I was a TLR guy for years; I finally switched to LF about 18 months ago. I have a "half-plate" (5X7) Gandolfi with a 4X5 reducing back, and no regrets.
You really will learn to see differently...
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I was a TLR guy for years; I finally switched to LF about 18 months ago. I have a "half-plate" (5X7) Gandolfi with a 4X5 reducing back, and no regrets.
You really will learn to see differently...
Dan Fromm, thank you for posting that wonderful little composition.
I happened onto a couple of boxes of Plus-X, and will shortly be trying this film for some studio portraits. I would like advice from others who use (or have used) it.
Yes, I have a copy of Kodak...
Last summer I shot some group portraits, then learned that the community college where I do all my developing & printing cancelled summer classes. Fall term has now finally begun, and I can develop...
Thanks, Matthew. I've wished for a long time for a way to search this site's archives.
"I prefer to keep both standards vertical, and tilt or rotate the landscape." Why didn't I think of that?
I have two questions: Matt, does the landscape swing as well as tilt? If it does, is it...
In View Camera Techniques, Leslie Stroebel writes "Depth of focus is not affecte d by focal length," and gives this formula: depth of focus = 2(f-number)(accepta ble circle of confusion).
In his...
Ellis, I suspect your mastery of argumentation will clear the playground. I haven't heard such sophisticated name-calling since 8th grade. (What the h**l is a "far right brand of socialist,"...
Whether McGrath's book will be useful to you or not depends on what kind of architectural photography you want to do. I bought a copy; his book is mostly about taking color photos of newer...
The "Black Beauty" was the name of the Green Hornet's sleek, super-powered car. In it the Green Hornet and his faithful valet Cato chased criminals even the G-Men could not touch. (The green...
"Because it (the landscape) is there."
Note: this is a paraphrase of Edmund Hillary, not Captain Kirk (as someone I know assumed).
I have a Ries J-100 (I think that's the correct model number; I bought it used) and would recommend Ries to anyone looking for a tripod for large format. In stores I've looked at Bogen, Gitzo,...
I admire the work of such 19th century landscape photographers as F. Jay Haynes, Carleton Watkins, and Darius Kinsey, and have been trying to figure out how to achieve a similar look in my own work. ...