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I don't agree. Recessed lensboards are a royal pain. Anytime you can avoid them you are much better off. They are expensive and very fiddly, even with a 0 shutter. Unless you have very very tiny...

My Schneider 120 Super Symmar HM worked perfectly on my Technika with a flat lensboard with plenty of focus track to spare. I believe that the 110 should work just as well as it will be back only...

It has been a well known fact, throughout the industry, that all Kodak Readyloads, single or double sides, will jam in a Fuji Quickload holder. Perhaps not 100% of the time, but you will get ...

The only time that I used tray processing was many years ago when I used film packs. The film is very thin and there is no problem with scratching.

For forty years, I used 4x5 hard rubber Kodak...

The problem is, when you shuffle the sheets, the corner of one sheet can very easily scratch the emulsion of another sheet. Many many sheets of film have been ruined by this, over thousands of ...

There is a Large Format e-mail list (use a normal e-mail program rather than this web interface) and I urge you all to join. It is a little slow right now but you all could liven it up. There are a...

They work the same as MF or 35mm. They screw on the front of the lens. Graduated filters(4x4 or 4x6) go into a holder that screws onto the lens, just like any other camera.

All of my LF (4x5)...

I bought my Master Technika at Keeble & Shuchat (KSP). After using it for many years, and really liking it, I got tired of the cramped fiddly quarters when using w/a lenses. I sold it and bought...

Keeble & Shuchat stocks the Technikardan 45S. That's where I bought mine. If you go there, ask for Tim or Ernie. Tell them I sent you.

I have always carried my Gitzo 1228 carbon tripod onboard, in my carry-on (Rollaboard or Porter) case. I remove the head (Arca B1) but it remains in the case. With head removed, the tripod is...

One of the best emulsions for 4x5 B&W is Agfa APX-100. It is normal grain film (rather than tab or other grain constructs) and can be successfully developed in virtually any developer. D76 1:1...

Most of the big names in landscape (John Sexton, David Muench, John Gravilis, John Fielder, etc, use the Linhof Master Technika.

Because of them, I bought a MT and used it for years. Very fine...

My personal experience is that the TK is much more rigid extended than the MT is. The MT track that extends out sags with a heavy (Nikkor T* ED) lens. The TK does not.

L standards have been used...

Oh my! Opening and closing the Technikardan is simplicity itself. After buying my TK, it took me probably all of two minutes to fully open and then fully close it. After that, ten seconds to open,...

I owned and used a MT for many years. I had the rangefinder removed by Marflex. They put a matching flat plate over the hole. Looked great. I replaced the anatomical grip with a Linhof leather...

The only way to get a brighter ground glass image is to have a lens with a wider maximum aperture.

Wide angle lenses need to have wider max openings than longer lenses.

This is why I bought...

One of the reasons for using Quickloads is the elimination of dust. Keeping film holders clean and trying to load them in a dust free environment (which a changing bag or tent is not) is a...

Film comes in single sheet packets. You insert the Quickload holder into the camera, insert a Quickload sheet, pull the paper slide, take the photograph, push the paper slide back in, push the...

I have and really like the Nikkor T* ED 360/500/720mm lenses as well as the separate 270mm lens. Up to 500mm works on a Linhof Master Technika. The 720 easily works on my Technikardan 45S.

This is strictly a personal thing. Sometimes I use one, sometimes I don't. Many nature and landscape scenes benefit from corner fall off. I have one photograph that I print 30x40" on Ilfochrome...

All of the answers for the Super Angulon 72mm XL lens are answered on the Schneider web site at:

http://www.schneideroptics.com/large/super_angulon/super.htm

This lens is recommended for 5x7...

My two favorite B&W filters are the B+W 060 yellow-green, and a polarizer. Sometimes a red (B+W 090) if I want a black sky and brilliant clouds, and not much shadow detail. Or a 091 red if I want ...

I looked at those and other septums on eBay and fortunately, they had a picture. It was obvious from the picture that they were not the same septum that goes in a normal Grafmatic.

I have the...

I have been using a TK45S for many years and have never had out of focus photographs other than when it was my own fault. I use a Fuji Quickload holder and Quickload film for color. I use Grafmatic...

Go to www.calumetphoto.com and search for easel. The 11th entry down the list is a "Four blade masking easel 16x20." This is what you want. I have one, it is made by Photon Beard in England. Click...