Wanderlust 4x5 P&S

[Corran]

That's a matter of opinion...I hate the weather here!

[Simon Liddiard]

Randy - that sounds awesome and dangerous and some more awesome.

Corran - I will start posting my images once I get a scanner and my own developing kit. I'm aiming for this year!

[Larry Kellogg]

Anyway...it is my humble opinion that we should all post photos as often as possible, for not only sharing and discussion but dissemination of techniques and such.

There is a thread for posting images and having them critiqued. I have posted a couple of my shots over there. I am just getting started with large format photography. I'm certainly not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that. I'm sure the TravelWide will free me up to shoot a little more than with a view camera but I don't think I'll go crazy.

How is the experience of focusing the image on the ground glass with the TravelWide? Is the image bright and clear? You guys are shipping some kind of plastic ground glass, right? Is there a higher quality option to carry around than the one being shipped?

[David Aimone]

10k to go, counting down..... 10....

[zuiko90]

[QUOTE=Larry Kellogg;1013687] I am just getting started with large format photography. I'm certainly not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that. I'm sure the TravelWide will free me up to shoot a little more than with a view camera but I don't think I'll go crazy.

"...not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that."

Amen brother, I've been checking out the price of 4X5 film. Yikes! Certainly for testing and set up I'll be using photo paper as negatives. I do have some no name direct positive paper but the contrast is hard to control and of course, the image is mirror reversed.

For some reason the quote did not show up in a blue field. Still learning this forum.

[Ben Syverson]

Ben,

I pledged my amounts last week for both a 90 & 65. I've been following the project very closely and I'm not only excited for new people getting into LF, but also for helping the supply and demand of film. This project may create a short term (hopefully long term) boost in LF film.

I was re-reading the pledge options and the $10,000 option states something along the lines of consulting about a dream camera and it got me thinking...

If the Wanderlust 4x5 is successful, any chance you guys would consider building a dedicated 6x17 MF camera? We've recently seen both Holga and Belaire panoramic cameras, but they just aren't optically sufficient. I would absolutely back a sub $300-$400 Pano camera with the option of adding my own lens.

Johnny, thank you for your pledge! Regarding future cameras, NOTHING is off the table, and we'd of course be happy to talk with any backer at the 10K level. As a company, we'd like to get to the point where we can produce complete, self-contained cameras. We like products that are wide angle, cheap, good and small, so a panoramic camera MF would be a natural.

[Ben Syverson]

There is a thread for posting images and having them critiqued. I have posted a couple of my shots over there. I am just getting started with large format photography. I'm certainly not shooting willy nilly, I can't afford to do that. I'm sure the TravelWide will free me up to shoot a little more than with a view camera but I don't think I'll go crazy.

How is the experience of focusing the image on the ground glass with the TravelWide? Is the image bright and clear? You guys are shipping some kind of plastic ground glass, right? Is there a higher quality option to carry around than the one being shipped?

4x5 isn't so expensive—check out the Arista Edu 100 on Freestyle. 66¢ / sheet! Not too shabby.

We haven't been able to test the GG part, because there's no way to prototype it... A 3D print will have a texture on both sides, but we need there to be a very fine texture on the lens side and gloss on the user side. It's fine though—it's an extremely simple part with well-established dimensions. The only thing we'll need to do is determine the amount of texture on the GG side. The important thing is to allow people to calibrate infinity focus, so we will probably err on the side of a very fine texture, which may be slightly dark, but allow very fine focus in the center.

[Kirk Gittings]

Ben, BTW I'm in for a 90mm version. Good luck with this.

[Ben Syverson]

Ben, BTW I'm in for a 90mm version. Good luck with this.

Thank you, Kirk! Hopefully this project will bring some folks to LFF and send them down the LF rabbit hole.

[zuiko90]

Ben, about the GG. Here is what I did when building my plywood 4X5 point & shoot. I obtained a clear piece of plastic about the size of a film holder and about 1/8 inch thick. It was from a broken sign holder used where I worked. To get the right 3/16 inch depth standoff I used 4, 8-24 bolts through the plastic, adjusted to stick through 3/16 and locked with nuts. For the focus surface I just applied Scotch brand frosted tape to one surface. This worked well for fine adjustment of the lens and tests with photo paper verified my results. Frosted scotch tape makes a reasonable fine focusing surface.