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Pecos, NM
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Chamonix 45N-1, Schneider 90mm f5.6

After a long, largely unproductive day in Canyon de Chelly, I had set up hoping for a decent sunset. Then these guys showed up. Some days you get smiled on! An older woolier goat emerged later,...

The bellows attachment and tape works, I've played with a couple 110 year old lenses on my D3 that way.:)

Oh boy John, that is freaking cool. :)

--^-- That's purdy!:)

Two 8x10s of my favorite tree, The Colossal Ghost, 4000 years old when it died, maybe dead a thousand. Magnificent Tree. Ancient Bristlecone National Forest....

Beautiful David. The more I see Astia, the more I like it. I've got four rolls of 120 in the Jobo right now taken late November...fingers crossed.

Mike and Chris, thanks! It was shot on Delta 100 and developed in Rodinal 1:50. After missing a spectacular true Alpenglow here the previous morning...Gosh I was tired and just watched it smiling...

47, 75, 90, 150, 210, 300, 400.
I use the 90, 150, 300 the most. I'd like to be able to shoot 600, but that would mean an Ebony and I can crop 8x10 a lot cheaper than buying another Ebony...

Convict Lake Cottonwoods. Ebony RW810, Nikkor 300 f5.6
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Zabriskie Point.
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Ebony RW810, Schneider Super XL, 150 f5.6

My buddy Max on 8x10.
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Yellowstone Big Horn on 4X5...I probably screwed up 3 Velvia QLs before I decided if I wanted this guy, I...

Well that is a good question...Holding that beast, holding the smaller element, and trying to figure out what the best orientation is while projecting onto a piece of paper taped to the wall is not...

Practicing the Gali approach on a digital camera set to bulb and comparing the images with known shutter speeds will get you pretty close on what you can do.
As Jim notes, 1/125th is quite doable,...

That's a good idea for a case.

I bought one of these as well as the rear element. I'm slowly building a housing out of ABS plastic. A 6 inch ABS floor drain, modified by Dremmel will hold the...

Crap. Since I just spent about $1500 on Fuji film, including QLs, I don't think I can buy much more...heck my freezer is full anyway. My luck Kodak would pull the plug on E6 chems right about the...

Well, I'm not going to buy 20 thousand dollars worth of quickloads...but they are handy and I did go and buy 120 sheets of Velvia, Provia, and Astia just in case.

Anyone ever contemplate reloading...

3600 bucks for an 11x14 made in the last 50 years...man, that is tempting...anyone got an 11x14 enlarger in their garage???:D I couldn't do this just to contact print....:rolleyes:

90mm isn't much of a problem for movements with the standard bellows. 75mm is. Your issue with the lens board locking tabs is not uncommon. Lens boards, though 'standardized', seem to come in...

That 'Ignore' feature works really well. In 13 years of posting on forums, this is the first time I've used it.:)

-^- LOL! Really like these Jim. I was just in Tonopah before Thanksgiving, did the Tonopah, Goldfield, Rhyolite route to Death Valley. The third one and the train are my favorites. I love these...

I've got 10 Toyo 4x5 holders and 5, 8x10 holders that I have accumulated and it's obvious when you handle one that it is a higher quality holder than the other common plastic holders. Whether or not...

And for your artistic enjoyment, again, my beautiful Goerz Berlin, Doppel Anistigmat, 12 inch, f7.7:D
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I don't doubt the laws of optics, I doubt the real world issue. Besides, we're adding a 3rd lens when we look through a loupe to focus!
From a couple weeks ago...
Chamonix 45N-1 bought last fall...

Still no photos GPS? At 15 feet a 90mm f5.6 lens wide open has a total DOF of 10 feet on 4X5 film. As well, by my own tests with my 20/15 vision, a 90mm lens, and a 8x loupe, a humans ability to...

Henry from Helsinki...the girl and the horse is magnificent to me. When I started shooting wildlife with MF people would ask me, why are you shooting pictures of a bear with a Nikon 400mm and a...

Yes, an important point. While I use my Rodenstock 75mm with a 6x17 back, it only covers about 15cm...I forgot that!

Having re-read both threads, I still don't get it. I've read about focus error in wide angle architectural shots, infinity shots, people are checking for less than infinity, but longer than 5 yards,...

I don't know about the 72XL, but I will say this in response to the comment about the recessed board...Pain in the arse!:p I have the Rodenstock 75mm as well mounted in a recessed board so I can...

5ft 10inch to the film plane.

I shot this tonight with a 45n-1 I took delivery of last Octoberish.
Turn of the Century Goerz Dagor 300mm f7.7 wide open on Delta 100.
General scene...

Thank you guys, that was very helpful. So I really have a lens with an aperture range of f7.7 to f64. That makes a tad bit more sense...:)

Interesting reading. But I do have one question. I have a hundred year old Goerz, Berlin, Doppel Anistigmat, 12 inch brass lens that I finally got around to making a lens board for. It stops down...

This whole thread is just really, really cool. Thanks for sharing and inspiring! :)

Hi Jim! I met you at the Whitney Portal a month or so, it was a real pleasure and quite inspirational. I was amazed to see 3 LFers in one place at one time! I got my 4x5 two days later and have...

No problems with the Nikkor 300 f5.6 or a Schneider APO-Tele Xenar Compact 400 f5.6. Both are big hunks of glass that sit way out there.

I noticed this as well and certainly have to commend Hugo for bringing this to everyones attention. Especially for those of us who are new to LF, this is important information. Light weight in this...

Before I go too long with incomplete advice out there...let me correct myself. My 77mm cap works perfect because...I have a step up ring on it for 77mm filters. I don't think it would work...

For 5 bucks you can get snap caps from Hong Kong on the auction site. A Nikon 77mm snap cap works perfectly on my Rodenstock 210 f5.6. I just ordered a 62mm for my 150 f5.6 Schneider. I've bought...

Thanks! Gateway drug is a fact! Wow Jim, that really sounds like something I would really enjoy. I haven't been north of Mendocino in a few years, that would be a great trip. Taking a fourth week...