As a career wedding shooter,I'll offer my 2c.Many prefer the green boxes,but the Portra films still do a fine job.I shoot the 160 VC out doors with fill flash,and the 400NC indoors with flash.All...
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As a career wedding shooter,I'll offer my 2c.Many prefer the green boxes,but the Portra films still do a fine job.I shoot the 160 VC out doors with fill flash,and the 400NC indoors with flash.All...
LL Bean or Edie Bauer used to sell a "back pack" cooler,this would hold about 30 4x5 holders.I used one of these for years.It is rigid & holds out the heat!Id look at soft back packs also,these...
The best way to clean these is with compressed air,or a powerfull vacuum cleaner.I vacuum my holders,then brush them with an anti- static brush.One trick Ive learned:avoid sliding the sheets against...
Adjustments for Long and Short Exposures No filter correction or exposure compensation is required for PORTRA 160NC/VC and 400NC/VC Films for exposures from 1/10,000 second to 10 seconds. For...
The best method with that tank is to pre-wet the film ,dump,go dark with top off,pour in developer,then plug the hole on top so you can invert agitate.
I was killing time in a small upstate NY town.A train horn sounded in the distance,so I walked to the RR tracks with my 4x5 camera on its tripod.I snapped the train as it passed,and walked back to...
You are correct about the older single coated glass.Once color is added to the mix,the newer glass wins.However,I do have some 1950's German LF glass that is sharper & more contrasty than any...
Im always amused by the "techies",that shoot LF.They would have you believe that only a yaw free camera with a modern($)multicoated piece of glass will do.The truth being that an old battered...
Without any doubt,Merklinger's focusing tome!("Focusing the View Camera")What a long winded pointless piece of literature!Page after page of formulas & charts & graphs,all trying to tell you to...
Save your money,use the Xenar!Stopped down this lens will give any modern glass a run for the money!
It sounds like a bit of forward front board tilt,and you would be good to go!(see:Sheimpflug rule)
They are also re-introducing Panatomic-X & Kodachrome II will be available in sheets & 120 rolls.(Id give my right arm for a box of 100 sheets of 4x5 Kodachrome!)
Im looking to add a 4x5 enlarger to my MF & 35mm B&W darkroom.Are these good mac hines,capable of professional quality?They seem priced affordably.(I owned B22's Omega's for years,and always found...
The tank I have for LF use is a daylight type,not the kind with metal racks.My p roblem is how too agiatate, how much?Should I do this the same as I have done fo r years with smaller round 35mm/120...
It sounds like you are confusing angle of coverage with angle of view,two totally diferent concepts.The angle of view difference here is as follows:a 65mm lens has the angle of view =to an 18mm...
I think that in recent years,with advances in emulsions & optics,the gap has certainly narrowed.A 6x7 or 6x9 camera can now produce results that a few years ago would have required 4x5 negs!The ...
These cameras are indeed studio machines.Too heavy for wedding work.For my money in a studio,Id use a mono rail camera & a roll back.These have unlimited moves ,etc.
Id agree with the commercial shooter,move what you have to do,rake the leaves etc.In this type of shooting,perfection is sought in each detail.I certainly woudlnt shoot an outdoor portrait with...
These are made in the same plant in Ca.There is no difference between what so ever.If you pay attention,the standard slide locks are fine.
BW film is about $12 for 25 sheets in 4x5!Buy a box and waste a dollar's worth of film!
Since LF glass is designed to perform stopped down to F22,its coverage is dependant on this.I dont think using most modern wide angle lenses at wide apertures will allow much movements either.
These are the standard for wedding shooters.The CT-60's sometime develope slow recycle times.Ive bought many used Metz,never had a problem.
That is a depressing story Andy,Im sorry for you.Lesson learned:dont leave anything of value in your car in a city,anywhere! Turning your back on camera gear is asking for trouble....
A 90mm is equal to a 25mm lens in 35mm,I wouldnt think too many filters can be stacked on a 25mm lens w/o vignetting.You could try the thin mounts filts?
You say white lines on your negatives,but this is a positive print with white lines?The lines on this picture do not resemble a light leak.Light leaks tend to spray unfocused light around,causing ...
Ive always been real happy with Nikon filters.I have one size filters and use step rings to place these on my LF & MF lenses.
"Don't you have to travel over to your subject (the faraway pagoda or mountain, for example) and stand there to get an accurate incident reading?" The sun is 93 million miles away,incident readings...
Something they never teach in photo class:if you take a reflected readings:white card,a grey card & a black card.The black card is 5 stops more exposure than the white card,and the grey is dead...
How about the time I the wind knocked my Cambo 4x5 over into a roaring mountain stream in front of 30 school kids that happened by on a class field trip.One of whom asked me,"Mister did you mean to...