Have you Ever Used a Large Format View Camera?
Sep 13, 2017 06:47:43 #
BHC wrote:
He also shot 35mm, primarily a Contax. When I met him, he was carrying a Polaroid camera.
Yes!
http://www.zeisscamera.com/images/ContaxI/AdamsContax1.jpg
Sep 13, 2017 07:01:13 #
Yeah in the good old days I had 4x5 Arca Swiss, and a Sinar. Also had 8x10 Arca Swiss. But preferred the Arca 4x5 for field use. It had a customized split rail that made it so easy to transport in my backpack. The technical quality of images was superb. But the important thing that I took away from those years with the big cameras was slow down! The format made you think a lot before even setting up the camera. When the shutter release was pressed you knew how you were going to develop that piece of film to achieve the final image that was already in your mind! A lot of that process was due to the brilliant Ansel Adams whom I never met. His books on Zone System were the large format bible. He taught us to think more and shoot deliberately.
Sep 13, 2017 07:15:45 #
Sep 13, 2017 07:28:29 #
Yup, Graphic View II 4x5. I still use it.
--Bob
--Bob
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Sep 13, 2017 07:35:05 #
EmilMiller
Loc: Miramar, FL
Still have a Horseman 4X5, although I haven't made any images in a while. Still look for lenses every once in a while as they are relatively cheap from when I first got into photography.
Sep 13, 2017 07:45:12 #
CO wrote:
He's been making up questions for days.
He's been making up questions for days.Right, his "inane" questions have generated lots of interesting responses and stirred some fun memories. To me, that's a lot more enjoyable than some of the negativity and condescension I see in some of the posts here.
The answer is yes; a Speed Graphic. I loved my times in the darkroom working with my Beseler 45 MCRX (which worked just fine with the negatives from my Hassleblad 500C).
I'm really showing my age now! 😀
Sep 13, 2017 07:52:14 #
And speaking of Adams and his Contax -
http://0.tqn.com/d/cleveland/1/S/9/H/-/-/ansel3.jpg
One of my favorite images from Ansel. I like the idea that Mr Landscape Photography pulled off a "decisive moment" type photo that Cartier Bresson might have been happy to produce. And, sorry Mr Stieglitz, better than any of the images you made of your wife.
Speaking of Alfred
https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/ansel-adams/alfred-stieglitz-at-an-american-place-new-york-city-2
Saint Ansel and his Contax again...
http://0.tqn.com/d/cleveland/1/S/9/H/-/-/ansel3.jpg
One of my favorite images from Ansel. I like the idea that Mr Landscape Photography pulled off a "decisive moment" type photo that Cartier Bresson might have been happy to produce. And, sorry Mr Stieglitz, better than any of the images you made of your wife.
Speaking of Alfred
https://www.artnet.com/auctions/artists/ansel-adams/alfred-stieglitz-at-an-american-place-new-york-city-2
Saint Ansel and his Contax again...
Sep 13, 2017 07:52:56 #
Sep 13, 2017 07:59:50 #
4x5 in school and an 8x10 I lugged around Mt. Palomar, one of my most enjoyable days shooting
Sep 13, 2017 08:02:00 #
Used a 4x5 Calumet ... carried it around NYC taking street scenes. I could get people to hold still for me... not everyone but a lot.
Sep 13, 2017 08:02:05 #
Yes a Mamiya 645-AFD III Medium Format SLR.
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Sep 13, 2017 08:04:15 #
ChrisT wrote:
I'm sorry you consider them inane. That was not my intention. Again, I am curious to see who does what, here, and if there any other serious photographers.
... There are no hidden motives for my posts, here. They are for the reasons I've just outlined.
... There are no hidden motives for my posts, here. They are for the reasons I've just outlined.
Perhaps 90% of the answers you seek in the name of curiosity can be better found using the search feature of the forum. Maybe after thoroughly reading several topics, you will be able to determine the "serious" photographers on the forum. You may also find you need to ask fewer "inane" questions, as someone else put it.
Sep 13, 2017 08:05:29 #
Brucej67 wrote:
Yes a Mamiya 645-AFD III Medium Format SLR.
He's asking about large format.
Medium format is the subject of one of his (many) other threads.
Sep 13, 2017 08:11:00 #
Sorry, I didn't know 4X5 was a large format. Mine was 6X4.5.
GoofyNewfie wrote:
He's asking about large format.
Medium format is the subject of one of his (many) other threads.
Medium format is the subject of one of his (many) other threads.
Sep 13, 2017 08:18:09 #
4x5,8x10,11x14 Linhof or Deardorf. I wouldn't consider a Speed Graphic a view camera since most photos were taken using the view finder or the wire frame when shooting sports. Also a speed graphic does not have the movements of a true view camera.
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