After a year of lurking and reading every forum question, I took the plunge and joined the large format fraternity. I bought a used Tachihara about 25 years old. When I received it from the seller I was blown away. It looked brand new, like he never used it. It came with two lenses, a 90 f8 Schneider and a 210 f6.8 Caltar II N. With 4 film holders and a new tripod, I was off to take my first pictures.
I remembered all the advice you folks had given. I took two shots of the grape arbors in my town and took them to the store for processing. A week later, when I opened the package a pointed the chromes up to the light, it was like a warm glow came over me. There was the most astonishing picture I had ever taken. The exposure was perfect, the color accurate and the focus dead on.
I just would like to thank all of you on this forum for all your great advice and encouragement to LF beginners. I am now hooked. Thank you.
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