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  1. Re: 12x20 / 14x17 conversion back for Phillips 11x14 Explorer

    For Mr. Grad: my 12x20 Phillips and 35 inch Artar. Now you've seen one :)
  2. Re: A thread of images from very high altitudes

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    Thor Peak and Pinnacle Ridge, from Mt. Irvine, (~ 13,000 ft.)
    Eastern Sierra, California
    4x5 FP4+, 300mm Nikkor, #12 and polarizing filters
  3. Re: Bellows extension for a 450mm fujinon c on a Phillips 4x5

    Thank you, Sal.
  4. Re: Bellows extension for a 450mm fujinon c on a Phillips 4x5

    Yes, the Phillips 4x5 will easily permit infinity focus of the Fujinon 450 C. See

    http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?58902-Just-Clouds/page8
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    Re: What did you compose at Water’s Edge?

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    Spring in the San Juan mountains of Colorado

    Phillips 4x5
    Fujinon 240mm
    FP4+
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    Re: August 2012 Portraits

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    "The Secret of Beautiful Photographs...
    Beautiful Subjects."

    -- Ken Lee's 3rd Photographic Maxim

    Anne at 87. 4x5 Phillips, 300mm Nikkor M, FP4+, D76 1:1
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    Re: Just Clouds

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    Wave cloud over Alabama Hills

    Phillips 8x10 Advantage, 450mm Nikon M
    Original on RVP
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    Re: Off-center aperture

    Thanks, Leigh; that's helpful information.

    -- Jay
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    Re: Off-center aperture

    Gentlemen, thank you very much.

    -- Jay
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    Re: Off-center aperture

    It's a standard seven blade Copal 0 shutter. All the blades open fully, but the entire aperture assembly is not centered on the optical axis of the lens.
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    Off-center aperture

    I recently purchased a used 75mm f4.5 Nikkor lens on a famous auction site. The glass is in fine condition, but the aperture diaphragm, although round enough, is about a millimeter off-center. When...
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    Re: Post your churches

    Exquisite image, Kerik. If envy wasn't a deadly sin, I'd envy both your vision and skill.
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    Re: pictures of stained glass?

    If your interest is in photographing stained glass art to show both color and texture, Spectrum Glass has posted an interesting article regarding the importance of the background behind the stained...
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    Re: Too many pictures syndrome

    In the end, I'm just another middle-aged fat guy with lots of cameras and little artistic vision. I can live with that…. I still see the world differently because I am a photographer, and I think I...
  15. Re: View Camera Magazine, 1988 & 1989 Issues?

    Neil:

    Volume 1, Number 1 (August 1988): 4x5 cameras and lenses, Ray McSavaney, photographing interiors, traveling with the view camera

    Volume 1, Number 2 (November 1988): 8x10 cameras &...
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    Re: Just Clouds

    Lenticular clouds, Argus Range.

    4x5 Technical Pan, 300mm lens, #12 filter, HC-110 (dilution F)
  17. Re: Classic Parking Spot Overlooking Los Angeles Lights?

    Mt. Wilson; see

    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/t20010204b.html#top
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    Re: Just Clouds

    Sierra Wave, from Sherwin Grade.

    Phillips 4x5, 450mm Fujinon lens, #12 filter, FP4+
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    Re: Post your churches

    An elegant study of space and light; if Frederick Evans had seen it, he would have resumed photography and made carbon prints instead of platinum.
  20. Re: All-Ttime Funniest Comment You've Gotten While Shooting

    One of the attendees at a photography workshop I took in Death Valley was Dick Phillips, of R.H. Phillips & Sons fame. During a morning session in the narrows of Mosaic Canyon, Dr. Phillips was...
  21. Re: Books on Macro Photography for Large Format

    Another text to consider is

    Photomacrography: An Introduction by William White (Focal Press 1987).

    Lots of high-magnification (10:1 - 30:1) work with 4x5 Nikon Multiphot, Leitz Aristophot,...
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    Re: Your Blog/Website

    Mr. Kitchen:

    On the off chance no one has mentioned it lately: damn, you're very good!

    -- Jay
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    Re: Your Blog/Website

    Yet another.

    www.jaypackerphotography.com
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    Re: Post your churches

    San Luis, Colorado.

    1. Phillips 4x5, 135mm Nikkor, FP4+
    2. Phillips 4x5, 240mm Fujinon A, Efke 25
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    Re: Shuttering a 35" Red Dot Artar

    Richard:

    Not the only Phillips 12x20. I personally have seen at least two of them; the good Dr. Phillips admits to making somewhere between four and six. The last one that sold on e-Bay went to...
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    Re: Shuttering a 35" Red Dot Artar

    The pictured lens is mounted on a standard 140mm Sinar board; the flange measures about 138mm in diameter. Depending on the mechanism by which the lens is attached to the front of your camera, this...
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    Re: Shuttering a 35" Red Dot Artar

    The late Mr. Grimes was indeed capable of inserting a 35 inch Artar (the aluminum barrel version) into a Copal #3 shutter; a photo of mine is attached. The process results in a decrease of the...
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    Re: Rocks and stones

    Alabama Hills, California; Phillips 4x5, 210mm Graphic Kowa, FP4+
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    Re: 11x14 ultra, ultra wide....

    The lens does cover 7x17, albeit with some significant light falloff; see

    http://www.mtwhitneyphoto.com/pages/Arch_Alabama_Hills.htm

    Phil tells me that the center filter is mandatory for 7x17....
  30. Anyone in Canada shooting larger than 8x10?

    Thaddeus Holownia; see

    http://www.holownia.com/
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    help me finda photographer

    Try

    http://www.gwishon.com/
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    Fall Foliage in B&W

    My favorite monochrome fall foliage photograph is from northern New Mexico, by Craig Varjabedian; see

    http://65.108.171.253/sw/sw6.shtml

    The autumnal equinox never looked so good.

    -- J....
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    close-up work maximum depth of field

    Serge:

    If the object you're photographing is opaque, you might consider scanning light photomacrography (a.k.a. "zero-perspective" imaging). You get high resolution and unlimited depth of field...
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    What Would Edward Weston Use Today?

    If Edward Weston were alive today, he'd be 119 years old. He wouldn't be able to remember what kind of film was in the holder, or the correct dilution of ABC pyro, or which side of the paper the...
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    signing your finished prints

    Eric,

    Bond, Sexton, Wimberly, Witherill, Varjabedian....damn, that is a seriously impressive collection of landscape photographs!

    How much do you charge for admission to your living room?
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    Kodak's Other Big Announcement Today

    Mr. Pace:

    Could you elaborate a little on what has ended, and therefore what (if anything) remains? Your considerable experience and expertise in the graphic art and photographic fields entitles...
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    jobo 12x20 sheet film inserts

    An interview with Burkhardt Kiegeland, founder of Lotus View Camera in Austria, was published in issue #4 of the 1998 Jobo Quarterly. In that article (http://www.jobo-usa.com/jq/jq9804.htm#UPBK),...
  38. What 4x5 camera for the Fuji 450-C lens?

    The Fujinon 450C also works very well on my lightweight Phillips 4x5.
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    Just Got My New Phillips 7x17

    Andre:

    The Phillips 7x17 can indeed be used in a vertical orientation, without supplemental bracing. See


    http://www.deathvalleyphoto.com/About%20Photographer.htm

    and
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    How mAny lenses?

    Mike:

    I have five lenses for my Phillips 12x20: 355 G-Claron, 450 Nikon M, 600 Fuji C, 750 Apo-Germinar, and 1000 Apo-Germinar.

    I tend to use the 600 and 750 more than the others, but...
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