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Randy - that sounds awesome and dangerous and some more awesome.
Corran - I will start posting my images once I get a scanner and my own developing kit. I'm aiming for this year!
There is a thread for posting images and having them critiqued. I have posted a couple of my shots over there. I am just getting started with large format photography. I'm certainly not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that. I'm sure the TravelWide will free me up to shoot a little more than with a view camera but I don't think I'll go crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Corran
How is the experience of focusing the image on the ground glass with the TravelWide? Is the image bright and clear? You guys are shipping some kind of plastic ground glass, right? Is there a higher quality option to carry around than the one being shipped?
10k to go, counting down..... 10....
[QUOTE=Larry Kellogg;1013687] I am just getting started with large format photography. I'm certainly not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that. I'm sure the TravelWide will free me up to shoot a little more than with a view camera but I don't think I'll go crazy.
"...not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that."
Amen brother, I've been checking out the price of 4X5 film. Yikes! Certainly for testing and set up I'll be using photo paper as negatives. I do have some no name direct positive paper but the contrast is hard to control and of course, the image is mirror reversed.
For some reason the quote did not show up in a blue field. Still learning this forum.
Johnny, thank you for your pledge! Regarding future cameras, NOTHING is off the table, and we'd of course be happy to talk with any backer at the 10K level. :) As a company, we'd like to get to the point where we can produce complete, self-contained cameras. We like products that are wide angle, cheap, good and small, so a panoramic camera MF would be a natural.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyGator
4x5 isn't so expensive—check out the Arista Edu 100 on Freestyle. 66¢ / sheet! Not too shabby.Quote:
Originally Posted by Larry Kellogg
We haven't been able to test the GG part, because there's no way to prototype it... A 3D print will have a texture on both sides, but we need there to be a very fine texture on the lens side and gloss on the user side. It's fine though—it's an extremely simple part with well-established dimensions. The only thing we'll need to do is determine the amount of texture on the GG side. The important thing is to allow people to calibrate infinity focus, so we will probably err on the side of a very fine texture, which may be slightly dark, but allow very fine focus in the center.
Ben, BTW I'm in for a 90mm version. Good luck with this.
Thank you, Kirk! Hopefully this project will bring some folks to LFF and send them down the LF rabbit hole. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirk Gittings
Ben, about the GG. Here is what I did when building my plywood 4X5 point & shoot. I obtained a clear piece of plastic about the size of a film holder and about 1/8 inch thick. It was from a broken sign holder used where I worked. To get the right 3/16 inch depth standoff I used 4, 8-24 bolts through the plastic, adjusted to stick through 3/16 and locked with nuts. For the focus surface I just applied Scotch brand frosted tape to one surface. This worked well for fine adjustment of the lens and tests with photo paper verified my results. Frosted scotch tape makes a reasonable fine focusing surface.