I know the night shots are a little harder than needed, but in some ways, it's easier. I think the shutter on my lens is quite slow. I haven't carefully measured it, but 1/4 sec sounds a lot more...
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I know the night shots are a little harder than needed, but in some ways, it's easier. I think the shutter on my lens is quite slow. I haven't carefully measured it, but 1/4 sec sounds a lot more...
Thanks Lanactoor,
Yes I still need to learn a lot. I think I'll try to keep up some kind of schedule, and getting more into the feel. You made some interesting philosophical points.
I'm not a...
I'd firstly like to thank the people on here who've helped me over the last few weeks wrt to issue with my camera, which it turns out, there were none.
I've just developed my first few photos from...
Thanks, that's great news. Just to clarify, my issue was with the band of fuzzy whitness across the width of the images, not the sharp curves where the development hasn't occurred. Looking back, it...
Hi, sorry if this isn't the right sub. I couldn't think which would be more on topic.
I bought a camera and took some photos on some old (expired 2006) polaroid film. I've now got some film, but...
Thank you all. I measured the focus at infinity and I make it 95mm, however, I'm not exactly sure that that is perfectly accurate so 90mm seems spot on. It is shorter than the 120mm. Thanks very much.
Hi, I recently acquired a large format camera and it came with several Schneider lenses. On one of them, the markings have come off. I don't know if anyone can
The front cell diameter is 8.5cm,...
Thanks for your advice RJ. I know it isn't very valuable, so I probably shouldn't spend a huge amount of time or money on restoring it, but for some reason I like it. I if I can't clean the front...
True, but older lenses won't be sharp wide open. All lenses will be softened at smaller apertures, but for many, they'll get to their sharpest at f/16 or so. If the lens is sharpest at f/2.8 then...
Hi,
I recently became the proud owner of a lens which is more than four times my age, a 1918 Ross xpres 7 1/4inch f/4.5. I expected that it might not have been in the best condition, from the...
Thanks guys. I didn't think to look for those. That might be an easier solution.
I was planning on making a developing/darkroom out of a small tent. My specific thought was to get an inexpensive 3 person tent and line it with a few additional layers of thick black fabric and add...
Obviously cropping is more of an option too, so I could shoot a bit wide if I needed....hmm . Yes, I think the long size is probably the best size to work from as that's the determining length factor...
Wow. Even more responses! Thanks. There seem to be two groups of camera suggested, inexpensive monorail cameras and slightly more expensive press cameras. My initial, ideal, thought was for something...
Thank you all. I read all your comments a long time ago and just came back to read through them all again. I've shot a lot more, both film and digital, and I've realised how much I value portability....
Thanks so much, all of you. Before I was really edging towards 8x10, but now I think I'll go for 4x5. I like the flexibility of being able to use colour film if I want. And due to the learning curve...
Thanks, that sounds like a really good idea. I had this plan of getting a camera that I'd keep for decades, but I see that that's not really possible. Your Italy trip sound fantastic.
I was thinking more on the order of hundreds of pounds, as apposed to thousands of pounds for the camera, and slowly investing in lenses when I can. I didn't think too much about the price of film,...
Hi I'm really interested in getting into LF, partly for the quality, and partly for the control. It seems that most people advise that 4x5 is the most obvious choice for people who're moving from...