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Look at a depth of field chart....Do you need to use tilt with this wide a lens?

Ken

My Fujinon 105 has the same size image circle. I use it as a lens "wider than the 135. Your 55mm lens is certainly wide. Most of the time you shouldn't need much movement. I would just use it...

Steve, welcome to the forum. If you send me an email with your address, I will mail you a copy of Graphic Graflex Photography, the Bible of large format photography as a gift.

Ken

Barry, I believe Fred Picker advocated placing the highest value on Zone VIII and taking any shadow value one could get. At the same time, he was advocating developing a negative for normal...

Bart, I'm like you in that I prefer to buy long lasting quality tools. The longest lasting and most accurate calipers available are the Starrett vernier calipers. They are totally non battery...

Check leevalley.com for plastic calipers. They have a set of six for $7.50. They have both metric and imperial calibrations and are more than accurate enough for most uses. The traditional vernier...

I have tried several dark cloths over the years. Most were thrown in when I sold cameras. My favorite is still the Zone VI cloth I started with in 1981. No velcro, large, and dark. It works...

I just had Richard Ritter add a bale to the back of my 4x5 Wisner Technical Field Camera. What a nice difference. The Wisner camera is very well designed and made. However, the rear springs were...

David,
I applaud your effort. In my opinion, your work is worthy of a revision. I mean this in a constructive, positive manner. I printed out your article this morning to read it before...

I like the idea of the CD format. I have an extensive personal library which I treasure. However, I find myself doing more study online lately. I don't think most beginning technical information...

One of the Zone VI monorail bags just sold on ebay for about $160. Pricey, but at least somewhat available.

Ole, I believe the correct technical term for your thread is a "bastard thread". So much for uniformity. Good luck....you'll need it!

Ole, any local machine shop should be able to make up a threaded flange for you. In fact, a local machinist could customize one for you (make it thicker or braze a couple bumps on it for easy...

Take a tip from the old press photographers: Before bed scales were installed in press cameras, it was common to make three knife marks next to the focusing rail "here, there and yonder". Take your...

Learning tilt and swing is simplified by using your longest lens. (The image magnification on the groundglass is larger.) A good case can be made for "dry shooting", just setting up your camera and...

Gordon, your exception is well taken. Sometimes I forget the rest of the world doesn't use black and white.

In my opinion, Brian's posting is the most logical thing I have ever read about filtration. It has the ring of common sense in an overmanipulated world.

I have 58 to 52 step down rings with my 150 (and 180) Symmars. I haven't noticed problems. I should add the caveat that neither lens gets much use. My workhorses are the 135 and 200. Step down...

I replaced the lamp in my Zone VI cold light with an Aristo V54. Following the directions from Aristo it was not a problem. Before you wire and seal it, note that it can be placed two different...

Follow up after printing with the Metrolux: The unit works very well. I especially like the metronome feature. With my preference for small prints and long exposure times, I do miss the dimmer...

I use a Ries J200 (the original without the side to side leveling feature) on a Zone VI "Lightweight" tripod. The combination is much more rigid with my Wisner 4x5 Technical Field Camera than the...

I have the same frustrations already well noted. I have used a 7x Calumet loupe for years. I also have a 4x Schneider loupe. I tried removing the skirt from the Schneider loupe. I found that...

Richard, do you use the Aristo dimmer with a stabilizer? I have found the rheostat feature of the Zone VI stabilizer very useful. It lets me keep my printing times in a comfortable range for me. I...

just a follow up: I tried swinging the bulb 180 degrees. It is not quite symmetrical, and swinging it and filing out the round holes made it possible to clear the grid away from the direct path of...

Richard, there are several reasons I like the 135. The first reason, nonartistic, was cost. My first 4x5 camera, a Zone VI Wista DX was sold as a single lens package with 210 or a two lens outfit...

Thanks for the replies. Eric, the (Zone VI) sensor is now looking directly at a tube. This is no fault of Zone VI, since the unit was designed for another bulb. The position probably also explains...

I recently purchased a Metrolux II timer, and am trying to calibrate it with my Zone VI cold light. The unit calibrates properly with my older cold light head with a 20 year old blue sensitive bulb....

No one has really addressed the "tilt" function on the graphics. In the normal position, the "tilt" function is backward. I don't believe this was ever really intended to be a tilting front, at...

I recall a trailside conversation years ago while in the Great Smokies. The fellow was telling me about his friend who used a 4x5 camera. It seemed to require more logistics than the D Day...

Hank, I think the solution is to remove the back before inserting the film holder. I do this routinely with my 4x5 Wisner (also on the rare occasions when I use 8x10). A 12x20 holder would be even...

I use an unexposed, developed sheet of Tri X. My trimmer has a half inch grid pattern. I taped the film to the trimmer base and traced the grid pattern with a fine tip marker and a ruler, I store...

Ken, the Degroff release is a very solid, well made product. The owner is also very accomodating, if you have special needs. I like mine.