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I've always fancied contact priniting some 6x7's from the RB and binding them in a (very) little book.
I contact print lots of 35mm/6x6/6x7 but that’s more for contact sheets/proofing although they do make for nice gifts. I have a few boxes of 5x7 paper so I’m planning on making a few contact prints with 4x5 on those once I figure out how to print the full rebate on there accurately with minimum fuss.
Hi
I started off in Large format last year with a Wisner technical 4x5. Initially I really struggled to get a decent picture mainly due to dust and screwing up the exposure. I then decided to change the camera and I bought a Chamonix 8x10 and instantly fell in love with that camera................the pictures that I got out of that camera were amazing. All my dust issues went away (I changed the way I dried my film after developing it)..........I just love that camera and the whole process of taking a picture with it. The Wisner was just grief, every movement was a PITA and no matter what I did with that camera the results were bad to so so.
Yesterday I decided to buy myself another Chamonix, this time a 4x5 45F2 and give that a go as I want something to travel with.................I will be going to japan in 2 1/2 weeks time to shoot some Autumn colours and will take the new Chamonix 4x5 with me
The Wisner is now sitting on top of a nice wooden tripod as an ornament in my home
Neil
I'm using a Kowa Graphic 360mm lens (love this lens)........its my only lens. I am using the https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/170918-REG/Gitzo_G1570M_G1570_3_Way_Head.html HeadI've got the Chamonix 8x10 a lovely camera, what lenses and tripod head are you using for it? I've got the Shen-Hao 4x5 as well which is really nice to use and very compact for travel.
There are old clockwork ones, but you'd need to hold that smile while you're counting in your head. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Autoknip...Timer-In-Box-With-Cable-Release-/182963277784In his day and age it would be nice to get a wireless trigger you could screw in. It would be a lot shorter than 20 feet in think. I'll have a Google and see what pops up.
I think I might have seen a couple of "decent images" on LF from you, Andy!Interesting, if only I knew how to take a decent image on LF I might be tempted to enter.
8x10 and up only from the looks of the t&cs
Also analogue prints as well which is quite interesting
This might be a good excuse to buy that intrepid 8x10 though
Shame that submissions can only be made via physical print, rather than file...
Luckily for me I've found some very nice darkroom facilities in Nottingham that don't seem too expensive and has LF enlargers. The guy who runs them is a pretty good printer as well
http://www.photo-parlour.com
I may shamelessly invite myself over at some point
Me too, looks good. I feel a Nottingham meet coming on.
I’d be interested in a darkroom visit, it’s been years since I’ve printed anything. And congrats on the new job AndyBlimey, what have I done....
I'm starting a new job on Monday but once I'm bedded in I'll start a meet thread and make some enquiries into the nitty gritty of it.
Congrats indeed!
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What's the new role then chap? Ooo, is it, keeper of the book of tide times?
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Coffee/Keyboard interfaceCongrats indeed!
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What's the new role then chap? Ooo, is it, keeper of the book of tide times?
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I'm not sure if someone has posted this to the thread already, but I just stumbled on this 'hero' level effort into LF camera building
https://www.flickr.com/photos/carynorton/5574545356/in/photostream/
Now standing on that would be painful!
I thought I should noodle about LF lenses and stuff here rather than on Steve's Chroma build thread. I've been trying to read up about LF lenses in case I'm mad enough to back this (which I'd love to, though I have strong doubts I have the chops to actually make a decent image). Anyway, there appear to be several extra parameters, like the various different Copal shutter sizes. Steve refers to Copal 0 to Copal 3; elsewhere I saw references to Copal A and B. Confused!
There's also the image circle. Steve's pics show some fairly extreme movements, but one review site was suggesting many lenses only have a big enough image circle for very minor movements. How big an image circle should one look for, and how do you find out how big it is for any given lens?
Clearly there are some lenses available in the £100-£500 range. Then I followed some recommendations and found I was looking at lenses for £3,500! Gulp...