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I've always used a dark t-sirt. The neck goes over the rear standard and I stick my head in through the other end. If necessary I can stick my arms through the armholes to reach controls.

I have a Rodenstock 90 mm Grandagon-N f/6.8 which has been a real work hose for me. I recommend it strongly.

The two are completely the same provided the final positions of the rear standard and front standard end up being the same. However, if you tilt the camera on the tripod and then tilt the front...

The tubes look like a really neat system, and they certainly give you the maximum flexibility. They seem well worth the cost.

I do my developing in a small condo bathroom, and I find that I can...

I dry Ilford films by hanging each by a single plastic clothespin on its corner with the pin held to a hanger by another clothespin. I use a spnge to remove the bead of water which appears on the...

I have this head on a Calumet Carbon fiber tripod. I got the combination as an upgrade for my old Tiltall Pro.

It took me a little while to get used to its idiosyncrasies, but now that I...

The MOD45 processor looks pretty neat.

But it does take 1 litre of solution.

I can do up to four 4 x 5 sheets in my 8 x 10 Beseler drum on a roller base. One can find these or the similar...

I tried what you suggest, but all I got was the usual stuff. No information about separation of principal planes.

Some googling suggests that the formula for magnification is either
250/f or 250/f + 1
depending on how the loupe is used. Here f is the focal length measured in mm. (250 mm is the...

I don't think it much matters, but if the emulsion side is up, you will reverse left and right. Of course you can correct for that in the scanner settings.

Except for closeups, the error made in measuring subject distance from the front of the lensboard would be too small too notice. Even for closeups, unless the lens is of telephoto or inverse...

The rear flange focal length is the distance from the front of the lensboard to the film plane when the lens if focused at infinity. If it is less than the focal length, the difference between...

As other have said, if you want verticals to be parallel, make sure the back is not tilted. Tilting the front has no effect on whether or not verticals are parallel, but it can effect what is in...

At one point I had sources for information about lens specifications for lenses of various manufacturers. But I can't now find anything which tells me the separation of the principal points for...

I've been processing b/w films using a Beseler drum on a roller base. I can fit four 4 x 5 sheets in the drum. I put the film in so the emulsion side faces inward. I also found that I sometimes...

What the others said explains the matter. There is one other confusing point. Printer specifications will often give dpi ratings such as 1440 or 2880 dpi. That tells you the number of dots of ink...

Maybe I am doing the calculation incorrectly, but I get between 3 and 4 mm DOF for a 210 mm lens at f/5.6 on a 4x5 camera focused at 2 feet (610 mm). It wouldn't be much different for an 8 x 10...

I've been using the v700 with Vuescan and 4 x 5 negatives. I used the Betterscanning holder as the instructions specify without any problems of the type you mention. I used it to determine the...

I've taken nude pictures of myself to show bruises from an accident. The results exhibited what I wanted, but they had no redeeming qualities whatsoever ;-(

Large format may not be the best format for typical head and shoulders portraits because the depth of field is limited at apertures you might end up using. If you stop down enough to get more depth...

It is not the weight that would bother me now, with my new lower back. It is the bulk. Also, bending is still a bit of a problem as is standing for extended periods of time. Using a d800 would...

i asked in a searate thread about trying to get a digital back for my Horseman 980 Technical Camera. It turns out that if I had a 985, then that would be feasible, but not with the 980.

Right now...

Let me add that although I enjoy solving the technical problems posed in view camera photography, to which I've devoted lots of thought, my main interest is being able to do certain types of...

I'm afraid I already know the answer to this question, but let me ask it anyway.

I have a Horseman 980 Technical camera. I haven't used it very much since I got my Toho FC-45X, which is a 4 x 5...

I've been doing 4 x 5 view camera photography using a Toho FC-45X. I develop my own BW film and have color negative film developed by Gamma Imaging in Chicago. I don't have room in my condo for a...

The suggestion that you look up the image circles is correct. I have the Rodenstock lens, and I have found it to be very usable for my purposes. But I suspect the Schneider lens may have a larger...

If you notch the edge of the film holder at the flap or elsewhere, then when you make an exposure, the notch will show up on the film. Development can be done, as usual, in complete darkness. But I...

I've labelled all my film holders, but that is not what I was talking about. I want some way to tell from the developed film sheet which holder it was in. One obvious reason would be to tell...

I have four Riteway film holders. I like them because they have transparent dials you can set to number the sheets of film. Fidelity film holders don't have any thing like that, and you have to...

It is hard to judge what is appropriate for a 4 x 5 view camera by comparing with 3 5 mm.

I have five lenses: 300 mm, 210 mm, 150 mm, 90 mm and 75 mm, The 90 mm and 75 mm would be considered...

It is important to distinguish distances along the rail from distances into the scene.

The one third rule refers to distances into the scene, not those along the rail. It works only when you are...

I agree. My Epson 3880 stands idle a lot of the time, but it never jams. And it makes great prints.

Previously, I used an Epson 1280, which I still have. It would clog up all the time. I was...

I am not a Catholic and I haven't attended Catholic schools, but a good friend who is told me that the treatment of evolution in his Catholic school was the accepted scientific version.

I am sure...

I carry four to six film holders, half with b/w film and half with color. But I seldom use all of them in one outing. If I have something very specific in mind, then I may just need two film...

Birke's pictures are all taken from far enough back from the subject that depth of field won't be a serious limitation, whatever the format. But needing to get far enough back will generally limit...

The hyperfocal distance for a 150 mm lens at f/32 on a 4 x 5 camera is about 23 feet. Focusing at that distance, everything from 11.5 feet to infinity would be in focus in an 8 x 10 print viewed at...

Stitching of course gives you the advantage of a larger format without the problems. I've used stitching to encompass a long facade of a building which was going to be torn down. I couldn't get...

Could you explain why you think 8 x 10 would be superior to 4 x 5 for architectural photography? It is true that you might get marginally better resolution for the same size print, at least if you...

I had an optician make for me 5 - 6 + reading glasses. Wit those I can get my eyes about 5 to 6 inches from the ground glass. That is equivalent to viewing and 8 x 10 enlargment at about 10 - 12...

You have to distinguiish between the sampling rate and the resolution. 6400 ppi means that the scanner collects 6400 samples per inch. That would correspond to (6400/2)25.4 ~ 126 line pairs per...