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I guess I should have mentioned my old 1940's Kodak Monitor folding camera in the 620 format ( 2 1/4 x 3 1/4). Started using that before my 4x5 as a teen, and used that Kodak in college as well.

One 4x5
Three 8x10

Still have and use a Sinar F camera I bought in 1984. Never thought twice about not taking it into the field. In fact in 4x5, have never owned a folding box field camera.

This I was not aware of. Thanks. Now I have some options.

Today north of Farmington, New Mexico, taken by my 23 year-old son. It's one of four 8x10 cameras I have. This is a StenopeiKa Hyper 8x10, with a Schneider G-Claron 305mm. Not a bad plywood camera,...

If none of you ever used the Ilfochrome (Cibachrome) process, it was glorious. Extremely nice rich colors, high contrast, but was an art to print. In reality, the perfect chrome was required in...

For Dye transfer, I would have to use a custom printer. I have seen some incredible results from drum scans of 4x5 transparencies. Haven't done 8x10 yet, but I have a large portfolio of images, so...

Sold off most of the enlarging equipment, just contact print capabilities. My plan is to use custom labs for enlargements. Was also looking at dye transfer prints and other types of alternative...

After several years of no large format photography, I got back in. Been shooting 4x5 and 8x10 since 1978. Most of my work was Ektachrome and Fujichrome transparencies, enlarged on...

Back in February, my wife bought me a Fujinon 250mm f/6.7 lens from Japan, and it was mounted on a Wista/Linhof lens board with a top hat. I am guessing the top hat part is 15mm above the flat of...

So let me ask, would this camera be a good candidate for one of your installed bails? The later Zone VI 8x10 cameras around # 190 seemed to have a slight modification to the wood to include a bail. ...

Just curious if there's any data to tell when a Zone VI 8x10 with the serial number of 157 was made? Picking it up tomorrow from the owner in Santa Fe who kept it new in the box since purchase and...

Ever realize you have the wrong equipment for location work? Such has been my large format life......

In the San Juan Mission Cemetery, Farmington, New Mexico. Sinar P 8x10 (heavy duty rear...

I went to BH Photo-Video and saw Wista extended lens boards going for $169 +. This gift from Mrs. Blomquist may end up being a double present since I won't need the Wista board and could make a few...

I've never removed a front element and shutter from an "extension cone". Is the shutter easily removable from the extension? The only other lens I have with an extension is a Sinar marked...

Thanks Roger. Belated birthday wishes to you. So, can I remove the shutter easily from that extension or would you just leave it alone?

My wife ordered this lens for my birthday this month. Sweet wife to think of large format items for my 62nd birthday. This is a Fujinon 250mm f/6,7. It's on its way from Japan. One thing I noticed...

Bought a Wisner 8x10 Technical Field in 1990, and took delivery after about a year wait. Decent camera, and worked fine with a wife and kids to help tote the 15 lbs Gitzo tripod, a couple of lenses,...

I just ran across another maker which also seems to use the standard Sinar board. An Italian maker named Stenopeika. Seems like their lightweight cameras are made out of plywood but have no other...

I've been a Sinar F, C and P user for decades. Looking for a wooden folding field camera which will take Sinar lensboards, or uses a readily available adapter for the Sinar mounted lenses.

John, I was not aware of Shaughnessy. I will have to check him out. I have looked at your website and you have some very interesting images. It's neat how the RR tracks create a thread through the...

Ever since I saw the large format railroad images of O. Winston Link, I have always had an interest in these kind of images, even if not taken at night with large strobe arrays. I wish I was closer....

Sometimes you can get even with these people, and have some fun at the same time. A year ago, I had someone use copyrighted pictures of mine. I had posted them on another forum and they were...

In this image, some will see a non-statement. For me, it's a snowstorm in South Dakota.....:)

Photography is edited reality, creating it's own reality within the frame of the camera's eye. I'll demonstrate an example here. A photographer chooses to photograph a run-down house in a...

I'll hit 55 next month in February (A left handed Pisces), and to think I have been shooting large format for 37 of those years.

Wow, this has been a lofty read here, but quite interesting. I've always considered "visualization" and "pre-visualization" basically the same thing. Outside of a controlled studio environment and...

In 37 years of shooting large format, I have never used a Fresnel lens between the GG and lens. When I have used a Fresnel lens, it has been placed on the ground glass, and my focusing loupe makes...

Really cool. Huge camera with what looks like a reducing back?

Looks like a 20x24. If I remember, that is a photo of William Henry Jackson.

My parents moved there in 1959, and I was born in Sarasota in early 1960. My father was a NASA electrical engineer and he was a liaison to a sub-contractor east of Sarasota. He would spend a few...

The weights don't add too much to the overall weight, thus being sewn in. The key is to not have the corners of the cloth flopping around in the wind and crack your ground glass or the lens. That...

I'm just a tad under 6 ft 3 inches (188 cm +/-). In your signature line I see Sarasota mentioned. Is that where you live? FYI, I was born in that fine city before it was too crowded or too...

A picture of myself and my Sinar P 8x10 "Field Camera", sporting a Nikkor 150mm SW lens. The Gitzo tripod weighs about as much as the camera. Taken at the San Juan Navajo Cemetery, just outside of...

My Wisner 8x10 Technical Field was number 284 and I took delivery in 1989. This camera built to order direct from Ron.

When I bought my first Sinar f 4x5 in the early '80s, my two lenses I could afford were a 210mm Symmar S and a 90mm Super Angulon f5.6. The 210mm was and is a great all around lens, from portraits...

I've been shooting large format since 1977, before I had to wear prescription glasses. These days I have to use my glasses while doing general course focus, then remove them to use the focusing...

I always wondered what that Red Dot was for; now I know....thanks! I know this sounds stupid, but what kind of effect do you get when pushing the Gold Dot?...:)

When I met Abbey, he had moved to Arizona and was guest "professor" at the U of A Tucson, and I took the semester class. My impression of Abbey was that he was sort of a literary version of George...

To be honest though, Wi-Fi is probably the least damaging to these Parks. The Genie is out of the bottle. Industrial tourism is the norm in these major Parks and now you have traffic jams,...