MagnusKarl
27-May-2018, 14:58
I recently bought a Cambo 8X10 monorail in order to get a a mint Emil Busch "Nicola Perscheid" 42cm, F/4.5 soft focus portrait lens back in business after being stored for about 80 years. My great grandfather used to own this lens and I´m now planning to use it for portraits. I´m having a custom made lens board being made to fit the lens (which is huge) to the front element. There is a nice lens cover to expose manually. I will probably try using the lens cover for manual exposure but it would be good to have shutter options. Does anyone have experience with fitting a Packard (or similar shutter) into a Cambo 8x10? The other option would maybe be to use a shutter in front of the lens. Any suggestions?
With regard to using the lens cover/manual technique. What slow film would you reccommend and I would love to hear practical suggestions on how to expose using this manual technique?
With regard to using the lens cover/manual technique. What slow film would you reccommend and I would love to hear practical suggestions on how to expose using this manual technique?