hallo for pennslyvania!!!

[codyjgraham]

Hi I'm cody and I just bought a speed grahphic and I shot a couple of shots but haven't yet developed them yet, I'm waiting on my daylight tank :)

[beakennedy]

Hi neighbor. I'm from Ohio and I'm new too. I built a Bender 4x5 kit years ago but made an adapter back so I could shoot digital with it and never got around to trying it with film. It wasn't very sturdy, so I never shot much with it, but it was fun. I finally got a Calumet 45N recently, ordered some B&W and color film to experiment with and am eagerly anticipating loading my film holders for the first time and giving it a whirl. I also like to experiment with homemade lenses of various sorts.

[codyjgraham]

Hi neighbor. I'm from Ohio and I'm new too. I built a Bender 4x5 kit years ago but made an adapter back so I could shoot digital with it and never got around to trying it with film. It wasn't very sturdy, so I never shot much with it, but it was fun. I finally got a Calumet 45N recently, ordered some B&W and color film to experiment with and am eagerly anticipating loading my film holders for the first time and giving it a whirl. I also like to experiment with homemade lenses of various sorts.


What kinds of homemade lenses? Please share!

[Brian C. Miller]

Hey, a big welcome to the both of you! Here's an old thread about DIY lenses (http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?28088-homemade-lenses&highlight=homemade+lens) you two might find interesting. Yep, you can use just about anything that focuses light to act as a lens!

[Scott Davis]

Welcome from Washington DC (a not-too-distant neighbor).

[Andrew O'Neill]

Welcome aboard. Cheap magnifying glasses work really well, too.

[beakennedy]

What kinds of homemade lenses? Please share!

My most used one is an 85 mm f3.5 that I made for my Canon with a drilled out body cap, a short piece of bicycle inner tube, and 1 lens from an old nonworking twin lens reflex that my dad had. It functions sort of like a cross between a Lens Baby and a tilt shift lens. One of my favorite shots with it is attached.

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I'm currently working on finding a housing for a piece of glass I picked up from Surplus Shed that looks like it will make an interesting fish-eye lens.

[codyjgraham]

Wow super cool, it does look like a lens baby!

[Rick A]

Hellooo good neighbors, from north central Pa. Youz guyz need to visit the mountains some time.