Wanderlust 4x5 P&S

[Larry Kellogg]

Yeah, that's a bit bright for an overcast day. I still want a faster film.

[JChrome]

Yes, the real problem is that fast films aren't available in 4x5. I shoot a lot of Delta 3200@1600 in 35mm and medium format. It's a great film, especially on the street when I'm moving and the subject is moving.

Besides, I think large format lenses are designed to be stopped down for maximum sharpness, not too far to avoid diffraction, though. I wonder what the sweet spot is on the f/8 Super Angulon, f/22 perhaps?

I proposed this earlier, but using a 6x12 back on the Travelwide would be a good option :-).

This way you can shoot your Delta 3200 and make some sweet panoramas.

[Larry Kellogg]

That's an interesting idea, you gonna try one of those Dayi backs? I can't quite see shooting a panorama back on the street although I have shot an XPan, which is a lot of fun. That thing is so wide that you can put people in the frame without them ever knowing.

[Corran]

I'm planning on strapping my Horseman 612 onto the TW at some point for sure, somehow.

[JChrome]

That's an interesting idea, you gonna try one of those Dayi backs? I can't quite see shooting a panorama back on the street although I have shot an XPan, which is a lot of fun. That thing is so wide that you can put people in the frame without them ever knowing.

Yea, I also have a Horseman 6x12 back (fantastic build quality and operation, btw). I'm debating on either the 65mm or the 90 with the TW. Either would be fun but I like a portrait length more. Of course the critical focusing is problematic..

The Fuji GW690 is a 6x9 with a 90mm F3.5 lens rangefinder and I shot with that in the street all the time so the 6x12 wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

[Larry Kellogg]

Ah, the GW690, the Texas Leica! I'm kinda wondering how people are going to react on the street when I raise the TravelWide to my face. Ben, do they run the other way?

I'm excited to see what everybody produces, from photos taken with sporting scopes to panoramic backs, to paper negs, it's gonna be fun.

[letchhausen]

It would be nice to get faster film but I'll probably just underexpose overdevelop and let the grain sear my eyeballs.....

[Larry Kellogg]

LOL, I'm not against grain, but feel it depends on the subject matter for whether it is effective or not.

For a masterful use of grain see André Kertesź's book Gypsies or Julia Calfee's book Spirits and Ghosts - Journeys through Mongolia.

I brought up the question of 4x5 Delta 3200 on APUG and hope to hear something about what it would take to get it.

[Larry Kellogg]

So ends the dream of a fast 4x5 film:

"Dear Larry et al,

I have already said that DELTA 3200 and PAN F + as sheet film would not be an economic proposition to even coat never mind the required work in R&D for the requisite sheet film formulations of the two emulsions. Nothing has changed.

One parent roll is 193,750 sheets of 5"x4" 'give or take'.

Very Sorry.

Simon ILFORD Photo / HARMAN technology Limited :"

[Corran]

200,000 sheets, wow! Oh well. I wouldn't mind trying Pan F+ in sheet film.