I've only been using larger format for a couple of years. I've never paid attent ion to close ups because that isn't my primary subject matter. My first 4x5 was Crown Graphic - first with @ 135 Xenar and later with the 150mm Sinaron S that I now use on my Technika V. With the graphic, I made a couple of fairly close up shots of flowers, etc. - maybe from a foot and a half or so. I don't really reme mber. They turned out nice and I was pleased. With the Linhof I tried focusiong on some flowers in my kitchen and I wasn't able to focus the camera on a blossom from around 12" away. I tried extending the lens and focusing but didn't have a ny luck and I began to wonder what I was doing wrong. I thought back to my earli er attempts with the Graphic which seemed to work and felt that maybe I should s tart looking into what I was trying to do and asked a few people for some inform ation and advice. Any feed back is welcome.
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