[LargeFormat] Is there anybody out there

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Good to hear from you Uncle Dick, it has been a long time and we need you to
spice up things occasionally!!

Regards,
Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stein" <rstein@bigpond.net.au>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Is there anybody out there


> Dear Friends,
>
>      Uncle Dick is out here and is large formatting until he falls
> unconscious. Actually it was not unconscious, it was rigid - he ricked his
> back hoisting the Mighty Shen Hao around the studio and has been off work
> for a week. This has not prevented him from using the camera to copy
> aboriginal artwork nor has it stopped him from photographing mermaids in
the
> studio yesterday.
>
>     The Mighty Shen now has a new old 8 x 10 wooden back courtesy eBay and
> an adapter to take the wooden back of the Nagaoka for 4 x 5 shooting. The
> use of real Lisco double darks in both 8 x 10 and 4 x 5 and real Ilford
HP%
> film has made all the difference to the operation. I'm afraid the for-free
X
> ray film can now be turned back in to the maker for silver recycling - the
> HP5 is all I want or need in 8 x 10.
>
>     I have been using it to make 8 x 10 contacts reminiscent of the 40's
and
> 50's Hollywood studio gallery shots. Real period decor and props is
> prohibitively expensive in antique shops but furniture and decor places
> sometimes have near-enough lookalikes to provide sets. There is a good
deal
> of silver cloth and leopardskin prints about. I have yet to find a Jean
> Harlow bearskin rug, and indeed so far no Jean Harlow, but I am conducting
> weekly tests. I do have an Audrey Hepburn and a Sophia Loren.
>
>     Next step is to get into the back of the Shen with some old  telephone
> switches and make a sychroniser block for the the packard shutter so that
I
> do not have to coordinate my right hand with the bulb and the left hand
with
> the Quantum radio sender. I get it right most of the time but have lost a
> few shots to mistiming.
>
>      Uncle Dick
>
>
>
>
>
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