Thanks very much, Tim and R.J.
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Thanks very much, Tim and R.J.
Thanks very much, Monty.
Hello Everyone,
My exhibition "The Pane in Empty Rooms: Frost and Breadloaf in the Green Mountains" will open this Friday at the Vermont Center for Photography in Brattleboro, Vermont. There will...
Oops, I see that Brian had corrected my error before I caught it. Sorry for the double post, and thanks very much, Brian!
-B
My apologies. I pasted in the wrong URL. Let me try that again:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6520486677_7ec4400a9e_z.jpg
Graflex 4x5 Crown Graphic, Agfa Solinar 10.5cm ƒ/4.5 lens on Kodak...
Taken and scanned last month, but just got around to dust spotting and toning recently.
Self-portrait, taken with a Graflex 4x5 Crown Graphic, Agfa Solinar 10.5cm ƒ/4.5 lens on Kodak Tmax 100...
Thanks, Henry. There are many ways to skin the cat.
Also taken in November and just scanned recently, here is a portrait of Middlebury College Professor Pieter Broucke:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6505584613_55496de64d.jpg
Graflex 4x5...
I've used a piece of scrap acrylic that I use to frame photographs. It's easy to score and trim to the proper size. Just rough it up a bit with some fine-grit sandpaper and it works just fine as a...
Another vote for Hugin. It gives you more control over the final look of the pano than Photoshop's PhotoMerge function.
Another vote for VirtualBox. I have used both Parallels and VMWare, and while they were nice (but not without their quirks), I have found VirtualBox to meet all of my needs. I switched because I...
Edgar Praus
http://www.brettsimison.com/external/lf_forum/BJS-20110416_4x5_01.jpg
Tiffany, Middlebury, Vermont
4x5 Crown Graphic with 10.5cm ƒ/4.5 Agfa Solinar lens, TMax 400 (TMY2), developed in D-76 1:1.
I started pulling it all the way out because of quickloads.
While waiting for the wind to stop blowing on a desert shoot, I was poised and ready with the quickload sleeve pulled -- all I needed...
Noah: That's certainly a wealth of information -- thanks for posting. I'll check the customs allowances for the countries I'm considering -- currently just Guatemala and Mexico. I knew getting a load...
Thanks for the responses, everyone.
Been surfing around this morning and discovered that Paul Buff has released an updated Vagabond battery pack that runs on lightweight lithiums. According to the...
Howdy,
I'm putting together a project where I'll need to fly commercially to Central and South America with large format gear and some portable strobe equipment. I'll have access to AC power only...
I've acquired a few good "loupes" by disassembling old, cheap 35mm zoom lenses from the likes of Vivitar, Sears, and Kiron. At best, they were mediocre performers in their previous life, but quick...
I use rubylith tape. Just don't pull it too tight when you apply it or it will shrink back and cause the negative to curl.
Was this after he posted his updated guide to creating diginegs on the 3800 back in 2008? Because in this post at dpug he admits that even he can see digital grain in the smooth areas of his silver...
I, too, got a lot of noticeable dither with digital negatives on silver. I even tried the Pictorico White Film when someone suggested that the white base will diffuse the dither. It sure does, but it...
As I've mentioned in another thread discussing what we carry in our camera bags, I always have a compass with me on trips, even when walking around major cities. In those urban situations, cutoff...
A few non-photographic items that always live in my camera bag:
- LED headlamp
- 500ml water bottle
- Compass, sometimes a GPS...but always the compass
- Ibuprofen (regular and "PM" varieties),...
I've custom-fitted a shoulder strap for my lightweight carbon-fiber Gitzo mountaineer. It hangs vertically and is easy to access, especially when shooting events when I need the support quickly.
The Library of Congress is the source for these images, and they offer almost all of them as high-resolution TIFFs for download:
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?sp=1&co=fsac&st=grid
Thanks Jim and David.
Yes, the 10.5cm Solinar will cover 4x5, but only just -- it lights up the corners, but there's significant soft falloff from the sweet spot in the center. It's definitely a...
http://brettsimison.com/external/lf_forum/BJS-2010-12-08_4x5_012.jpg
Abby and Annika, Ripton, Vermont.
4x5 Crown Graphic, 10.5 cm ƒ/4.5 Agfa Solinar lens on TMY2.
ƒ/64 vs. ƒ/32
Very good, thanks for the info!
Do you think the hexagon grinding tool worked better than using a smaller piece of glass as the grinding tool, like the online grinding tutorials recommend?
Sounds like you need an aerial camera. Peter Gowland made some nice-looking ones. Does anyone know if his wife is selling of his remaining inventory?
http://www.brettsimison.com/external/BJS-20101203_4x5_08.jpg
Robert Frost's Cabin, Ripton, Vermont
Fujinon-W 125mm ƒ/5.6, 4x5 Crown Graphic, Kodak TMax 100 in D-76 1:1
You might be talking about the same fake film borders I saw, discussed briefly in this thread. Pretty funny stuff for film nerds like us.
The first time I did a LF portrait shoot for a client, I...
Sounds like there's an awful lot of "rule making" going on in this thread.
And we all know what to do with rules...
Yeah, the film definitely will bow as it heats up in the scanner. I keep my 8x10 film flat with a piece of anti-newton glass from focal point. Film emulsion side down on scanner glass, AN-surface...
...and assuming your time is free, then yes -- it's a bargain. :-)
I agree with Frank -- you're better off with a Crown or Speed Graphic. I borrowed a good Polaroid conversion and was impressed with the craftsmanship, but the price you pay for the privilege just...
I solved the problem. Turned out I had to adjust the bottom prism screw to rock the prism back slightly so that infinity was aligned with the focus racked all the way in. After that, adjustment was a...
Full time gig, though LF (or any analog shooting, for that matter) doesn't comprise much of the paying work. Here and there, clients want some B&W and every once in a while I sneak in a LF...