British landscape photographer Joe Cornish!
Never thought I would see the day this one time large format film purist moved to digital but in his latest book 'Scotlands Mountains'...
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British landscape photographer Joe Cornish!
Never thought I would see the day this one time large format film purist moved to digital but in his latest book 'Scotlands Mountains'...
Hi All,
So I have just taken delivery of a new 240mm Rodenstock Sironar in Copal 3 for my Gandolfi Variant 10x8, and was happy to see it came attached to a Sinar lensboard which my Gandolfi takes,...
Went to see an exhibition in London this weekend as I heard there were some Ed Burtynsky prints there:
http://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/gsk-contemporary-season-2009/
Went in there with...
thanks to everyone for the replies, makes an interesting and informative read and also thanks for the nice comments on my landscape work although my post was not related to the work on my website.
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Hi all,
I have never attended a portfolio review but I have read up quite a bit about them on this forum and other sources.
One thing I want to know which I have not really seen explained yet...
Teamwork is my favourite, a lovely old fashioned curiosty shop of wonders, only open Monday to Friday, not sure about the comment on youth training scheme but one of the nicest blokes I've met...
Pete, I know it goes on (BJP have been publishing police v photographer updates for months now) which is a great shame because all we want to do is take pictures and your experiences have obviously...
'but for many reasons don't do L.F. alone in any U.K. cities'
Pete, I often photograph with my 4x5 Arca Swiss alone in inner city London (and soon will be with my newly aquired 8x10 Gandolfi...
Guys
Thanks for all the responses to my question, the responses echo the conclusion that I was coming to in that I should let the pictures do the talking and not to necassarily push the LF thing...
We are having a much colder winter than we have had here for many years in the UK, even southern UK has not escaped sub zero temperatures and heavy snow.
This picture here on my homepage was taken...
Hi All.
Aside from the technical and quality issues just wondering if others market their work with an empahsis on that it was created using large format or not?
This question came to mind...
For night cityscapes I've been thinking about noting the hyperfocal distance for a given lens on my monorail scale in daylight and then setting the standards at that point at night without needing to...
Just hoping not to hear any bad news about the Clerkenwell lab going the way of many other labs so I guess no news is good news right now:confused:
I think Bayeaux still do E6 don't they? and...
Does anyone know what's happened to the Metro Imaging website?
www.metroimaging.co.uk/
I regularly use their Clerkenwell branch in London the but website has been down for a few days and when...
Thanks Kirk and Doug, yes I think I will experiment with some other profiles and see how I get on.
Actually Kirk the clicking noise is constantly there while the head is moving back and forth not...
Hi All,
Finally purchased an Epson 3800, have been looking forward to wider printing having owned several smaller format Epson printers over the years.
Along with the regular noise of the print...
Hi MRF,
I'm based just outside London, if you would like to organise something please send me a private message.
Julian
http://www.photohome.uku.co.uk/index.html
Hi Eric,
thanks for your reply, you answered what I needed to know regarding use of 2 spacers together.
Actually I more likely need a CF for the 110xl as i shoot chrome with extreme shifts of...
Hi All,
I have both the Schneider 72XL super angulon and 110XL super symmar lenses and want to purchase center filters for both lenses. just want to know is the following is possible as a...
ok thanks, is it possible to put an approx date to when they changed from the white to the black?
Julian
Hi all,
Can anyone tell me why some copal shutters have a white aperture lever with a red arrow printed on it where as on some the aperture lever is solid black? does this denote an older shutter...
I have an Arca Swiss Discovery attached to a Manfrotto geared head on a Gitzo 1348 tripod so it's about a stable a large format platform as you could hope to have, indeed I put this kit together...
Hi Leonard,
Did you shift using the front standard or rear standard?
I use this technique often to create stiched panoramas in CS2 using my 110XL Super Symmar (which has enough coverage) by...
I would say that an important consideration to add here is image size and focal length.
I've been comparing Velvia transparencies of similar scenes shot with my Mamiya RZ67 with 110mm lens to my...
Guys,
Thanks so much for this, it is exactly the information I was after, very helpful.
Teng, that's very kind of you but I'm a long way from printing yet unfortunately.
Thanks again
...
Hi Teng,
Ok thanks for this, I guess one thing I still want to understand is, if someone is going to create a book from scratch what would be the advantage of creating the prints first and then...
Hi all,
I asked this general quesion on the print process of high quality 'coffee table' style books a while back:
http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=11907
I've...
ok great, thanks guys I'll give these suggestions a go next week.
BTW what is the difference between the X5 and the earlier models?
Cheers
Julian
http://www.photohome.uku.co.uk/
George Tice: Urban Landscapes
Julian
http://www.photohome.uku.co.uk/
Hi all,
I hired 2 hours on an Imacon X5 this week to try and scan 10 4x5 Velvia transparencies (to output to inkjet and possible book printing down the line) but due to the high cost and the...
Hi Peter,
There is one available in the UK for around £600 sterling so approx $1200 I guess, wow you's was very cheap, I gather they went for around £2.5K sterling when they were new so this...
Hi all,
I have been using an Epson 4990 for quite a while now for scanning mainly Velvia transparencies with fairly good results for output up to 16 x 20 inches but with the usual issues of...
Hi RJC,
Joe gets his smaller exhibition prints (24x20) printed digitally ('Digital Cibachrome') at BPD Photech and they have a Flextight scanner so I'm not sure if he gets them to scan them for...
Guys,
I'm going to experiment over the weekend with both lenses and let you know the results.
Leonard with regards to how off center the lens is vertically relative to the tilt axis I would say...
Hi Leornard,
Nice to hear from you again. I have tried this with my 2 lenses, a 75mm Nikkor SW and a 150mm Rodenstock APO S, same result with both of them.
On the Ebony 45s when you raise or...
Hi,
I have been using my new Ebony 45s with a Wista lens board with off center hole. As I understood providing the red dots of the rise / fall mechanism on the front standard are lined up then the...
Hi All,
Thanks for the responses on the back, I think I have all my questions answered now although just a page of text from Arca shipped with the camera would have saved all the questions!
BTW...
Hi Rory,
Thanks for this, loading the holder in the side opposite the spring loaded pin is backed up by the pics of Tom Westbrook's Arca
http://www.tomwestbrook.com/Photography/as_photos.html
...
Hi Guys,
Thanks for all the responses, sounds like there is an issue with the camera, I'm going to contact Robert White tomorrow and hopefully sort this out, my main conern is not being able to...
Hi Peter,
I want to see what others experiences are with the camera and to see if they are similar to mine, e.g. the cameara will eventually loosen up after inital use etc. I will also speak to...