[LargeFormat] Introductions, and query on macro

[Mike Finley]

I'll pop my head up and say hello, too.

I've had an interest in photography on and off for a few years now. My first
camera was a Woolworths plastic camera, fixed focus, fixed aperture plastic
lens, shutter speed variable depending on how quickly you flicked the lever
across. Must have been in the late 50's. I then went a long span without a
camera until about ten to 15 years ago. I've got more interested since, and
have been actually using cameras fairly extensively over the last five years
or so.
I mostly use 35mm (Minolta Dynax) mixed colour slide and monochrome,
subjects landscape and floral. I have two 5x4 cameras as well - an unnamed
wooden field, and a Cambo SC2N, the latter seeing more use. Two lenses too -
Kodak Ektar 210, and Rodenstock Sironar 150 (old model). I'm trying my hand
at mono floral mostly with the 5x4 at present, and finding depth of field a
problem, and wondering too whether its time to get a new lens more suited to
close up - mostly using a cambo roll film holder, so barred from the f32
site! I count myself very definitely a beginner with large format.

Location is Cheshire, England. Can anyone in the UK recommend a supplier for
quickload/readyload film, and would this help with the endless problems I
have with dust?

It seems to me that I get better depth of field when using the smaller image
sizes of roll film; is this real, or does this get lost in increasing the
magnification in enlarging.

mike
http://www.efikim.co.uk

-----Original Message-----
From: largeformat-admin@f32.net [mailto:largeformat-admin@f32.net]On
Behalf Of Clive Warren
Sent: 18 January 2003 20:05
To: largeformat@f32.net
Subject: [LargeFormat] Introductions


Dear All,

There are now 321 members of the f32 Large Format list!

It seems that we do not hear from a large number of people on the
list so this in an invite to everyone to come out of lurking mode and
tell us who you are. Something simple on your photographic
background, kit and preferred format/film and location would be a
good starting point.

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