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Nice sharp colorful, Gabe.

I like the first more. The composition seems better. I like the haze on both and color.

It's like Rip Van Winkle who fell asleep in the Catskills for twenty years only to wake up and find that everything had changed. Well, not everything.

When I staterd shooting 35 years ago with my RB67 medium format, I read and then followed this advice I read about. Seems to work. I'd calculate the DOF I need. Then stop down one more stop for...

Thanks That's about an hour south from my home.

Thanks for the diagram. I understand it and it explains the situation well. I have to admit I have trouble seeing it intuitively. I shot it at f22; I suppose f32 would have helped a little.

Thanks for that. I just thought it was strange the way the portion in the middle came up slightly out of focus. I guess that has to dow with the movement I made? But it's hard for me to visualize.

If I was to use "digital" printing from a scan, then I would be adjusting contrast and sharpness when I edit in Lightroom. That shows in the larger link for that photo I showed above, copied here:...

So the circled areas are out of focus because I needed swing too??

F/22. 150mm lens.

Here is the same picture larger and after sharpening overall.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/49843934826/in/album-72157714124881023/

Could anyone tell me why the circled areas seem more out of focus? I was using asymmetrical tilt on my Chamonix with a 150mm. I focused far on the clouds on the asymmetrical line on the GG. Then I...

There's a lot to be said for simplicity.

Steve, You're really getting the Howtek down. Nice shot.

Some seem pretty good. Others not so good. But I'm still having problems with the "fiddly" nature of large format.

I'm new to 4x5; just started last year. So now this thread has me more confused than ever. I was told in the beginning to usually use a little back tilt on the rear standard when I shot landscapes,...

Owen, could you explain why in more detail and the kind of pictures you take? Any samples we can see?

I was thinking of the Intrepid in Great Britain as a light camera and inexpensive. Here's a comparison of it and other 4x5's for the field by Alex Burke....

Isn't Ebony made in Great Britain? Wouldn't the pricing be less than imports?

Where could we see your photos, Hugo?

And cameras with asymmetrical tilt on the rear standard, I focus far let's say half up the mountain lining up the far line on the ground glass and then tilting the rear back for the close element,...

That's correct. The halfway is really the same relationship of 1/3 to 2/3 (approx I believe) on 4x5's and my bellows operated Mamiya RB67. Movement gets less the further the focal point is from the...

You focus on the near and tilt for the far?

4x5 home scans look a lot better than medium format and 35mm. I don't have an 8x10, so I don't know if those scans would be better than 4x5.

I'm not sure if that's asymmetrical. Maybe someone else knows?

I wound up using the Kessler short plate on my Mamiya RB67. But it doesn't have the locking nibs like the Arca plate that didn't clamp tight. Although the Kessler plate has a rubberized surface, it...

Does your Intrepid have asymmetrical tilt? If so, you have another way of controlling tilt.

I think you're supposed to age wine, not film. :)

I use a V850 to scan film up to 4x5. I don't currently print. It's basically to download to the web. So here's my question.

I figure that if I really want to print a few pictures large, I could...

You have FP100C instant film? Wow. I've got one box left for my RB67 but it hasn't been refrigerated. Does the refrigerator keep it?

Nice. Where's the beer?

Which plate are you using? I bought the Arca RB67 plates and the Kessler clamp would not tighten it.

I had a problem with an Arca manufactured Arca plate that didn't work with the Kessler clamp. The plate was for the Mamiya RB67 camera. The Kessler would not tighten the Arca plate. Make sure you...

Who was better company? Your wife or the osprey? Nice shot. Looks so peaceful.

Nice shot John. Sharp, good contrast.

Here's my tip. Have a strong drink available when you first start doing it and lock up all firearms.

I just noticed you said you used "manual dodging". What did you do?

Steven. I agree the vignetting is too much especially in the upper left and upper right corners.

I have a Lincoln SUV that I think switches the percent between front and rear depending on road conditions. There's no specific 4WD setting. I often go down fire break roads and was wondering just...

I've never seen a difference in scan time with the Epson V600 or V850 by changing the histogram settings. Using ICE doubles the scan time. Changing the resolution changes it too, I believe. But I...