m.bruehl
6-Jul-2008, 14:53
Hi everybody,
I've been reading here for some time now, and I also got some helpful answers to my questions. Think it's time to introduce myself.
I've been taking photos since I'm 17 - some 26 years ago. But my photographic "career" started with 35mm in 1991. Besides colour photography, I had a lot of fun doing b/w. I loved the A. Adams "Trilogy" and dreamt of LF. When I first held a SINAR brochure in my hands, I fell in love ... Yes, I have been enchanted by this technology (hey, I'm an engineer - blame me) and by the pictures you get using LF.
But it took a long time, until I could afford my SINAR f2, 4x5". 2002 was the year (I love the p2, which I used (rental) some times for product shots, but it's too heavy for outdoor work - and the amount of coins for buying it is also heavier). My job left little time for hobbies, so I only used the camera in my holidays and on some long weekends. Most of the time I took 6x7, 6x9 or 6x12 on 120. It's cheaper in film, developing and takes less time for preparation and handling. As I earned better, I added lenses and equipment - thanks to online auctions. With more than three darkslides it was more fun doing 4x5". I could keep different films loaded, and only change film once a day ...
So why do I write today?
I just won an auction for the format adaptor and bellows 8x10". :)
Somehow I feel, like this is the real start of LF photograpy. I want to go on doing colour slides in 4x5" and move b/w from 4x5" to 8x10", using scanner and the latest ink printers for enlargement. I own an 4x5" enlarger, and for some 3 years I wanted to do chemical development, but you need time. Perhaps I will go back to chemistry when I retire. ;)
What preferences do I have in photography? I like old technology (say!) like gears and steam engines, architecture and landscapes. And sort of "nature stills", no studio shots, but details found outside in forests and mountains.
I would like to show some pictures online, but up to now I only have a handfull of scanned 6x7, no LF, many 35mm.
Perhaps in some years I can also give some input, and not only take information from this forum. Until then, my visible profile will be kept low.
Thanks to all who helped me up to now!
Kind regards
Michael
I've been reading here for some time now, and I also got some helpful answers to my questions. Think it's time to introduce myself.
I've been taking photos since I'm 17 - some 26 years ago. But my photographic "career" started with 35mm in 1991. Besides colour photography, I had a lot of fun doing b/w. I loved the A. Adams "Trilogy" and dreamt of LF. When I first held a SINAR brochure in my hands, I fell in love ... Yes, I have been enchanted by this technology (hey, I'm an engineer - blame me) and by the pictures you get using LF.
But it took a long time, until I could afford my SINAR f2, 4x5". 2002 was the year (I love the p2, which I used (rental) some times for product shots, but it's too heavy for outdoor work - and the amount of coins for buying it is also heavier). My job left little time for hobbies, so I only used the camera in my holidays and on some long weekends. Most of the time I took 6x7, 6x9 or 6x12 on 120. It's cheaper in film, developing and takes less time for preparation and handling. As I earned better, I added lenses and equipment - thanks to online auctions. With more than three darkslides it was more fun doing 4x5". I could keep different films loaded, and only change film once a day ...
So why do I write today?
I just won an auction for the format adaptor and bellows 8x10". :)
Somehow I feel, like this is the real start of LF photograpy. I want to go on doing colour slides in 4x5" and move b/w from 4x5" to 8x10", using scanner and the latest ink printers for enlargement. I own an 4x5" enlarger, and for some 3 years I wanted to do chemical development, but you need time. Perhaps I will go back to chemistry when I retire. ;)
What preferences do I have in photography? I like old technology (say!) like gears and steam engines, architecture and landscapes. And sort of "nature stills", no studio shots, but details found outside in forests and mountains.
I would like to show some pictures online, but up to now I only have a handfull of scanned 6x7, no LF, many 35mm.
Perhaps in some years I can also give some input, and not only take information from this forum. Until then, my visible profile will be kept low.
Thanks to all who helped me up to now!
Kind regards
Michael