A Crown Graphic or Busch Pressman only weighs FIVE POUNDS, and since you can hand-hold it you won't have to carry a big, heavy tripod.
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A Crown Graphic or Busch Pressman only weighs FIVE POUNDS, and since you can hand-hold it you won't have to carry a big, heavy tripod.
Got some money coming along and I was looking into a (very) light 4x5 camera with a 125mm lens. Why? Well recently I spend a long weekend in Holland and had the Wista and 3 lenses along. It never...
When I was starting out in 9x12, (some 70 years ago), I did it with a Graflarger. It works, but not a pleasant way to practice photography, (Lab Rat makes good sense).
Except for the weight I love...
Kent, that's absolutely beautiful!!!!
You won't ever be sorry!
By "cassette" do you mean a standard double sided film holder, or a multi-film unit?
Indeed he does. John Blakemore seems to have settled on a 180mm.
Personally, I prefer the 135. It offers a slightly wider field of view, and is so close to the 150 that a little cropping is always...
What is an SP=445?
I've been using various 4x5 cameras for nearly 70 years. I have 4x5 Linhof Technika, Nagaoka, Crown Graphic, Busch Pressman, and some monorail cameras (In addition to many 9x12 cm folders).
Based...
Me, too. I have many 9x12 Linhof holders, but also use the 4x5 Grafmatics.
My favorite for 5x7.
Yes. On my Nagaoka 4x5 it needs to be centered, which can be done by using the front rise (If I don't forget to do it).
For me, "only 8 shots on a roll" would be a blessing.
Linhof had to put the hole in their lensboard low to center the lens fairly close to the center of the ground glass. This occurred because they raised the position of the front standard when they...
Thanks. Helpful.
Thanks. Interesting and helpful.
Steve, after seeing these images, I feel like Michael Corlione -- hit by the Thunderbolt!
I wish that more posters had given the focal length of their lenses.
Bill
I'm with your wife.
Going to Wounded Knee would be wonderful, but the Park Service seems to have intentionally made it very inconvenient.
The Park is virtually underwater at present, although the main roads are still dry.
Come back in October.
It would be easier and just as good to use the lens that you've got now, and kick the tripod during the exposure.
Nice. Congratulations.
Use your camera for a while (say, six months) before you start adding lenses.
Just compose and focus on the frickin' ground glass. That's what it's there for.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/arts/photographer-marie-cosindas-dead.html
The grass is always greener....
Sounds like you've got a near-perfect setup.
I have, and use, Crown Graphic, Super Graphic, Busch D, and Techinka IV. None of them is really suitable, hand-held, for the raised back/dropped front situation you describe. Since a tripod will...
Been there, done that. God bless Clyde Butcher.
I'd start by buying a standard 5x7 camera and us it for 6 months before building your own. There are lots of Eastman Kodak 2D camera available as a good place to start.
I usually "enjoy" smooth out of focus parts of a composition, but this double-bubble effect would drive me crazy.
I don't understand what you mean by "conversion to 4x5."
Your favorite current lens, a jar of Vasoline, and a UV filter.
Look up Clyde Butcher's similar experience while making one of his most famous images "Moonrise in th swamp." It will do your soul some good.
Pricktoralism = Alfred Stieglitz
What film did you shoot these with?
It's hard to believe that you're using a 162mm lens on a 4x5 Graflex RB. The minimum swing on the mirror is about 180mm, allowing a 190mm lens minimum.
If you don't want to come up with the Big Bucks $$$ of sending your baby to Precision, any camera repair person who's been in business since before the digital revolution should be able to do the job...
The problem wasn't making the images, but of keeping them from fading.
Any recent contact with Quality Light Metrics -- they don't seem to have a website.
They've done great work for me in the past.