Have you Ever Used a Large Format View Camera?
Sep 13, 2017 12:31:26 #
ssymeono wrote:
Still miss my Horseman 8X10 and Tachihara 4X5. I hope my favorite Linhof 617 Panoramic counts among the large format cameras.
Oh, yes, I think so - kinda ....
Sep 13, 2017 12:32:03 #
Masking tape on the paper cutter platform. 3-1/4 X 4-1/4 film probably disappeared in the late 1940's or early 50's. Probably eliminated because the Speed Graphics were available in 2-1/4X3-1/4 or 4X5. My camera was a redundant size...much like 620 roll film.
Sep 13, 2017 12:33:12 #
ChrisT wrote:
Oh, yes, I think so - kinda ....
Actually, now that I think of it ... it's more like a special-purpose Medium Format, so - no ....
Sep 13, 2017 12:33:54 #
Besperus
Loc: Oregon
Years ago, I had a Linhof and an old Hasselblad 500c both were stolen from my home along with a black and white Tv. Just when I was getting the hang of tilts and swings too.
Then it was back to 35mm, I hid my Canon F-1 better.
Then it was back to 35mm, I hid my Canon F-1 better.
Sep 13, 2017 12:34:25 #
Yes.
Burke and James Press Camera
Crown Graphic
Calumet CC-401 for macro work
Cambo SCII for my current night project
Nearly all of the work on my website was done with 4x5 view cameras.
http://www.kristofferjohnsonfoto.com/
At some point I hope to get an 8x10 camera
Burke and James Press Camera
Crown Graphic
Calumet CC-401 for macro work
Cambo SCII for my current night project
Nearly all of the work on my website was done with 4x5 view cameras.
http://www.kristofferjohnsonfoto.com/
At some point I hope to get an 8x10 camera
Sep 13, 2017 12:36:16 #
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Yes, in fact I used one quit a lot, it was an 8x10 Sinar!
Sep 13, 2017 12:37:39 #
ChrisT wrote:
Actually, now that I think of it ... it's more like a special-purpose Medium Format, so - no ....
I think you are right, but that negative gave me files as big as 900G and sharp prints as big as 5X10 feet! If this is not large format...
Sep 13, 2017 12:38:39 #
I had an 8X10 View camera with the wooden tripod. I had a polaroid back on it and I used polaroid film that produced a negative. Had an old time studio for a while. Was not successful and sold the view camera to someone in CA on ebay. My daughter took a photo class in college and I purchased a speed graphic view camera 4X5 and we would spend hours in the darkroom working on her projects for school. When the camera went unused I sold it on ebay. That is my story and I'm sticking to it!
Bob
Bob
Sep 13, 2017 12:41:55 #
Yes, 4x5 and 8x10. Sold the 8x10 in the early 1990s and still have the 4x5. If I ever get my darkroom built I will start using it and my Mamyia 645 again.
Sep 13, 2017 12:42:30 #
I have and use a 1933 Graphic View and a Graphic ll that is a monorail. 4X5. They are small in the view camera world. - Dave
Sep 13, 2017 13:00:23 #
tvbob wrote:
Masking tape on the paper cutter platform. 3-1/4 X 4-1/4 film probably disappeared in the late 1940's or early 50's. Probably eliminated because the Speed Graphics were available in 2-1/4X3-1/4 or 4X5. My camera was a redundant size...much like 620 roll film.
That early, huh?
I have a bunch of holders for film approximately that size (not the camera anymore, though)
Had one marked, to be used as a template, for cutting the film down from 4x5 sheet film ...
Wasn't a Speed Graphic, it was a view camera ... odd size ....
Sep 13, 2017 13:02:21 #
wilsondl2 wrote:
I have and use a 1933 Graphic View and a Graphic ll that is a monorail. 4X5. They are small in the view camera world. - Dave
Is that IT, Dave?
Looks awesome!!!!
Sep 13, 2017 13:04:40 #
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
4x5 and 8x10 views plus the Speed Graphic. Back in the 1060s . . . worked as a public relations photographer for the Chateau Lake Louise in Banff Canada. We photographed whole bus loads of tourists in groups with the lake and glacier in the background, then made 8x10 contact prints for each member of the group. Used Speed Graphic when I worked at a newspaper as a photographic journalist, and the 4x5 views for portrait photography, both in studio with strobes, and in home portraits with hot lights.
Using and carrying a DSLR is a bit easier today
Sep 13, 2017 13:05:49 #
20x24 Polaroid, 11x14 Deardorff, 8x10 Deardorff with 5x7 and 4x5 reducing backs, 4x5 Calumet, Sinar, Cambo, Toyo, Horseman and 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 Linhof. Plus Speed Graphic and Linhof AeroTechnika in 4x5.
Sep 13, 2017 13:08:00 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Yes, I used a 4x5 "field" camera a lot... a lovely rosewood and chrome Wista. Also at times 5x7 and 8x10, though those were more in a studio setting.
A friend of mine used an 11x14 a lot... Usually fitted with a 100 year old, uncoated Kodak lens. He also used an enlarger to make prints from the 11x14 B&W negatives made with the camera... That was a horizontal enlarger that took up much of the space in a one-car garage.
I also did some work with several different copy cameras in newspapers, which were essentially camera and darkroom in one. You actually went "inside the camera" to use it... up to approx 20x34" format. Used those to size artwork, make positives that were used to make plates for the press, make color separations and more.... back in the days before computers.
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