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What's your budget, and is there a maximum weight in mind?

Or perhaps a more useful alternative would be to do what I did when I used 003663; get a Really Right Stuff Arca-Swiss type panning clamp(& of course an Arca-type plate for yer Horseman). I'm pretty...

Unquestionably the Cube; I bought one a year and change ago and am terribly happy with it. For its precision and weight I don't think it is too terribly overpriced.

Well sure it vignettes, but it does so upon the edge of an image circle that's likely excessive enough for 4x5 to not usually show the effect.

just a note about cheap solutions for placing an ND grad filter in front of a lens; I use the Wimberley Plamp in this regard and am pleased with the device's capacity to hold the filter where I tell...

I have a Wista RF with a 150mm Sironar S, and the cam works well with the lens after I adjusted the infinity stop to match the Sironar. Despite the accuracy of the rangefinder, it is rather useless...

I guess I should be mad for $1500 and expect more, but the bubble levels on the Cube and the one which I place upon the corner of my groundglass disagree, slightly.  We're talking tiny amounts, but I...

Ralph

The Cube's much lighter and more compact than any of the Bogen geared heads.  The overall height is lower, conceptually facilitating better rigidity.  The quick release design allows you to...

I'm not rich.   Making a comfortable middle class income, but paying fair market rent in Manhattan as well.   That said, for me the C1 was almost worth the price; I'm quite glad I bought it and it...

Frank

Whom suggested I don't have a padded case for my tripod? Stick to being a professional cheapskate rather than extrapolating inaccurate inferences.

I have 6 tripod bags, 3 Tamrac unpadded...

Dunno if the scenario's identical with the 150mm variants, but I use the 110XL's center filter with my 120mm SW and am more pleased with the results when employing the filter than without.

I suppose it makes sense for it could easily be used as a weapon, but for whatever it is worth as a warning...the screeners at Rome's FCO airport would not under any circumstances allow a tripod in...

Though we all engage in this labor of love that brings this forum together, I've never been fond of referring to the end product as one's whiskey-oscar-romeo-kilo...sounds so much like taking oneself...

I am 100% certain that the Sironar-S line is not marketed under any other designation. They're always ridiculously overpriced and, quite unfortunately, always markedly better than other similar...

It has 56mm of front rise, which exceeds the coverage in 4x5 of any lens except the Super-Angulon XL 90mm.

However, the best option if you intend to use that kind of rise is to buy the dedicated...

I'd have to say that the urethane wrapped Linhofs with the rotating nipple are the strongest, most durable and reliable. Plus the only ones I've found that have no problem triggering Copal 'press'...

I use Velbon NeoCarmagne 740 with the Linhof 003663 head and the Really Right Stuff "panning clamp"...but now I'm forking over the $1500 for the Arca-Swiss C1 Cube as it is the first geared head...

I use the IIIb center filter made for the Schnieder 110 Xl symmar with my 75SW and find it to be extremely beneficial. Grey market importers have it at a decent price.

When calculating magnification ratios, do you use square footage of film or the size of the aspect ratio? In other words, if using a 4x5 camera to photograph something 8x10" in size, is the ratio...

A year ago I spent well over $1000 to convert my 5 lenses to Copal Press shutters, pay for engraved aperture scales & then ultimately purchased the Auto Interlock Release Cable which works with the...

I find most modern multicoated lenses essentially similar in sharpness(even have a 110 Schneider which I don't think is much different than my 20-year-old 210 W Nikkor), and owned at least one from...

A glitch prevented the B&H site from advertising the entire line which is imported into the USA, but now they're showing-including the 3032. Enjoy it, it is a great unit at a great price.

I've always put opened boxes of sheets inside of Tupperware containers with Ewa-Marine Dry Munchers thrown in before I seal it and throw the Tupperware container in the freezer, and never have...

As far as I know, all the Report series standard-issue columns are 50 cm in length. You can option for shorter/longer ones.

I bought the 3032 and am impressed enough with the integral leveling...

Thanks Jan, that's clear as something that's clear(I'm not very good with analogies). Cheers.

Does this mean that one should tap the holder so that the film is settled towards the side that is closest to where one removes the darkslide, or towards the side that is closest to where one loads...

I use his service with fair regularity and am in general impressed by the process. Definitely pulls more dmax out of a film than if normally processed, and often does so without an adverse affect...

Just got back from holiday with a Berlebach 3032 and I'd say I'm duly impressed. Not every bit the equal of a modern Ries, but just $190 and for my purposes versatile enough to leave the Linhof...

"Bob.", you either did not read what I wrote or you have a poor grasp of the definition of the word assertions.

Furthermore, I cannot imagine a more subjective topic than philosophy, where what...

A Revolutionary-era cannonball produces a similar sized impact & explosion as a gussied-up 747 colliding with a building?!? Puh-leeze. And another advantage Franklin had is that his enemy did not...

I've had The Slideprinter do Lightjets from 4x5 Acros negs that they also drum scanned for me, and comparing the finished product to contact prints of the same neg reveals only variances which have...

I wonder if Franklin would proffer the same quote upon witnessing the video footage of the planes hitting the towers. He lived in a time bereft of such awesome & immediate manmade destruction of...

If you can afford it, go to the Post Ranch Inn for a stay or just a meal. It is awesome, truly one of the great hotels on the planet.

Sure they can, but will the front standard's protrusions interfere with the shutter's space?

If so, get this one.

Old thread but worth noting; the 4541A bag bellows CAN be used with regular flat lensboards. The bag bellows will either mount where the regular bellows would attach to the front standard, or it can...

He got them from a NYC lab called Spectra. Thanx for the link, Larry. I note that these aren't archival, and I've confirmed that neither are the Clear-File ones I'm aware of. He'll certainly be...

An older artist I've shot for has some 4x5 slides in presentation sleeves where the black edge is no more than 3/4" around each side of the transparency. They're only about as big as a 5x7" print. ...

Save yourself headaches and buy the wideangle ring first. Better yet, and a more cost effective option, would be to buy the Lee hood with two filter slots & a 67mm wide angle ring, then put HiTech...

The 2227 is Benbo-versatile but not well suited to long exposures with 6.00 lb of gear. It supports weight that is off axis substantially, never a good idea when long exposures are involved. ...

Kevin

Once again, prisoner's dilemma isn't my theory, but rather a tried and true explanation to the actions of man done in the singular which profoundly affect the collective. I don't know...