Naturally, all the answers are going to be "it depends."
If you have a fast lens and you are going for the creamy dreamy bokeh and he lens can do it, then open it up all the way. What if a...
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Naturally, all the answers are going to be "it depends."
If you have a fast lens and you are going for the creamy dreamy bokeh and he lens can do it, then open it up all the way. What if a...
If you want to use the method of cutting the retaining ring, find the replacement first.
I spent quite a while unsuccessfully searching for a Shannel shutter replacement ring.
I ended up buying a...
Speaking of huge, fast LF lenses, here is a setup with a giant custom made shutter for a deardorf 8x10 and two titanic lenses:...
I don't know if large format lenses are the same, but with regular SLR lenses, sometimes there is a bit of paint or sealant that makes things really hard to open. So a tiny bit of acetone on the end...
A fast lens means wide glass.
I guess that an F/1.2 4x5 lens (if it is technically feasible to make one) would weigh more than the camera, tripod, film holders, light meter times two.
And it would...
They put lots of ads on ebay. It seems strange to me that the ground glass held in the hand rarely matches the description of what they are selling.
If the corners are clipped, if there is a...
Also:
https://www.largeformatphotography.info/lenses/LF8x10in.html
This list shows coverage circles and max apertures for a broad spectrum of lenses:
https://www.graflex.org/lenses/lens-spec.html
You can find that link in the Lens FAQ document:...
It seems that the satin snow ground glass is no longer available.
I saw a product in the new products for super bright ground glass, but I saw no resolutions in the thread it if was good or not....
What happens if we put me in Zion park or Glacier national park with 19k worth of equipment and Ansel Adams with a pinhole box camera in a Scranton NJ parking lot? Who gets the better picture?
So I...
I stand corrected. Even Nebraska and Kansas had some nice spots.
I guess anywhere except Kansas and Nebraska, and a few of the eastern seaboard states like New Jersey.
Pacific Northwest - fabulous.
California, Nevada, New Mexico,m Utah - Fabulous
Texas -...
I have seen listings for a 500mm Telecongo that is f/8 and (supposedly) covers 5x7:
https://picclick.com/Yamasaki-Tele-Congo-500mm-f8-5x7-Large-Format-383691774518.html
Also, f/9.5:...
I guess that what combinations of equipment does best is a function of a lot of variables.
This analysis:...
Bam!
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I have a nice DSLR and a mirrorless camera. Both are made by Canon. I really like both of them, and especially the instant feedback of knowing you got the shot.
I have 512 GB memory cards in them....
The sheer audacity to build a camera that large is awe inspiring.
I am not looking to create a download site, more like a museaum.
Now, people will argue that it takes too long to download a giant image.
I guess in 10 years you will be able to download a...
Yes, exactly. That's it.
FWIW, I got a response back from KEH and they offered to send me a return shipping label and were very apologetic.
I told them not to worry about it.
Both of those sites are pretty cool.
I imagine that you guys are correct and it is a bad idea.
There are about 2 billion pixels of information on a 4x5 image:
https://kenrockwell.com/tech/film-resolution.htm
At 48 bits per pixel...
That is a wonderful story. There are certain skills in the world that only exist in the minds of a few men.
When they are lost they are really lost and that is a tragedy.
It can be making a...
Currently I have raw digital images. There is some way to display them because I have been to photography sites that allow you to request a view of the raw file.
Now that I have some 4x5 cameras, I...
I don't want to convert to JPEG and lose the image quality.
If there is no free site, is there a pay for usage site?
I sent KEH a message on Friday with a photograph of the rail with a tape measure showing the length.
I don't want to discourage vendors from selling view camera stuff, so I won't get my nose out of...
Careful with that! You'll entice me into buying another camera.
Further, telephoto designs (e.g. the Fujinon T 400 mm f/8) don't need the full 400mm for focus at infinity due to the telephoto design of the lens itself. So it would be a truly exotic lense that...
Well, the bellows difference is 22 inches - 16 inches = 6 inches.
Now, 16 inches is: 16 inches x 2.54 cetimeters/inch = 40.6 cm = 406 mm. Pretty long already. As soon as you go over 360mm the...
Thank you for the offer. That is very generous. It reminds me of the sig I use in the chess programming forum:
"Taking ideas is not a vice, it is a virtue. We have another word for this. It is...
Rude responses are probably good for me, as a reminder I need to put in more effort before posting instead of using the forum as a tool to entice others into doing the work for me. I guess that part...
This is a CC-401:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Calumet-CC-401-4-x-5-View-Camera-Extra-Long-22-Triple-Extension-Bellow-w-Case/303445605248?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
I...
Those are the bellows lengths. The rail lengths are 20 inches for the CC-400 and 26 inches for the CC-401
I've decided just to keep the second CC-400 since returning postage is about half the cost of the camera. Besides which, I don't have a view camera lens longer than 40cm and since I don't have a...
It's a 20 inch rail, not a 22 inch rail.
The bellows is 16 inches long, making this camera a CC-400 and not a CC-401.
It's exactly identical to my other CC-400.
Because it says that the CC-401 comes with a 22 inch long bellows.
See also:
http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Calumet_CC-400
I am very sure I will follow the same route, but sometimes the hard lessons are best remembered. And it injects a certain humor into the path so that in the future you can look back and laugh,...
I downloaded that document "https://1drv.ms/b/s!AggQfcczvHGNkGG_P2z8Qiyc8Qo-"
I don't feel stupid for not knowing that camera model information should be found in a lens document.
I did not find...
It is supposed to have a 22 inch bellows, and I ordered a CALUMET 4X5 CC401 from KEH, and the camera arrived today (much delayed by fires in Oregon) and the rail is only 20 inches, like my other...
Thank you very much for your analysis. After careful examination of both pictures, I am quite sure you are right.
The people in this forum are amazing.