Show off your Large Format camera!

[Steve Hamley]

Well since Ken posted a long-lens setup, here's the SV57U with a 4x5 back and a Fuji 600C. I was shooting the curvy background tree in between the two straight foreground trees to the right. Waited for light to warm and added a Nikon A2 warming filter. I posted the tree in the "Trees" thread, but here it is again...

Cheers, Steve

[Fred L]

The Crown Graphic set up on Star Dune at GSDNP:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/6271276964_f1a7c75d28_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/6271276964/in/set-72157627814468368)

love the colours or subtlety of...

[ghe67]

Hi guys,
that's one of my favorite joy.
In the pics it shows the ultra rare 4x5 Graflok back adapter, the 1" spacer for macro, Rodenstock Rotelar 180mm and the Polaroid 545 Pro back.
I've shoot some very impressive foto with this toy!
Graflex XLRF
6x6-6x7-6x9-4x5 format
Giorgio

[Corran]

Here's an image of two of my cameras, one 35mm and one 4x5...

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/BRY_1011.jpg

[Fred L]

corran,

I can't make out the engraving, what lens is that on your Speed ?


fred

[Corran]

It's an Aero-Ektar 7" f/2.5 :cool:

[Zaitz]

Beautiful !!!
Thank you!


love the colours or subtlety of...
Thanks! It's a beautiful place.

Corran, awesome setup! I've wanted that lens for a while now. I don't shoot my Heliar enough though.

[Daniel Unkefer]

love the colours or subtlety of...

Lovely Shot!

I have been to the tops of the Great Sand Dunes, with my 4x5 Sinar Norma.

What an exhausting but exhilarating hike that was! :D

I did not put my stuff down, due to the blowing sand.

My Parents have a 16x20" B&W print from that hike on the wall in their home.

[Corran]

Corran, awesome setup! I've wanted that lens for a while now. I don't shoot my Heliar enough though.

They come up on ebay pretty often...I would suggest watching many, the prices seem to range from $250-$800. I have no proof of this but from what I understand Kodak made the ones with a yellow dot, and they might have better image quality. Non-yellow dot ones were contracted out to other companies.

Considering a setup Speed/Aero went on ebay last week for $1300 I might have to build another one just to sell...this one cost me a lot less.

[Zaitz]

Lovely Shot!

I have been to the tops of the Great Sand Dunes, with my 4x5 Sinar Norma.

What an exhausting but exhilarating hike that was! :D

I did not put my stuff down, due to the blowing sand.

My Parents have a 16x20" B&W print from that hike on the wall in their home.
Yes! Very tough to hike up both tall dunes. I was up there all day on both occasions waiting for sunset. So the 50lb pack sat down.



They come up on ebay pretty often...I would suggest watching many, the prices seem to range from $250-$800. I have no proof of this but from what I understand Kodak made the ones with a yellow dot, and they might have better image quality. Non-yellow dot ones were contracted out to other companies.

Considering a setup Speed/Aero went on ebay last week for $1300 I might have to build another one just to sell...this one cost me a lot less.

Oh yes! That is the other thing...I like my lenses in shutter :( .

[Corran]

That might be a pipe dream...

I don't use mine for "typical" LF shooting so it lives happily on the Speed.

[Shawn Dougherty]

It's razor sharp, that's for sure.

If the photo works out, I'll post it here.

I'd say that worked out! Nice work and nice looking camera.

[goamules]

Here are a couple. First is a Kodak 2D 5x7 with a Karl Struss Pictorial lens:

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6171/6201947692_d4045f74c2_b.jpg

The second, acquired yesterday, is a Century 41 4x5. So clean it feels new, but is 107 years old or so.

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6228/6320230805_a0c3261448_b.jpg

[Steven Tribe]

And the first photo would obviously be a/the winner in CCHarrison's competition - if it has been entered!

[jwanerman]

I've finally finished restoring my 5x7 Sinar Norma.

gorgeous!

[Ken Lee]

I had to add a better scan from the image made with the 610 APO Nikkor (see below). Even this one, was made at only 600 spi with the film just lying on the glass.

[Sean Galbraith]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6120/6380822095_113c8e40d8_z.jpg

[Andrew O'Neill]

Well, after more than a year the 14x17 is finally finished. Some of it looks nice, lots of it looks like #!@*...especially the bellows. Ground glass is plexi. Sort of looks like a Chamonix, that's because I "borrowed" the design...Used the lens board sliding lock from my old Cambo. Used birch 'cause it's cheap and light. Now I need to check it for light leaks. Then hopefully I can use it to make bigger carbon prints and other alt processes.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Andrew, welcome to 14x17! Nice job! It is a different beast that is for sure. 14x17 carbon's are a challenge that is for sure. I've not gotten one that I'm happy with yet but a couple in the works. Much harder to do but I see the potential. Great job on the camera.

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thanks Jim. I'm up for the challenge!

[Tim k]

Well, here is my latest project. Maybe posting it here will get me motivated to get out and use it.

[anglophone1]

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6120/6380822095_113c8e40d8_z.jpg

Sean, I'd love to see the image that came from this,looks like a cool spot,
C

[Sean Galbraith]

Sean, I'd love to see the image that came from this,looks like a cool spot,
C

Here ya go:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/6390863741/in/photostream

[Nana Sousa Dias]

My 4x5 point-&-shoot self made camera. Main body and hand grip from a Cambo Portrait, back from a Cambo Legend, lens board made from bamboo kitchen cutting board, viewfinder made with apartment door lens fixed to a garden tube PVC nut, lens protections are drawer handles.
Lens is a Schneider Super Angulon 47mm XL, fixed focus to the hiperfocal of f8.
I shot a lot of photos with this camera wich I made about 3 years ago.

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/1994/img2006cn.jpg (http://img35.imageshack.us/i/img2006cn.jpg/)


http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1116/img2001j.jpg (http://img585.imageshack.us/i/img2001j.jpg/)


http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7104/img2003x.jpg (http://img192.imageshack.us/i/img2003x.jpg/)


http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9600/img2005tq.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/i/img2005tq.jpg/)

[danceathon]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1807379033902&l=d57dd81493

[Sean Galbraith]

Nana, that's gorgeous

[IanG]

Have to agree Sean, I saw something similar today but it just didn't look so well put together as Nana's.

I can't tell it's the rotatable Cambo Legend back which has a great little lever to lift the focus frame to slide in the DDS (double darkslide).

Ian

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Nana, that's gorgeous

Thanks, Sean.

[Ari]

Nana, that's gorgeous

+1; great work!

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Have to agree Sean, I saw something similar today but it just didn't look so well put together as Nana's.

I can't tell it's the rotatable Cambo Legend back which has a great little lever to lift the focus frame to slide in the DDS (double darkslide).

Ian

Yes it is, Ian that's that rotatable back I have, from a 4x5 back reductor that I kept when I sold out my Cambo Legend 8x10 (I also kept the 5x7 back wich I will use on a 5x7 point-and-shoot camera with a SA 90XL, that I will build).

I used only the focus frame, wich locks directly on the back of the main body of the Cambo Portrait body.
I changed the hand grip of the camera from vertical to horizontal position, I just had to do new screw holes to fix it.

here is a photo of a new angle of the camera and a photo where you can see the back and focus frame.

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2157/img2201lx.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/i/img2201lx.jpg/)


http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8466/img2203ck.jpg (http://img822.imageshack.us/i/img2203ck.jpg/)

This camera is on John Grepstad site, in an early stage, when I was still doing focusing tests, so, the lens board was made of 3 plywood sheets, wich I recently changed for the definitive bamboo board.

http://home.online.no/~gjon/dias.htm

This camera was used as inspiration to a few guys, some of their cameras are really great.
I "received" orders from some guys, from USA, Brasil, Spain, Portugal and Nederlands, to build them a camera like this one but I don't have the parts to build new cameras.

This camera was intended to shoot urban photos but, it turned out to become my favourite camera for seascape photos, as it can't do lens or back movements and neither has a focus system, it turn out to be a fast operating 4x5 camera, wich is great for me has I use to shoot mainly during winter in places where sea is really wild, so you must run fast!:D

[Nana Sousa Dias]

+1; great work!

Thank you, Ari.

[AngryAlan]

Shen Hao HZX 45.

Picture from about 3.5 years ago. Prior to purchasing a lens.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/TachiharaLake.jpg

Tachihara Field Camera in the Field: Massachusetts, Dec 2011

[chassis]

Toyo 45AII with 65mm Schneider Super Angulon XL and center filter. Taken along the Sandy River near Portland, OR. Saw two bald eagles as I was setting up to make some images. Pretty cool.

[aratatv]

Here is my 8x10 Tachihara. Taken with 4x5 Daguerreotype.

http://arata.tv/camera2/ore_daguerreo.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aratatv

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/45techkit.jpg

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/45techpack.jpg

4x5 Linhof Technika V with 150/5.6 Schneider Symmar, grip, wire frame finder

Polaroid 405 holder with Fuji Instant pack film

6x Chinese hood loupe

Pentax 1-degree digital spot meter

Leica M2 with 35/2.5 VC and a couple rolls of Portra 400

Five Grafmatic 4x5 six-sheet holders loaded with 30 sheets of Portra 400

Blower bulb, anti-static cloth, cable releases, model releases, mini screwdriver, Calumet bellows factor ruler, LED headlamp, Sharpies, business cards, postcards, large Ziplocs

22 lbs in a Think Tank Airport Antidote (smallest International carry-on backpack with room for laptop in lid not shown) so real travel weight is in the low 30s (but I might switch to an iPad for travel). I could also remove the grip (it has a quick release) and stow it smaller, leave a couple Grafmatics at home, not use the Instant film in the Winter, etc. so there is room for a little bit more.

[cyrus]

My 'dorff

[Robbie Shymanski]

[QUOTE=Frank

Blower bulb, anti-static cloth, cable releases, model releases, mini screwdriver, Calumet bellows factor ruler, LED headlamp, Sharpies, business cards, postcards, large Ziplocs

[/QUOTE]

Man, Ziplocs. That's good. Only if a ladder were so easy.

[Allen in Montreal]

...........

4x5 Linhof Technika V with 150/5.6 Schneider Symmar, grip, wire frame finder.......

.

Sweet kit! :) :)

[Allen in Montreal]

Nana,

That looks like a great camera. Well done sir.

[Allen in Montreal]

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1807379033902&l=d57dd81493

I would love to see the image you shot, but I got a little squirmy seeing the film holder on the ground like that. :-0

[Robbie Shymanski]

The architectural 5x7 I finally cobbled together over the weekend. I am still tinkering with it, like the focusing mechanism which will be an internal threaded thing I am still working with. This is version 3.3. It started as a quickie plywood box then got completely out of control when I remembered I had a stash of dimensioned Honduran mahogany that would make for a much lighter camera over ply. Basically, I wanted a lightweight, super-wide 5x7 that I could use as I would my Canon DSLR with a 10-22. Even with the Super Angulon 90, it weighs less than the DSLR. Even though it has all that "pretty wood", I am planning make it all black as I do not like to be bothered when working. Bad enough to be shooting LF, but having someone comment and question you on equipment is a peeve of mine. I plan to be shooting with this next week on the NoCal coast.

[jp]

Nice looking camera. I wouldn't paint it black. If you don't want to talk with people much, just eat lots of garlic and go crosseyed occasionally. I don't get the 10-22 reference; 10-22 to me is a semiautomatic ruger rifle.

[DJG]

It's this lens (http://usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/ef_lens_lineup/ef_s_10_22mm_f_3_5_4_5_usm) being referred to. EF-S 10-22mm.

[johnielvis]

a WEEKEND!!!!!! wow....now that's some serious skillz! not too many things impress me, but fine craftsmanship AND speed with such never fails to. we should talk..you're in my neck of the woods...I have projects, but no skills....

[Nathan Smith]

Robbie, can you tell us more about the back? Did you fab that up yourself? I like the way the back is flush and the springs don't take up any extra room - did you make the springs or are they cobbled from another camera?
Thanks,
Nathan

[jb7]

Very finely cobbled it is too...
Does that lens panel allow for movement?

[Robbie Shymanski]

Nice looking camera. I wouldn't paint it black. If you don't want to talk with people much, just eat lots of garlic and go crosseyed occasionally. I don't get the 10-22 reference; 10-22 to me is a semiautomatic ruger rifle.

This was designed to be a beater. For me the construction was all of function and I find it too "shiny" for my liking. I have little romantic notion towards the materials. It is pretty, but I want a wallflower.



"It's this lens being referred to. EF-S 10-22mm."

Yes, thank you.



"a WEEKEND!!!!!! wow....now that's some serious skillz! not too many things impress me, but fine craftsmanship AND speed with such never fails to. we should talk..you're in my neck of the woods...I have projects, but no skills...."

Perhaps a weekend in total time for the build. It was only this weekend I did the glue-ups, metal work, and minimal finishing. Keep in mind "version 3.3". I improvise and never draw ideas up. That leads to many rejected parts.



Robbie, can you tell us more about the back? Did you fab that up yourself? I like the way the back is flush and the springs don't take up any extra room - did you make the springs or are they cobbled from another camera?

The back I constructed out of hard maple. The springs are off an old 4x5. My one cheat. The GG was cut from an broken sheet I had lying around.



Very finely cobbled it is too...
Does that lens panel allow for movement?

Thank you. The rough design is based on the Gowland Architectural cameras. There is rise or shift depending on how you orient the lens board. I was playing around a design to allow for both, but it was getting too complicated for my liking. Anywho, the SA 90 doesn't have too much rise/shift in 5x7. It will be more useful with my Nikkor 120-SW. Again, this is all to ape the use of my DSLR in LF.

[Frank Petronio]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8647/sinar_norma_cartoon.jpg

No longer own this but the cartoon sums it up well.

[DrTang]

Meet 'the beast'

Calumet 8x10 with 8x10, 5x7 & 4x5 backs

on the front is a B&J wood lensboard I rounded the corners of, cut out a big ol hole, then bolted a horseman lensboard with a big ol hole face-to-face.

On the back of the horseman is a sinar shutter and in front of that a 300 Heliar.

a heck of a lot of monkeysnot..but now I can shoot 5x7 with barrel lenses with flash


http://www.mericphoto.com/lfp/thebeast.jpg

[WmRenick]

Here's my 5x7 Premo with bag bellows for a Ektar 127mm lens Works well with limited movement. Currently I'm in Colombia having a great time with it. Good conversation starter. Lab owner in Bogota wanted to display it. At 67 and retired it provides a lot of joy.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/QosqoKid/LF%20Stuff/?action=view&current=My1920cameraa.jpg#!oZZ26QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv345%2FQosqoKid%2FLF%2520Stuff%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMy1920cameraa.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/QosqoKid/LF%20Stuff/?action=view&current=My1920cameraa.jpg#!oZZ25QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv345%2FQosqoKid%2FLF%2520Stuff%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMy1920camerab.jpg

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img018Kershaw.jpg

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/img019Kershaw.jpg

9" Kershaw Soft Focus lens courtesy of Eddie Gunks

[johnielvis]

Here's my 5x7 Premo with bag bellows for a Ektar 127mm lens Works well with limited movement. Currently I'm in Colombia having a great time with it. Good conversation starter. Lab owner in Bogota wanted to display it. At 67 and retired it provides a lot of joy.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/QosqoKid/LF%20Stuff/?action=view&current=My1920cameraa.jpg#!oZZ26QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv345%2FQosqoKid%2FLF%2520Stuff%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMy1920cameraa.jpg
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/QosqoKid/LF%20Stuff/?action=view&current=My1920cameraa.jpg#!oZZ25QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fsmg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv345%2FQosqoKid%2FLF%2520Stuff%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DMy1920camerab.jpg

nice developing rig there---that is 5x7 metal cages that fit in a regular tank???? looks like it actually works for negatives---this is stainless???? or plastic held together with zipties? 127 on 5x7 seems to work...this is ANOTHER thing I have ignored--nice camera setup too---I usually try to try everything---everywhere else I looked they say 127 BARELY is useful on 4x5...but you get 5x7 from the pics it looks ok...good thing I gots one to try out!

[WmRenick]

John
I use a plastic mesh (gutter guards) in a double 120 tank for 4x5s and a tea canister for the 5x7s. Works really well. Never had any problems with scratching (emulsion on the inside). Generally I use rodinal or hc110 @ 1:100 stand developing. Keeping it all basic is a bonus for me. Yes 127 on5x7 was a surprise for me too. Though I've seen a 5x7 hobo with a 90 on it.
Hope you do well.

[brian mcweeney]

Well it's no field camera ... hiking DOWN to the river was no problem, just took awhile hiking back up.

[atlcruiser]

Redneck O Winston Link wanna be :)

deardorff 810 with 45 back

flashbulb contraption

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6609215253_cf3915814a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609215253/)
DSC_8918.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609215253/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6609214487_58ddb8b688_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609214487/)
DSC_8915.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609214487/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[PhiloFarmer]

My Dear Sweet P-2.....digi-compromised.

And image....

We also travel together in a LowePro....at my age, quite a feat!

She never fails me.

I, her, though.....

[SamReeves]

Redneck O Winston Link wanna be :)

deardorff 810 with 45 back

flashbulb contraption

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6609215253_cf3915814a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609215253/)
DSC_8918.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609215253/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7019/6609214487_58ddb8b688_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609214487/)
DSC_8915.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6609214487/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

Cool! Complete with a vintage Ford! :D

[chassis]

Sorry to double dip. Toyo 45AII with Mr. Galli mid-19th century no name meniscus. Still trying to get the hang of this lens.

[dave_whatever]

RSW45 this morning attempting to shoot relatively close with a lens this camera totally wasn't designed for - Fuji 300/8 Tele.

And yes, the tripod isn't level.....

[jp]

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2011/_DSC8080.jpg

My pre-anniversary speed, tiltall, trioplan barrel lens out in the snowy woods. A ~~ $400 total setup that made nicer snow photos than my $2000 dslr&lens. A piece of foam pipe insulation on a leg makes the aluminum nicer to hold or shoulder in cold weather. I'm not bragging of complete minimalism; I would have liked to have had the nicer pacemaker speed that day, but the shutter doesn't work right on that one.

All setup for this shot:

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2011/img475.jpg

[Corran]

Alpenhaus converted Polaroid 900 with Xenotar 135mm f/3.5 lens and a flash bracket I cobbled on to it. Works fantastically!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/BRY_3188.jpg

[Sart_S]

Alpenhaus converted Polaroid 900 with Xenotar 135mm f/3.5 lens and a flash bracket I cobbled on to it. Works fantastically!

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/BRY_3188.jpg

The excellent camera with a wonderful lens!)

[cdholden]

Meet 'the beast'

Calumet 8x10 with 8x10, 5x7 & 4x5 backs

on the front is a B&J wood lensboard I rounded the corners of, cut out a big ol hole, then bolted a horseman lensboard with a big ol hole face-to-face.

On the back of the horseman is a sinar shutter and in front of that a 300 Heliar.

a heck of a lot of monkeysnot..but now I can shoot 5x7 with barrel lenses with flash


http://www.mericphoto.com/lfp/thebeast.jpg

That Heliar sure looks familiar.
Let me know when you want to get rid of it and I'll buy it back from you.

[DrTang]

That Heliar sure looks familiar.
Let me know when you want to get rid of it and I'll buy it back from you.


OH HELL NO

I'M LOVING IT

I went out to test a bunch of lenses..and not surprisingly - the Heliar is my favorite..and..I'm over the mush lenses (soft focus ones)..the Heliar gives me nice soft transitions without looking like I was drunk when focusing like the Darlot does

examples: TEST (http://www.mericphoto.com/test2/t2.htm)

the Ilex got short shift - there was a light leak obviously in the lensboard set up for that one


thanks again for the great deal
if I ever sell it..I'll contact you first

[JBAphoto]

Time to stop being pretty and show a workhorse - The lens on this is a 360 Heliar, a slightly problematic design which gives it a beautiful glow around highlights down to about f9 (on the old scale) - This, with a 240 Heliar on 5x4", is the main lens for my current Naked Portrait portfolio

http://jbaphoto.com.au/images/jbaphoto100818d3035med.jpg

Shown here without the flower pot lens hood that was meant to be a temporary solution for a few minutes, which have now stretched to 18 months - Yes, I will get a bellows hood and look professional again

[LynnRB]

Eastman 2D with a Wollensak 1A 330mm Triple Convertible at the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in western Az. Note the camera is setup next to my truck. I find my best images are made within 20' of it.

[Sandeha]

Two I made over Xmas ...

Both are a conglom of old parts, details on the first one here ...
http://sandehalynch.wordpress.com/2011/12/

It looks like ...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20rail/IMGP4347a.jpg

Result ...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20rail/120104_era1_01.jpg

The second is specifically for funky style with either pinhole or a reversed single element lens, details here ...
http://sandehalynch.wordpress.com/2012/01/

It looks like ...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20micro/IMGP4396a.jpg

Result ...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/third_floor_gallery/120113_neo4_07.jpg

[Liam:]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/linus4/IMG_9657.jpg

Here is my new 4x5 pinhole camera, about 50mm with a 0.2mm pinhole. I haven't used it yet, here is the build thread..

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=373678

[Sart_S]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f217/linus4/IMG_9657.jpg

Here is my new 4x5 pinhole camera, about 50mm with a 0.2mm pinhole. I haven't used it yet, here is the build thread..

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=373678

The beautiful camera!

[jp]

Fresh snow and delayed start of school, so I went out shooting this morning with my daughter. She likes snow like I do. This is the best time of year for photography.

Newest photo accessory is the sled. Bigger and tougher than a kids sled, smaller than a jet-sled.

Great for short adventures (like less than a mile), I'd use the jet sled if I had more gear or needed to haul food or other outdoor gear.

B&J 8x10, pelican case of film holders. Jacket for a dark cloth. symmar-s 300/5.6 and Kodak portrait 305.

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2012/IMG_20120120_094524.jpg

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2012/IMG_20120120_094954.jpg

[SMBooth]

Nice job Liam, 45mm is a nice 4x5 focal length. You won't be disappointed and there will only be nice light falloff to the edge. Looking at your build thread does not show how the filmholder attached, what did you end up doing?

[SMBooth]

Fresh snow and delayed start of school, so I went out shooting this morning with my daughter. She likes snow like I do. This is the best time of year for photography.

Newest photo accessory is the sled. Bigger and tougher than a kids sled, smaller than a jet-sled.

Great for short adventures (like less than a mile), I'd use the jet sled if I had more gear or needed to haul food or other outdoor gear.

B&J 8x10, pelican case of film holders. Jacket for a dark cloth. symmar-s 300/5.6 and Kodak portrait 305.



And you can put some wheels under it for summer...

[Thomas Greutmann]

Time to stop being pretty and show a workhorse

What about a pretty workhorse?

This is my customized Linhof Master Technika. Some of the modifications are functional, some of them cosmetical.

The first thing you see is of course the red leather (from cameraleather.com) and the red bellows.

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/Linhof Red/Camera_Full.jpg

While the red leather on the housing is purely cosmetical the bellows (from a Chinese bellows maker on ebay who made a custom bellows to my specs) is a functional modification, despite the pretty red colour. It is a universal bellows which gives more flexibility for short lenses with a lot of movement.

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/Linhof Red/Bellows.jpg

The most complex (and probably irreversible) modification is that I have installed an inner rail focusing rack for short lenses (65mm and shorter), also from an ebay seller. You can now focus the short lenses with a little lever on the inner rail. I had to remove the rangefinder for this. This makes it more like a Technika 2000. A Master 3000 would be even better, but I cannot afford these (sigh). For rangefinder focusing I still a have a Technika IV cammed for 6 lenses.

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/Linhof Red/Focusing Rack.jpg

And last, I have installed a spirit level on the accessory shoe and a foldable reflex viewer, both from ebay as well. I wear glasses and I always have trouble composing an image under the darkcloth. So I have switched to reflex viewers a while ago, which makes composing and focusing a lot easier for me, and I have tried a variety of these. The foldable viewer is faster and more compact for backpacking than the standard reflex viewer.

http://www.blackandwhitegallery.de/Linhof Red/Reflex Viewer.jpg

Now the only thing is missing is a nice Super Angulon 47mm XL to go with it so I can make full use of the modifications.

[Liam:]

Nice job Liam, 45mm is a nice 4x5 focal length. You won't be disappointed and there will only be nice light falloff to the edge. Looking at your build thread does not show how the filmholder attached, what did you end up doing?

Thanks, sadly I am just using elastic bands as this is just a quick build using what I had. I am on the lookout for a 4x5 film back and I will build another one which will be a lot better. I am not sure if the foam on the back is going to work that well at stopping light so I might have to put a dark-cloth over the top...

[Joe Forks]

Finally got something with enough brawn to handle the 18" Cooke. Thanks Eddie! Now I need a stand!

[akfreak]

Finally got something with enough brawn to handle the 18" Cooke. Thanks Eddie! Now I need a stand!

Now you need a stand. Glad to see that camera go to a good home. It is a beast.

[Kav]

My old Speed Graphic:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-FQMnK4H/0/L/i-FQMnK4H-L.jpg

Ruling the roost among my other cameras.
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/AnalogCameras/Film-Related/i-qvdFKGw/0/L/P1060497-L.jpg

LF items added since I took that photo:
LumoPro 160 Flash
Kodak Ektar 203mm f7.7 (370 mount version)
Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm - f6.8

[Matt_Bigwood]

My English MPP MicroPress press camera, similar in design to a top rangefinder Speed Graphic. 5"x4" with focal plane shutter speeded from 1/30 to 1/1000 second.

[path_rider]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6636279257_a662cdf693_b.jpg

:)

[Frank Petronio]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7008/6636279257_a662cdf693_b.jpg

:)

Nice clean Crown Graphic, what a lot of people should use.

[Leigh]

Finally got something with enough brawn to handle the 18" Cooke.
My landlord has this same exact camera sitting on a table in his entrance foyer, with a plaque dating it to 1860. I was just looking at it two days ago.

The worm-screw swing adjustment on the rear standard is unique in my experience.

- Leigh

[Valdecus]

Here's my 1965 Linhof Super Technika V 5x7" with a Schneider Symmar-S 240mm lens.

Cheers,
Andreas

http://www.luxworkshops.com/galleries/AW_20111206DS3_2396.jpg

[Joe Forks]

That's pretty old. I really don't think this one is that old however, something tells me it was made between 1926 and 1939.

This one is in remarkable shape really. I need not do a thing to it and I'm sure it will last the rest of my life. I'm certainly going to run some film through it as well, which was the whole reason I got it. I've got a couple lenses that dangle dangerously off the end of my zone vi and I just felt like I was tempting fate every time I pulled that stunt.

I'm very lucky to have this camera, I know Eddie did me right. I guess I should take back all those mean and nasty things I said about him? Naw..... har har har!!!!



My landlord has this same exact camera sitting on a table in his entrance foyer, with a plaque dating it to 1860. I was just looking at it two days ago.

The worm-screw swing adjustment on the rear standard is unique in my experience.

- Leigh

[John Dey]

Myself with Deardorff 8x10 on the Las Vegas Strip.

[Dan Fromm]

Nice clean Crown Graphic, what a lot of people should use.Speed, Frank. Note the thick body and the stainless cap on the upper shutter whatsit.

[Kav]

Nice clean Crown Graphic, what a lot of people should use.

I have to say, using a Speed Graphic has been a fun start into LF for me. And people are so interested in the camera when I pull it out that they want there photo taken with it. I wish I could get some more photos of us flying from inside the helos. But firing off a flashbulb in a helo full of armed troops is just asking for it...

[yangshang]

Frica 8*10

[jp]

http://jason.philbrook.us/~jp/scans/2012/sigmaroutdoors.jpg

Here's an indoor camera outside as it starts to snow. B&J 8x10 Rembrandt portrait camera, 19" B&L Sigmar lens, homemade speed graphic front shutter, surveying tripod.

[Darren H]

Arca-Swiss Discovery with Fujinon 125mm lens on the 110 lensboard with adapter. Using regular bellows.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7059/6864990441_1cd8338cbe.jpg

[Darren H]

Frica 8*10

Cool looking shot and camera! Show us more!

[Allen in Montreal]

This thread needs a "sweet!" quick reply option. :)

[Sandeha]

Here's the latest kitten out of my stable ...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20rail/IMGP4718a.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a119/Sandeha/neretta%20rail/IMGP4730a.jpg

That's the last of the brass and cherry. Have to find more.

[fasol]

Frica 8*10

Wow wow wow!
Where is this stunning place?

[MMELVIS]

Motley 8x10, aka The Beast
Sinar 8x10 Bellows
8x10 Cherry back
Cambo Calumet Front Standard for SC & N Series Cameras
FOLMER COMPACT STAND GRAFLEX CROWN WOOD TRIPOD
Gundlach Radar Extreme Wide Angle Anast. 8x10 6 1/4 inch (159mm) F16 in an Alphax shutter
Bits of wood for the remainder of the parts

[Roger Thoms]

Got one of those nifty Titan pinhole cameras and was playing around with it.

Roger

[Jody_S]

Got one of those nifty Titan pinhole cameras and was playing around with it.

Roger

Wow! I had no idea, all the pinhole shots I've seen have mostly been terrible. Could you post some details please, was that shot on film? Size of film, size of pinhole, distance from film to opening? I suppose I could just look up the details on that camera, since you named it and supplied a photo.

[Roger Thoms]

Wow! I had no idea, all the pinhole shots I've seen have mostly been terrible. Could you post some details please, was that shot on film? Size of film, size of pinhole, distance from film to opening? I suppose I could just look up the details on that camera, since you named it and supplied a photo.

Jody, here's a link to the Titan user manual. It has all the specs. http://www.ilfordphoto.com/Webfiles/201111101258381441.pdf Don't know the pinhole diameter but it f206 and the camera is wide angle so the distance from film to pinhole is short. There are plans for a longer cones but they aren't available yet.

For this image I used Tri-X exposed @ 200asa and had the film lab processed in HC-110. I used the Reciprocity Timer app on my iPad to calculate the reciprocity compensation and to time the exposure. For metering I took a simple reflective reading with a Luna Pro SBC meter and used the f-stop chart generator on the Mr. Pinhole website to translate my meter reading to the f-stop of the pinhole. (my meter only goes f128) http://www.mrpinhole.com/flvsdiam.php

I printed the negative on Adox MCC-110 in Dektol.

Roger

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/tech/TachiharaNikkor200M1.jpg
Tachihara 4x5 Field Camera with Nikkor 200M mounted forwards (L) and reversed (R).

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/tech/TachiharaNikkor200M2.jpg
Closing the camera with reversed lens in place. (A Rodenstock 150 works just as well.)

[John Flavell]

On Wing Island, Cape Cod, at the Sun Dial, Sept. 2012. Not sure what this gem is, I bought it on eBay ten years ago to balance out the stress and speed of photojournalism.

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=68376&stc=1&d=1329270845

[Darren H]

Arca-Swiss Discovery with 171 frames, synthetic wide angle bellows, and compendium while using a 125mm lens.

I really prefer the leather wide angle bellows to this synthetic. I was not using the grad filters so I had the compendium on.

See more on my blog linked below.

Also note the Crown Graphic in the background.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6774924694_36565ae0a0.jpg

[WmRenick]

Here I am with my Busch Pressman in Colombia and an in use shot. Lot's a fun sharing the viewfinder of a 60 year old camera.
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[SMBooth]

Wow! I had no idea, all the pinhole shots I've seen have mostly been terrible. Could you post some details please, was that shot on film? Size of film, size of pinhole, distance from film to opening? I suppose I could just look up the details on that camera, since you named it and supplied a photo.

Jody you need to get out more ;), there are 1000's of brilliant pinhole image, most made before the Titan came along.
Try - http://jeffkorte.com/photographs/

[Valdecus]

On Wing Island, Cape Cod, at the Sun Dial, Sept. 2012.

Nice camera. It even lets you take pictures from the future, i.e. from September 2012. Impressing!!

Cheers,
Andreas

[ioannicolae]

Cambo SC 4x5 View Camera with Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 210mm f/5.6 MC

http://s18.postimage.org/58plsuhu1/cambo_sc.jpg

[atlcruiser]

This is the set up I used on the last set of portraits. Deardorff 810 on a Manfrotto studio tripod that weighs about 30lbs! 2 Britec strobes into an umbrella on the right and a 52" reflector on camera left.

it worked fine but I need bigger strobes!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7039/6937090723_2b1987a11d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6937090723/)
DSC_0989.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6937090723/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[Brian Vuillemenot]

At the Pismo Dunes workshop over the weekend
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[spidey]

figured I'd make my first post one with my new to me cams.

I have to get some chemistry then I can go shoot, tested all my holders and threw out the one with light leaks.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/405663_290621884327540_100001391926650_805522_1268735757_n.jpg

BACO hollywood (the guy selling this in Cali said it was used to take pics of Marilyn Monroe I loled)

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/382988_267532216636507_100001391926650_743260_943646374_n.jpg

Graflex Graphic View. It's a monorail full o adjustments.

[daniel malva]

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4149/5192761066_957cc2b916_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malvafw/5192761066/)
minha nova lente. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/malvafw/5192761066/) por daniel_malva (http://www.flickr.com/people/malvafw/), no Flickr

[Nasser]

Woow!! you could sell this photo if you print it in a poster in a good pro way!

[John Flavell]

Nice camera. It even lets you take pictures from the future, i.e. from September 2012. Impressing!!

Cheers,
Andreas

It was the Nikon P7000 that provided the future.

[Nasser]

I have 11x14 F&S that I use for my studio and the other 11x14 Chamonix for outdoor for its great light wight! and all those 11x14s for alt process, and the 8x10 Tachihara for shooting color.

http://www.uae-photoz.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=30&pictureid=605
http://www.uae-photoz.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=30&pictureid=604
http://www.uae-photoz.com/vb/picture.php?albumid=30&pictureid=606

[Leigh]

Here's my 8x10 Sinar F2 + 300mm/5.6 Nikkor W on a single-leg Majestic tripod.

http://www.mayadate.org/pix/SinarF2Majestic_0627s.jpg

I usually use the double-leg Majestic for this camera.

- Leigh

[rjbuzzclick]

Please excuse the two smaller format cameras (and the monkey):
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6062/6078196809_29b8f3ab2e.jpg

[Sart_S]

My new Camera.Format 4х5.
My version of conversion Polaroid!:)

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-vJ4pDUbjMDs/T1WvaFHePqI/AAAAAAAAAZM/lqUn49qC3K4/s640/022.jpg

[Leigh]

Neat camera, Serge. What lens?

- Leigh

[Sart_S]

Fujinon-W 125mm.
Lens can be changed.

[Leigh]

Very nice. Thanks.

- Leigh

[Darren H]

Arca-Swiss Discovery set up at Dead Horse Point SP in Utah.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6958757895_8d388bbdf1.jpg


See the setup and the final image I made in this blog post

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/03/overlooking-colorado-river-at-dead.html

[Corran]

Finished modifying my Gundlach 8x10 to take an extension rail that didn't quite fit right. Now I've got over 750mm in bellows extension. With 11.5" Verito and for comparison, my Nikon SP:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7iAYZna7FfM/T1qVDCVhzXI/AAAAAAAAAow/18s9rrFsp-g/s1600/BRY_4481s.JPG

[Darren H]

Set up at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park. This is one of the more popular shots in the southwest and with good reason as sunrise here on a clear day is awesome. On this particular day it was myself and just two others. Here is a view taking in the entire scene. Camera is an Arca-Swiss Discovery. The other camera is a Canon something or other..... :-)

See the final image I made that day on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/03/mesa-arch-sunburst.html


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7204/6982612703_279c895bef.jpg

[Alberto Bregani]

My 18x24 ( 7x9,5") "Piseroni & Mondini - Master Craftsmen" in Milano, Italy ( 1902/1970 )
LF camera with glass plates and (now) adapter for film sheets
with Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 5,6/360mm
:cool:


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[Frank Petronio]

Being a photographer, I took five minutes to actually do a semi-decent photo ;-p My Linhof Technika V with 150 Schneider Symmar lens and Grafmatic film holder....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6993184345_92cc448418_b.jpg

[SamReeves]

Being a photographer, I took five minutes to actually do a semi-decent photo ;-p My Linhof Technika V with 150 Schneider Symmar lens and Grafmatic film holder....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6993184345_92cc448418_b.jpg

I think that's what they call a grab shot! LOL.

[Frank Petronio]

Ha it looks like I'm a stone mason with that grip...

[Tim k]

Very nice, fresh perspective.


Being a photographer, I took five minutes to actually do a semi-decent photo ;-p My Linhof Technika V with 150 Schneider Symmar lens and Grafmatic film holder....

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7180/6993184345_92cc448418_b.jpg

[dave_whatever]

christ you've got big hands Frank. I thought that was a 6x9 camera before I read the description.

[Frank Petronio]

Unfortunately it all went to my hands and feet (size 17) and not to the important extremity ;-p

It's also a wide angle shot so it's an optical illusion ;-)

[dave_whatever]

And tragically a big hand makes the important extremity look even smaller.

Ok back to the cameras....

[Alberto Bregani]

Being a photographer, I took five minutes to actually do a semi-decent photo ;-p My Linhof Technika V with 150 Schneider Symmar lens and Grafmatic film holder....


Frank
i like so much your camera
but i like even more your photograph
Just great for tones and composition
that "hand/camera" combination is really powerful
;)
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[Wu Li]

My 10x8" Bulldog camera (http://www.bulldogcameras.com/) from Pinhole Solutions (http://www.pinholesolutions.co.uk/camera_kits.html).

(I have no connection with either company, btw.)

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[Robert Meier]

Frank -- that background I first thought was the ground a thousand feet below, and you were leaning out of the plane for another shot. Now I can see that it's just the dining room table. Bob

[Frank Petronio]

It's actually my dirty wooden porch.

[welly]

Unfortunately it all went to my hands and feet (size 17) and not to the important extremity ;-p

It's also a wide angle shot so it's an optical illusion ;-)

Bloody hell.. size 17?! You must be about 8 foot tall.

[Frank Petronio]

Eddie Gunks makes me look petite!

[Shen45]

Bloody hell.. size 17?! You must be about 8 foot tall.

Either that or a Hobbit :)

[rdenney]

Unfortunately it all went to my hands and feet (size 17) and not to the important extremity ;-p

It's also a wide angle shot so it's an optical illusion ;-)

Crap. If we ever end up in the same room, I might for once feel like I have normal hands and feet (8" wrist and size 15).

Rick "but did you have to wipe your hands with moly grease before making that photo?" Denney

[bravo_]

Awesome cameras, I see here,
Well I use Sony camera, its really good for me.

[Roger Thoms]

I made this video of my Kodak Master 8x10.

http://youtu.be/_opUz17YSUc

This is great, really enjoyed it.

Roger

[jumanji]

I made this video of my Kodak Master 8x10.

http://youtu.be/_opUz17YSUc

So cool! I like it.

[Frank Petronio]

Needs Techno music....

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I can't remember if I posted a family shot and if so I apologize. My main workhorse cameras. 8x10, 11x14, 14x17 and 8x20. My 645 Mamiya is in the image for scale. The second image is of me and the Century Studio 8a 11x14.

[Frank Petronio]

Dang.... impressive!

[mdm]

My foray into 8x10 with a box camera for an 8 1/4 dagor focused at 6.68m which is the hyperfocal distance at f22 and a Coc of 300 micron. I seem to need f32 to get infinity acceptably in focus but thats ok. 3cm rise built in. Works well and not bad for a few hours work.

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[Jim Fitzgerald]

Dang.... impressive!

Frank, thanks a lot. Glad I made three of them because I saved a lot of $$$$$$$

[SamReeves]

I can't remember if I posted a family shot and if so I apologize. My main workhorse cameras. 8x10, 11x14, 14x17 and 8x20. My 645 Mamiya is in the image for scale. The second image is of me and the Century Studio 8a 11x14.

Now that's the battleship of view cameras!!

[Darren H]

Set up in Arches National Park. The story that goes with the image and the images I made are on my blog.

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[Darren H]

DavisG- That is an outstanding video.

[Scott Walker]

Updated with music by request



Much better :D

[soeren]

Roflol

[Bill_1856]

I expected Spike Jones.

[sully75]

Strong Bad and View Cameras. Two great tastes that go together.

[Noah A]

The MT2000 is patiently waiting for traffic in Mumbai:

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And waiting for the light (it's just about there) in Ecatepect, Estado de Mexico:

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[goamules]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7256/7046405089_ed645735db_z.jpg

[manet]

My LF Gilles-Faller 18 x 24 (7 x 9,5") with Boyer Saphir 4.5/210 mm

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[Daniel Stone]

finally got a chance to go out and shoot a few weeks back, this one's up azusa cyn road, west fork going up to crystal lake.

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[Frank Petronio]

Nice Gitzo... that's as far as I wanted to move my C1 when I had it.

[vinny]

wehman

[SamReeves]

wehman

Shades of the Google Earth car! :D

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01382/googlecar_1382083c.jpg

[MIke Sherck]

Now THAT'S a tripod! ;)

Mike

[atlcruiser]

Deardorff 810 in the Everglades


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/7089144599_d20574521f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7089144599/)
DSC_1246.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7089144599/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[Daniel Stone]

Nice Gitzo... that's as far as I wanted to move my C1 when I had it.

thanks Frank, its a very solid platform to shoot from, especially when used with the fluid head! I've carried it farther than shown in this picture, but lets just say, its not as lightweight or portable as my former KMV :)

-Dan

[Kav]

Some close up work with my Pacemaker Speed Graphic in the dunes in southern California.

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-9wMMtBm/0/XL/i-9wMMtBm-XL.jpg

[Jim Fitzgerald]

The 14x17 on a recent trip to Yosemite.

[mdm]

Must have been hard work. How many film holders do you carry with you on an outing?

[Tri Tran]

The 14x17 on a recent trip to Yosemite.

No pain no gain. This set up is look so familiar . A 14x17 in camera negative for carbon process is hard to beat . Bravo my friend !

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I generally carry two lenses and one holder in my backpack for the 14x17. I can go a ways from my car but not a great distance.... I'm not that crazy. Still with the tripod I'm hauling about 65-70 lbs. I have been known to carry two holders! The images are worth it. I have to still print this one.

[SamReeves]

Jim you need to rent a pack of elephants! :D

[soeren]

speaking of elefants.
Pic from a local newspaper.

[Darren H]

Deardorff 810 in the Everglades


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7191/7089144599_d20574521f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7089144599/)
DSC_1246.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/7089144599/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

Cool shot. Like seeing what kind of automobile setup folks have.

[atlcruiser]

Thanks! The Cruiser is slowly but surely becoming a photo expedition vehicle :)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/6943072282_788edccb9d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6943072282/)
DSC_1243.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6943072282/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

[John Flavell]

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With my new assistant.

[atlcruiser]

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With my new assistant.

I dare you...just make one move you suspicious camera...it will be the last move you make!

[Renato Tonelli]

Beautiful dog. Camera is nice too.:)

[Darren H]

I went out to photograph some wildflowers near home and took the DSLR along with a lensboard I had adapted to mount the DSLR on. It will be weeks before I can get the Velvia I shot developed but with the DSLR mounted on it I can have a little fun with some instant payoff.

Arca-Swiss Discovery, Canon 50D, Nikon 210mm lens.

See more about that set up on my blog.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7185/6982984330_d5f4f1e8da.jpg

And one of the images I made with the DSLR set up.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8014/6982984064_ed3b8549ec.jpg

[Bill_1856]

I dare you...just make one move you suspicious camera...it will be the last move you make!
Stupid dog -- he left the lens cap on.

[adam satushek]

Thanks! The Cruiser is slowly but surely becoming a photo expedition vehicle :)

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5115/6943072282_788edccb9d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6943072282/)
DSC_1243.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53092319@N04/6943072282/) by urbanlandcruiser (http://www.flickr.com/people/53092319@N04/), on Flickr

Yeah I agree it's cool to see what vehicles people haul their gear in...ive been meaning to start a thread since you first posted this for cameras and the vehicles (especially 4x4's) that haul them. That is a really cool land cruiser, and im sure others have nice rigs too....

[Tri Tran]

Here's some pictures of my recently trip . Both Chamonix 20x24 in the wood and 14x17 at the Yosemite Valley meadow. Thanks to Jim for these behine the scene shots.

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/2016/20x24.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/254/20x24.jpg/)

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1230/14x17.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/225/14x17.jpg/)

[Darren H]

Cool shots Tri. But I think you need a bigger camera.... :D

[Darren H]

Yeah I agree it's cool to see what vehicles people haul their gear in...ive been meaning to start a thread since you first posted this for cameras and the vehicles (especially 4x4's) that haul them. That is a really cool land cruiser, and im sure others have nice rigs too....

Yep, that would be a great thread.

[IBICO]

Me and my Sinar P.. And my trusted coffee cup

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[Darren H]

Arca-Swiss Discovery photographing El Capitan in Guadalupe Mountains National Park

See the final shot and the story behind it on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/05/el-capitan.html

GMNP


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[Kirk Gittings]

My 4x5 Phillips, 305 Schneider lens at Canyon of the Ancients, Colorado. Dark cloth with Anasazi pot graphics was gift from my friend Eric Biggerstaff.

[Peter De Smidt]

My Toyo 45AX overlooking the Stronghold Table SD badlands.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Stronghold.jpg

[Jess C]

My Toyo 45AX overlooking the Stronghold Table SD badlands.

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Stronghold.jpg

Toyo? What Toyo? I see a Mazda. :D

[jonreid]

I see a very patient woman and child....

[Renato Tonelli]

Nice car.:)

[Peter De Smidt]

Well, my goal was to capture the experience. (The light and sky weren't what I'd hoped for with the LF picture.) It's nothing more than a vacation picture. And yes, the lady in question is very, very patient.

[chrishayton]

Well after 3 hours adjust the rangefinder. I decided it was time for the rangefinder to come off ( I think the prism is out of alignment as vertical alignment is impossible to get correct at both close focus and infinity
At least I can now add shift with my 90mm.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7231/7166976192_9a50d7481b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrishayton/7166976192/)
DSC_3521 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrishayton/7166976192/) by chrishayton (http://www.flickr.com/people/chrishayton/), on Flickr

[martinf5]

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MPP VII and her model

[Darren H]

Arca-Swiss Discovery set up overlooking Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park, Texas.

See the image I made and the story behind it on my Large Format Blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2012/05/santa-elena-canyon.html

And see Big Bend images on my website linked below


http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5031/7172319740_894451667c.jpg

[Trius]

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[David Lobato]

Jade and Deardorff 8x10. Both are dear to me.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Deardorff%20and%20Jade%20LFF.jpg

[bobwysiwyg]

Neat shot David.:)

[SamReeves]

Jade and Deardorff 8x10. Both are dear to me.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Deardorff%20and%20Jade%20LFF.jpg

Did you smear fancy feast on the lens? LOL. Nice one!

[Darren H]

Another view of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend.

More on my blog linked below

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8028/7262937894_4b6831309b.jpg

[Henry Larson]

My Sinar F Rodenstock 180/550 lens and my canon 20d digitalback
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[mathieu Bauwens]

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Nagaoka + S Symar 180mm

Luang Prabang, Laos, near the Mekong river

[Frank Petronio]

I just put this together to shoot backlit shots....

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[anglophone1]

I just put this together to shoot backlit shots....

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Sinars are just like Lego aren't they?
You can make just about anything.....

[Frank Petronio]

Once you resign yourself to not backpacking the thing, they are great. The pieces are plentiful and relatively inexpensive, and you really can do anything (other than go ultra-light).

[LF_rookie_to_be]

This landed in just last week - Sinar Norma 4x5 and a case with a couple of holders and some other goodies (no lensboard or a lens, though). It's my very first LF camera and I'm very happy to be able to explore it.

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[jonreid]

My 5x7 Norma, continuing the trend. Recently CLA'd by me...75971

Jon

[Jimi]

The more, the merrier... :) Sinar Norma 13x18, borrowed lens and Copal shutter. The camera works but would need a CLA as it is a bit stiff in the joints.

[Frank Petronio]

Norma's rule. Chamonixes drool.

There was a really funny one on eBay the other day, someone wrapped the entire camera in tape "to protect it". I think they wanted $300 or so and it was functional but what a mess!

My advice for buying a Norma is to buy two, assemble the best from a choice of parts, and resell the pieces leftover. Avoid the ones that have tool marks on the bent controls - many students and grizzlies over-tightened the fine focusing and without adjustment, they had to wrench harder and harder over time.

Congrats to Jon for scoring the deal of a lifetime on that head ;-p The Sinar pan-tilt is integral to the camera and should be considered part of it, not an add-on.

[vinny]

Earlier this week. Northern michigan.

[tgtaylor]

Here's my Toyo 810G set-up to photograph:

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And here's the Toyo 45CF set-up on a Gitzo Series 0 tripod:

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[Frank Petronio]

That double clamp on the 8x10 set up looks very solid. Almost the opposite of your 4x5 set up! How careful do you have to be with the small tripod?

[Jody_S]

Trying to get teh 'swirls' with a Ross C-de-V Petzval on my Speed (success!), a couple of days ago:

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[tgtaylor]

That double clamp on the 8x10 set up looks very solid. Almost the opposite of your 4x5 set up! How careful do you have to be with the small tripod?

As long as you use a cable release it works fine. There is a hook on the center column for attaching weight and in windy conditions I'll attach my backpack and lift the column until it becomes taut. This is a great set-up for backpacking.

Thomas

[George E. Sheils]

This is what I am currently using. :)

A Calumet Wide Field CC-402 with a 120mm Angulon...

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7501273264_7ebc390fc3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seoirseosial/7501273264/) Calumet CC-402 Wide Field - front rise (http://www.flickr.com/photos/seoirseosial/7501273264/) by seoirseosial (http://www.flickr.com/people/seoirseosial/), on Flickr

[JLS]

My Dear Dorff V8.

Fortunately, we can count here in Sao Paulo with an excellent camera technician. His name is Celso Eberhardt. Some decades ago, his father moved from Germany to Brazil and became the official Leica technician in Sao Paulo. Very early, well before graduating in mechanical engineering, Celso began working with his father. For many years now, Celso is the official Leica technician in Sao Paulo.

Just over a year, I found right here a Dorff V8 in good working order. Nevertheless, we decided together that the case would be to restore it completely. The camera was entirely disassembled. All wood pieces were sanded and varnished with industrial lacquer. All metal parts were chromed – except for the rack, since the chrome could increase its thickness and thereby compromise its proper functioning. Finally, we decided that the new bellows would be red.

After a year of heavy use, it still looks like new. Behold, my Dear Dorff V8:

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[Joe Smigiel]

That's a nice looking V8.

[JLS]

Thanks, Joe!

[Shawn Dougherty]

Hiked my Toyo up Skunk Run in McConnells Mill on July 4th and 7th. Taking a break from printing right now.

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[Darren H]

My Arca-Swiss Discovery on the salt flats of west Texas.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8286/7844081070_49dee0c3e1.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98ubt5QlM1r9m8iwo1_1280.jpg

Set up, near Greene, NY

Sinar Norma, big PC Buff umbrella, Dynalite M500XL and Mini-Lithium battery.

[Thom Bennett]

nice setup Frank. Is that the the Paul Buff mini-lithium battery? If not, which battery is it? How do you like it?

[Frank Petronio]

I really think they are great but they only work with certain packs due to strange little circuitry changes... My Dynalite M500x works well but the M500XL doesn't so I had to swap and find the older packs... but now I have two redundant kits. I get 250 pops at least and can even run the modeling lights (or a laptop) if I want to, and I last charged them in May.

The newer silver umbrellas are amazing too. At 500w that set up gives me f/96 @ ISO 320 at full length portrait distance. I can overpower most sun with lots of room to spare.

I don't use strobe much anymore but the batteries make it so much easier and more flexible. Pocket Wizards are really nice too. I should do a little story about my stobe kit but I'm really happy with the set up (2 packs, 4 heads) and it isn't too bulky or expensive.

[Corran]

Wow, cool kit Frank.
I'm egregiously under-informed about lighting gear. I'm working right now to rectify that. I wish there was someone like you doing real location work with lighting equipment that I could assist and learn from.

(Most of the "pro" photogs around here might own a reflector or two)

[Thom Bennett]

Frank, thanks for the info. I've got a couple of old 500's, I'll have to see if they are X or XL. That's an amazing f-stop with those umbrellas!

[SamReeves]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98ubt5QlM1r9m8iwo1_1280.jpg

Set up, near Greene, NY

Sinar Norma, big PC Buff umbrella, Dynalite M500XL and Mini-Lithium battery.

Sexy umbrella! :D

[Frank Petronio]

Thanks I should do a write up since you're all interested. I used to shoot strobe a lot in my early commercial days, now it is a nice option ~

[Bill Koechling]

I never heard of this battery. I've got several 500x packs and didn't want to spring for the Dynalite power supply. Thanks for the tip Frank.

[mamypoko]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7823394776_fa5f6b7004_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7823394776/)

My contribution! 1897 Gundlach 8x10 with Gundlach Radar Anastigmat.

[lbenac]

My Chamonix Saber in its tripod use incarnation.
I used the fresnel/GG combination of the 45N2 (replaced by Hopf GG), the frame of their folding viewer and a metal folding viewer added for $20.

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Most of the time I take the back of put a Grftmatic on and use the RF.

Cheers,

Luc

[Corran]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7823394776_fa5f6b7004_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeylu/7823394776/)

My contribution! 1897 Gundlach 8x10 with Gundlach Radar Anastigmat.

:D
Nice shot of the old guy!!
(Sometimes I miss that thing, just because it was cool that it was from the 1800s.)

Funny thing is that I used a Gundlach Radar on it when I had it too!

[Amedeus]

Love your set-up Frank, especially the large umbrella ... need to take a look at that for my 400Ws Quantums ;-)


http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m98ubt5QlM1r9m8iwo1_1280.jpg

Set up, near Greene, NY

Sinar Norma, big PC Buff umbrella, Dynalite M500XL and Mini-Lithium battery.

[Cletus]

Okay, finally have a photo to post. Here's me with my "new" Sinar F2 on the side of I-45, trying to make a photo of an old house. Ended up with a decent contact print from this negative - my first!


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[Jody_S]

My latest:
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I'm picking it up locally on Friday. I don't know why I bought it, except that I must have felt sorry for this poor thing. WTF did they do to the back?

[Acheron Photography]

Here's a "Danger, Will Robinson!" picture of my Arca Swiss 5x4 at Ogunquit in Maine yesterday. I'll try to post some of the images it took shortly...

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[chassis]

From my visit today to the best city in the world.

Toyo 45AII, Schneider SA 58/5.6 with center filter
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8010654576_b0b7da5fd4_z.jpg

[C. D. Keth]

From my visit today to the best city in the world.

Toyo 45AII, Schneider SA 58/5.6 with center filter

I'm a bit surprised the bed isn't in frame there.

[chassis]

Christopher, it may be. I saw the bed in the ground glass when I was composing, and tweaked some movements to try to minimize it. I'll process the negatives tonight and find out.

[Ramiro Elena]

I've stopped using my 65mm for that reason.

[RichardSperry]

I've stopped using my 65mm for that reason.

Why not just tilt the bed?

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I've stopped using my 65mm for that reason.

I sold my Linhof Technika IV and my Wista DX and bought a Shen Hao HZX to be able to start using my 65mm and 47mm. Some of my friends thought I was gone nuts but it was one of my best moves, I don't miss any of those cameras and I love my SH...cheap and solid, lots of movements...I wish I had also a SH FCL 8x10...

[hmf]

From my visit today to the best city in the world.

Toyo 45AII, Schneider SA 58/5.6 with center filter
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8175/8010654576_b0b7da5fd4_z.jpg

Funny, that doesn't look like Paris to me.

[Ramiro Elena]

Some times bed tilt is not enough and other times you need to tilt the back forward. You must have a very deep recesed lens board too.
You can make it work but most of the time I am more worried about the bed showing in the frame than anything else.

[taulen]

My latest, Century Master studio camera. Came with the standard "sliding carriage" and a 5x7 back, have an 8x10 on the way, and is making lensboards atm, cant wait to use it =)

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[Nathan Smith]

Jody - it looks like a 5x7 with a 5x7 back from an 8x10 "adapted" (guessing at the film size, but something like that) ... yeah, not the prettiest solution. If nothing's really messed up maybe you can sell that back and use the proceeds to buy a proper back. You'll probably also want to look for an extension bed. And new bellows. And a lens.

But otherwise, it looks perfect :)

[Jody_S]

Jody - it looks like a 5x7 with a 5x7 back from an 8x10 "adapted" (guessing at the film size, but something like that) ... yeah, not the prettiest solution. If nothing's really messed up maybe you can sell that back and use the proceeds to buy a proper back. You'll probably also want to look for an extension bed. And new bellows. And a lens.

But otherwise, it looks perfect :)

Yep. It needs new bellows, repairs to the bed, a bed extension, some sort of mount, a new back, a new front standard, a lens.... In hindsight, it wasn't such a good buy, as even the back that I was counting on turned out to be an incomplete sliding affair that is slightly smaller than my 8x10s. It was fastened with strips of brass that were cut and bent into L-brackets and screwed into place. There were several other things screwed into various parts of the camera, the bellows were WIRED into that crooked shape (if I were to wire bellows into some sort of shape, I think I would try to make them straight?). The shutter was all there, but someone cut a diamond shape out of one of the blades so I can't even re-use that. It's currently sitting on a shelf while I wonder if there is anything to be salvaged off of it.

I did get a mint Super Kinax 6x9 folder with a SOM Berthiot lens while I was there, so at least I have something to play with.

[chassis]

Christopher, the bed was in the frame of one out of two images I made that day. It probably had to do with the camera movements and subject-to-camera distance.

The iPhone shot on post #1493, facing the Manhattan Bridge, did not have the bed in the photo. Another shot, this one of the Brooklyn Bridge, did have the bed in frame.

[David Lobato]

Butt ugly and long in the tooth, she's my Deardorff V8. Hands off guys :cool:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Deardorff%20DSC_5562%20640%20LFF.jpg

Sunday evening's set up, trying out a newly obtained 14 inch Commercial Ektar.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/55432652/Deardorff%20DSC_5560%20640%20LFF.jpg

[mathieu Bauwens]

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My Nagaoka, waiting the end of the show to take pictures of the musicians

[Andrea Gazzoni]

Chamonix 4x5, rainy weather in Gran Paradiso National Park

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/94184552/P1130349.JPG

[Renato Tonelli]

Andrea - that fox looks hungry...

[Andrea Gazzoni]

she was indeed! luckily we are never short of chocolate cookies...

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/94184552/WP_000745.JPG

[Sean Galbraith]

Waiting for the light...

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/8009199230_f2e64c5e89.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/8009199230/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/8009199230/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

[Preston]

My Chamonix 045N-2 with Schneider 210mm Symmar-S

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/lf_forum/045N-2-3-Web.jpg

--P