Have you Ever Used a Large Format View Camera?
Sep 13, 2017 10:35:05 #
Still miss my Horseman 8X10 and Tachihara 4X5. I hope my favorite Linhof 617 Panoramic counts among the large format cameras.
Sep 13, 2017 10:43:32 #
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Yes up to 11x14, I work in portrait studio in calif after school in the 60's
Sep 13, 2017 11:08:29 #
Had a Calumet 4X5 with a Schneider Symmar 210mm lens. The Calumet was the standard camera at Brooks Institute in the 1960's except for the rich kids who had the Linhofs. I also had a 3-1/4 X4-1/4 1940 Anniversary Speed Graphic. By the time it was handed down to me, I had to buy 4 X 5 sheet film and cut it down. Two shutters.. No waiting.. Those were the days...
Sep 13, 2017 11:20:15 #
Read his book "The Camera". He describes his experience with 35mm, 6x6 4x5 and 8x10 and several Polaroid formats There is, however, no mention of 110 or 126.
Sep 13, 2017 11:34:43 #
ChrisT wrote:
Yes, well, of course - Ansel Adams never shot with anything less than an 11x14 ....
Not true. His most-used format was 8x10, and he often used 4x5, especially when he was experimenting with Polaroid materials.
To answer the OP's question, I have used Speed Graphics, which are not view cameras per se, and Calumet 4x5 view cameras. I love the range of adjustments available on the view camera.
Sep 13, 2017 11:38:38 #
ChrisT wrote:
If so, what size was it? 4x5, 5x7, 8x10, 11x14, 16x20, 20x24, 30x40 ?
Yes. I have used a 4x5 speed graphic, 4x5 sinar, 8x10 Deardorf view. With the exception of the speed graphic, all the lenses for the other two were Schnider lenses.
Rich...
Sep 13, 2017 11:59:34 #
sb wrote:
Had a 4x5 for a while. Very heavy, and required a ... (show quote)
Can't be all bad, can it?
Was it a Weston?
Sep 13, 2017 12:02:02 #
htbrown wrote:
Not true. His most-used format was 8x10, and he often used 4x5, especially when he was experimenting with Polaroid materials.
To answer the OP's question, I have used Speed Graphics, which are not view cameras per se, and Calumet 4x5 view cameras. I love the range of adjustments available on the view camera.
To answer the OP's question, I have used Speed Graphics, which are not view cameras per se, and Calumet 4x5 view cameras. I love the range of adjustments available on the view camera.
Me, too ... I'd never give up my Calumet ....
Sep 13, 2017 12:04:13 #
Sep 13, 2017 12:04:25 #
jlsphoto wrote:
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!
Nothing like a view camera with full swings and tilt movements!
You are right, there .... !!!
Loved my Deardorf 8x10, too ...
Sep 13, 2017 12:08:01 #
Kuzano wrote:
Full Frame? It takes 13 FF sensors to equal 1 4X5 sheet of film. One 4x5 image can yield 450 to 600 megapixel.
Well, if that doesn't beat all!!!!!
600mp, huh?
I'm sticking with my Calumet!
Sep 13, 2017 12:10:56 #
tvbob wrote:
Had a Calumet 4X5 with a Schneider Symmar 210mm lens. The Calumet was the standard camera at Brooks Institute in the 1960's except for the rich kids who had the Linhofs. I also had a 3-1/4 X4-1/4 1940 Anniversary Speed Graphic. By the time it was handed down to me, I had to buy 4 X 5 sheet film and cut it down. Two shutters.. No waiting.. Those were the days...
You can't buy that format, anymore, huh?
Did you have a template, or did you just guess, in the dark?
Sep 13, 2017 12:15:28 #
Besperus
Loc: Oregon
I have used everything from a roll film back on a 4X5 to 16X20 studio portrait camera with a Packard air actuated shutter.
Although, most of my work was done with a RB67 or Mamiya 645. I did use a split back 5X7 to do passport photos due to a Poloroid back I attached.
Although, most of my work was done with a RB67 or Mamiya 645. I did use a split back 5X7 to do passport photos due to a Poloroid back I attached.
Sep 13, 2017 12:27:10 #
Besperus
Loc: Oregon
Hate to burst your bubble. Adams owned a Lieca and there is also a wonderful book published of his color images which he used a Hasselblad.
Most of his mid-life work was with large format cameras. Toting those monsters were no fun! He taught at the Universty of California at Santa Cruz at one point. He laughed at me because I drove a 3 cylinder Saab.
Most of his mid-life work was with large format cameras. Toting those monsters were no fun! He taught at the Universty of California at Santa Cruz at one point. He laughed at me because I drove a 3 cylinder Saab.
Sep 13, 2017 12:27:33 #
rmalarz wrote:
Yup, Graphic View II 4x5. I still use it.
--Bob
--Bob
Bob, I have a lot of 4x5 stuff in my basement. Neg holders, development tubs and such. Interested?
Bob
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