I go through moods. I love 8x10 and 4x5 but also shoot 6x17 (cm). I got rid of my 8x10 a while back and had to repurchase the entire kit, lenses, etc. It all depends on my mood and the subject. They are like children - you love them all.
I go through moods. I love 8x10 and 4x5 but also shoot 6x17 (cm). I got rid of my 8x10 a while back and had to repurchase the entire kit, lenses, etc. It all depends on my mood and the subject. They are like children - you love them all.
I think 810 is the perfect format, really don’t like the smaller lf, but am considering them again for color given the exorbitant price of 810 color. When I did try 4x5 I didn’t really enjoy it, and once I moved up to 810 I realized the smaller formats have most of the disadvantages and none of the advantages I like in 810 (larger screen, decent size contact prints). I can honestly say 810 changed how I see for the better immediately (as did 717 later) and I’m glad I didn’t stop at the smaller formats.
I like enlarging and have many ways to do it
3-1/4 X 4-1/4 is not LF on this forum
However there are many available and in good condition
Last edited by Tin Can; 19-Apr-2023 at 05:21. Reason: corrrect fprmat size ypo
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Although I still own a few 4x5's, they rarely get used. I'm saving them until I get too old and feeble to handle the 5x7, 5x12 and 8x10. Maybe next year when I'm 95.
I love all formats! I just needed some motivation not to click "purchase" on the 8x10 in my shopping cart.
Lol, yes very true.
I took a look at your work and 8x10 definitely matches your subjects and process!
Hmmmm. I'm not familiar with that format and its pros or cons yet.
Much respect, Jim!
Felt. Large format slides in this economy???
Yes, I want to have a whirlwind 8x10 romance some day - ideally on a client's dime.
It's liberating when you have less options!
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I use both formats for different projects and for different reasons.
Honestly, I would downgrade to 4x5 if I didn't have something specific to do with 8x10; it is so much lighter and less expensive that I cannot see really a reason to use 8x10 for the same kind of images that can be done with 4x5, at least for current times.
Pressing the shutter is the only easy thing
Have a couple of DIY 8x10's around but have never really embraced the format. Smaller LF's (mostly 5x7 these days) work so well for me for all kinds of reasons (aspect ratio, logistics, field-condition performance thresholds, enlarge-ability, relative costs, etc.), and if I want to do contact prints...I go right to 11x14. Works for me!
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