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Hi! ... a simple trapezoid with flat faces? ... is named: a prism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prism An yes, a prism, working in...

Great links with amazing works of art. letter writers

I have the 180mm, which seems versatile and sharp with plenty of room for movements. Use it often.

As someone with almost knee length hair who often wears it in plaits, trust me, you do NOT want anything dragging through your developing tray!...

Well my 2113 is a couple of years older than yours - but it is exactly the same lens I have discovered this morning! Just under 13cm in length. I...

G'day James. Yes there's a lot to learn in LF photography, but that said it ain't rocket science either. Just a craft that can be mastered. Are...

I'd suggest looking at the Paramo dark cloth designed by Joe Cornish and David Ward (both well known and respected photographers in the UK) which is...

A bundle of optical fibres would quite literally bend around a corner. But it isn't a lens.

Thank you for that! Have had a go with parodinal but have not tried caffenol. I am tempted as I was not able to find pyrogallol or catechol locally...

Thanks you guys.

Nitpick: in addition to the 480, which as usual is constrained by the shutter (down to 56 degrees), the 300 is specified for only 72 degrees. ...

This was interesting and along the same lines of this discussion, I think. https://youtu.be/tbh3qQUXdzU

I have the 150 and 300. Both amazing lenses with plenty of room for movements.

The L version was the last iteration of the Apo Symmar line. Standard 75 degree (except the 480mm) taking lenses comparable to equivalents from...

They're pretty much gone. The last I used were Ilfobrom Galerie and EMaks. I formerly depended on Seagull G, Brilliant Bromide, and sometimes...

Really? Look at this: https://1drv.ms/u/s!AggQfcczvHGNgR3sXW_tFz6TDw4f?e=wOWRcq A 2x3 Pacemaker Speed Graphic in the rear, a Century Graphic in...

The late Reinhart Wolf would be proud. He used a very similar setup (but with two tripods) to make the photographs in his books "Castles in Spain"...

I agree with them: that's a really good one, Tuco!

Yeah 30+ years has a habit of breaking images, and making others :) Vertical panos aren't very common, unless you're into flag poles there aren't...

Omega digital timer. It has an outlet for a dual pedal foot switch - one for timer, and one for focus. I almost exclusively use the focus pedal for...

Forget the tie. He should be the one wearing an apron.

Na... illustration of what can be done with a Sinar Norma and what could NOT be done with a light weight flat bed folder view camera.... and this...

Built-in negative duster...;-( Steve K