Hello from Texas

[Michael Lloyd]

Me either. Nor do I think film is dead.

Digital suits the "I need it now" mentality of today's world... I like LF for the same reason that I like going to Big Bend NP. I can get away from technology there.

Well... I guess I read wrong... I'm not going to show Rick anything. There's a surprise It was for a Polaroid 550 holder. Not 545.

[venchka]

I came to the same conclusion as the result of this thread. I don't mind playing with the last little bit of B&W Polaroid film that I have but I can't see spending $4.00 a sheet or more when all I need is a place to load and unload film.

Speaking of that. I found two different changing bags with significantly different cost.

Arista

and

Photoflex

The Photoflex unit isn't really a bag...

Do you have a recomendation?

You want a Harrison changing tent. The middle size minimum. I have the Jumbo. Maybe overkill for 4x5, but it's nice to have room to spread out. The Jobo 3010 Expert tank and a bunch of holders fit nicely in the Jumbo.

Where the Harrison comes into it's own, is in a motel in the middle of nowhere or the back of your truck. Totally portable darkroom.

[Joe Forks]

Welcome Michael! I'm down the road in San Antonio. If ya'll do a group shoot or anything give me a hollar.

Best
Joe

[Mike1234]

Hello fellow San Antonion!! I'm in Converse.

[Joe Forks]

Same to you Mike! I like to look for snakes off Woodlake Parkway (before it got too built up) and that road 1976 I think through converse. Let me know if you want to burn some film.

[Mike1234]

I can usually burn film most any weekend but my Canham is off to KB for a tune-up. Maybe a few of us can get together for a shoot-out soon. You in, Michael?

[Michael Lloyd]

Thanks Joe... Mike, if my work and travel schedule will let me I would be glad to. As Wayne can attest, that is always a wildcard with me. I'm willing though.

[Mike1234]

Hopefully the weather will improve soon. I can't wait for cooler temps and enough rain to replenish the waters and bring more green back into the landscape. Maybe my camera will be back from it's tune-up by then.

[Michael Lloyd]

Big Bend is amazingly green... hint hint. I'm tentatively planning a trip there but my 4x5 supplies might not get here before I leave. I am going to keep an eye on the wx there. I heard something about a hurricane crossing the Yucatan and then turning north. A lot of times that will drop a lot of rain upriver and then, like last year, the park experiences flooding. Even if that doesn't happen clouds tend to come in and mess up the light

[Michael Lloyd]

I just added a link to my website (click my name). It's pretty eclectic... cluttered... whatever you want to call it. One of these days I'm going to get something useful up. Anyway... there's a Big Bend folder. It's in the recently added section. The first 20 or 30 images are from a trip that I took 3 years ago. The rest are recent.