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I leave my uv filter on mine and will take it off if I feel lens flare might be a problem. I've not had problems with vignetting shooting straight on with the filter on this lens. With movements,...

34 years old and I've been shooting large format for about 10 years. I shoot anything from 35mm to 5x7. I became interested in large format when I first noticed that my grandparents pictures...

I have a super graphic and enjoy using it. My lenses are the 135mm optar, 90mm optar, 8 1/4" tele Raptar, and a 15" tele Raptar (tripod only on this monster of a lens) I have used anything from...

Steve Grimes!

He did a great job with the CLA on my 90mm Optar.

Kerry Thalman wrote a nice article in View Camera magazine one or two issues ago that touched on this a little. You might check it out.

I had the same problem with a 1970's 90mm f8 S.A. I tried checking if the rear element was seated correctly (it was) and the same problems ensued. My 90mm optar was even sharper at the edges. I ...

First, depress the silver tab towards the pull handle to remove the sepum box from the genreal assembly. Second, hold the box that you just slid out of the general assembly and push the darkslide...

I just printed my first Pt/Pd test strips and print last night. Same problem with the grain. Seeing these answers gives me some directions on which variables I need to look at next.

My first...

The Toho looks like a very nice camera, butI have a Gowland pocket view camera (monorail with full front movements, rear swing and tilt) There are no positive detents, so it is a pain in the rear...

It's worth more than $200.

I was expecting a discussion of LF photography issues when I stumbled onto this thread. How on earth did we hit upon this topic?

Knowing full well that drilling in the arctic refuge is not a ...

Thanks for the advice. I can hardly wait for it to arrive.

Have you considered making a type of sliding back, where only a 4x10 slit is allowed to reach the ground glass? Then you can shoot two immages with a regular 8x10 holder/darkslide.

I just stumbled on to a 135mm Wide Field Ektar on ebay that came with a 5x7 came ra I bought, that has yet to arrive. Assuming the lens is in decent condition ( I know it's a big assumption), what...

I shot 35mm Tech Pan, and the last two rolls of Scala and had it all processed in the sepia. I have not printed them yet, but the projections are stunning. Even the tech pan held detail through a...