georg s
13-Apr-2010, 16:03
Hello from the baltic coast!
I'm not exactly a LF-newbie but my experience is rather limited. In the late 90s I bought a 4x5 viewcamera, a superwide and a normal lens and some accessories to capture buildings and industrial facilities before they got teared down. It wasn't a very well thought-out purchase and I greatly underestimated the time to set-up the frightening large viewcamera. Result was a camera resting for about 10 years in it's case.
Last year I re-discovered the joy of playing with mechanical, analogue cameras and shaking Jobo-drums like there's no tomorrow. A few weeks ago I finally pulled the 4x5-camera out of it's well-padded prison and managed to load some sheets of expired Agfapan APX 100 into holders.
Now I'm hooked again and hope to expose some 4x5-sheets from time to time and maybe a roll of 120 too. I don't have a proper darkroom now and have to develop the negatives in the bathroom - sadly there's no space for an enlarger, not even a 24x36-model.
I hope to benefit from the bunched wisdom here and maybe I'm able to contribute something useful too.
My english is limited just like the movements of a Kodak Brownie Box so please be gentle with me :-)
georg
I'm not exactly a LF-newbie but my experience is rather limited. In the late 90s I bought a 4x5 viewcamera, a superwide and a normal lens and some accessories to capture buildings and industrial facilities before they got teared down. It wasn't a very well thought-out purchase and I greatly underestimated the time to set-up the frightening large viewcamera. Result was a camera resting for about 10 years in it's case.
Last year I re-discovered the joy of playing with mechanical, analogue cameras and shaking Jobo-drums like there's no tomorrow. A few weeks ago I finally pulled the 4x5-camera out of it's well-padded prison and managed to load some sheets of expired Agfapan APX 100 into holders.
Now I'm hooked again and hope to expose some 4x5-sheets from time to time and maybe a roll of 120 too. I don't have a proper darkroom now and have to develop the negatives in the bathroom - sadly there's no space for an enlarger, not even a 24x36-model.
I hope to benefit from the bunched wisdom here and maybe I'm able to contribute something useful too.
My english is limited just like the movements of a Kodak Brownie Box so please be gentle with me :-)
georg