Have you Ever Used a Large Format View Camera? (Page 5): So your going to make me show my age again. In High School our main camera was a 4x5 speed graphic. Early 70ies I used 4x5...

jlsphoto Loc: Chcago SubBurbs

ChrisT wrote:

If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?

So your going to make me show my age again. In High School our main camera was a 4x5 speed graphic. Early 70ies I used 4x5 calumet view camera in school. I worked in a Studio for a year and used 8x10 deardorf camera. The studio had a 20x24 process camera. We make 8x10 and 11xx14 b&w copy negatives to contact print. Also a lot of ortho line film up 20x24. I still own my calumet 4x5 with a el nikor 240mm lens.

Nothing like a view camera with full swings and tilt movements!

slo Loc: Longmont Colorado

Calumet 4x5 and a Crown Graphic which I still have. I really liked working with that format.

KGOldWolf

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

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Very nice work!

This is a great topic as it appears to bring up many memories for all of us. In '66 I was 17 and working in a Harvard Square camera shop (Cambridge, MA). We had a full service darkroom and it was great for a teenager to meet so many artist photographers. Minor White was a regular and I learned so much about the technical side of photography from our casual conversations.

Yeah, I also miss the soup; watching an image "magically" appear in the tray always made me smile.... the memory still does!

kd7eir Loc: Tucson, AZ

ChrisT wrote:

Yes, well, of course - Ansel Adams never shot with anything less than an 11x14 ....

Ansel used a Hasselblad, a Korona view, a Polaroid Land (a.k.a SX-70) he was a consultant to Polaroid for years, a Leica, a Linhof, a 35mm Zeiss Contax. His view cameras included several 4x5s and 8x10s.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Yes, 7x17 Korona view camera.

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

wmurnahan Loc: Bloomington IN

4X5 Graflex

Kuzano

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Makes the term "full frame" look pretty ridiculous.

Full Frame? It takes 13 FF sensors to equal 1 4X5 sheet of film. One 4x5 image can yield 450 to 600 megapixel.

pendennis

In the past - Speed Graphic View, Cambo View, Omega 45E, Super Graphic 4x5 (as a field camera), Busch Pressman Model D (as a field camera), Kodak 4x5, Kodak 8x10, Toyo 8x10. Also a custom-made 16x20 (borrowed long-term).

Currently - Cambo SCII 4x5, Super Graphic 4x5 (as a field camera).

I've used a Speed Graphic 4x5, 3.25x4.25. Used both with the old orthochromatic films, as well as panchromatic.

wmurnahan Loc: Bloomington IN

ChrisT wrote:

Yes, well, of course - Ansel Adams never shot with anything less than an 11x14 ....

Interesting myth, means they must of used a rare reducer when they printed my 8X10 copy of half dome, and no it is not a litho, it is a print from the negative done by his studio after his death. Ansel did do a very famous portrait using a rare 20X24 Polaroid. But according to what I've read most of his work was 4X5 and 8X10 view.

Nalu Loc: Southern Arizona

Yes. Linhoff Technica 4x5. Still have it plus 3 Schneider lenses plus accessories. It sits and probably will continue to sit. I would be willing to let it go if anyone is interested. I have no idea of the value. Loved using it when I was still doing film and had a darkroom. Contact via private message if there is interest.

KGOldWolf

wmurnahan wrote:

Interesting myth, means they must of used a rare reducer when they printed my 8X10 copy of half dome, and no it is not a litho, it is a print from the negative done by his studio after his death. Ansel did do a very famous portrait using a rare 20X24 Polaroid. But according to what I've read most of his work was 4X5 and 8X10 view.

Elsa Dorfman still uses her 20x24 Polaroid per her web site (god knows where she gets the film!)

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Yes. A 4 X 5.

Wanderer2 Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains

Yes, a 4x5 for landscapes, back in the 1980s.

pendennis

wmurnahan wrote:

Interesting myth, means they must of used a rare reducer when they printed my 8X10 copy of half dome, and no it is not a litho, it is a print from the negative done by his studio after his death. Ansel did do a very famous portrait using a rare 20X24 Polaroid. But according to what I've read most of his work was 4X5 and 8X10 view.

A lot of his work in the '30's was done with 8x10 glass plate negatives.

Like others such as Cartier-Bresson, his photography was done with his mind, heart, and eyes.

PS - Here's the source of 20x24 Polaroid film, going away at the end of this year:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4449970845/20x24-studio-will-stop-producing-polaroid-20-x-24-film-next-year