[LargeFormat] Hello all

[Les Newcomer]

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

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