Good suggestion. Edmund scientific has some cheap lenses for 10$. I'm also going to talk to my local optician about lens blanks. I'll use a set-up like you describe. When I get something in place I'm...
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Good suggestion. Edmund scientific has some cheap lenses for 10$. I'm also going to talk to my local optician about lens blanks. I'll use a set-up like you describe. When I get something in place I'm...
thanks, this sounds like a promising possibility.
Okay, this is a question for lens nuts and unusualists. Let's see if I can describe the situation: There is a 'floating' stairway up to my apartment(building owned by me). Two of the risers (kickers)...
no one's going to comment on the cheating on your spouse metaphor? ah well, I won't stir the pot...
thanks guys. i may pursue both options, though an $83 book should not be read in the bath.
Hello well informed L-F-ers. I am by no means new to larger format. I've been shooting 4x5 for years and recently started playing with a chunky old 8x10 and a 12" Conley bought from a frequenter of...
yes! thanks, keith
I've been messing around with this big ugly B&J 8x10 for a couple of weeks. There are two ways to affix the thing to the tripod. One is a sort of wooden tripod plate that the base of the camera...
The square format lends itself to one type of composition: center-the-subject. Nothing wrong with that strategy, but it does make static pictures. While I've seen plenty of 6x6 shooters push and...
i'll buy a box just to support r&d at Harmon
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Here's how I would break it down:
Enlarging: go 4x5. less expensive, lighter, more film options. still plenty of info for enlargements
Contact printing: go 8x10 and then you can see all those...
I don't have any experience in this, but I did some research a while back and the other rangefinder that comes to mind is the Graphlex XL. A lot of online reviewers give it the thumbs down for...
i've used a couple of zone vi's and did not like them at all. they were modern versions, so maybe inferior to the earlier production.
i haven't seen a wisner for less than $1200. maybe i'm looking at the wrong online auction website...
I've been looking for a lightweight 45 field camera to replace my calumet woodfield (aka wobbling woody). I'm 99% set on the new Chamonix 45n-2, but that's based solely on pictures and internet...