You can take a large freezer bag and cut holes in it and use rubber bands to keep it tight around the view finder & lens. Use something else to cover the lens & viewfinder. Not the best, but it'll...
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You can take a large freezer bag and cut holes in it and use rubber bands to keep it tight around the view finder & lens. Use something else to cover the lens & viewfinder. Not the best, but it'll...
I've used the Minolta Spot Meter F for decades. The reason I chose it is, when the A (average button) is depressed, the meter gives a reading in 1/10's of a stop above the stop set when the A was...
I only use the disks for the aperature.
I'd just add one or more empty filter rings to add the distance between the glass filter and the glass of the lens. I agree a rigid lens hood would offer more protection.
Great doc Jim!! I'm happy that you'er pursuing your passion.
Congratulations Jim! I know you will share your knowledge, craft, art with all. That's great.
Congratulations Jim!
I use step up rings on all of the lenses to get to my standard Series 9 filters. I use the series 9s on all of my lenses, including my 6x7. It keeps things simple. I bought a series of step up...
I have Mole-Richardson tungsten lights and Speed-O-Tron strobes. I have 3 strobe packs -- 2/2400 ws & 1/4800 ws. My largest light is 2/750w Fresnels, 1/750w soft light, 2/250w Fresnels. I also...
Do you want "hot" lights or strobes?
I have. It works. Be sure to add 1/3 stop since the B&W film's ASA is for daylight & is 1/3 stop slower for Tungsten.
Jim, good to see you're keeping busy. We all benefit from your work. I hope you & June are doing well in these tumultuous times.
You can always use a diopter on your lens.
I'd look into the Imagons. I have two of them, a 200mm & a 300mm. The amount of diffusion depends on the disk that is used. Love them!
Be careful. Not all film slides fit all holders, even from the same manufacturer.
Having taught color theory at the American Film Institute Conservatory, I can accurately say that green and red are not complimentary colors. Green's complimentary is magenta, and red's...
Meter a gray card through the filters to get your compensation. If you have a meter on the 67, put the filters on and meter through the lens. When I was shooting cinema, I stacked as many as 9...
I have a 200 Imagon that covers 8x10 wide open. I know it isn't supposed to cover it, but it does. There may be other lenses out there that are wider.
I've shot a lot with my Imagons and really like the quality. That said, I shoot them wide open with no holy slide.
You can use any head to do this. You need to find the nodal point of the lens (it's not always in the center of the barrel). Then you need to get that point over the center of the rotation point. ...
You can use aluminum pipe with Speed Rail fittings and make almost anything. This is extensively used in the motion picture industry.
Also, you could use a diopter.
I stay in motels and usually load/unload film in a closet (bathroom) at night. I wouldn't worry about image loss, & if you are, give the film an added density of 1/3 stop.
Get a small dehumidifier and keep it in the breathable hood. I have one in my darkroom and it works great.
Umm, the bellows are used for focusing the lens. This is focusing the lens. If one moves the camera closer to a subject, the bellows are extended & the image is larger -- not because the bellows...
Nice shot! Nice format!
Because you can!
Nice. How about the photo of yourself from the LF camera?
Having shot quite a bit on the water with motion picture cameras, a pontoon boat is much more stable than a single keel boat. It's probably not practical for you, but it's much more stable. Also,...
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Beautiful Tri!
I agree with Mark. I have an 8x10 Deardorff & love it. It was a working camera and shows it. But it can do whatever I want. BTW I do have an 8x10 enlarger & the difference in quality is minimal on...
Love the V8!
Hey Randy, I'm sure you look forward to the new lens "cleaning." I hope all is well. :-)
The flashlight advice is pretty standard focusing procedure in the film industry for Asst. Cameramen. It works!
Better get new glasses. ;-) I have pin hole lens glasses. ;-)
Randy, that's a bummer. I love the Pictorialist style of images.
I have to respectfully disagree with Bob. I have the 300 Imagon & a 200 Imagon and have made photographs in flat light. I think what Bob was referring to is not the light so much as the contrast of...
Congratulations Jim. Contact me off line about pricing.
Thanks!