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Fomapan 100, Cambo SC with Schneider Symmar 210mm f/5,6. Imacon Scanned

Thanks!

LNF-40 by gary2881, on Flickr

Hey Daniel, for 4x5, there’s an LF macro thread in the “Image Sharing (LF) & Discussion” forum. It’s titled “Large Format Macro Images” – about 10...

Interesting. So it was more of a “Trade secret” type of thing? As an aside, I was at Freestyle today. They have a whole display case on the wall...

What about 4x5?

It would be a much less interesting world without photographic weirdness like Tin Type Trike

Good Lord, whatever that is, I don’t feel like there’s a happy story on the way. A jungle indeed. Meanwhile, here’s a bee on a Rock Rose that’s so...

Wall laments in his book on emulsion-making the commercialization of dry plates and the end of the era of amateur dry plate makers freely exchanging...

Addendum, from folks over at Photrio: Spartan Photo Center in SC runs a site, in addition to its own, here: https://bogentripodparts.com/ ...

Guess... Wild/Leica M420, Volpi fiberoptic ring light, canon M3 digital. Bernice

King of the alley, scourge of the mice. Nikon EM, 50mm/1.8, Fuji Velvia-50

Tristan and the fox. We lost after 17 years, two years ago.

I have had a lot of success with the inner layer using drapery black out material and thin black Egyptian cotton on the exterior (looks really nice)....

A still existing problem, common to many photographers since the beginning of image making is intentional misdirection Anecdotally, I have been...

Georgie

Thank you, alfredian. Its size, bright-yellow underside, and ability to string a web across the road helps confirm your genus identification. ...

Great tip regarding removing the stops. I think the chrome cover latch piece will prevent the front standard from being pulled off the track. I...

Probably in the genus Argiope. Hard to tell if it's a male (would have bulbs or "clubs" at the tips of the front pair of palps) or female (fairly...

Very cool. That's two Ubers, the red standards, and the magnifier. Uberuber, Superuber, Uberzwilling? Again Very Cool!

Some years ago I asked a similar question and got the same people telling me what you are getting now. Expert advice! They all mean well, but I...

Some existing threads on lenses for 8x10 macro: ...

Sinar Norma 4x5 TLR Matching 210 Xenar Barrel Lenses by Nokton48, on Flickr I decided to finish the 4x5 Sinar Norma TLR today. I found a couple of...

It is very nice Subtle

Excellent, I'll start looking for some 5x12 shots then.:) FWIW, if you're looking for a bladder system, the Source "low profile" three-liter might...

At £39, the best bang for buck would be a 210mm Apo-Gerogon. A bit dimmer than f5,6, but sharp at f22. If you need a shutter, any of Salomons...

I have a Sirui ET-1204 with a Field Optics Research PH-200 pan head (a picture of it is in Post #6 in the thread at...

Thanks, Ben.

Thanks David. I often find Ponderosas on the dry, eastern slopes of the Cascade mountains. Often they lean slightly – I’m not quite sure why. The...

Puppy Love

Love my BENRO TAD28C Adventure Carbon Fiber Tripod with a large RRS head.

Have 400, 600 and 1000. Especially for smaller glasses, such as a little ground glass for a Rolleicord, I use first 600 and then the 1000 to get a...

https://galerie-photo.com/center-filters-for-large-format-lenses.html

Nice for protection of shutter blades & aperture while in transit for a CLA, or for dust protection while in storage.

That's very nice. Thanks for posting.

For some of my alt processes, exposure times can range up to a hour. I do not like the idea of trying to hand dodge under 750W of light. Plus a 50%...

Thank you. I seem to be doing a bit of centering lately...always healthy, but risky in photography. When doing so in this format, the ends almost...