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by Tom Kumagai-2
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My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur, of course) I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am addicted to photography. I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, and a box of Neopan Acros. For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) so i will be using trays for film development for a while. By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? Cheers Tom _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Les Newcomer
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Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then like
those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go over to the dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the enlargers started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while old friends withered and died and their bones scatter across the basement... Okay that went a bit far. Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an enlarger. les On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: > Hello > > My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur, > of course) > > I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I > carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. > I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't > even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month > (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am > addicted to photography. > > I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop > named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen > recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought > home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability > to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that > purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, > being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also > bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, > and a box of Neopan Acros. > > For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and > add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. > > I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't > have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) > so i will be using trays for film development for a while. > > By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow > me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, > and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? > > Cheers > > Tom > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Erie Patsellis
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Les Newcomer wrote:
> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then like > those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started "rescuing" > other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go over to the > dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the enlargers > started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while old friends > withered and died and their bones scatter across the basement... > > Okay that went a bit far. > > Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, And > I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an enlarger. > Some of us have more than one 8x10 enlarger, as well as several 4x5 and 5x7. (though all in storage temporarily). I think you're onto something, the buggers do breed.. erie _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Richard Knoppow
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@...> To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat@...> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 > enlarger, then like those that rescue racing dogs and old > horses, we started "rescuing" other enlargers when their > owners cast them aside to go over to the dark side. And > like those that rescue racing dogs, the enlargers started > to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while old > friends withered and died and their bones scatter across > the basement... > > Okay that went a bit far. > > Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 > enlargers, And I suspect few of us have migrated to a > scanner in stead of an enlarger. > > les > > > > > On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: > >> Hello >> >> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D >> (amateur, of course) >> >> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr >> old) and I carry at least one camera every day the most >> of my life. >> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and >> I don't even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per >> month >> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I >> am addicted to photography. >> >> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera >> shop named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen >> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, >> I brought home with me. My point of interest in LF >> cameras is its ability >> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails >> for that purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited >> movements, >> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to >> have. I also bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 >> film holders, >> and a box of Neopan Acros. >> >> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, >> used, and add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. >> >> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, >> I don't have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 >> tank...) >> so i will be using trays for film development for a >> while. >> >> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom >> cannot allow me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made >> by Fuji, >> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? >> >> Cheers >> >> Tom Welcome Les and Tom, I'm glad to see some activity on this list after about a full year! I shoot several sizes but in sheet film mostly 4x5 and occasionally 8x10. I have an Omega D2V which will go up to 4x5. I've been planning to make an adaptor to allow using my 8x10 Agfa camera as an enlarger, I can do it without modifying the camera itself I think. I am not familiar with the Nagaoka camera but there is much similarity in view cameras. Most of the differences are in the number and extent of movements available. Old ones are IMO as good as new ones unless you are doing very critical studio work where duplicating set-ups accurately is necessary. That stuff is mostly done digitally now anyway. Fuji lenses are excellent although not very well known outside of television. Six holders is enough to start with. I don't know how many 4x5 holders I have, I think I was collecting them for a while. I have two 4x5 view cameras, an Agfa/Ansco Universal View, actually a 5x7 camera with a factory 4x5 back on it. I also have the 5x7 back. I also have 4x5 backs for both of my 8x10 cameras, four Speed Graphics and a Graflex Super-D. Also a Calumet CC-400, a nice monorail camera that will do anything the more expensive ones will do but has no glamour whatever. I was introduced to 4x5 and Speed Graphics by a highschool teacher who was also a press photographer. He taught me a lot of tricks including how to use a Graphic as a weapon! I process in either trays or print drums. I have an old Nikor tank for 4x5 and use that, its quite good. I contact print anything larger than 4x5. I also have adaptors and holders for 5x7 but haven't shoot any so far. Acros is very good film. I mostly use T-Max or Plus-X although I've used other films in the past. I shot of lot of Agfa APX-100 when it was available. Good stuff, I miss it. I mostly shoot B&W but occasionally shoot color although that is usually 35mm or 120. I hope we can stir up some more action here, I thought the list was dead:-( --- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@... I _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Jim Brick
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I have a fully equipped darkroom, two 4x5 enlargers, big JOBO ATL-2400
for color work, big sink for B&W. I also have a scanner for getting 4x5 & smaller negs/transparencies on the web, or making prints larger than I can print in my darkroom. Jim On May 29, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Les Newcomer wrote: > Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then > like those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started > "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go > over to the dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the > enlargers started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while > old friends withered and died and their bones scatter across the > basement... > > Okay that went a bit far. > > Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, > And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an > enlarger. > > les > > > > > On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: > >> Hello >> >> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur, >> of course) >> >> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I >> carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. >> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't >> even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month >> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am >> addicted to photography. >> >> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop >> named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen >> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought >> home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability >> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that >> purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, >> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also >> bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, >> and a box of Neopan Acros. >> >> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and >> add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. >> >> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't >> have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) >> so i will be using trays for film development for a while. >> >> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow >> me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, >> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? >> >> Cheers >> >> Tom >> _______________________________________________ >> LargeFormat mailing list >> LargeFormat@... >> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat > > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Ken Strauss
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Richard, I'm glad to see that you are still here; I've missed your lens
wisdom! > -----Original Message----- > From: largeformat-bounces@... [mailto:largeformat-bounces@...] On > Behalf Of Richard Knoppow > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:56 PM > To: f32 Large Format Photography Mail List > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@...> > To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" > <largeformat@...> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > > > > Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 > > enlarger, then like those that rescue racing dogs and old > > horses, we started "rescuing" other enlargers when their > > owners cast them aside to go over to the dark side. And > > like those that rescue racing dogs, the enlargers started > > to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while old > > friends withered and died and their bones scatter across > > the basement... > > > > Okay that went a bit far. > > > > Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 > > enlargers, And I suspect few of us have migrated to a > > scanner in stead of an enlarger. > > > > les > > > > > > > > > > On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: > > > >> Hello > >> > >> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D > >> (amateur, of course) > >> > >> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr > >> old) and I carry at least one camera every day the most > >> of my life. > >> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and > >> I don't even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per > >> month > >> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I > >> am addicted to photography. > >> > >> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera > >> shop named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen > >> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, > >> I brought home with me. My point of interest in LF > >> cameras is its ability > >> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails > >> for that purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited > >> movements, > >> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to > >> have. I also bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 > >> film holders, > >> and a box of Neopan Acros. > >> > >> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, > >> used, and add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. > >> > >> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, > >> I don't have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 > >> tank...) > >> so i will be using trays for film development for a > >> while. > >> > >> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom > >> cannot allow me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made > >> by Fuji, > >> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? > >> > >> Cheers > >> > >> Tom > > Welcome Les and Tom, I'm glad to see some activity on > this list after about a full year! > I shoot several sizes but in sheet film mostly 4x5 and > occasionally 8x10. I have an Omega D2V which will go up to > 4x5. I've been planning to make an adaptor to allow using my > 8x10 Agfa camera as an enlarger, I can do it without > modifying the camera itself I think. > I am not familiar with the Nagaoka camera but there is > much similarity in view cameras. Most of the differences are > in the number and extent of movements available. Old ones > are IMO as good as new ones unless you are doing very > critical studio work where duplicating set-ups accurately is > necessary. That stuff is mostly done digitally now anyway. > Fuji lenses are excellent although not very well known > outside of television. > Six holders is enough to start with. I don't know how > many 4x5 holders I have, I think I was collecting them for a > while. > I have two 4x5 view cameras, an Agfa/Ansco Universal > View, actually a 5x7 camera with a factory 4x5 back on it. I > also have the 5x7 back. I also have 4x5 backs for both of my > 8x10 cameras, four Speed Graphics and a Graflex Super-D. > Also a Calumet CC-400, a nice monorail camera that will do > anything the more expensive ones will do but has no glamour > whatever. > I was introduced to 4x5 and Speed Graphics by a > highschool teacher who was also a press photographer. He > taught me a lot of tricks including how to use a Graphic as > a weapon! > I process in either trays or print drums. I have an old > Nikor tank for 4x5 and use that, its quite good. > I contact print anything larger than 4x5. > I also have adaptors and holders for 5x7 but haven't > shoot any so far. > Acros is very good film. I mostly use T-Max or Plus-X > although I've used other films in the past. I shot of lot of > Agfa APX-100 when it was available. Good stuff, I miss it. > I mostly shoot B&W but occasionally shoot color although > that is usually 35mm or 120. > > I hope we can stir up some more action here, I thought the > list was dead:-( > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@... > I > > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by johnfrost
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Richard:
Please don't shoot any 5x7: it will cause you to disown all 4x5 and 8x10 equipment you now have or ever wanted to have. I have not found anything more addicting than the 5x7 format ( well, one or two other things may surpass the 5x7 experience). Yes, it IS an Agfa-Ansco, by accident. john (:<))) My table saw hasn't been used since the 5x7 elwood came to roost on it....... Richard Knoppow wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@...> > To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat@...> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > > >> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then >> like those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started >> "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go >> over to the dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the >> enlargers started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while >> old friends withered and died and their bones scatter across the >> basement... >> >> Okay that went a bit far. >> >> Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, >> And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an >> enlarger. >> >> les >> >> >> >> >> On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur, >>> of course) >>> >>> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I >>> carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. >>> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't >>> even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month >>> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am >>> addicted to photography. >>> >>> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop >>> named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen >>> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought >>> home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability >>> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that >>> purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, >>> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also >>> bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, >>> and a box of Neopan Acros. >>> >>> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and >>> add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. >>> >>> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't >>> have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) >>> so i will be using trays for film development for a while. >>> >>> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow >>> me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, >>> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tom > > Welcome Les and Tom, I'm glad to see some activity on this list > after about a full year! > I shoot several sizes but in sheet film mostly 4x5 and > occasionally 8x10. I have an Omega D2V which will go up to 4x5. I've > been planning to make an adaptor to allow using my 8x10 Agfa camera as > an enlarger, I can do it without modifying the camera itself I think. > I am not familiar with the Nagaoka camera but there is much > similarity in view cameras. Most of the differences are in the number > and extent of movements available. Old ones are IMO as good as new > ones unless you are doing very critical studio work where duplicating > set-ups accurately is necessary. That stuff is mostly done digitally > now anyway. > Fuji lenses are excellent although not very well known outside of > television. > Six holders is enough to start with. I don't know how many 4x5 > holders I have, I think I was collecting them for a while. > I have two 4x5 view cameras, an Agfa/Ansco Universal View, actually > a 5x7 camera with a factory 4x5 back on it. I also have the 5x7 back. > I also have 4x5 backs for both of my 8x10 cameras, four Speed Graphics > and a Graflex Super-D. Also a Calumet CC-400, a nice monorail camera > that will do anything the more expensive ones will do but has no > glamour whatever. > I was introduced to 4x5 and Speed Graphics by a highschool teacher > who was also a press photographer. He taught me a lot of tricks > including how to use a Graphic as a weapon! > I process in either trays or print drums. I have an old Nikor tank > for 4x5 and use that, its quite good. > I contact print anything larger than 4x5. > I also have adaptors and holders for 5x7 but haven't shoot any so far. > Acros is very good film. I mostly use T-Max or Plus-X although I've > used other films in the past. I shot of lot of Agfa APX-100 when it > was available. Good stuff, I miss it. > I mostly shoot B&W but occasionally shoot color although that is > usually 35mm or 120. > > I hope we can stir up some more action here, I thought the list was > dead:-( > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@... > I > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat > LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Danni Suskin
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Hello and welcome from me too.
I have a Saunders LPL 4x5 enlarger, but no longer use it at all. I have gone digital - using the BetterLight scanning back. Danni Dan Suskin ...... leaving only footprints > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Les Newcomer" To: "f32 Large Format > Photography Mail List" Sent: Thursday, May > 29, 2008 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > > >> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then >> like those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started >> "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to >> go over to the dark side. And like those that rescue racing >> dogs, the enlargers started to breed. New ones showed up >> unannounced while old friends withered and died and their bones >> scatter across the basement... >> >> Okay that went a bit far. >> >> Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, >> And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of >> an enlarger. >> >> les >> >> >> On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D >>> (amateur, of course) >>> >>> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and >>> I carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. >>> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I >>> don't even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month >>> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am >>> addicted to photography. >>> >>> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop >>> named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen recently, just >>> fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought home with >>> me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability >>> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for >>> that purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, >>> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I >>> also bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, and >>> a box of Neopan Acros. >>> >>> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, >>> and add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. >>> >>> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I >>> don't have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) >>> so i will be using trays for film development for a while. >>> >>> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot >>> allow me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, >>> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tom >>> > Welcome Les and Tom, I'm glad to see some activity on this list > after about a full year! > I shoot several sizes but in sheet film mostly 4x5 and occasionally > 8x10. I have an Omega D2V which will go up to 4x5. I've been > planning to make an adaptor to allow using my 8x10 Agfa camera as > an enlarger, I can do it without modifying the camera itself I > think. > I am not familiar with the Nagaoka camera but there is much > similarity in view cameras. Most of the differences are in the > number and extent of movements available. Old ones are IMO as good > as new ones unless you are doing very critical studio work where > duplicating set-ups accurately is necessary. That stuff is mostly > done digitally now anyway. Fuji lenses are excellent although not > very well known outside of television. > Six holders is enough to start with. I don't know how many 4x5 > holders I have, I think I was collecting them for a while. > I have two 4x5 view cameras, an Agfa/Ansco Universal View, actually > a 5x7 camera with a factory 4x5 back on it. I also have the 5x7 > back. I also have 4x5 backs for both of my 8x10 cameras, four Speed > Graphics and a Graflex Super-D. Also a Calumet CC-400, a nice > monorail camera that will do anything the more expensive ones will > do but has no glamour whatever. > I was introduced to 4x5 and Speed Graphics by a highschool teacher > who was also a press photographer. He taught me a lot of tricks > including how to use a Graphic as a weapon! > I process in either trays or print drums. I have an old Nikor tank > for 4x5 and use that, its quite good. I contact print anything > larger than 4x5. I also have adaptors and holders for 5x7 but > haven't shoot any so far. > Acros is very good film. I mostly use T-Max or Plus-X although I've > used other films in the past. I shot of lot of Agfa APX-100 when it > was available. Good stuff, I miss it. I mostly shoot B&W but > occasionally shoot color although that is usually 35mm or 120. > > I hope we can stir up some more action here, I thought the list was > dead:-( > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@... > I > > _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing > list LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Wilkes, Don LCS:EX
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> 5x7. (though all in storage temporarily). I think you're onto
> something, the buggers do breed.. > erie Oddly enough, even though both of mine are of the Durst species, they don't seem to be breeding. Perhaps it's the difference in size: one's a medium format (M600) and the other's a 5x7 (138S); or perhaps they're both females... \donw _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Jim Brick
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My ZBE Sentinette seemed to self procreate (immaculate conception?)
and spawned a ZBE Sentinel! :-) Jim On May 30, 2008, at 8:56 AM, Wilkes, Don LCS:EX wrote: >> 5x7. (though all in storage temporarily). I think you're onto >> something, the buggers do breed.. > >> erie > > > Oddly enough, even though both of mine are of the Durst species, they > don't seem to be breeding. Perhaps it's the difference in size: > one's a > medium format (M600) and the other's a 5x7 (138S); or perhaps they're > both females... > > \donw > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Tom Kumagai-2
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So you people keep buying enlargers, one after another??
.... wait... I ... do ... have another enlarger, 35 to 6x6 Hansa ... sitting in the closet... Seriously, using a scanner sounds good as the solution since my tent darkroom is just too small for the large format enlarger. Living in Tokyo capital area, it seems nearly impossible to have a real darkroom in my house.. Thanks. Tom _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Leigh Solland (on Webmail)
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Quoting Tom Kumagai <kumasan1969@...>:
> So you people keep buying enlargers, one after another?? > > .... wait... I ... do ... have another enlarger, 35 to 6x6 Hansa ... > sitting in the closet... > Hi Tom, I have one of those old Hansa enlargers too, along with a really old Omega D- II. Both, unfortunately, are in storage since my last move a year and a half ago. A lot of people seem to be scanning negatives and printing electronically. I prefer the opposite, to create an image with the help of the computer, then digi-print a negative and put it on the enlarger for traditional printing. I was just getting started on that, with the help of Dan Burkholder's book, when I had to pack up the darkroom. Meanwhile, I am getting my kicks out of learning to shoot digital. Good luck! Leigh _______________________________________________ LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Jim Hemenway
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No enlargers here, I use a 4x5 Leafscan.
A dozen TLRs though, including this one: <http://www.half-fast.com/FishFlex.jpg> <http://www.half-fast.com/FishFlex-TestPhotos-11022007/> Am happy to see this list active again. Jim Richard Knoppow wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@...> > To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat@...> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:27 PM > Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Hello all > > >> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then like >> those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started "rescuing" >> other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go over to the >> dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the enlargers >> started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while old friends >> withered and died and their bones scatter across the basement... >> >> Okay that went a bit far. >> >> Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers, And >> I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an enlarger. >> >> les >> >> >> >> >> On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote: >> >>> Hello >>> >>> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur, >>> of course) >>> >>> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I >>> carry at least one camera every day the most of my life. >>> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't >>> even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month >>> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am addicted >>> to photography. >>> >>> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop named >>> Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen >>> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought >>> home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability >>> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that >>> purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements, >>> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also >>> bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders, >>> and a box of Neopan Acros. >>> >>> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and add >>> a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc. >>> >>> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't >>> have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...) >>> so i will be using trays for film development for a while. >>> >>> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow >>> me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji, >>> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger? >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tom > > > Welcome Les and Tom, I'm glad to see some activity on this list > after about a full year! > I shoot several sizes but in sheet film mostly 4x5 and occasionally > 8x10. I have an Omega D2V which will go up to 4x5. I've been planning to > make an adaptor to allow using my 8x10 Agfa camera as an enlarger, I can > do it without modifying the camera itself I think. > I am not familiar with the Nagaoka camera but there is much > similarity in view cameras. Most of the differences are in the number > and extent of movements available. Old ones are IMO as good as new ones > unless you are doing very critical studio work where duplicating set-ups > accurately is necessary. That stuff is mostly done digitally now anyway. > Fuji lenses are excellent although not very well known outside of > television. > Six holders is enough to start with. I don't know how many 4x5 > holders I have, I think I was collecting them for a while. > I have two 4x5 view cameras, an Agfa/Ansco Universal View, actually a > 5x7 camera with a factory 4x5 back on it. I also have the 5x7 back. I > also have 4x5 backs for both of my 8x10 cameras, four Speed Graphics and > a Graflex Super-D. Also a Calumet CC-400, a nice monorail camera that > will do anything the more expensive ones will do but has no glamour > whatever. > I was introduced to 4x5 and Speed Graphics by a highschool teacher > who was also a press photographer. He taught me a lot of tricks > including how to use a Graphic as a weapon! > I process in either trays or print drums. I have an old Nikor tank > for 4x5 and use that, its quite good. > I contact print anything larger than 4x5. > I also have adaptors and holders for 5x7 but haven't shoot any so far. > Acros is very good film. I mostly use T-Max or Plus-X although I've > used other films in the past. I shot of lot of Agfa APX-100 when it was > available. Good stuff, I miss it. > I mostly shoot B&W but occasionally shoot color although that is > usually 35mm or 120. > > I hope we can stir up some more action here, I thought the list was dead:-( > > --- > Richard Knoppow > Los Angeles, CA, USA > dickburk@... > I > _______________________________________________ > LargeFormat mailing list > LargeFormat@... > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat > LargeFormat mailing list LargeFormat@... http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat |
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Re: Hello all
by Jim Hemenway
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Looks like it isn't all that active after all.
Jim Hemenway wrote: > No enlargers here, I use a 4x5 Leafscan. > > A dozen TLRs though, including this one: > <http://www.half-fast.com/FishFlex.jpg> > <http://www.half-fast.com/FishFlex-TestPhotos-11022007/> > > Am happy to see this list active again. > > Jim > > > > Richard Knoppow wrote: > >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Newcomer" <LNPhoto@...> >> To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat@...> >> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:27 PM |
