Show off your Large Format camera!

[Roger Thoms]

Not the best shot, but here's my Kodak 2D Whole Plate camera on it's maiden voyage, out in the Redwoods at Rockefeller Grove, Bull Creek Flat. Met some other LFPF members, had a great time, and was really glad I got it together and brought the 2D.

Roger

[gene LaFord]

My Raji 5x7 with Goerz 240 f9 RD Apo Artar at the West Rutland, VT quarries.

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[goamules]

Here's a little Korona Pictorial 3x4 I hardly shoot, but pulled off the shelf and shot 3 wetplates with yesterday. 3 inch gemtype petzval on it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8080070540_a2eb621265_c.jpg

[Darren H]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8107069478_44ecefe5c7.jpg

My Arca-Swiss 4x5 photographing fall wildflowers in the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas. See more and the finished image on my large format blog linked in my signature.

[Frank Petronio]

Here's a little Korona Pictorial 3x4 I hardly shoot, but pulled off the shelf and shot 3 wetplates with yesterday. 3 inch gemtype petzval on it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8080070540_a2eb621265_c.jpg

I like everything there, cool image, nice chrome, lens, everything!

[Frank Petronio]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8107069478_44ecefe5c7.jpg

My Arca-Swiss 4x5 photographing fall wildflowers in the Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas. See more and the finished image on my large format blog linked in my signature.

How much Quickload do you have left?

[Darren H]

How much Quickload do you have left?

About 300 sheets. I loaded up a fridge in the garage before it went away. :-)

[martinf5]

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

[Frank Petronio]

10-years old, 130K, 26 mpg, good for another decade I expect ;-p It was my wife's car but I found it better than my 4x4 SUV in the snow (it is a 2WD with Blizzack sow tires). And it only cost $1500 more than a similar Subaru/VW wagon.

Just praying that Volvos never go the way of the Saabs... that was criminal!

[JBelthoff]

My Sinar... :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8119384767_fed94fd422_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8119384767/)
My Humble Sinar-P Rig (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8119384767/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbelthoff/), on Flickr

[Fourtoes]

Heres my latest. Now on casters to move around the studio....

A Hunter Penrose process camera which came with its plate holder. I've swapped the lens for a Ross 14 inch f4 lens. I bought the table separately but does the job.

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[scm]

http://stevemidgleyphotography.com/IMG_9517.jpg
Kodak Empire State 8x10 with new Chinese bellows

[C4D]

http://markkarpinski.com/web/largeformat/view_camera_6x17.jpg

[Stephanie Brim]

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Forgive the mess on the table in the background. Combination of me fixing camera stuff and cleaning it off.

300mm Tessar applied to the front of the camera with a lens board that's too thick and a lot of electrical tape. I'm of the mind that you do what you've gotta do, you know. Next weekend is my son's birthday (he turns 3 on Halloween, yay!), but the next weekend will be spent with my grandparents, in their house, getting their pictures taken. Yay for the monstrosity!

[adam satushek]

My Sinar... :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8327/8119384767_fed94fd422_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8119384767/)
My Humble Sinar-P Rig (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbelthoff/8119384767/) by JBelthoff (http://www.flickr.com/people/jbelthoff/), on Flickr


I like the towel! Did your sinar just get finished with a refreshing dip in that stream? ....but nice P, wish I had one.

[JBelthoff]

:) Yes the towel is indispensable...

[Michael Roberts]

Hoopy frood!

[Roger Cole]

And if you're attacked by a ravenous bugblatter beast of Traal, you can always cover your head with it!

[goamules]

Here's some of my current small ones!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8145144503_bf01088229_c.jpg

[Scott Walker]

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/Beecool/Picture004.jpg

From this morning, waiting for the fog to lift just a bit more.
Sinar P2 8X10

[ScottPhotoCo]

Ok, you asked:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8423/7700747420_dea979e7b8_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/7700747420/)
Deardorff 4x5 Special with 5x7 back. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/7700747420/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8044/8139899871_fe8266fc31_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139899871/)
Rochester_8x10_King-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139899871/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8139930942_cb58da7940_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930942/)
Rochester_10x12_Carlton-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930942/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

This is just three of them. The addiction continues... :D

[Roger Thoms]

Just picked this Eastman Kodak No. 2D up today!!! Came up on Craigslist and it turns out the seller was in my neighborhood, just 15 blocks away. He collects cameras and had purchased this from UC Berkeley about 30 years ago and had it in storage ever since. Kind of interesting, it came with two sliding tripod blocks, one labeled back. Not sure why there would be two.

Roger

[Richard Mahoney]

http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/about/equipment/cambo-legend-monorail-view-camera-in-arts-centre.jpg

And the image it took a few minutes later:

http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/projects/canterbury-heritage-in-transition/arts-centre-christchurch/arts-centre-christchurch-former-christchurch-boys-high.jpg?hires

Former Christchurch Boys' High, Arts Centre, Chirstchurch, New Zealand
(Permission for photograph kindly granted by the Arts Centre.)


Best, Richard

[Shootar401]

Heres my latest. Now on casters to move around the studio....

A Hunter Penrose process camera which came with its plate holder. I've swapped the lens for a Ross 14 inch f4 lens. I bought the table separately but does the job.

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Thats a nice camera. I love LF point and shoots. ;)

[Shootar401]

Cheezy iPhone pic. Horseman 4x5.

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[Tri Tran]

My new Speed with $5 lens that I found in the Swap Meet. Pictures found in November Portrait threat.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2148/speedrxn.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/231/speedrxn.jpg/)

[Jody_S]

Sometime last week:

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[C. D. Keth]

Here's one. I was backed up to the fence to shoot over it, and to get higher. Dented up my cab roof pretty good walking on it, but that's what it's for;)
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/598755_10100307076837595_1246824725_n.jpg

and through the lens:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8134055269_3c03d88acf_b.jpg

[Roger Thoms]

Here's one. I was backed up to the fence to shoot over it, and to get higher. Dented up my cab roof pretty good walking on it, but that's what it's for;)

Just wondering if you put you tailgate down would that give you enough room to stand behind the camera without walking on top of your cab? Nice shot btw, hard to beat a concrete arch bridge.

Roger

[lenser]

Christopher, Just get inside and punch it a few times. That's what I always did with my old full size blazer and the dents popped right our.

[Frank Petronio]

I've done that too, yeah sometimes you can pop it back.

I'm always amazed that people are satisfied with 50-60" tripods, as if they never consider shooting from a higher point of view. I bet they take a lot of photos of the tops of kid's heads because they never think to squat down either.

[C. D. Keth]

Just wondering if you put you tailgate down would that give you enough room to stand behind the camera without walking on top of your cab? Nice shot btw, hard to beat a concrete arch bridge.

Roger

I'm not very tall. I wanted to get a little higher than that and didn't have a ladder or stepstool with me. Denting the roof doesn't really bother me. I just pushed it back out once I got inside and it's fine.

[Vaughn]

:) Yes the towel is indispensable...

Ready to travel anywhere in the universe...

[Preston]

Christopher,

Nice shot of the bridge. It bears a strange resemblance to the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena.

I hope your truck survived!

--P

[C. D. Keth]

Christopher,

Nice shot of the bridge. It bears a strange resemblance to the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena.

I hope your truck survived!

--P

It is the Colorado St. bridge across the arroyo. :) The truck is just fine. I use things; I don't overly baby them.

[koja]

I am not sure if you posted the right image on the right forum....

[Ari]

Sometime last week:

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Aha!
Abandoned building at Van Horne & Parc...I've snuck in there, too, for some shots.
Nice one, Jody.

[Jody_S]

Aha!
Abandoned building at Van Horne & Parc...I've snuck in there, too, for some shots.
Nice one, Jody.

It's been wide open for a couple of months now. You can park at the front door and walk in with however much gear you want to carry. Not sure how much longer that will last, as I've seen city engineers inspecting and taking photos recently.

[LargeFormatPhotography]

This is a beautiful camera.
My Chamonix 45N-1 overlooking the Rio Grande Gorge in New Mexico.

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6654/chamonixinnewmexico1co0.jpg

[mathieu Bauwens]

My Nagaoka at the Wat Phou, Champassak province, South of Laos.
December 2012

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[Darren H]

Photographing the Great Falls of the West Fork and the image made.

Arca-Swiss Discovery, with two rails, normal bellows and a convertible B+L Rapid Rectilinear in long mode.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8347/8280130257_6b4667b1b4.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8209/8281186234_2f0d4b9885.jpg

See more on my blog linked below.

[DavyG]

85669This picture was originally taken for another purpose. But it definetely shows off my camera. It's taken in my apartment.

[rkmiec]

Here is my new to me wista dxIII with nikon w 135,shneider symmar-s 210,and wista loupe i picked up on the bay for 400 bucks shipped. Bellows are tight but show wear and external wood and brass is discolored from storage in a crappy foam. Can not wait to use it. Had a wista sp a while back,like this better. Brass lens was mine i just made a balsa wood board for it. At least iw dont have to baby it and worry about that first scratch.
http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j295/rkmiec4/2012-12-18_12-22-47_671.jpg

[unaisc]

Excellent.. both are just waaw..!

[thart2009]

Here is my 8x10 I purchased from eddie a short time ago. Cleaned up, built a new bellows (that's a pita..!) and added a lens. A first for me in this format and I am a happy camper. Photo below camera one of the first shots..

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[WayneStevenson]

The Legendary Blue Graflex

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[jp]

The Blue Graflex looks awesome; I've never seen one finished in that color and I like it. It's one of the nicer colors from the era. It'd look great in the seat of an old T-bird or 57 Chevy.

Here's my Graflex RB Super D 4x5 out in the cold today. Lots of snow the past few days and some wind to sculpt it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8223/8336102640_f810d15c25_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8336101702_f8a9550f9b_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8336101702/sizes/c/in/photostream/

[Kav]

The Legendary Blue Graflex

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Did you refinish it like that?

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/RoseSinar.jpg
Sinar P, Sinar Shutter, Sinar Lens Hood


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

[WayneStevenson]

Did you refinish it like that?

Yes. I stripped it down and re-finished it with blue vinyl leather.:D

[djhopscotch]

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My Chamonix 45N-2 at tunnel view last week.

[Jody_S]

Late afternoon today, -15C or so, more snow than we've had in a few years.

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[Darren H]

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My Chamonix 45N-2 at tunnel view last week.

Great shot!

[soeren]

Great shot!
Yes if it wasn't for that ugly thing in the foreground ruining the picture :D
How do you feel about your Chamonix Djhopscotch? I'm very much considering buying one Either the N-2 or the new F1 (most likely the former). Which lenses are you using and in what do you carry it? Anything bothering you about it?
Best regards

[SamReeves]

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My Chamonix 45N-2 at tunnel view last week.

The finally pruned it. Used to be you couldn't see the view anymore!

[djhopscotch]

Yes if it wasn't for that ugly thing in the foreground ruining the picture :D
How do you feel about your Chamonix Djhopscotch? I'm very much considering buying one Either the N-2 or the new F1 (most likely the former). Which lenses are you using and in what do you carry it? Anything bothering you about it?
Best regards

I really like it, its my first experience with a folding camera, i previously used a Cambo monorail. I currently use a 135mm Caltar and a 210mm Nikkor. I keep switching back an forth on my next lens being longer or shorter. I carry it in a Lowepro Flipside Sport 15L AW, which gives me room for the camera, 2 lenses, 2 grafmatics, filters, dark cloth and light meter. Its a pack the I can comfortably carry around all day.

The 2 gripes i have with the 45N-2 is that the carbon fiber ground glass protector is really finicky to put on and take off, and since the front tilt and rise are combined into the same locking knobs it can be a bit of a trick to adjust one without the other. It just takes getting used to and is by no means a deal breaker with the camera. The weight savings and compactness of it has enabled me to take it where i would have previously not considered taking a 4x5.

[jp]

My girl was mostly uncooperative, but cute just the same. Had to do some digital photos to get her warmed up.

Graflex RB Super D 4x5 with 190 optar (the auto-diaphraming one)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8073/8404329110_6f490915c7_c.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8404329110/sizes/c/in/photostream/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8213/8404328620_7ed3a33ac9.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8404328620/sizes/m/in/photostream/

[Peter Gomena]

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My modified Rochester Optical Company Standard whole-plate camera. A previous owner gave it a big brass bracket that allows front tilts and swings. He apparently rebuilt the base, too, as it does not match any illustrations I've seen of the original. Legend says it was found in a barn somewhere in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. The original no-name RR lens (about 13" f.l.) is shown. I usually use it with modern lenses - the RR is really hard to focus wide-open. It produces a decent, not great, image stopped down.

[C. D. Keth]

That's quite handsome, Peter. Does the front standard alteration function well?

[Peter Gomena]

It's adequate. Because of the configuration of the original front standard, I don't have a lot of front fall, but I don't really need it. The front swing is a little touchy because the brass bracket is anchored to the bed with a single bolt and a big wing nut. I have to be careful that it's good and tight. I added a lock washer to the setup to help with slippage. Front tilt works very well. As shown, the bed is about 18". There's another 6" of rear bed I've detached because it just gets in the way. I find I don't need more bellows extension for most of my pictures. I'm pretty sure this originally was a studio portrait camera. It's a bit delicate, and it's not built the way typical field cameras of the day (circa 1895) were configured. It produces excellent, sharp negatives with modern lenses, I just have to be aware of its quirks and foibles when setting up a shot.

[Laura_Campbell]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

http://lauracampbellfineart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cam_ala.jpg

[Roger Thoms]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

Laura, nice looking setup there. Question on the Berlebach, which model do you have? Also is the camera mounted directly on the tripod, (can't quite tell from the photo), do you have the build in leveling ball? And finally how do you like the setup? I'm asking because my girlfriend needs a tripod for her 5x7 and I'm tiring to figure out a good setup for her.

Roger

[Jac@stafford.net]

Hand made, cherry and oak, 4x5, 47mm Super Angulon F/5.6 in focusing helix. Also has ground glass and external view finder.

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[Peter Gomena]

Wow! What fun, and what a beauty. My woodworking skills leave me making pinhole cameras from empty cookie tins.

[Darren H]

Wehman 8x10 on a Berlebach, with a Black Jacket focus cloth. F64 backpack for hiking. The accessory on wheels is an FJ60 with a platform.

http://lauracampbellfineart.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/cam_ala.jpg

Great shot of a great camera and classic SUV too.

[Robert Langham]

5X7 Deardorff at Shiprock last year, just after I shot the brancusian shape in the background.

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[Peter Gomena]

What brand and model of tripod are you using, Robert? I need a lighter alternative for my LF gear.

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[Terry Christian]

I bought this Zone VI rebranded Tachihara in November as a kit for a steal of a price and in fantastic condition. The local camera store was selling it and it was evidently part of a late photo enthusiast's estate. And then last week, I was perusing the local Craigslist when I happened upon a Zone VI tripod for sale! The tripod seller had never heard of the fellow who had the camera; he'd just bought a bunch of stuff in a lot from an auction. So although the odds are not in favor of this camera having been sold with this tripod, two Zone VI products are now reunited and it feels so good.

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P.S. Anyone know the model of the Bogen tripod head pictured? There's no model number on it anywhere and it boasts a 5/8" screw socket.

[lenser]

Terry,

That head looks like the Bogen (Manfrotto) 3047 which was the standard head that Zone VI offered for their tripods. It was available with this size and the 1/4x20 for the mounting plate. By the way, those handles are brutal on one's hands, especially in cold weather. Eventually, Bogen got the idea that a much easier to grip handle was preferable and switched over to nice rubber coated and bigger diameter handles. I replaced that old kind a few years ago for under $30.00 for a new set of three. You may still be able to do that and I recommend it highly.

Congratulations on one heck of a find on both items.

[Terry Christian]

Thanks for the info, lenser!

[Peter Gomena]

Sponge rubber bicycle grips will give you some relief from the Bogen handles. They're hard to squeeze on, you'll need to soap them.

[Robert Langham]

Peter: I'll have to look but its a Gitzo Carbon Fiber I bought more than ten years ago. I tried a bogen head, which was awful, several Gitzo Ball heads, which were too crazy to get leveled and now use a hefty metal Gitzo #4 that I bought for nearly nothing off ebay. Used a Zone VI for a while as well. My 5X7 is either opened in a hard case that I can stand on, or collapsed in a F64 pack for hiking. I don't hike that far, but have gone to some extreme places. Longest was from Yosemite Valley floor to overnight on the Diving Board next to Half Dome and back the next morning...three times. The camera and pack never give me any problem but the Bogen tripod just about killed me every 250 yards or so. (forget carrying a Zone VI. Even with a sling the Bogen was just a terrible piece of gear to carry- heavy, cumbersome and always plotting to gouge or wedge you off a tight place. The Gitzo Carbon fiber legs are MUCH better. Light. Friendly.
Just went out and looked. The sticker is nearly ground off but I think they are Gitzo 1349s. When I was a child I had a Gitzo metal tripod of about the same dimensions. I liked it, though it could bite a chunk out of your neck when you set a tripoded camera down and unfolded a leg without getting clear. Weird injury that made it look like you were dating the wrong kind of girl.
The head is heavy but very stable. Full contact, not QR. I put the 8X10 on it. I don't try to work in much wind. IMHO the head is more important to stability than the legs. Like the 60s, I think it's hard to get high enough, at least for landscape work, so I frequently have it strung out to the limits.
Now you know everything I know, plus more, I'm sure.

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[Peter Gomena]

Thanks, Robert. I own a Zone VI "lightweight" that is a bit much to carry very far and is rough on the shoulders with my old whole-plate camera on it. Functional, yes, comfortable, no. My old Gitzo Reporter is pretty gimpy after 30 years of use and abuse, so it's time to find one tripod I can use for everything, whole plate, 4x5, Hasselblad. I don't hike any of this gear more than a mile, but it can be a miserable mile sometimes, and I do want more height on occasion.

[Robert Langham]

A mile! That's usually a mile back as well! I don't go very far but I'm often going up something steep. Carbon fiber tripods are quite a gift! Lots of them made these days, not just by Gitzo. I've got a little old aluminum Tiltall as well but the view cameras don't get on it.

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[Peter Gomena]

I didn't say I hiked that mile very quickly.:D

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kennethleegallery.com/images/forum/SinarBooks.jpg
Sinar P with Sinar shutter and lens hood in "the studio". Lots of extension, tilt and swing. A 12-second exposure.


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

[Shootar401]

The more I use my Speed the more I'm beginning to love it.

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[lenser]

Shootar,

Are you aware that there is a secondary tripod socket under the strap handle. On the Crown I used in high school, I never noticed it for about four months of fighting gravity with the tripod configured as you show it here, so I was just curious. I'm pretty certain that the Speed has the same 1/4x20 mount.

[Shootar401]

Shootar,

Are you aware that there is a secondary tripod socket under the strap handle. On the Crown I used in high school, I never noticed it for about four months of fighting gravity with the tripod configured as you show it here, so I was just curious. I'm pretty certain that the Speed has the same 1/4x20 mount.

I do, but I use my speed handheld so often that the QR plate started digging into may hands so its easier for me to just rotate it on the head.

[Bernice Loui]

From this morning..
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Bernice

[Joe Forks]

Just playing around, more practice

Zone VI 8x10 with a Kowa 305mm

For this shot I used an Agfa Ansco 8x10, Cooke 18" at F16, HP5 in D76, RC contact print.

[andrew gardiner]

My Wista VX with it's 5x7 adaptor back which I'm trying out for the first time today.

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[jp]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8224/8442147913_96df290a9c_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8442147913/sizes/l/in/photostream/

My old late 20's-ish speed graphic at the marsh in Thomaston ME today. (Using my wollaston meniscus lens)

[jp]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8452551700_70183c2420_z.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8452551342_d605581745_z.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8452551342/sizes/z/in/photostream/

Not so interested in showing my humble $100 camera as the cool moody wintry location where I gets to photograph! It might have 2 feet of snow after this weekend!

[Bill_1856]

I'm probably showing my ignorance, but what is that strange-looking apparatus on the front of the camera where a lens is supposed to go?

[Andrew Plume]

I'm probably showing my ignorance, but what is that strange-looking apparatus on the front of the camera where a lens is supposed to go?

jest.....................

it's one of Reinhold's efforts

andrew

[Jody_S]

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My beater Deardorff, yesterday in my 2nd-favorite municipal park. I am rather blessed to have 4 parks of this quality within a 3-mile radius of my home.

[dave_whatever]

New Chamonix

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/imgs/news/19792_16097930451142d77d284f.jpg

[szadow]

89523My Graflex Speed Graphic wearing Kodak Aero Ektar 178/2.5 taking this shot http://www.artlimited.net/image/en/437724

[tiggert]

My Wisner 8x10 during a trip to Spain.
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[vlcak]

Kodak Master View on Vrsatec mountain, near Czech and Slovak border.

[Kevin J. Kolosky]

Vlcak

What is that tripod you are using?

[vlcak]

tripod is velbon cf 730 plus velbon ph 275 head. Pretty good combination for camera of this weight.

[cjbecker]

New Chamonix

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/imgs/news/19792_16097930451142d77d284f.jpg

Is that the new f1?

[Roger Thoms]

5x7 Charten. :(

Roger

[Jim Fitzgerald]

5x7 Charten. :(

Roger

Roger sweet! Just needs a CLP and a new bellows and you are good to go. Clean,lube and polish btw.

[billie williams]

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Korona 5x7 w/ 7" Petzval - Santa Monica Boardwalk on New Years Day, 2013

[Roger Thoms]

Roger sweet! Just needs a CLP and a new bellows and you are good to go. Clean,lube and polish btw.

Isn't there a bellows repair tape, or can't I just throw a dark cloth over it and be good to go. What about night photography? If it's dark enough out I should be ok, right.

Now in all seriousness I have to admit that this is not one of my prouder moments on ebay. Of course the seller could have let me know about the split wood, missing teeth on three of the pinion gears and I should have seen the missing and the none original knobs on the front standard. Oh and the bidding was a little fierce, but I won dammit.

Anyway, knowing that I was never going the repair the camera myself, I sent it off to Richard Ritter. Should be getting it back soon and will post an after photo of the camera when it arrives.

Roger

[dave_whatever]

Is that the new f1?

Certainly is!

[szadow]

89584 This very moment my Sinar F2 wearing Super Angulon 90/8 is making a shot of the Baltic Sea on Adox 25 4x5 film :)

[ScottPhotoCo]

Shooting the Kodak Master View with a Hasselblad. :)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8385/8490353002_765dd8b881_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8490353002/)
Kodak Master View 4x5 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8490353002/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

[biedron]

My Arca-Swiss 4x5 at The Wave in Arizona, and a resulting photo (Velvia 50). As a note of "historical interest", this Arca was previously owned by Sheldon N, the originator of this thread - though it is not the same one shown in the initial post.

Bob

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[DrTang]

Check it
someone already did the heavy lifting when I bought it.. but I did stick the correct lens on it, and while the polaroid rangefinder works - kind of, I think I am going to try to graft on the rangefinder deal from a Polaroid Big Shot, somehow modified for an appropriate portrait distance


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[geoawelch]

Courtesy of a gentleman on this forum.

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[mathieu Bauwens]

Because I'm happy that it finnaly arrived, after almost 20 days at the belgian custom services...

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Chamonix 45 F1

[Ari]

That's handsome camera, Mathieu; félicitations.

[chassis]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8520510570_4aa3e564a9_z.jpg


Toyo 45AII on Roosevelt Island, NYC shooting the Queensboro bridge. Taken with an iPhone4. Some camera shake from frozen hands! ;)

[bigfish]

My LF camera 8x10
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[irwinhh]

11x14 & 19" goerz artar
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[David Schaller]

11x14 & 19" goerz artar
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In my dreams...!

[ataim]

Here is my humble 4x5.

[Sal Santamaura]

Here is my humble 4x5.In Horseshoe Park? :)

[Corran]

Well that's an interesting shot! Story??

I snapped this while testing out the Yashica I decided against selling. Light meter works perfectly and the lens is quite sharp! Not a bad little fixed-lens camera. This is my Chamonix 4x5 and Nikkor 120/8, out at a local WMA that I frequent, on Ektar 100:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/10773s.jpg

[ataim]

In Horseshoe Park? :)

It took this at Rocky Mountain National Park (40.372901, -105.600843) this big fella had about 25 does that he was protecting. I set up my 4x5 about 4 feet off of the side of the road. Hopping that he wold eventaully come my way, and boy did her get close. at one point he was only 5 feet from the camera, of course I was back about ten feet. The camaera is a Wista M450 and has a scale on the side of the rail. Previous to him getting close I had prefocused different twigs and brush and noted the scale. When he got past me I quickly focused, pulled the dark slide and hopped for the best. I did get the shot but the light was getting low and my shutter speed was a little too long and the picture did not turn out TACK sharp, but never the less my little digital did save the day.

[Sal Santamaura]

In Horseshoe Park? :)


It took this at Rocky Mountain National Park (40.372901, -105.600843)...my little digital did save the day.If those coordinates are from your digital camera's record of the shot, I missed by only a little bit -- that spot overlooks Moraine Park. If the coordinates instead represent results when searching for Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), I might still have guessed correctly. Horseshoe Park is another RMNP valley, nearer the Fall River entrance, where rutting elk can also be viewed in full splendor. "Park" is a term for valley in addition to meaning the type of protected recreational area we commonly associate with that word.

Nature of the vegetation, including species and color, as well as the animals' characteristics are, in my experience, extremely unique to the RMNP area. I owned land in Estes Park for 27 years, always planning to retire there, so these things jumped out at me immediately when looking at your image. Last year, amid growing concern about the elevation when elderly, I sold that lot and replaced it with one much closer to sea level in Bartlett, New Hampshire. The White Mountain National Forest and moose rut will serve as my photographic material after relocating there. :)

[Noah A]

A digisnap of my Technikardan 45s with a 75/4.5 Grandagon-N while shooting in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The trick here was keeping the onlookers BEHIND the camera!

[ataim]

[QUOTE=Sal Santamaura;997684]If those coordinates are from your digital camera's record of the shot, I missed by only a little bit -- that spot overlooks Moraine Park. QUOTE]

I used google earth, zoomed in on the location and got the coords.

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I put this in my build thread but here is the recently completed 8x10. Walnut and Rosewood camera.

[photoevangelist]

I put this in my build thread but here is the recently completed 8x10. Walnut and Rosewood camera.

Sexy!

[Jim Fitzgerald]

I just did the official weigh in and it comes in at 10lbs. My old Seneca Improved is at 10 1/2 lbs. So I saved a half a pound.

[anton orlov]

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Still yet to attach another lens to this baby - then I might remember to show it off once again :)

[Emil Schildt]

Shown some in the past, but my family of Gandolfi's have now grown to eight....

More might join at later stage - who knows...

(and I forgot the tripods...)

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Courtesy of a gentleman on this forum.

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Beautifull camera...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Chamonix...fine camera...I used one of thse, last year in a workshop I teached in Brasil. The Shen Hao PTB 45, a copy of this camera, is also a terrific camera and it's cheaper...

[Nana Sousa Dias]

I put this in my build thread but here is the recently completed 8x10. Walnut and Rosewood camera.

Jim, did you make the bellows? It's a beautifull camera, congratulations...

[Jim Fitzgerald]

Jim, did you make the bellows? It's a beautifull camera, congratulations...

Thanks. It is a dream to use. Solid and works smooth. I got the bellows from a forum member here. JIm at Western Bellows made it.

[Nana Sousa Dias]

Thanks. It is a dream to use. Solid and works smooth. I got the bellows from a forum member here. JIm at Western Bellows made it.

Ok...thanks...I'll try to make bellows for a 8x10" camera that I intend to build...I think it'll be hard work...

[Robert Langham]

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Couple photos of me with my camera at Mont St Michele and the images I was working on.

[Robert Langham]

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5X7 Deardorff at Mont St Michele. iphone images. Was pretty easy to get around, except for the places where you might die.

[Steve Smith]

Shown some in the past, but my family of Gandolfi's have now grown to eight....

More might join at later stage - who knows...

(and I forgot the tripods...)

Looks like there is space for another one in that picture!


Steve.

[Emil Schildt]

Looks like there is space for another one in that picture!


Steve.

;)

indeed - and I have my eyes out....

[IanG]

;)

indeed - and I have my eyes out....

You'll be able to look better Emil if you put your eyes back in :D

Have you thought of buying the Gandolfi company from Eddie Mees, he doesn't seem interested in it . . . . . . . . . .

Ian

[soeren]

Hmm Schildt-Gandolfi Cameras? Sounds good to me :D
Best regards

[jp]

Anachronism time...
Ebay item 181080235530 Carbon Fiber Lensboard (I'm pleased with it)
4x5 speed graphic; Anniversary body with Pacemaker standard and rails (with standard reversed for proper tilt)
B&L Planatograph lens (RR design I've read)

Went out shooting this combination today. Scans in a couple of days.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8541/8669974874_3f5300a0d2_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/8669974874/sizes/l/in/photostream/

[cepwin]

Very nice! And you got the Ansel Adams thing going on...using your roof as a platform for shooting :)


My camera is Linhof Master Technika - the tripod extension under the camera is my Land Rover Defender - the journey to remote locations in the eastern Sierra Nevada, White mountains and Inyo mountains, is half the fun of capturing my images. - my truck is sort of an extension (or accessory) of the camera!

Len

[cepwin]

This is my first LF camera....just getting to learn how to use it...its a Crown Graphic special.

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[Jac@stafford.net]

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Super wide 4x5 using 47mm F/5.6. Super-Angulon in focusing helix. Ground glass back. Deadly accurate.

The best wide LF I have ever been lucky to build. It will be on that big auction as part of my estate settlement near New Years 2013.

Oh, the auction will include the original Veriwide lens donor along with centre filter and rare Nikor lens shades, filters and so-forth.

[Dan Fromm]

It will be on that big auction as part of my estate settlement near New Years 2013.


I take it you're finally getting around to planning for your demise, only four months and change after the fact. Isn't it wonderful that this forum is open to all, including the recently deceased?

[Jac@stafford.net]

Dan, you made my ghostly day.

[EdSawyer]

nice! NH has a lot to offer, though not on the scale of the west of course. Still, a great place to be, I enjoy living here a lot. Bartlett is about an hour and a half from here. Some nice stuff up that way, Mt. Washington, Crawford Notch, Conway/N.Conway, etc. Enjoy!


I sold that lot and replaced it with one much closer to sea level in Bartlett, New Hampshire. The White Mountain National Forest and moose rut will serve as my photographic material after relocating there. :)

[Robert Ellis]

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Here's my Graflex Graphic View I in superb condition. I just got a field camera, but I think I'm going to miss lugging this thing around for some reason.

[tiggert]

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My Wisner 8x10 in what turned out to be a glorious day in North Georgia (after 2 days of massive rains), making some BBQ photographs for my current Hog Heaven BBQ (http://bit.ly/ZjvHob) project! Good eatin' too ;-)

[Greenspeed]

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My John Nesbitt 8 x 10 made in Llandudno, Wales, UK. Don't think Mr Nesbitt made too many of these fine cameras.

[Adsten]

My Linhof Technika IV.

[Nicolasllasera]

My mix of Sinar P2 and 8x10 P frame. With a Nikkor 3600mm f/6,5. Just got it in yesterday.

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[GeoffreyO]

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8x10 wet plate camera. Just received from Steve @ Black Art Woodcraft.

[myoptic]

Congrats on a fine first 4x5 camera.

[munz6869]

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My Wista, under close supervision from a small purple budgerigar.

Marc!

[Michael Wynd]

Greenspeed, I remember reading about these cameras in (I think) 1983/4 in a British magazine called Camera. Had photos of him with the camera, and I remember saying wow, I'd love one of these. I ended up getting a Nagaoka 4x5 in 84, then a Shen Hao 4x5 in 2004 and then a Tachihara 8x10 in 2006. I keep saying that I want an 11x14 but I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one now tha I've got back into motorbikes. Very nice camera BTW.
Mike

[Cletus]

Here's my new to me Chamonix 45N-2. I'm lovin' it so far! Lived up to every expectation and then some. Fuji CM-W 125 mounted.

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[Greenspeed]

Greenspeed, I remember reading about these cameras in (I think) 1983/4 in a British magazine called Camera. Had photos of him with the camera, and I remember saying wow, I'd love one of these. I ended up getting a Nagaoka 4x5 in 84, then a Shen Hao 4x5 in 2004 and then a Tachihara 8x10 in 2006. I keep saying that I want an 11x14 but I don't think I'll ever be able to afford one now tha I've got back into motorbikes. Very nice camera BTW.
Mike

Thanks for sharing that. I have not been able to get much info on JN camera. Mine is a heavy beast but a joy to use. Mr Nesbitt has done a great job on my camera's film plane as it's spot on.

[Greenspeed]

Here's my new to me Chamonix 45N-2. I'm lovin' it so far! Lived up to every expectation and then some. Fuji CM-W 125 mounted.

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Very nice Cletus. I love to get one of these.

[jp]

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tiRA5CLT7dk/UYcJmehisEI/AAAAAAAAEAc/Wc3AhL8mLXk/w1278-h719/20130505_213636.jpg

14x17 Empire State purchased last year from fuegocito. Got around to loading it up tonight with xray film and made a couple nice negatives. (Too big to scan). Have a tessar 400mm/4.5 and a darkslide for a shutter. Works nicely. It's a pleasure to be able to use a safelight to load/unload film.

[Kav]

Got a Sinar F2 with a Nikon 210mm F5.6, Bogen tripod and head for a song today.

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BZ7CcD8/0/X3/i-BZ7CcD8-X3.jpg

[Darren H]

Photographing in the Park. Arca-Swiss Discovery

See the image I got on my blog

http://thelargeformatcamera.blogspot.com/2013/05/urban-wilds.html

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5336/8934791199_cd1aed298d.jpg

[Tri Tran]

This is my all time favorite 11x14 Rochester Carlton Universal. The camera bellow has been replaced by Chamonix several years ago. It's weighted a little lighter too compare to the original leather bellow. The camera is a little over 12 lbs.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/336/11x14.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/11x14.jpg/)

Tri Succulents
11x14 Vintage B&W print.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5255/trisucculents.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/trisucculents.jpg/)

[ScottPhotoCo]

This is my all time favorite 11x14 Rochester Carlton Universal. The camera bellow has been replaced by Chamonix several years ago. It's weighted a little lighter too compare to the original leather bellow. The camera is a little over 12 lbs.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/336/11x14.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/11x14.jpg/)

Tri Succulents
11x14 Vintage B&W print.

http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/5255/trisucculents.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/trisucculents.jpg/)

I have the 10x12 Carlton. It always amazes me how light it is.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8192/8139930942_cb58da7940_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930942/)
Rochester_10x12_Carlton-1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930942/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8048/8139930614_9ebb6c85eb_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930614/)
Rochester_10x12_Carlton-2 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/themdidit/8139930614/) by ScottPhoto.co (http://www.flickr.com/people/themdidit/), on Flickr

This is just after I had the bellows redone.

Tim
www.ScottPhoto.co

[Larry Kellogg]

My Wisner 4x5, in France, being attacked by a giant cactus:

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I think I'm level, my wife's iPhone shot is not level.

Hmm, it now occurs to me that this was a "turn around, the best shot is behind you" moment.

[chrishayton]

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/9080599592_425b9d32b0_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrishayton/9080599592/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrishayton/9080599592/) by chrishayton (http://www.flickr.com/people/chrishayton/), on Flickr

At 'Lud's Church' today

[Scott Davis]

http://dcphotoartist.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/scott1417easternstate.jpg?w=1000

Me with my Canham 14x17. The lens is a 355mm G-Claron. This was at Eastern State Penitentiary back in early March I think.

[jb7]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/9153159225_d67f66171f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/9153159225/)
C11.17 prototype at Shiprock NM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/9153159225/) by joseph - jb7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/joseph-jb7/), on Flickr

Taking the first picture on the new (prototype) Carbon Fiber and Walnut packet loading multi format 11x17 folding studio camera at Shiprock, New Mexico at dawn yesterday. Desert testing. Didn't go too badly, got some valuable feedback from the exercise. Loaded with 11x17 Kodak X-ray film. The camera was designed to take advantage of the image circle of a lens, to shoot 11x14 and 7x17 without reducing backs. An interesting side effect is the aggregate format, 11x17, which is easily cut down from 14x17...
The smallest size you might consider using on it might be 8x10, perhaps to shoot the odd sheet of colour film on your holidays, for example. Though I forgot to pack the little bit I have...

I see there is some Fuji 20x30 colour film for sale here- quite tempting, I'd get 4 sheets of 10x15 out of one of those...

11x17 Folding studio camera? Does that sound a bit odd? Did any studio camera fold? This one has been designed to accept heavy lenses, although it hasn't been tested with one yet. I have placed a 9.25kg 36" f/6.3 at the end of the front extension without appreciable deflection, though I haven't mounted it on a lens board yet - a 9" board, Century size. I have one waiting for it, that Eddie Gunks very generously donated to the project last year, in New York.

The camera has front tilt and swing which can be controlled from behind the back, although with a lens that heavy, I think only downward tilt will be available, if any. I'll be back in Dublin in a couple of weeks and will try it out then-

It has an integral dark cloth, suspended from a closing lid which is necessary for shutting off the back of the camera while making an exposure; the focusing screen must be displaced to allow the film holder to register.

Bellows, up to 43 inches available on accessory rear extended tubes, around 36" in this configuration. I should be able to use a 90mm for circular images too, on the recessed board in the picture- though movements are restricted below about 250mm-

Anyway, first look, a lot of testing to be done yet, although the film loading into the camera has passed with flying colours. The camera was designed and built in Ireland, but desert testing has shown up some shortcomings in some of the materials and adhesives used- I just wouldn't have appreciated how cruel the sun can be outside of our temperate little isle...

It's not finished yet, still some work to do- I'll be writing a more in depth article after thorough testing and proving- though that might take a while-

Thanks again to Robert Langham for his thoroughly prepared dossier on Shiprock- an inspiration- though your position as master of Shiprock is quite safe- it's an impressive rock, but I'm not a landscaper, even if I find myself in a good one from time to time...

[Ari]

Joseph, I just have one thing to say: Holy Moley!

[Ramiro Elena]

Standing on a chair, clapping.

[Robert Langham]

That must be some kind of record! What a machine! I thought I had a camera......but I just have a little toy compared to this!

[Otto Seaman]

We have a winner!

[Bill_1856]

How silly!

[dave_whatever]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/9153159225_d67f66171f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/9153159225/)
C11.17 prototype at Shiprock NM (http://www.flickr.com/photos/joseph-jb7/9153159225/) by joseph - jb7 (http://www.flickr.com/people/joseph-jb7/), on Flickr

Taking the first picture on the new (prototype) Carbon Fiber and Walnut packet loading multi format 11x17 folding studio camera at Shiprock, New Mexico at dawn yesterday. Desert testing. Didn't go too badly, got some valuable feedback from the exercise. Loaded with 11x17 Kodak X-ray film. The camera was designed to take advantage of the image circle of a lens, to shoot 11x14 and 7x17 without reducing backs. An interesting side effect is the aggregate format, 11x17, which is easily cut down from 14x17...
The smallest size you might consider using on it might be 8x10, perhaps to shoot the odd sheet of colour film on your holidays, for example. Though I forgot to pack the little bit I have...

I see there is some Fuji 20x30 colour film for sale here- quite tempting, I'd get 4 sheets of 10x15 out of one of those...

11x17 Folding studio camera? Does that sound a bit odd? Did any studio camera fold? This one has been designed to accept heavy lenses, although it hasn't been tested with one yet. I have placed a 9.25kg 36" f/6.3 at the end of the front extension without appreciable deflection, though I haven't mounted it on a lens board yet - a 9" board, Century size. I have one waiting for it, that Eddie Gunks very generously donated to the project last year, in New York.

The camera has front tilt and swing which can be controlled from behind the back, although with a lens that heavy, I think only downward tilt will be available, if any. I'll be back in Dublin in a couple of weeks and will try it out then-

It has an integral dark cloth, suspended from a closing lid which is necessary for shutting off the back of the camera while making an exposure; the focusing screen must be displaced to allow the film holder to register.

Bellows, up to 43 inches available on accessory rear extended tubes, around 36" in this configuration. I should be able to use a 90mm for circular images too, on the recessed board in the picture- though movements are restricted below about 250mm-

Anyway, first look, a lot of testing to be done yet, although the film loading into the camera has passed with flying colours. The camera was designed and built in Ireland, but desert testing has shown up some shortcomings in some of the materials and adhesives used- I just wouldn't have appreciated how cruel the sun can be outside of our temperate little isle...

It's not finished yet, still some work to do- I'll be writing a more in depth article after thorough testing and proving- though that might take a while-

Thanks again to Robert Langham for his thoroughly prepared dossier on Shiprock- an inspiration- though your position as master of Shiprock is quite safe- it's an impressive rock, but I'm not a landscaper, even if I find myself in a good one from time to time...

F**k me!

[cjbroadbent]

After Josef's bulldozer, my Gandolfi's look like garden trowels.
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[jb7]

After Josef's bulldozer, my Gandolfi's look like garden trowels.
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Like a pair of earrings Christopher...

It would be great to see what you could do with an 11x17; either I'll have to fly out, or I'll have to attempt an homage- same with you Ramiro-

[Colin Graham]

Taking the first picture on the new (prototype) Carbon Fiber and Walnut packet loading multi format 11x17 folding studio camera at Shiprock, New Mexico at dawn yesterday. Desert testing. Didn't go too badly, got some valuable feedback from the exercise. Loaded with 11x17 Kodak X-ray film. The camera was designed to take advantage of the image circle of a lens, to shoot 11x14 and 7x17 without reducing backs. An interesting side effect is the aggregate format, 11x17, which is easily cut down from 14x17...


It's not finished yet, still some work to do- I'll be writing a more in depth article after thorough testing and proving- though that might take a while-



What an original approach! Really looking forward to the article.

[IanG]

After Josef's bulldozer, my Gandolfi's look like garden trowels.
9782897829

I do like British field cameras, but I seen to have gone down the Houghton track myself, nice cameras.

Ian

[myoptic]

Got a Sinar F2 with a Nikon 210mm F5.6, Bogen tripod and head for a song today.

http://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-BZ7CcD8/0/X3/i-BZ7CcD8-X3.jpg
Your Sinar F (version?) looks in very nice condition.
Is it just me or have Sinar prices seen a recent cooling period? I noticed a couple years ago that they had started rising again with many other well known professional brands in the film camera group. Recently however I have found some very low prices with several Sinars going without a single bid on the auction site ...and they were listed at what I thought were already quite reasonable/low prices.

[Otto Seaman]

They're hard to sell, beginners want light woodies instead. $250 for an F is pretty normal.

[DannL]

The newest arrival. What appears to be an example of an A. Franks "Prestograph" (http://books.google.com/books?id=eLcaAAAAYAAJ&dq=A.%20Franks%20Prestograph&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=A.%20Franks%20Prestograph&f=false) camera outfit (half-plate, circa 1896). It arrived with the original carrying case, 3 plate holders, a Thornton-Pickard shutter, auxiliary finder, and a lens only marked as "Made for R H McBean, Edinburgh". I believe the lens is of the rapid variety. This camera has been a joy to operate.

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[gth]

The newest arrival. What appears to be an example of an A. Franks "Prestograph" (http://books.google.com/books?id=eLcaAAAAYAAJ&dq=A.%20Franks%20Prestograph&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=A.%20Franks%20Prestograph&f=false) camera outfit (half-plate, circa 1896). In arrived with the original carrying case, 3 plate holders, a Thornton-Pickard shutter, auxiliary finder, and a lens only marked as "Made for R H McBean, Edinburgh". I believe the lens is of the rapid variety. This camera has been a joy to operate.

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How old would this particular camera be?

[DannL]

How old would this particular camera be?

I can only assume that in was made around about 1896. That is the only time I can find where this model was advertised.

[DannL]

A higher quality piece. Sands & Hunter Exhibition camera (http://books.google.com/books?id=ZPANAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP10&dq=Sands+%26+Hunter%27s+Exhibition+Camera&hl=en&sa=X&ei=m8vUUeyrAZLS9ATb_YHADg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAw) (circa ~1881-1886. modified). Camera with three 5x4 plate holders, all matching numbers. Added a R.J. Beck, 5x4 7 inch focus lens and replaced the original bellows. There's also a "Sands & Hunter's Exhibition Camera" plaque affixed to the top of the camera. Another fun camera to operate.

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[BarryS]

From Nadar's studio?!!!!! Wow.

[DannL]

From Nadar's studio?!!!!! Wow.

They weren't going to use it anymore. That's what usually happens . . . me ending up with the equipment that nobody else wants. ;-)

[tgtaylor]

What would be the fair market price for Nadar's camera?

[Nicolasllasera]

Today in Benidorm, Alicante (Spain) with my Wehman 8x10 shooting some swimmers. 98250

[Corran]

Here's a quick shot of probably my last two Aero Speed cameras, a la David Burnett, that I've built.
These are #6 and #7. The first 5 I built went to homes all over the world - one to France, one to China, and one to Australia. Oh, and one went to a famous photographer in New York.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/DSC_6275s.jpg

I do have one more camera with a 6" Aero lens that I may keep for myself still in the machine shop, getting finished.

[photoevangelist]

Here's a quick shot of probably my last two Aero Speed cameras, a la David Burnett, that I've built.
These are #6 and #7. The first 5 I built went to homes all over the world - one to France, one to China, and one to Australia. Oh, and one went to a famous photographer in New York.

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/DSC_6275s.jpg

I do have one more camera with a 6" Aero lens that I may keep for myself still in the machine shop, getting finished.

I want one!

[Pat Kearns]

Corran, is the Cambridge lens the one you got from me, if so, how is the quality of the images you get? That was a hefty chunk of glass that was too much for my field camera.

[Tin Can]

Those are very nice. I didn't know you sell so many!

Makes me want to mount up my PAC 75mm.


Here's a quick shot of probably my last two Aero Speed cameras, a la David Burnett, that I've built.
These are #6 and #7. The first 5 I built went to homes all over the world - one to France, one to China, and one to Australia. Oh, and one went to a famous photographer in New York.



I do have one more camera with a 6" Aero lens that I may keep for myself still in the machine shop, getting finished.

[akfreak]

Sorry for the Double post.

[akfreak]

I love the hell out of this camera, is it for sale?


My custom 617.

Please excuse the image quality. Like me, it's better in behind the camera, rather than being it!

[Corran]

Lee - if you are at all interested, let me know. These both will be put on eBay within the week here probably (just making a couple test images to sweeten the ad). I will of course cut you a deal ;).

Pat, yes I think the Harvard lens is yours, it's been kicking around for a little while as I hadn't decided what to do with it. I was thinking about getting it repaired for a while. It turned out to make exactly the same image as any of the other AE's I've used, so I decided not to bother (if it was even possible). It might be 5% more "glowy" if anything.

Randy, I'm not quite to the level of "mass-manufacturing" yet ;). I first built one for myself, learning everything there was to know about the internal workings of the Kalart RF and of course how to modify the Speed. Upon using it a few times, the 20+ lb camera really put me off, so I sold it. I was surprised at the level of interest it received on eBay, and I still get hundreds of hits on my blog from the one entry I posted about the camera and some images. I then happened upon a couple more lenses on eBay for cheap and started to build more cameras, and they sold faster than I could keep up. I bet that PAC would be some impressive glass!

Here's a quick test Fujiroid I shot in the waning daylight earlier. Wide-open, of course, focused using the RF (!). Just a digital photo of the print:
http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/DSC_6278s.jpg

[Tin Can]

@ Brian Nice image. I get some humor out of us shooting digital copies of our analog work. I have done it also. I have a big light table and I can see me doing it often with negs bigger than 8x10.

[jp]

Your Aero Speed cameras look great!

I've been at the former Loring AFB this weekend. It was a big air base vital to the strategic air command and it's fairly remote. Old bases' security and upkeep gets kind of in limbo after it's retired and before it's sufficiently redeveloped. I wandered around for a bit, and thought it would be fun to shoot some 8x10 LF there, some 4x5 LF, some MF, and some IR digital... I'd like to return sometime when it's not so hot out.

Never thought I'd get to use a jet blast shield for a photo prop. B&J 8x10, kodak 305 portrait. I did shut the car door for the photo; this is when I started to pack up.

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[Amedeus]

I just cleaned up a Century Master Studio Camera (1946) and a Semi-Centennial stand ... dedicated to shooting 8x10 portraits on expired Polaroid

Shown here with a Bausch and Lomb 3A, 16" portrait lens.

987989879998800

[Tin Can]

A real beauty. Can you list a supplier for those wheels?

Also the floor jack point has a pad or something, mine is missing that and doesn't touch the floor.

Would you mind posting a closeup of the floor jack pad?

Thanks!



I just cleaned up a Century Master Studio Camera (1946) and a Semi-Centennial stand ... dedicated to shooting 8x10 portraits on expired Polaroid

Shown here with a Bausch and Lomb 3A, 16" portrait lens.

987989879998800

[jp]

I wouldn't mind buying some new wheels for my stand either! How do you establish a date of manufacture for the camera? Looks great!

[Jac@stafford.net]

Randy, the wheels are called "stem caster wheels".
http://www.castercity.com/cm3-stem.htm

I still have the original iron wheels. Very tough on wood floors.

[Tin Can]

Thanks Jac, I knew what they are, but I did not know of that source. Great source with plenty of options!

I have a lot of things that need new casters, do I make them all the same bright color?




Randy, the wheels are called "stem caster wheels".
http://www.castercity.com/cm3-stem.htm

I still have the original iron wheels. Very tough on wood floors.

[Amedeus]

I wouldn't mind buying some new wheels for my stand either! How do you establish a date of manufacture for the camera? Looks great!

Thanks. There's a Graflex serial number in the rear of the bed for the camera. I match that up with the other Graflex dates out there for the Speed Graphics and the Crown Graphics ... Everything was serialized at Graflex, not just the smaller cameras

[Amedeus]

Randy, the wheels are called "stem caster wheels".
http://www.castercity.com/cm3-stem.htm

I still have the original iron wheels. Very tough on wood floors.

I had black rubber wheels under the stand and those were completely cracked and shot. I don't believe these were the originals as those are indeed iron wheels and these are a bit smaller so the floor jack point could touch the floor.

Rather than replacing the whole stem caster, I just replaced the wheels with some that I had laying around. I don't particularly like the blue color (skateboard ...) so I'm happy for this link so I can get black or grey. I do like the skateboard style wheels as they're on bearings and they turn real easily ...

[Hugo Zhang]

Rudi,

That's cool lens and I have the same. 1/3 of price of Dallmeyer 3a. I have to compare the two lenses some day. Bausch and Lomb 3A is much bigger and heavier, at least my copy.

[Amedeus]

Rudi,

That's cool lens and I have the same. 1/3 of price of Dallmeyer 3a. I have to compare the two lenses some day. Bausch and Lomb 3A is much bigger and heavier, at least my copy.

The 3A's built by B&L are indeed massive. I have another one of these without the soft focus adjustment and that one is equally heavy ...

[gmfotografie]

my chamonix :-)

[Tin Can]

That's a 4x5?


my chamonix :-)

[Otto Seaman]

Twins!

[gmfotografie]

yes its a 4x5

otto, you have the better ballhead :-)

[dave_whatever]

Twins!

Snap!

http://www.daveparryphotography.co.uk/imgs/news/19792_16097930451142d77d284f.jpg

[myoptic]

100048
Sinar C 4x5

Not very fancy, but I did not see any other Sinar C cameras on this thread, so just added this casual snap.
Bought it for a personal table top project and some general photography.
I happen to like it quite a lot, but am still learning the Sinar ins and outs, not having used one before.

David

[Otto Seaman]

100048
Sinar C 4x5

Not very fancy, but I did not see any other Sinar C cameras on this thread, so just added this casual snap.
Bought it for a personal table top project and some general photography.
I happen to like it quite a lot, but am still learning the Sinar ins and outs, not having used one before.

David

A lens would be helpful, for tabletop at least ;-p

[Antonenko]

http://album.foto.ru/photos/sm/157427/2811992.jpg (http://album.foto.ru/photos/or/157427/2811992.jpg)

American camera in Russia

[Ramiro Elena]

I've always liked that Rembrandt.

[IanG]

I've always liked that Rembrandt.


There's been one for sale at the Camera Fair I go to, I expect I'll see it again.


Two of my camears along with an Ikonta:

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/etui06.jpg

My 5x4 crown Graphic which I use in Turkey alongside a very much smaller Patent Etui, however 9x12 film is ony a touch narrower than 5x4

Ian

[myoptic]

I am always amazed by the size of the 9x12 Patent Etui.

[Corran]

I got a nice fat pay raise and just got my first check after the increase last week, so I splurged a little...

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/DSC_7943ss.jpg

[Ari]

Nice pay raise :)

[Jody_S]

I gave myself a pay raise too this month, unfortunately my pay check bounced when I tried to cash it.

Nice camera.

[Corran]

:)
I now appreciate the precision of the Linhof, compared to my Chamonix. Though the Chamonix is still a bit more versatile, and of course much lighter!

[ian Humphrey]

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Hi Im new to 5x4 this iis my first Large format camera and Loving it

[Ari]

Ian, for your first 4x5 camera,you could not have chosen better; truly one of the most versatile and unique 4x5s ever made.
You'll never need any other camera for that format; congratulations!

[ian Humphrey]

Hi Ari
Thanks for the comments Have always wanted to use the Linhof as soon as i first saw it . Never Thought i would actually own one but picked this one up for a silly price . Ian

[Noah A]

Ian--Congrats. The TK45S is really one of the most underrated cameras out there. I also got a great deal on mine, and it had been used only a few times. It's a fantastic camera and it looks like you got a nice one!

[Taija71A]

Hi Ari
Thanks for the comments Have always wanted to use the Linhof as soon as i first saw it . Never Thought i would actually own one but picked this one up for a silly price . Ian

____

Hi Ian,
Welcome to the 'World of 5x4'... :)
'Silly Prices' are always good! They allow you to... 'Laugh all the way to the Bank! :D
--
BTW... Very nice Camera! You certainly have 'Good Taste'!
Regards,

-Tim.
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[jp]

In the background is moderator Ken Lee at Birch Point Beach State Park, Owls Head ME. The rocks were lit very nicely this morning.

Foreground is my speed graphic, wollaston meniscus, tiltall, film.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2842/9800555083_62bd6e349a_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/9800555083/in/photostream/

[IanG]

New to me, arrived yesterday an 18x24 Reisekamera.

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/rk1824-01-sm.jpg

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/rk1824-04-sm.jpg

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/cameras/images/rk1824-08-sm.jpg

I have a Petzval that I can use with it, it's for a forthcoming project making Direct positive prints.

Ian

[Ramiro Elena]

Nice! How much do those go for? I see quite a few every now and then. Do you need to modify the back in order to fit regular holders?

[IanG]

Nice! How much do those go for? I see quite a few every now and then. Do you need to modify the back in order to fit regular holders?

I bought this one unseen, I'd placed an order for a 13x18cm German Reisekamera that needed a focus panel and some brass fittings but was cheap.£79 inc postage (94 euros/$127). It had been sold but left online but this one looked similar folded up so there was confusion between the two partners in the company :D They offered me this one instead at the same price and said I could send it back if not happy. They normally sell for considerably more.

The camera did have a serious issue but it took me less than half an hour to repair. There's a block in the base that slides to lock the base firmly when it's opened for use, some wood was missing. other bits cracked, but I grafted in new pieces and glued it all up. I will give the camera a good clean and re-french polish it.

I may well make a 10x8 back as I have two 10x8 cameras and plenty of DDS (film holders) but I'll also get some 18x24 holders.I'm not sure yet what type it takes. I'll also make some new lens boards.

Ian

[Kirk Gittings]

My partner Mr. Phillips at Blue Mesa in the Petrified Forest.
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[DannL]

102338 102339 102340 102341

Seneca No. 9 5x7 circa 1913. Features of this camera (link). (http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Seneca_9)

[HoodedOne]

Turns out, this is the only image I have of the LF camera.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7424/9387936368_b75229c62b_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/9387936368/)
8x10 transport case (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoodedone-photos/9387936368/) by HoodedOne (http://www.flickr.com/people/hoodedone-photos/), on Flickr

Cambo SC2 with Apo-Ronar 240/9, and a loose 8x10 rack from a older Cambo model.
And yes, the Apo-Ronar does cover 8x10.

[-88-]

Russian FKR 30x40cm. Focusing screen is missing. But I got 1 Plate holder. :cool:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3681/9576578338_404b4d909a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14064287@N06/9576578338/)
Fkr 30x40 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/14064287@N06/9576578338/) by -88- (http://www.flickr.com/people/14064287@N06/), on Flickr

I bought 450/9 indusrar from eBay. And found 19 3/4 ektanon on local camera swap.

[smithdoor]

I purchase mine new on the day Graflex when bankrupt. S/N 991201
It was the last new one in Fresno CA.
I and the store found later that day Graflex was bankrupt.



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[gene LaFord]

My 5x7 Raja on the beach on Block Island, RI during this past weekend's NELFPC's gathering.

[Sal Santamaura]

Ebony SV57 at Ooh-Aah Point, South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, October 16, 2013.

[Vaughn]

My 11x14 (co-owner with Jim Graves) with his Suter Basle Aplanat B No.6 on it (about 480mm/f8) in my backyard. Took a photo of one of my boys with it right after this -- hopefully will develop the neg this weekend. I did not have the f45 waterhouse stop inserted all the way in, so I am curious as to the effect of not having the hole centered will be.

[StoneNYC]

Ebony SV57 at Ooh-Aah Point, South Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon, October 16, 2013.

Nice, I missed you by 9 months, and also when I was still shooting my Mamiya 7 ;) 4x5 now, will have to take a picture soon

[jp]

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2880/10631662895_85a62d3ae2_z.jpg

We've got some nice rocks at the beach, but I figured a found fish head would make it a little more interesting. Perhaps I'll have a good negative in a couple days to share.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2894/10631705706_7f52fdca85_c.jpg

My daughter with the frankenspeedgraphic. Front standard is modified to allow scheimpflug (sp?) 203 optar in use for this.

[MichaelRelguag]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/9473705270_edf4a51945_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/9473705270/)
Voigtländer Avus 9x12 1924 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/9473705270/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/10632054836_d736b361c7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/10632054836/)
Wephota Ortho 25 Adonal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/10632054836/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

My Voigtländer Avus and one of the results I got yesterday.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8710084513_a0ab148404_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8710084513/)
Alte(r) Falter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8710084513/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

Ma way into LF - my little 6x9 Voigtländer folders

[StoneNYC]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/9473705270_edf4a51945_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/9473705270/)
Voigtländer Avus 9x12 1924 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/9473705270/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3671/10632054836_d736b361c7_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/10632054836/)
Wephota Ortho 25 Adonal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/10632054836/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

My Voigtländer Avus and one of the results I got yesterday.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8539/8710084513_a0ab148404_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8710084513/)
Alte(r) Falter (http://www.flickr.com/photos/69541531@N04/8710084513/) von Michael Relguag (http://www.flickr.com/people/69541531@N04/) auf Flickr

Ma way into LF - my little 6x9 Voigtländer folders

Cool, do you cut down larger films or do you have 9x12 film? I've never heard of Wephota

[MichaelRelguag]

Cool, do you cut down larger films or do you have 9x12 film? I've never heard of Wephota

Just a small German company
Wephota (http://wephota.de/)

I buy it here: Lumiere (http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=categorie&cat=274) in 9x12cm sheets

[StoneNYC]

Just a small German company
Wephota (http://wephota.de/)

I buy it here: Lumiere (http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=categorie&cat=274) in 9x12cm sheets

There "about" section has one part in English that I think means they they are a distributor for ORWO?

And I was able to find a list of some films but no sizes or prices... I don't speak German, thank goodness for cognates!

[MichaelRelguag]

There "about" section has one part in English that I think means they they are a distributor for ORWO?

And I was able to find a list of some films but no sizes or prices... I don't speak German, thank goodness for cognates!

There isn't any information about this film on the Wephota site and even at Lumiere is the information not much help!
Do you search for 9x12 too? - that´s the Link to purchase it. (http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=product&info=8973)
Other sizes and prices hve been in the Lumiere Link above - just scroll down ;-)

[StoneNYC]

There isn't any information about this film on the Wephota site and even at Lumiere is the information not much help!
Do you search for 9x12 too? - that´s the Link to purchase it. (http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=product&info=8973)
Other sizes and prices hve been in the Lumiere Link above - just scroll down ;-)

You didn't mention the Lumiere site before and as I said I don't read German so I didn't know what was an advertisement and what was a link to buy, it wasn't very obvious so I just clicked spots to see what happened lol

But now I know "Blatt" means sheets ;)

[Annie M.]

Yippee!! Me & Speedy just hooked up today... & his breath is kinda 'minty! Yippee!!

[StoneNYC]

My toyo is a softie, she just stares all day at flowers :)

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[andreios]

There isn't any information about this film on the Wephota site and even at Lumiere is the information not much help!
Do you search for 9x12 too? - that´s the Link to purchase it. (http://www.lumiere-shop.de/index.php?page=product&info=8973)
Other sizes and prices hve been in the Lumiere Link above - just scroll down ;-)

Wephota has been selling rebranded stuff from other manufacturers for long years (they sold papers from ORWO and Forte and who knows what else. I'm not sure who makes the ORTHO film (Might it be the same that ADOX sells?), but their ISO 100 is by all accounts rebranded Fomapan.

[jcoldslabs]

The only time I used this camera was with really old Polaroid Type 669 film. The result looked more like something from the Hubble Space Telescope than what it was: a dandelion in my backyard.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Shackman2.jpg



http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Shackman-7000-Instructions.jpg





http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/ShackmanImage01r2.jpg

Jonathan

[djdister]

Here is my 5x7 KB Canham at the Market Street Bridge across the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, PA.
104402

[StoneNYC]

Here is my 5x7 KB Canham at the Market Street Bridge across the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, PA.
104402

Was that ALSO shot in film?

[djdister]

Yes of course! Sorry. Attached is Market Street Bridge, Harrisburg, PA. Ilford FP4+, Canham 5x7, 360mm Apo-Ronar lens.104407

[StoneNYC]

Yes of course! Sorry. Attached is Market Street Bridge, Harrisburg, PA. Ilford FP4+, Canham 5x7, 360mm Apo-Ronar lens.104407

Beautiful tones!

Actually what I meant was, the picture of your camera that you took, is that on film with another FILM camera? ;)

[jp]

Here is my 5x7 KB Canham at the Market Street Bridge across the Susquehanna River, Harrisburg, PA.
104402

A very nice camera for 4x5 or 5x7 use!

[StoneNYC]

A very nice camera for 4x5 or 5x7 use!

I really need to get myself one of those fancy wooden tripods, not only do they look freaking cool, but they also are probably much more stable than my current tripod not that it's very bad just that I'm sure those are better.

[djdister]

Oh. The picture of my camera setup was taken with my Sony RX-100, which has become my replacement for not having 4x5 Polaroids anymore. I use the Sony in rich monochromatic mode and I get a real good idea of how the tones will come out (minus any filter use) in B&W film. The digital B&W shots look pretty good too, but there are some subtle and not-so-subtle differences in the final prints. The worst thing is when you see the effects of excessive digital enhancement when shooting in rich mono mode - for edges and thin lines (like those telephone lines). But as I said, the Sony is my B&W "tonal proofer" (I don't use it to determine exposure).