Glass-Steel
16-Feb-2013, 11:05
Hello all,
I returned to film photography from digital about two years ago, and just made the leap to LF with the purchase of a Sinar F1.
I had to buy a rail clamp separately and don't have that in my possession yet, so, my first question is, do I need any other Sinar parts to go between the rail clamp and my (rather old) Bogen tripod? The tripod head takes those hexagonal plates - as long as I have one of those with the right size screw, am I basically good to go?
My second question is, can anyone recommend a decent ground-glass loupe for 4x5 work - something with a specific name I can use to search evilBay? My efforts so far get me lots of pages of junky magnifying glasses etc.
Thanks much,
-Paul
I returned to film photography from digital about two years ago, and just made the leap to LF with the purchase of a Sinar F1.
I had to buy a rail clamp separately and don't have that in my possession yet, so, my first question is, do I need any other Sinar parts to go between the rail clamp and my (rather old) Bogen tripod? The tripod head takes those hexagonal plates - as long as I have one of those with the right size screw, am I basically good to go?
My second question is, can anyone recommend a decent ground-glass loupe for 4x5 work - something with a specific name I can use to search evilBay? My efforts so far get me lots of pages of junky magnifying glasses etc.
Thanks much,
-Paul