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On a hike I'll usually take one of Bruce's photo backpacker concertina film holder bags: so for 4x5" that gives me six holders, and 8x10" 3 holders. That's usually ample, but if I'm not too far from...

An innovative Sydney photographer: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/canberra-photographer-sammy-hawker-processes-film-with-saltwater/103444912

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I would love a Kodak Master View - I think they are so very well designed - I love the notion of the clamshell body.

However, what I do have is a Mark I Intrepid 8x10". I would concur with...

I went to Iceland in 2012 and took my Wista 4x5 with three lenses in a Lowepro Minitrekker - Which was fine for IcelandAir overhead compartments. (Tripod was in checked luggage along with film...

Good point - I'll check and report back...

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I've been using the 4x5" ones for years and travelled all around Australia and the world with them - I just love them - they're like a film holder filing cabinet and I have no problems with them. The...

I have a spare Michael, should you need... I think it's a diffusion head from memory.

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I'll try to pop down next week - just a tram ride from work so I have zero excuses!!!

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I'm at https://www.instagram.com/rolleiflex4813/

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Thanks John,

I'm fairly sure I stopped briefly (and accidentally ordered a shandy from a hotel bar!!) in Belfort coming back from a day trip from Basel to Ronchamp (to see the Corbusier Chapel) a...

Thanks Oren,

Looks like Ars Imago https://www.ars-imago.ch is a good bet, and walking distance from the main train station too! Years ago I processed lots of E6 film at Fotostudio 13 in Zürich but...

Gruezi!

I'm plotting and scheming a trip to Switzerland (from Australia) in July this year hopefully. But the last time I went was 2016, when just popping all your film in carry-on luggage was...

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My mum's 77th birthday party. I'm standing at rear right.
- Camera: Wista 45DXII
- Lens: Fujinon 135mm f/5.6
- Film: Mummy* 400 4x5" (*naturally)
- Lighting: No. 11 flashbulb in a...

I agree. I own a version 1 (Kickstarter) 4x5" and its very crude compared to their latest version - I wouldn't expect them to carry upgrades to that with their business model, and when I'm brave...

Fantastic - I have an AC1200, but that's probably a bit niche for it's own facebook page... I do have the manuals as PDF's though if that's useful!

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A capital idea!! Actually, I did the same thing 14 years ago before I bought my shiny (at the time) new Wista, meeting Shane in the city who kindly brought his in for me to look at...

I'll send...

Evening Lachlan!!

That's good - I have a Nikon 120mm f/4 and the massive Nikon 300mm f/5.6 - I ended up foregoing the Linhof adapter (as I wasn't really using those lenses on the little Wista) and...

Lachlan - I have the Mark I, and am thinking about upgrading. My main issue with Mark I is the wobbly front standard, and the difficulty in locking tilt, rise/fall independently. Also, the bellows...

Hi Joel,

Greetings from Narrm!

Marc!

I've been thinking about replacing my 8x10" model I with a newer one - and the version 3 looks like it will go a long way towards addressing the wiggly annoying bits!

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Mine is inching its way to sunny Melbourne. I can hardly wait. I have been press-ganging my family into 4x5/8x10 group portraits for many years, and having these without a long rubber cable visible...

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6 years ago I had my very first ride on a 'Trek' e-bike with a Bosch hub motor around the Swiss alps, and I just carried my Wista around in my backpack as normal - felt very balanced, and...

Can you streamline your 4x5 kit? Take just one lens, that sort of thing? I had a similar issue travelling to New Zealand some years ago, and remembered I had a 4x5" Travelwide = perfect (although I...

Marvellous! With this and QT Luong's upcoming book, that's some bookshelf treasure right there!

Greetings from another Melburnian!

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Welcome from sunny Melbourne, John!!

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There's quite a community of Large Format photographers in Australia. There's a forum http://forum.largeformatphotography.com.au, there's a very updated Large Format news page...

I haven't used the 8x10" much (well, I only really started in earnest this year with it, and then along came the plague lockdowns!!) - I'm used to my solid and precise Wista 4x5, so the wobbliness...

Hello from a fellow Intrepid owner (4x5 & 8x10) down in sunny Victoria!!

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This thread is a slow burn - revived 7 years later!! But that's very interesting and well-found!

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I have to volunteer 'Victoria' in Australia. In a relatively small (for Australia) state, we have alpine areas & wild high country, arid desert, temperate rainforest (with some of the tallest trees...

Very unexpected and really sad! I enjoyed Richard’s idiosyncratic newsletters, and went on two group outings led by him years ago. R.I.P.

Marc.

Happy anniversary!! What a great place - I always learn something new here.

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Snapped with a Wista 45DXIII & Nikon 300mm f/9 lens on Fuji FP100c pack film. Lit with two speedlites. Assisted by the late (��) Mr. Purple.

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I keep a database on an old Psion 5MX handheld 'computer' - it has a really good database program. I print out each entry and keep it with the corresponding negative in storage. I've been using it so...

I've received my camera already, down here in chilly Australia. I haven't had a chance to test it yet, but its nicely packaged...

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Just to be a positive counterpoint: I have a 4x5" mk1 and an 8x10" mk1 and they're both 'fine'! Not exactly my Wista, but that's not the point of them - I can make a super picture when my brain and...

My Wista DXIII was $1299 new from MPEX in 2008! That's only ten years ago...

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Well the best thing to do is buy and use it whilst it lasts... if they change their mind, yay, but otherwise at least we have all experienced it and can compare it to what went before and after... I...

Simple iMac (4GHz Intel Core i7) here with Epson V700 and the Epson software plus photoshop...

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