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Hi all. Is there enough of a difference between an 81B (which I might purchase) and a skylight filter (which I have and is always on-lens) to warrant carrying both? Thanks.

Kerry: Is the warm polarizer therefore more neutral than a plain KR1.5? Do you agree that a lens shade is more important than having multicoating on the polarizer? Finally, since I am trying not...

Glenn, I can't seem to find a B+W KR1.5 polarizer with MRC in the Schneider catalog. Do you have a model number? Also, thanks for the info on the 110mm and 300mm lenses.

Since every sheet of...

Thanks all. A few more questions: If I were to buy a regular polarizer and screw it onto the KR1.5, would I have the equivalent of a warm polarizer? Does multicoating make a difference for a...

I am scheduled to take a workshop with Dykinga in a few weeks. The materials suggest that I bring a grad ND and a polarizer. My only lens is a Schneider 210 APO-Symmar with a 72mm thread. I use...

Thanks everyone. I have been using a Tenba PBL for the past 10 years, and as I have grown older I have become more and more dissatisfied with the lack of suspension, high weight and lack of room for...

Is anyone out there using an Osprey Eclipse "+5" backpack for a 4x5 kit? If so, what are your likes/dislikes? My kit would include a Wisner traditional, 2 lenses, meter, 2 boxes of quickload,...

Thanks all. Does anyone know if there is room for the unibottle (n/k/a "Omega Reservoir") in or on a Lowe NatureTrekker AW or Photo Trekker AW? Or is it better to get a dayhike sized Camelbak and...

Is anyone using any of the Camelbak hydration backpacks for mild dayhikes with 4x5 kit? If so, which model, and how much do you pack? My requirements would be 4x5 field camera, 2 lenses, meter,...

Got it. Thanks.

I am getting ready for a color landscape workshop and the instructor has suggest ed bringing a small amount of color neg film "for situations that exceed the lat itude of transparency film."

I...

Ellis, thanks very much.

Practically, is this accessory more for the studio, the field, or both? I'm using a Wisner for landscape, etc. and have no easy way to calculate angles, etc. with any degree of precision. Do I...

The HP Marketing website says that the Rodenstock calculator computes Schleimpfl ug angles and depth-of-field. How does it work? Is it a useful accessory? Tha nks.

I have done the Maine Photographic Workshop twice over the last four years. If you are using LF, which I assume you are, it is very important that the workshop leaders be (at the very least)...

I just fold the darkcloth into 8ths and put it over the grounglass and then close the backpack over it.

What is the consensus on the shortest focal length lens that can be easily used with moderate movement (i.e. normal for purposes of landscape photography) witho ut a bag bellows on a Wisner...

Thanks. Didn't want to pop it out without knowing that I wasn't going to break it.

This is a very basic question: At one end of the slot that the screw travels in on the top of my Gitzo 1370M is a little rubber stop. Is this rubber stop remo vable so I can remove the 1/4 inch...

Sorry everyone - I asked this same question in January - I forgot.

I have finally taken delivery of a G1325 tripod, G1321 levelling base and a G137 0M low-profile pan/tilt head, all for my Wisner 4x5. I am thinking that I would like a quick release. Is anyone...

I found the 1228 too small for my Wisner 4x5 and have ordered a 1325 to replace it.

I bought and then sold (at a horrific discount) a G1227 to go with my Wisner 4x5 Traditional (6lbs.) The G1227 was light enough but it did feel quite marginal. I am now awaiting shipment of a...

Chris: I take it that your metal field camera has a wide flat bottom and that there is nevertheless sufficient finger room 9between the camera bottom and the tripod head) to physically manipulate...

I am slowly coming to the decision to go with a Gitzo 1370M low profile pan/tilt head rather than an Arca-Swiss B1 for my 4x5 Wisner. Since I want a quick rele ase, is the RRS B-2 clamp a viable...

The APO is a beautiful sharp lens. If you are using color then it might be worth the extra money.

One more thing - would the addition of the Gitzo 1321 leveling base be a solution that would allow for minute corrections if necessary?

This is in furtherance of the thread "Gitzo 3 leg sections vs. 4 leg sections", but since my questions are now related to the head choice I thought it appropria te to start a new thread.

There are...

John, you are right about Robert White. While I ordinarily purchase from B&H, the price savings are so substantial at Robert White on the Gitzo products that I am going to place my order from...

Kerry, you have been very helpful in your comments. I took some time yesterday to go over to B&H and look at the 1325 and the 1348/49, and instinctively I like the 3 section tripod better -...

By way of explanation, I had been using a Bogen 3021 with my Wisner for many years and decided to treat myself to a CF tripod this past summer to try to bring down the weight somewhat. I bought...

John, that is a very interesting comment on not extending the leg sections all of the way. Thanks.

Is there any difference in stability and weight-bearing ability between the Gitz o 1325, which has three leg sections and no center column, and the Gitzo 1348, w hich has four leg sections and no...

Time to rent both of them, as they both sound like good contenders.

The primary reason would be ease of set-up and use. Any weight savings for the body and lens would be an added benefit but not the primary reason. As to tripods, I am using a Gitzo 1228 with the ...

I am thinking about adding a medium format system to go along with my 4x5 for na ture/landscape photography. What are people using? I was at the Photo East exp o last weekend and played with the...

Thanks all. Could I ask who you (respondents) use for drum scanning and lightjet output?

I recently had my first experience with digitial, having one of my 4X5 chromes d rum-scanned and then printed on Crystal Archive. I was pleased to see the resul t is superior in many aspects to a...

William, could you please comment on the relative smoothness of the movements? Also, am I correct to assume that you are adding a quick release adaptor to the 1570M? Thanks.

Jorge, thanks. I would be using the 1372M - not the low profile one - with the 1227 carbon-fiber legset. I am not interested in either the 1370 or 1570 low profile because neither has a quick...