Okay, nevermind, the problem was with me. The same lever that unlocks swing also unlocks shift
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Okay, nevermind, the problem was with me. The same lever that unlocks swing also unlocks shift
Oh yeah, looking up multipurpose standards on eBay now and they all have shift scales at the bottom of the frame, mine doesn't. Maybe I got an older model?
Hmm, maybe the "multi-purpose standard" I picked up actually isn't then, because unless I'm missing a control somewhere it only seems to be capable of rise, fall, swing and tilt.
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Yesterday I tried shooting macro with the Sinar P2 8x10 for the first time, and I found that I couldn't really use the multi-purpose standard to extend the bellows, because the 8x10 standards jut way...
https://sinar.swiss/assets/Uploads/Sinar-p2c2fcf1-Instruction-Manual-EN.PDF
Check out page 12
eBay is usually my go-to for lens boards. See: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linhof-Toyo-Wista-Lens-Board-Toyo-brand-Copal-0-size/142990406991?hash=item214ae4754f:g:iOEAAOSwv3lbitur:rk:2:pf:0
Oh, fun. Maybe I should just forget calculations altogether, point it at a light and use a meter on the center of the ground glass to figure out when I've shaved a stop off of each successive size
I've got the same lens and an older version of the same camera, it's fine on a flat board. I did buy a recessed board hoping to get a better range of movements but it didn't help, you just have to...
It's hard to get my caliper in there precisely, but it looks like I'm within a few tenths of a millimeter of 87mm.
I'd love to, do you know of a service that could do the cutting affordable? ...
I've got a Dallmeyer 3B, what I believe is a newer model with a black barrel, photo attached. I'm wondering if anyone has a matching lens with a set of waterhouse stops that they wouldn't mind...
Fluid heads are meant for video, you're not really going to want to use that one unless you primarily use a video camera and you just really don't want to buy a separate head. Geared heads are nice...
Yep, the carrier frame, back and bellows are what were sold as the 8x10 conversion kit, and then they also had special front and rear bearers as shooting 8x10 on the normal standard bearers doesn't...
I understand how to use asymmetric movements. I think I understand how they work as well: when you tilt or shift the rear standard, it's arranged such that the axis of the tilt/shift passes through...
Is there any functional difference between the rear carrier frames for the Sinar P and P2? I'm not sure if putting a 5x7 frame from a P on my P2 will affect the asymmetric movements or anything
A copal 3 shutter would be great, but I'm looking for something I can do wet plate portraits with. Anything slower than f/4 is unfortunately gonna be pretty hard to work with, especially at 8x10...
Oh god, that's horrifying
For now I've got a 12" and a 6" extension on top of the 12" base rail, which should keep me set for a while as the only lens I have that covers 8x10 is an 11.5" anyways. At some point I'll want to...
But exposing to the right does produce optimal images on a digital medium. It's a way of compensating for the fact that while we think of exposure in terms of stops, the medium used to store a...
It was pretty hefty. While I was testing it (lol, hoping to find something wrong so keh would pay for return shipping, but no dice) I had its rear standard mounted with my p2 front standard, and I...
My cheaper approach to plate storage is to just stick them in print file sleeves intended for film negatives and keep them in a binder. Granted, most of my plates are aluminum, but I shoot some...
I currently have both of them in my apartment, getting ready to call KEH and ask for an RMA for the F2, actually. Both were in great shape, but I definitely like being able to swap the P2 frame onto...
Ah, yeah, I think that's it
Unfortunately the last one I was mounting (Dallmeyer 3B) barely fit on a Sinar board as-is, no room for an adapter. Although if I get any bigger I might try having someone make me an adapter to 6x6...
They make hole saws upwards of 10cm? :o A fly cutter would be nice, but then I'd have to buy a drill press and, more importantly, find somewhere in my apartment to keep a drill press
That's the way to do it if you can. I sawed a hole in a Sinar board with a coping saw to mount an old Dallmeyer the other week, it was not fun
I can find plenty of catalogs that mention it, and the P2/F2 manual mentions it in passing, but I can't find a detailed breakdown of the back anywhere. I can basically figure out how it works, but...
Oh, and of course the meter tops out at ISO 3 and f/22, so try to at least get a fast enough lens/collodion combo that you can use less power than that ;)
I use an L358 for wet plate with strobes all the time. I've never really bothered with it outdoors, for that I just figure sunny 16 at about ISO 1, make a plate and see where I need to adjust from...
lol, it's really not that much of an encumbrance. I use modern lenses for still life, and that's generally when I'm going to be using significant movements anyways. Besides, I'll likely be...
The mounting flange itself is a custom-made tophat style gizmo, presumably the original was lost god-only-knows how many decades ago. So I could always get it mounted flat if I really wanted to, but...
I've got an old Petzval that came with a tophat version of a mounting flange already attached to a Linhof board
I usually just pull the bellows forward from the back when I need to get at the lens
Yeah, but I can always keep my eyes open for a special bearer later on. Unlike the conversion kit, I've actually seen those on eBay.
It's supposed to be, but I'll know for sure when it gets...
Heh, it just got harder. KEH shipped the F2 this morning, and someone pointed out to me another site that's currently selling an 8x10 conversion kit (no special bearer though, just the frame, back...
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1927/45169682011_ee69aed550_c.jpg
Headshot, 4x5 on aluminum
Thanks for the advice, everyone. In the end I decided to just go ahead and buy the F2, I like my asymmetric movements and it has the advantage of being available at the moment ;) I figure I'll...
Oh yeah, I have no intention of taking this thing outside. I already got hit with the reality of just how heavy the thing is when I bought my 4x5 P2 and decided I'd need a separate field camera if I...
Like a director's viewfinder?
Pretty much what the title says. I have a 4x5 P2, and I'd like to move up to 8x10 at some point. At first I was assuming I could just find a conversion kit, but now I'm realizing that everything to...
If you are going to stitch multiple shots together, I'd rig up a copy stand and be sure to move the negative around under the lens rather than tilting/panning the camera, to minimize distortion