Will Thompson
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Now up to 4 8x10 Kodak 2-D, 9 4x5, 3 2x3, 1 5x7 and still counting.
Is this an addiction?
Is this an addiction?
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How many 4x5/8x10 view cameras is too many
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Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Not only is is an addiction it really ticks me off! You keep collecting these great cameras but you never use them! Even a Polaroid would be fine!Will Thompson said:
Asher
Kirk Thompson
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How many did Weston or Adams need? Or Atget or Evans?
The question is how many great images you're making with them. If you aren't regularly using them for photography, give 'em to an art school & let some students have a chance.
Kirk
The question is how many great images you're making with them. If you aren't regularly using them for photography, give 'em to an art school & let some students have a chance.
Kirk
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Will is very good at rehabilitating large format cameras. Trouble is he love gadgets and fixing things!
I keep pushing him for images. We need action in the 4x5 area. Now it is true that a lot of the cameras are handsome and one an "ooh" and "aah" about the leather and put on great bargains in fine rescued lenses, but they also need to breath some film smell!
I'm still hoping we might get some pictures. maybe will have to have a 4x5 day in L.A.!
Asher
I keep pushing him for images. We need action in the 4x5 area. Now it is true that a lot of the cameras are handsome and one an "ooh" and "aah" about the leather and put on great bargains in fine rescued lenses, but they also need to breath some film smell!
I'm still hoping we might get some pictures. maybe will have to have a 4x5 day in L.A.!
Asher
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
4x5 Polaroid
Here is the Image I submitted for the hompage slide show.
Graflex Crown View 4x5, Caltar 150mm lens, Polaroid type 72 B&W ISO 400 intant sheet film!
Here is the Image I submitted for the hompage slide show.
Graflex Crown View 4x5, Caltar 150mm lens, Polaroid type 72 B&W ISO 400 intant sheet film!
Mr.Lauren MacIntosh
New member
No Matter How many camera's you have , you only can use one at a time , the Last I knew !
I have an Old 4x5 which I used before but it collects dust now , since I do not have a dark room , it sits ,Sorry: made by Rochester Opitical Co., a Pony Premo #6 [ serial # 85559 ] And a few others And one a brownie Reflex I just found out has Film in it
I have an Old 4x5 which I used before but it collects dust now , since I do not have a dark room , it sits ,Sorry: made by Rochester Opitical Co., a Pony Premo #6 [ serial # 85559 ] And a few others And one a brownie Reflex I just found out has Film in it
Will Thompson
Well Known Member
OK! Latest count on Large Format cameras.
6 Graflex press cameras 4x5 and 2x3 (have shot with)
3 Calumet 4x5 CC400 series (1 Black)
1 Wista 45DX (have shot with)
1 Toyo 45CF (have shot with)
1 Graflex Crown View 4x5 (have shot with)
1 Century 5x7 No. 2
2 Century 8x10 No. 2
2 Calumet 8x10 C1 Black (have shot with)
6 Eastman Kodak 8x10 No. 2D
6 Graflex press cameras 4x5 and 2x3 (have shot with)
3 Calumet 4x5 CC400 series (1 Black)
1 Wista 45DX (have shot with)
1 Toyo 45CF (have shot with)
1 Graflex Crown View 4x5 (have shot with)
1 Century 5x7 No. 2
2 Century 8x10 No. 2
2 Calumet 8x10 C1 Black (have shot with)
6 Eastman Kodak 8x10 No. 2D
Carsten Wolff
New member
Is that pic blurry?
Asher is right. Use them! That's what they're there for.
I had the "collecting bug" once, too, though. But I now only have one LF camera
(an old Arca Swiss 5x7, which also does 4x5 and 6x17) and I'm in the process of reducing my lens kit from 12 to 4 (ok 5, but that includes my 6x17 underwater set).
Asher is right. Use them! That's what they're there for.
I had the "collecting bug" once, too, though. But I now only have one LF camera
(an old Arca Swiss 5x7, which also does 4x5 and 6x17) and I'm in the process of reducing my lens kit from 12 to 4 (ok 5, but that includes my 6x17 underwater set).
Jack_Flesher
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Hmmm... I have a couple of tripods and have been known to set two or three cameras up whenever I think the light might be spectacular.
Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Actually, I think you have something important there Jack!
I have been at the Ponte Vecchio, that ancient bridge Florence, Italy. As the sun sets, things change so fast, it's a challenge working with a 35mm camera and doing a Pano. One has to use auto since the light changes drasticly between shots. A LF camera doesnt require stitching just a look at the sky and a light meter reading. So having several LF camera ready will films seems utterly smart! With an assistant to change the film holders, one could get off a 20 shots as the sun goes down!
One is lucky to get one good pano in that time!
Asher
I have been at the Ponte Vecchio, that ancient bridge Florence, Italy. As the sun sets, things change so fast, it's a challenge working with a 35mm camera and doing a Pano. One has to use auto since the light changes drasticly between shots. A LF camera doesnt require stitching just a look at the sky and a light meter reading. So having several LF camera ready will films seems utterly smart! With an assistant to change the film holders, one could get off a 20 shots as the sun goes down!
One is lucky to get one good pano in that time!
Asher
Jack_Flesher
New member
That time of day is definitely problematic for large format Asher. Murphy is always present, and more often than I care to admit, I've captured what I think is the "peak" light, only to have it "pop fantastic" while I'm hunched over my bag slipping the sheet I just exposed into the "exposed" film pouch... Quickloads help here for sure as you can get another sheet ready in a hurry, but sometimes the pop only lasts for 15 or 20 seconds and you'd better be ready if you expect to grab it.
You mentioned Ponte Vecchio... Not a sunset, but what I got
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Cheers,