kazzam
12-Sep-2013, 06:00
Hi everyone. Thanks to all who posted giving me advice on my first LF camera. I read and took in all the great suggestions and took the plunge to buy one of the "budget" wooden ones but sadly, the experience was not that great and the camera started falling apart after a couple of weeks and I have had to return it. So now I am left with a 75mm lens for landscapes and no camera.
I have looked at and tested a few in a local second hand dealer and I was very impressed with a second hand Linhof Super Technika III and a Canham DLC. The Canham has all the movements you can think of and will take the 75mm lens but I love the slickness of the Linhof. My predicament is this - I have read that some people use the 75mm on the Linhof fairly well without the WA adapter but is it possible to use it for landscapes? I know there is no forward tilt but read somewhere that you can turn the camera round 90 degrees, mount it on a tripod and use the swing as "tilt". Is this true and is it ok for landscapes doing the near far effect? If I use the camera right way up, can I use my HiTech 100 mm grad filters without the baseboard getting in the way?
Thanks for any advice.
:)
I have looked at and tested a few in a local second hand dealer and I was very impressed with a second hand Linhof Super Technika III and a Canham DLC. The Canham has all the movements you can think of and will take the 75mm lens but I love the slickness of the Linhof. My predicament is this - I have read that some people use the 75mm on the Linhof fairly well without the WA adapter but is it possible to use it for landscapes? I know there is no forward tilt but read somewhere that you can turn the camera round 90 degrees, mount it on a tripod and use the swing as "tilt". Is this true and is it ok for landscapes doing the near far effect? If I use the camera right way up, can I use my HiTech 100 mm grad filters without the baseboard getting in the way?
Thanks for any advice.
:)