Recently purchased a lovely old 5x4 Crown Graphic with 135mm Optar lens plus a 6x9rollfilm back and a 6 shot Grafmatic back. This is my first introduction to LF photography having covered all the other formats over the years doing my own B&W processing. Amazed at the depth of field that can be achieved even at table top close-ups using the dropped bed and tilt feature, incredible. Presently testing for best aperture for landscapes with the 6x9 back and favourite looking like f16 but won't know for definite until I feel confident enough to load both the Grafmatic back and the Yankee development tank with 5x4 film! I'm training with cut card at the moment but the Yankee film holder is a real pain especially as there no guide came with the tank. This tank is also very greedy requiring 55oz(1570ml) of solution whereas a Paterson tank would possibly only require around 14oz(400ml)with rotary processing. I really can't complain as the guy I purchased the camera
from sent the tank to me free of charge - very nice man indeed
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