Thanks for the reply!! My biggest hurdle will be learning to slow down. I am accustomed to wide open apertures, digital files, photomechanic and frames per second. Re teaching my brain has been the challenge. Have not exposed 1 frame yet!!
Thanks for the reply!! My biggest hurdle will be learning to slow down. I am accustomed to wide open apertures, digital files, photomechanic and frames per second. Re teaching my brain has been the challenge. Have not exposed 1 frame yet!!
I may have a record there: between buying my first large format camera and actually making an image with it was about two years... and I inherited a quarter-plate camera thirty years ago which is in excellent condition but on which I have never made a photo!
Neil
By coincidence I got a full plate version of this recently, too. This is inspiring me to get down to work on it sooner than in two years
A little bellows patching and a lot of shutter un-gunking and it'll be ready to go. I have exactly one full plate sized holder which, oddly, has an inset sheet of wood to hold a 4x5 glass plate centered.
You'll enjoy the new pace of working large, it's very relaxing. Enjoy!
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