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    Wink Hello from Maryland

    Hello everyone,

    I have been shooting for a long time but ventured into film about 5 years ago and absolutely fell in love with it. I have always been fascinated with large format but found it intimidating and stayed away. All of that changed recently when I saw a deal on Craigslist for a 4x5 Sinar Norma that I knew nothing about. I decided to see the camera just for fun and instantly fell in love with it and had to walk away with it. It came with a Samson Hercules tripod which is equally as amazing as the camera. I have spent many hours cleaning and patching the bellows to recently have the opportunity to shoot with it and boy was it fun!

    Long story short - I am in love but have SO much to learn. I have been lurking here as a viewer for about a week and there is so much great information here.

    If you're interested, you can see my 1.5 week long venture into large format on my tumblr at http://tumblr.netsoft2k.com.

    Looking forward to learning from everyone here.

    Pali

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    Welcome to the forum, Pali. A Sinar Norma is a fine camera for a beginner or the accomplished large format photographer.

    Be sure to check out the LF Home Page for a lot of useful information.

    Alan

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    Welcome to the forum!

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    Thank you Alan and Tim.

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    Welcome aboard!
    "I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    I never thought I'd find out who beat me to that Norma! I called on it but then had to leave town for a few days. By the time I got back, it was gone :-(
    Oh, well. I hope you enjoy shooting with it; it looks like a beauty.

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    Re: Hello from Maryland

    Quote Originally Posted by hmf View Post
    I never thought I'd find out who beat me to that Norma! I called on it but then had to leave town for a few days. By the time I got back, it was gone :-(
    Oh, well. I hope you enjoy shooting with it; it looks like a beauty.
    Oh wow - that's amazing and sorry about doing this to you! I can't tell you how many times something very similar has happened to me and this camera itself has come with it's share of ups and downs - all documented in this post here

    I have had to do serious work on it and it's still not perfect but slowly getting there.

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