Hello everybody!
I thought I'd say hello since I'm spending my spare time reading as much as possible in the forum. I'm very grateful for all the information available here! My first large format camera is on its way and this is a new beginning for me.
My analog experiences are far in the past. When a child I was shooting with my father's OM1, for which I had bought few used lenses - a 24mm and a 300mm in addition to the standard Zuiko 50mm. Then a new millennium arrived, I left the house and entered the digital world - long walks during the night, exploring the secret corners of my city with a friend, uploading shoots online since I couldn't afford to print. Now I find myself living in a new country, speaking a new language and waiting for the delivery of a new camera - the courier should pop in today.
It's a second hand Wista 45DX and I don't really know what it will look like. Yes, of course I've seen some photos, but I guess it will be something different from all I know. At the moment I barely manage to understand which are the minimum requirements to shoot in large format. It might take some time before I can build up a basic kit and go out in the field. Two days ago I found a used Gitzo 1340 tripod on ebay and yesterday a very old Goerz lens, purchased for few pounds. Still missing: lens board, film holders, tripod head and all the darkroom equipment.
This is the plan! -- shoot paper negatives without shutter, learn to develop a negative and to contact print, then explore alternative techniques. I have no experience of darkroom and this is London, so I'm not even sure I have the space for a darkroom. But hey, I'll just print in my [bed]room or keep my flat mates queuing out of the bathroom while a fix my prints
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