Agreed greater than 8x10 should be considered ULF. Not sure how I feel about sub forum for ULF lenses but do think we should have a ULF main forum. Equipment and technical challenges are simply different from LF in general. Thanks for putting poll up.
Definitely a "Yes" on the Camera and Accessory" Section. It should really start with anything bigger than 8x10. (Let's not forget 10x12.) :-)
The lens sub-forum is a tough call though considering that so many of the lenses used with ULF are also used across many different formats.
Just a thought as I don't have a horse in this race.
I'm not convinced of the real value of this, as it would only contain future posts. The collected knowledge already here wouldn't be captured unless a moderator went to the immense trouble of moving historical threads into the new sub-forum.
Yes, the vBulletin search function is lame, but a google search with the added term "site:largeformatphotography.info" (absent the quotes, of course) will find what you're looking for if it exists.
People who don't know, don't know what to search for....it would have to have the old posts restored, then would-be ULF-ers could "browse".
ULF-capable lenses DEFINITELY need to be included as they are likely the most queried topic in ULF.
Originally Posted by Steve Goldstein
Think about why this forum exists, LF is a different animal than 35mm, it's hard to explain to a 35mm only person that LF is different as "film is film" but there's a whole other difficulty as knowledge base to LF.
The same with ULF, although "sheet film is sheet film" it's totally different handling a massive piece of film, also many custom builds and limited users make sifting through the info much more difficult. I appreciate your perspective, but even the small difference between 8x10 and 11x14 is really a huge jump and alteration in process and lens usage, available camera makers, specialized boards and mounts, image circle issues. The difference between "coverage and illumination" and usable image sharpness with a 12x20 contact print vs a lens that covers say 8x10 that you might enlarge is just totally a different perspective.
So your statement that you aren't convinced in the value, think about the value in this whole forum, if you can see value in a dedicated LF forum, you can see value in a dedicated ULF sub-forum. Otherwise we could all be happy perusing the LF area of APUG, or try to ask questions about LF on photo.net. I think you might see the other side now?
Your comment was very much respected and my retort is not meant in any snooty way, was simply trying to help you (and others) see the other side of things who might not have delved into ULF and haven't experienced the sever challenges that exist only in that genre.
Be well.
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Unfortunately, even if the above cited Changes/Updates were to be implemented...
The very same people will still be *SPAMMING* the forum 'Day In and Day Out'...
With misinformation, repetitive questions and unnecessary chitchat:
1). Because they don't really understand 'The Basics of Photography'.
(Let alone LF and ULF Photography)
and/or even worse...
2). They are just too d*mn lazy to look up the information for themselves...
And learn it -- Like everyone else had to learn it!
They would much rather...
That other Forum Members continue to spoon-feed them answers -- 'Ad Nauseum!'
(Open new Thread... Ask Question... Wait for Answer...)
Then again...
Perhaps they just suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) ???
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Yes to to both ULF questions.
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