Hello from the baltic coast!

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

Welcome to group therepy! :) What kind of camera and lenses do you have? Hope you finally have fun playing with them!

Thanks for the „welcome“!
It's a 4x5 F-Line Arca-Swiss, beautiful made but large and heavy as hell.
The lenses are a 150/5,6 Apo-Sironar-N and a 72/5,6 Super-Angulon XL.
I've found this site while searching for informations about lenses in the 105-125mm class.
I'm really impressed by the amount of know-how here.
georg

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Originally Posted by georg s

Thanks for the „welcome“!
It's a 4x5 F-Line Arca-Swiss, beautiful made but large and heavy as hell.

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Welcome! You think this is heavy? You should see what some of the 8x10" using guys here carry around, not even speaking of the ULF guys :-)

Welcome !

The European & Arca-Swiss-o-phile gang expands here ;)
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Emmanuel from Besancon, France.

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Originally Posted by Sascha Welter

Welcome! You think this is heavy? You should see what some of the 8x10" using guys here carry around, not even speaking of the ULF guys :-)

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Thanks!
Maybe I have to assist an ULF-photographer for a day - my 4x5 would feel much less cumbersome the next day...
Some days ago I've looked at a friends neat Horseman FA - and was impressed by it's portability.

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Originally Posted by Emmanuel BIGLER

Welcome !

The European & Arca-Swiss-o-phile gang expands here ;)
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Emmanuel from Besancon, France.

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Thanks!
A gang? Do I need a tattoo now :-)

georg

The light around the Baltic Coast is just beautiful, particularly at this time of year..welcome and have fun

Welcome!

I'm one of the lunatics who drag a 8x10" camera around - or a 24x30cm plate camera. Or a 4x5, or a 9x12cm, or several at the same time.

But no Arca-Swiss. ;)

Welcome, Georg.

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Originally Posted by Emmanuel BIGLER

Welcome !

The European & Arca-Swiss-o-phile gang expands here ;)
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Emmanuel from Besancon, France.

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It does indeed and rightly so. Although some reeducation is still necessary, "heavy like hell" is not compatible with the true love of these creatures...;)