Show off your Large Format camera!

[Daniel_Buck]

here's 'the shot' along with the setup photo on my Tachihara:

[Daniel_Buck]

and here's another, with the Ritter 8x10, my friend snapped this shot at the exact same time I snapped mine!

[IanG]

If that's a 5x4 Tri-x neg . . . . . . .

Have you tried panning the camera, now that would be interesting.

Ian

[Daniel_Buck]

sorry, I miss-labeled it at first, it's 8x10 negative. I did some panning with my speed graphic 4x5, but not the 8x10. Next time I go I'm going to try and pan with the 8x10

[IanG]

When I'm back in the UK I'm lucky to have the oldest motor race track in the world nearby, the Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb. If I get a chance I'll take my 10x8, or failing that a 5x4.

If Lartigue can pan in the 1920's I'm pretty sure we can do better nearly a Century later On LF that would be amazing . . . .

Actually at Shelsley they usually have images going back beyond 1920 on display . . . . . . and there GOOD

Ian

[Bill_1856]

If Lartigue can pan in the 1920's I'm pretty sure we can do better nearly a Century later On LF that would be amazing . . . .

I don't believe that anybody will EVER do better than Lartigue did nearly 100 years ago, (or even come close)! It is one of the most wonderful images in all photograpy.

[keeds]

I've had the idea of panning my 7x17 from before I got it. I fancy trying to capture a friend cycling, he's into triathlons, and panning with him... Will give it a go one day soon. Should be interesting... ;-)

[Daniel_Buck]

I don't believe that anybody will EVER do better than Lartigue did nearly 100 years ago, (or even come close)! It is one of the most wonderful images in all photograpy.

I'm certainly going to give it a try I did get a bit of leaning background in one of my panning shots, but I was so far away from the car I was panning very slowly. Next time I go, I'm going to use the most slim shutter width, and get as close to the car as I can so that I'll be panning the camera faster. Then if I pan slower than the car, that should give me both leaning in the background, and leaning on the car in the oposite direction, like Lartigue's shot! Once I've nailed down that, then I'll have to find a nice background to go with the action shot, a large fence would probably work, with all the polls.

In any case, this image that you posted was the same image that gave me most of my inspiration to pick up the 4x5 speed in the first place, and I'm just now getting around to taking it to the track! I may not do as good as that shot, but I'll have fun trying :-)

[David Watts]

The photo following was taken by my father in the late 1950's with a hand-held Super Technika III at the Pt Wakefield circuit (which was closed in 1960, I think). It was taken on the start/finish straight so the Maserati 250F would have been at some speed. I scanned the contact print, which is the only shot I now have from father's 4x5 work, about a week ago and as you can see from the enlarged head shot, the driver's left eye can be made out through the goggles. So panning 4x5 is not impossible.

OT, this is my first post although I have been lurking for some months.

[David Watts]

This photo should have appeared first.