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From the interior of a guard shack at the Savanna Arny Depot (decommissioned) north of Savanna IL.

Mississippi River above Lock and Dam 13, Fulton IL.
Zone VI 8X10, Arista 200, Fuji 300mm, judicious back tilt.

Speaking of "S" curves here are a few with a little chaos thrown in for good measure.

I like abstracts and I like ice, good thing because we get a good bit of ice in season. I got this shot and...

If I had to name it I guess the compositional tool I utilized was leading lines.

There was a lot to see texture wise but no real focal point. I tried to lay the image out on the ground glass to...

4X5 pinhole, 50mm

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This is the scale on my 12-19-25, pretty close to a 12-21-28.

As you can see the aperture range stays the same, only the largest aperture and the...

Definately a kick. They are some beautiful images of a tough subject.

I saw these today. They look pretty pedestian although functional. It doesn't appear as they have a stop mechanism, just advance to the mnumber in the red window. They won't fit a spring back as they...

Yes Bill, on the two I have you can use the same filter front or rear. The barrel outside diameter and the threads on the front of the lens cell are the same size front and rear. If you use a slip on...

I got the 4990 a week or so ago and have done 30 or so 8 X 10 scans so far. (Actually, I am scanning some right now) From closing the lid to finish the scan takes 2 minutes and 10.5 seconds, I just...

Vick and Ernest are both correct in their answers. To further elaborate, it has been recommended that you use a yellow or orange filter behind the lens. This is done to reduce color fringing, I...

It's the inverse square law, the wind increases in proportion to the square inches of film you are trying to expose.

I will address #1 only, I can add little of value to N Dhananjay's responses to 2 and 3.

I would be cautious about attaching the dark cloth to the camera. The wind can push the cloth around and...

I'm 48....my exposures average 30 seconds.

Started with 6X6 in '68, moved to 4X5 in '79, swerved into 6X7 in 85, and 8X10 in '97.

Bounce around all of those and do a little digital from time...

Beyond taking into account drydown effects you may need to do an actual dry down test. This will graphically demonstrate the amount of dry down you are getting. Knowing the actual effects of dry...

Always opinionated and oft times controversial, his dedication to large format photography was a light at the end of the tunnel for me. I still read a couple of well worn issues of his Zone VI news...

Just got back off of holiday to the southwest. Met the photo ID and magnetic wand police at every turn in the airport.....now I have to look out for the tripod Police too?

You'll probably never see Iowa mentioned 3 times in the same year here, let alone the same day........

David Plowden did a book a few years back, "A Sense of Place", in Iowa mainly in the farm...

I think you might be surprised at just how "large" the large format sector is. If you look back at the number of hits this site gets, by different posters, you might be surprised at the interest in...

One answer I can give, the upper bellows should be totally compressed for 4X5 and completely extended for 35mm. 6X7 is in between. Origionally it may have come with scale that mounted along side...

The 165mm you are looking at is probably a Super Angulon f8, I have a 165 f6.8 Angulon. It is in a Compur shutter, stops to f45, speeds of 1 sec to 1/100. It came on an old beat up 8X10 that I...

If you are really new to LF (emphasis on really), I would suggest that you buy a Cokin P series yellow and orange filter. Just buy the filter and hold off on th e holders and lens adapters at this...