To mount a roll back you will need a graflock back , which is a back of metal construction , where the part that holds the ground glass can be taken apart by means of a locking mechanism which...
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To mount a roll back you will need a graflock back , which is a back of metal construction , where the part that holds the ground glass can be taken apart by means of a locking mechanism which...
I just purchased a Tamrac Expediton V backpack . I have never owned a backpack before because i have always used different cases , but i am starting to feel the damage that " side carrring , ...
Great question, Rob.
It is a question that i have always asked myself. I have chosen to for limited edition prints for myself , because i don't like the idea that i could actually print an "...
thank you , guys.
It is time for one of my Petzvals to have a facelift, the front element has a number of scratches that i would like to get rid of... Who provide such a service?
Try also some green tea , good one . fresly brewed, and tone your paper with it! Also try different dilutions , mix it with coffe, experiment, have fun , and remember that tea usually lowers the...
This is one of the good things of Art, it gives different impression and meaning to each viewer. What the previous poster sees as acceptance of the state of the world we live in i interpret it as...
I get bored easily so i give myself assignments.
I have shot cemeteries, old kitchen gadgets, interesting compositions extrapolated from everyday life, urban landscapes, poirtrature, and soon...
I am 40 now , been shooting lf for about 12 years and tired of hearing people saying " whow , is that an oldfashioned camera? or "shooting a movie?" or doing anything to distract you from ...
i believe you have a future priced collectible there....
Mine is a '88 multicoated and is the same....
i Have dallmyer 300 3,8/ Aero ektar 7 inch f. 2.5/ telexenar 500mm/f 5.5, tessar 360 f 4.5, dallmeyer 14 inch 4.5, dallmeyer 9 inch f 3 they are a lot of fun... Look on e-bay and also i can give...
I am thinking of buying a second set of Multigrade filters and using them as "dodging and burning tools " , to achieve local contrast control. What i don't know is if it has been done before ....
Why would you want to buy a new version? I don't mean to impose my ideas, but have you considered a Wallensack Verito? It is a beautiful lens, it marries soft focus with shallow depth of field and...
Steve, nobody said stupid. And i realized just now that when i said ignorant i was wrong , even though wasn't intended with malice. I take it back and i apologize for what i said , sometimes as a ...
This is a lot of fun.
Brian,everybody is entitled to an opinion, i agree with you, but when somebody asks informations about something that's all He or she Should get( in this case Rebecca)...
Dear chris, Please tell me how an "european approach " is supposed to be like, my snobbish friend. You tell me that all i do is to snipe to the opinion of others, what i tell you is that i cannot...
people like Chris Jordan are a deterrent to the evolving of art . How can you be so sure that only your view of "how and in what direction photography should evolve" is the right one?
Why don't...
I would recommend you to buy a speed graphic. You can find cheap and working ones at about 100 $ . Mounting one of these lenses to a medium format camera wouldn't really work not only for...
You should check the book " Build your own darkroom" . It has easy projects for very sturdy items. I build my own from that book . I made two super sturdy tables, an adjustable baseboard for my ...
I am a survivor from a long session in my darkroom and although it has been a productive one in some new 4x5 negatives i have found stains i have never seen before.
They are round and if i...
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY i appreciate your help . You just confirmed what i was feeling about the all situation.
Hi Joe, I wouldn't worry... The speeds indicated in the shutters seldom corresponds to reality . P_lus the difference between 1/400 and 1/500 is not going to affect your exposure.
If it means a...
I keep reading in this forum that the sheet films are to be developed emulsion side down, as Adams suggests.
I have always remembered reading in " The negative " book (pag 210 edition 1988 )...
Sean, i am not really sure what kind of meter you have , but seems like what you need is a spot meter. The spot meter will give you a 1 degree angle reading , allowing you to achieve a selective...
I have been contacted by a rock band and asked to take pictures for magazines and promos and possibly an album cover...
Everything would be allright if it wasn't for the fact that they want to...
Hi, i am very interested in this topic , because it is very frustrating to see good shots being "tainted" by this damned white spots in the negatives that inesorably allow light to go through...
Yesterday, i sepia toned a batch of prints with my usual kodak sepia toner ( you know, the rotten eggs compound) . Since they were about 40 16 x 20 i could only wash 12 0f them at the time in my...
To ans wer to Dave , my main application will be poirtrature, but i will be using it for other applications like " moody details" i find in nature and architecture.
Thilo ,thank you for your...
I just bought such lens and won't be able to use it for a while. In the meantime i am torturing myself , since i am always looking for very shallow depth of field in a lens and i don't know if this ...
it is a good lens.
Sharp, it doesn't have the contrast that a symmar-s has, but it is a good lens for poirttrature. I have used it for years, It all depends on what you are looking for in a...
Hi David, it all depends what kind of effect you want to achieve.
IAs you rightly say, you can use any shutter speed, this gives you the freedom to compensate the exposure to include the...
Mr Steve Feldman,......
i was joking......!
When iwas talking of my incredible talent......when i was talking of my harnessing etc. etc., i was hoping people would recognize my wonderful and...
I just built a home made snoot for my metz 45 ct-1.
What will give me the light cone is the inside of a toilett paper roll(!). I am going to coat the inside of the above with alluminum foil for...
Jokes aside,Chris,
nobody needs destructive criticism. We are artists and many of us know that expecially amongst ourselves we need to support each other...
I am not trying to say to lie...
Chris, you miss to read my fourth sentence!
Hi Eck , i concurr with you about the definition you give of Sally Mann"s work.
About the comment of the previous post the same could be told about the too many times sterile photography of the...
i meant the from the lens.......
okay Guys, don't fight now....
I got to verify the various suggestions and i found that i can see a very small part of the bed only at infinity and stopped down at f 32, no big deal....
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i am planning to use a 90 mm. s. angulon with my speed graphic. Does anyone know if the camera bed will show in the images?
I need the information now because i have no way to test in advance....