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    process camera

    Is anyone doing anything with graphic arts cameras??
    I was given an 18x24 process camera, & I'm thinking about setting it up for stillife shooting, or......perhaps, for big landscapes, mounting it in the back of a van!!
    David Silva
    Modesto,Ca

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    Re: process camera

    What do you have for a lens and holder?
    You can pick up some 16x20 Arista Ortho Litho Film for about 2 bucks a sheet, or some 12x18 and/orr 11x14 for less. Might be fun to play with!

    http://www.freestylephoto.biz/sc_sea...film&rfnc=105&

    Vaughn

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    Re: process camera

    It came with a 16 1/2" red dot Artar!! with an electric Packard shutter.
    It has a hinged vacuum back.
    The bed is 10' long...Yeah it's big.
    before I can use it, I need to build it into a wall.

    It came from a small town newspaper, gone digital.
    'Twas tough to hide from the wife.....

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    Re: process camera

    I bet!!!!
    Mark Woods

    Large Format B&W
    Cinematography Mentor at the American Film Institute
    Past President of the Pasadena Society of Artists
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    Pasadena, CA
    www.markwoods.com

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    Re: process camera

    With that lens, it sounds like you couldo take 5 to 7 feet off the length to make it "portable"! The lens probably won't cover 16x20 unless you do some tight macro work, but some still lifes would be fun.

    Vaughn

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    Re: process camera

    "When you come to a fork in the road...sometimes you just have to take it."

    Yogi Berra
    Drew Bedo
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    http://www.artsyhome.com/author/drew-bedo




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