Kenny, loving the vintage planes!
Can I assume this is all 4x5?
You just reminded me of what I want to do this spring locally!
We've got some nice/small air museums around here.
I think I have a box or two of some expired NPL too!
dswiger wrote:
Kenny, loving the vintage planes!
Can I assume this is all 4x5?
You just reminded me of what I want to do this spring locally!
We've got some nice/small air museums around here.
I think I have a box or two of some expired NPL too!
Dan
Yes, Dan, Chamonix 045-F1 4X5. Love my Chamonix so much, in fact, that I've ordered up a bag bellows for it so I can take advantage of the coverage of my widest--at the moment--lens, a Fuji 90mm. And now, of course, I'll probably look for something even a little wider.
In my 4x5 days I started with the 90 for a wide. I then wanted something wider. This leaves the 75 or 72 but they cost real money for a lens that might be too close to the angle of view of the 90? I ended up getting the 65 Grandagon which is a reasonably compact lens. I made good use of it shooting urban construction from building rooftops. A wide angle bag bellows is a must though. I was using a Sinar F1.
I just purchased a 25 sheet box of HP5+ in 4x5 format. Going to take my old Busch D field camera and Fujinon 135/5.6 for a spin. First film of any kind I have shot in 10 plus years...
PhotoMaximum wrote:
In my 4x5 days I started with the 90 for a wide. I then wanted something wider. This leaves the 75 or 72 but they cost real money for a lens that might be too close to the angle of view of the 90? I ended up getting the 65 Grandagon which is a reasonably compact lens. I made good use of it shooting urban construction from building rooftops. A wide angle bag bellows is a must though. I was using a Sinar F1.
I just purchased a 25 sheet box of HP5+ in 4x5 format. Going to take my old Busch D field camera and Fujinon 135/5.6 for a spin. First film of any kind I have shot in 10 plus years......Show more →
I'm just glad to know I may be influencing someone to buy some film, especially large format film.
My initial, skimpy research shows that 65mm lenses don't have 'extra' 4x5 coverage. One of the reasons I'm getting a bag bellows is to be able to take advantage of rise and fall that's difficult with the 90mm Fuji and universal bellows on my Chamonix. May just have to stick with the Fuji for a while until I 'get my chops' up to snuff.
Kenj8246 wrote:
I'm just glad to know I may be influencing someone to buy some film, especially large format film.
My initial, skimpy research shows that 65mm lenses don't have 'extra' 4x5 coverage. One of the reasons I'm getting a bag bellows is to be able to take advantage of rise and fall that's difficult with the 90mm Fuji and universal bellows on my Chamonix. May just have to stick with the Fuji for a while until I 'get my chops' up to snuff.
I just bought this, minus the pinhole & viewfinder. The dimensions of the body are for a 60mm, but I have a Linhoff board w/Helix & the dimensions "just" fit for a 90mm.
Hoping to get it in about a week. This will be my P&S 4x5, sort of like the Wanderlust Travelwide 4X5 but a bit more robust. Hoping to take this & a bag of holders on some hikes. Perhaps Yosemite
I just bought this, minus the pinhole & viewfinder. The dimensions of the body are for a 60mm, but I have a Linhoff board w/Helix & the dimensions "just" fit for a 90mm.
Hoping to get it in about a week. This will be my P&S 4x5, sort of like the Wanderlust Travelwide 4X5 but a bit more robust. Hoping to take this & a bag of holders on some hikes. Perhaps Yosemite
That looks intriguing, Dan, but I sometimes have problems keeping motion blur out of shots from a tripod.
The idea of portability is probably the most intriguing, it'd sure be nice to only have to tote film holders and be able to hang the camera off a shoulder. Sure would make traipsing around the boonies a lot easier..
I don't do much posting outside of the BST boards, but I spotted this thread on the homepage and decided to share a few recent shots from a Mamiya RB67 + 127mm f/3.5 (@ f/8) + AB400 on Neopan, some portraits of students/friends:
Well, here's an image of my 13 yo daughter shooting some Tmax400 with a 1952 Kodak Retina IIa.
She's at f/2 and 1/50 sec . . . we'll find out in a week or so how they come out.
I've found that she's very interested in this because there is no immediate feedback on the image AND the mechanicals of this camera are very very cool to her - all manual everything. Though she uses a light meter ap on her smart phone to figure out the exposure . . .
