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Thanks Drew. I agree that it won't be a simple task, and emulating a film with a preset won't be the end-point but rather the starting point for digital post-processing. It'll be the same as how a...

Thanks for you input, Pere.

Eventually I'll conduct my tests and post the results, but idk when that will be.

The biggest limitation I think will be the dynamic range difference. The winners of...

Here's my idea: Take a photo of a color chart with Velvia 50, Acros 100, or whatever other film you like, develop, scan and drag it into an editing program where you can use the eyedropper tool to...

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Southern Live Oak (Chamonix 45N-2, Fuji 90 SWD, Acros 100, Xtol)

I made a mock-up print, matte, and frame in Photoshop. Gonna print it as a 12x16 on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta with LUCIA...

Thanks for the info, Steven.


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I recently got this lens from an Ebay seller in Ireland for $99. It has no manufacturer engraving of any kind. I measured the focal length at approx. 8 inches/200mm, 15 aperture blades, and...

I like your tighter shot, jp, because my eye focuses on the details of the fallen branch instead of wandering back into the scene where I can't really focus my eyes because of the softness.


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Gnarly photo, Tri.

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I did a quick look for you and a new Chamonix F1, a lot of film holders from ebay, a Fujinon 150mm & 210mm from ebay comes out to $1527. How much will the Wista SP setup cost you?

Duh, Bob lol. I was encouraging him not to do so.


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I got into 4x5 last year and started with a Wista SP metal field camera. I sold it a few months ago and bought a Chamonix 045N-2. That model weighs the same as the F1 you're looking at. It is much...

So the sun finally came out to play and I did the test with Rollei IR 400. Photos are located at http://imgur.com/a/C5jpU.

My conclusion is that the bellows is sufficiently IR proof.

The sun...

OP, I had my first LF camera for 6 months before I bought a better one. I got an old used Wista 45 field camera - the metal ones. Not all the parts worked and there were pinholes in the bellows BUT...

So another week has passed and I haven't posted the results. I haven't forgotten about this though. The weather here in Southern Louisiana is very unpredictable. We've had rain and cloudy days for a...

So I did a test this weekend where I pulled the dark slide out halfway when attached to the camera in broad daylight for 3 minutes and developed it. I also took a few more shots of various scenes and...

It is advertised as "100% light proof" so I believe it to be so. I got white. It's the same fabric that hotels use for their curtains. I'd use it in my darkroom if I needed to.


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Hugo Zhang, the US distributor for Chamonix, told me directly that the bellows is not IR proof. It's also been covered before across the internet for almost a decade.

Now, the fabric used for the...

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The Roc-Lon Blackout fabric seemed to...

Thanks for the info! I'm gonna test out the Roc-Lon fabric in New Orleans today. I'll let y'all know how it works out.


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So I have a problem: My fiancee wants to keep shooting Rollei IR 400 film but we recently moved on to a Chamonix 045N-2 which doesn't have an IR proof bellows.

We don't want to get a new bellows -...

The levers are good. There's room for the felt where I placed them and has blocked probably half of the light. Some light is actually leaking from below the plate the screws are attached to which...

I just recently got an old Wista 45D in relatively great shape for a bargain but it has a light leak at the bottom (see the photographs). I tightened the screws and placed felt there so there's less...

Thanks, Drew. I went with a new Gepe.


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Thanks, Bob.


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The Charity Hospital has been abandoned since Katrina but it still stands.


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I'll be in Arizona and Utah in a month for a two-week hiking/backpacking trip and I'll probably attempt a long exposure at night (estimating about 6-7 hours on Provia) so a shutter release cable is a...

I know; I'm only a noob to large format, not photography as a whole. Thanks, John lol.


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Oki doki. Will the Gepe 20" metal-weave cable with disc-lock be fine?

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My 2nd large format photo ever taken from last weekend on a Wista 45 + Graflex Optar 135mm f/4.7

Thank you, David. I'll chalk those reviews up to user error then lol. I'm looking at a Gepe 10" disk-lock right now.


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OK. Thank you. I need one for my hiking trip in the Grand Canyon in a month before I get the Fujinon lenses anyway so I'll get a Gepe and it will at least work for the Graflex Optar.

I've just gotten into large format about two weeks ago with a Wista 45 from the 70s. I've got a Graflex Optar 135mm f/4.7 on it right now but eventually I'm going to get some Fujinon lenses off....