Barry Kirsten
7-Oct-2010, 01:00
Hi all,
I'm returning to B&W photography after an absence of 8 years whilst studying - too long a time to be away from something that had been so much a part of my life for decades.
I'm currently building up equipment from scratch (had to sell the darkroom gear as I had no place to set it up when we moved to Melbourne; also sold the Tachihara outfit, which I still haven't gotten over!). Following Ansel Adams advice, I now have the biggest camera I can carry, in this case a Linhof Technika 6x9, which with two lenses, film back, spot meter and filters - plus tripod - is about as much as my 67 year-old legs can manage.
When I started in photography at school, we used Super-XX which has long since disappeared. I believe that Efke closely compares and I'm looking forward to trying it. In my later years in B&W photography I mainly used PMK pyro as a developer, and I'm looking forward to trying the combination.
I'm not quite ready to start yet, as my one lens panel is currently on the way to Grimes in USA to have a duplicate made so that I can use both of my lenses, one a 135mm Linhof select Symmar, the other a Linhof select Super Angulon 75mm. I would have had both lenses functional, except that when I received the wide angle, I was surprised to find that the panel wouldn't fit. Linhof apparently changed the design of the front standard between Technika IV (my model) and version V which was what was fitted to the lens.
Thems the breaks. I just have to me patient for a few more weeks when all of the equipment will be together (hopefully) and I'll be able to make some spare time just for me. :)
Looking forward to making new friends in this wonderful place.
Regards,
Baz.
I'm returning to B&W photography after an absence of 8 years whilst studying - too long a time to be away from something that had been so much a part of my life for decades.
I'm currently building up equipment from scratch (had to sell the darkroom gear as I had no place to set it up when we moved to Melbourne; also sold the Tachihara outfit, which I still haven't gotten over!). Following Ansel Adams advice, I now have the biggest camera I can carry, in this case a Linhof Technika 6x9, which with two lenses, film back, spot meter and filters - plus tripod - is about as much as my 67 year-old legs can manage.
When I started in photography at school, we used Super-XX which has long since disappeared. I believe that Efke closely compares and I'm looking forward to trying it. In my later years in B&W photography I mainly used PMK pyro as a developer, and I'm looking forward to trying the combination.
I'm not quite ready to start yet, as my one lens panel is currently on the way to Grimes in USA to have a duplicate made so that I can use both of my lenses, one a 135mm Linhof select Symmar, the other a Linhof select Super Angulon 75mm. I would have had both lenses functional, except that when I received the wide angle, I was surprised to find that the panel wouldn't fit. Linhof apparently changed the design of the front standard between Technika IV (my model) and version V which was what was fitted to the lens.
Thems the breaks. I just have to me patient for a few more weeks when all of the equipment will be together (hopefully) and I'll be able to make some spare time just for me. :)
Looking forward to making new friends in this wonderful place.
Regards,
Baz.