[LargeFormat] Hello all

[johnfrost]

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 at twmi.rr.com>

> To: "f32 Large Format Photography Mail List" <largeformat at f32.net>

> 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 at ix.netcom.com

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