One of the best 4x5 cameras is the Chamonix, built right in China. The Shen-Hao is also a nice one. You just need that, maybe 2-3 lenses, and 5 film holders, and some drum for developing the film, everything else you probably already have. I guess you could get going for less than $1000, depending on what the cameras cost where you are.
Robert Earl Keen wearing his Bill Morrissey t-shirt out in the Nevada desert east of Fallon in March of '92. These were the first shots I'd done of Robert and have gone on to do five of his CD cover including the last two.
Robert Earl Keen Jr. east of Fallon, Nv. March 1992
I always wanted to go to Hornitos, in the California gold country, and for decades, drove past the turnoff. I remember reading that Ansel had shot there at one point. Well, we finally went there a couple of years ago, and truth be told, there wasn't much of anything there except for a friendly billy goat and this old ramshackle shack. There's something I like about this nevertheless. Shot wide open with a 65mm lens on a Mamiya 7. Not sure I'll be going back there again.
Dust embedded in the negative isn't removable ever, except by photoshop. One has to be extremely careful with the wet film that it is dried in a dust free enviornment as any dust that lands on the wet emulsion bonds to it forever.
One day I hope to have a better drying set up than I have right now.
I took some interesting shots recently with GX680III, but my lower back crippled me for 2 weeks now and I can't be bothered to set up scanner...so you will have to take my word for it..
Krosavcheg wrote:
I took some interesting shots recently with GX680III, but my lower back crippled me for 2 weeks now and I can't be bothered to set up scanner...so you will have to take my word for it..
A GX680 will do that to you. Hope you are recovering soon.
had a dark red filter that I was dying to test out so I loaded my GSW690III with Across 100 and walked around the city yesterday.
hoping to get some landscape done with this setup tomorrow
