I have been shooting for over 40 years, starting with a Kodak Brownie 127. For 30 of those years I have wanted to try large format but have never really been in a position to try it either through lack of funds in my younger days or lack of darkroom later on.

I still don't have a darkroom but can now process 4x5 at home so a couple of months ago I bought a Speed Graphic, then recently picked up a Gundlach 5x7 that is missing its back.

My first few sheets through the Speed Graphic came out well, I'm looking forward to getting a lot more use out of it. The Gundlach is in amazing condition, came with 2 lenses, the extension and it's original case. For the moment I am going to build a 4x5 back using a Graflex back, I will look for a suitable 5x7 back for it though.

So far I'm shooting HP5, once I have got my technique sorted out I will also try some slide film.