute to this forum; others never make any contributio
If you buy a lens with 82 mm filter you will end up paying a lot more for filters (especially a center gradient filter) than if you stuck with lenses requiring 67 mm filters. There are quite a...
Maybe I am wrong. I am not an expert. I just want to convey to you what I understood after reading comments by earlier contributors.If your camera uses a small lensboard (96 x 99 mm) with tapered...
All of these lenses are very compact and light -- all use No. 1 shutter. All adequately cover 4 x 5. All of these lenses have f/9 or smaller maximum apertures. Depending on your eyesight (those...
You are more likely to use 10 mm or more rise with a 90 mm, 110, or 115 mm lens than with longer lenses, such as 180, 210 or 300 mm. I found the standard bellows unacceptably restrictive in lens...
For the wedge, I used a Johnson & Johnson cotton swab commonly used to remove ear wax. It is made of a white plastic tube about three inches long and one-eighth inch diameter, with cotton at each...
I eliminated the Supercreen warping by inserting compressible cue-sticks between the screen and the overhanging edges of the TK45 fram
Any book showing the black and white photographs of EDUARD J. STEICHEN. Many of his portraits and landscapes are absolutely stunning. He mastered use of light and shade -- a photographer of ...
I checked Linhof's and HP's webpage, as well as other webpages, and found nothing regarding the availability by subscription in the United States of Linhof's magazine, Photo Technik International...
I meant G-Claron, not M-Claron. I also wanted to add that Nikkor and Fuji lenses always get favorable web comments, but to my knowledge, have not recently upgraded their lenses. I am unclear...