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I had similar experiences until I got a photographer’s vest, in which all my essential accessories related to taking LF photos in the field all have their place and are close at hand.

Jim, Your response caused me to remember that (I think) the RP app may have more than one version (such as starter or Basic, and "Pro" versions), so you may need to clarify on that. If you go out...

Jim, Check out the Reciprocity Timer app for either iPhone or Android. I use it on my iPhone primarily to help me with exposure corrections for film or bellows reciprocity, but it has pretty...

I've found that a longer dark cloth is best. So don't get or make one that would just cover the camera back and your head, and just down to say your shoulders; but one that covers all that and also...

Thank you; I can recognize good and wise advice, and appreciate your giving it...

Thanks, Neil, and your last sentence re obtaining a good negative is my primary goal with the densitometer. But I think it's good to know how much latitude your papers and films can provide within...

Neil, I hope my questions here are not an inappropriate broadening of your basic question about which used densitometer to shop for. A couple of years ago I went ahead and purchased a Heiland...

Before this COVID mess, for the past several years I’ve done two extended photography road trips per year with my 4x5 camera, and I have about 80-90 film holders that I load up for each trip. ...

popdoc, My wife and I have traveled to Naples area in April several times over the years, and on almost every visit I've driven out to Clyde Butcher's Big Cyress Gallery (and sometimes come home...

This spring I will be traveling with my cameras down the Natchez Trace Parkway from near Nashville to Natchez, and then along the Gulf Coast over to the Florida Panhandle, and I'd appreciate any...

I have a couple of the Slosher units that I purchased from another LFer who retired and sold all his DR gear. I also attended John Sexton's workshop in 2017, where he talked (briefly) about this...

Inukshuk figure by artist Qavavau Shaa of Cape Dorset, Nunavut (Linhof Master Kardan GTL 4x5; 210mm Nikkor AM ED macro lens, f32.67, 72 sec; Delta & Provia films)

Inukshuks were strategically...

+1 to Drew's use of Vuescan and the cumbersome connection of his Coolscan 9000 to his Mac. I use the same set-up to get nice scans from my Coolscan 9000 into my iMac running OS Big Sur version...

To the OP: I didn't see anyone above here refer you to this review resource by Kerry Thalmann on "modern" LF lenses, that I have found helpful toward making decisions on what goes into my kit back...

Bob, So after using my MT IV for the last few years (but never with any of the 3 cams it came with), your explanation makes some sense to me. However, I confess I don’t recall the Owner's Manual...

Michael, In regard to editing digital images of B&W film scans for printing later by inkjet or from (inkjet printed) digital negatives, others in this thread have recommended that you consider...

If, when you go to close up the MT camera at the end of your various steps to get the focusing beds aligned, your camera does not click nicely and hold shut when you fold it into the clamshell shape,...

Michael R, Montreal is can't be that far from East Topsham, Vermont, where Cone Edition Press is located; and where they offer their seminars to help people learn various aspects of using their...

To the OP: 'Not trying to be smart here, but keep in mind (if you are not metric system-oriented) there are 25.4mm to an inch; so your 210mm lens will require about 8.25 inches distance between the...

Daum Urn with light from above in color, and from right rear in B&W [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5, 210mm Nikkor AM ED macro, f32 @ 27s. on Provia (normal); and f32.5 @ 3mins, 39s. on TMX (normal)]
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+1 for what Bob said. I have a nice 45S with the standard and bag bellows, and changing between the two bellows (once you have the camera unfolded and set-up on the tripod) could not be simpler,...

Re RRS tripod, I use a Versa 23 (2 Series 3-segmented legs) version and it is adequate to support my MT. RRS used to make a specific plate for the MT, but now you'll need to use one of their more...

After reading through this entire (interesting) thread, I’m left with one seemingly simple reaction. After one has taken all the time, effort and expense with LF gear of choice to set-up and make an...

Greg Waterman, Thank you for sharing your experiences and perspectives about your process which ends with inkjet prints. I, too, have no children, and so no thought that anyone will want my...

Michael, I am basically at the same stage as you, but lucky enough (now that I'm a happy retiree) to have the budget and time for the learning curve to give the Piezography route a try. I...

+1 from my various experiences with Omer at CatLabs over the years, and with the Heiland LED VC light source and Splitgrade Analyzer system I purchased several months ago for my LPL 4500 enlarger. ...

Prior to this year I had gone on two month-long road trips with my LF and MF and digital cameras, to all corners of the US (and several NPs), over each of the previous 5 years since I retired from my...

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Neck ties #5 in color, and #7 in monochrome series. [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5; 180mm APO Macro Sironar @ f11.75 and 1s. in Provia, and f16.3 @ 2s. in Acros]

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NECK TIES #9, this one is nearly a monochrome collection. [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5; 180mm APO Macro Sironar @ f16.5 and 1s.; Provia]

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Neck ties #2 [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5; 180mm APO Macro Sironar @ f16.5 and 10s.; Ektar]

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Neck ties #1, from another time in my life. [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5; 210mm Nikkor AM ED macro @ f22.5 and 3s.; Velvia 100]

You might contact Bob Watkins at Precision Camera Works (now in the Napa area) to find out if he does CLA and repairs on shutters and lenses. I think he does, and if so I'm sure you'd be satisfied...

Autumn stems after berry drop (Linhof MT 2000 4x5; 300mm Nikkor M lens, f45, 7s; TMX film)

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Here is the same Daum urn photographed with the LED light coming straight down from overhead through a variable angle Fresnel modifier, and with Ektar 4x5 film.

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Daum urn (Linhof Master Kardan GTL 4x5; 210mm Nikkor AM-ED macro lens, TMX film, f22.5, 38s). I used an LED light with a 19 degree snoot modifier and directed horizontally into the back right side...

Praus Productions Inc. in Rochester NY. C-41 4x5films are $3.25 per sheet, and their quality and service are excellent. They have many fans on this Forum...

If you have an iPhone, consider using the stopwatch function. I don't know if you might even be able to make it show red numerals on the black background (which I'd think would be perfect for you...

I have a TK 45S, and was talking about it with Austin Calhoon at Laflex Camera Service, who specializes in Linhof cameras and other gear (and was suggested to you as a repair service option above). ...

Like Daniel at Post #6, I use a 360mm APO-Ronar f9 (though in a Copal 3 shutter) with my Master Technika or my MT 2000 without any problems for landscape photography where the subject is usually at...

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Table ware, bowl and urn. [Linhof Kardan Master GTL 4x5, TXP film, 300mm APO Germinar lens, f22.67, 9s.]