Is the 11x14 View Camera, now - a thing of the Past?
Mar 1, 2019 02:05:12 #
You know, don't you? … Like the one Ansel Adams used for those great pictures of Yosemite? … It seems the makers of these great cameras, aren't around, anymore. Even Linhof only provides 4x5s and cut film units. Deardorff - the maker of his 8x10 and 11x14 - don't seem to be in business, anymore, or are they?
Mar 1, 2019 04:22:10 #
tjw47
Loc: Michigan
Try the viewcamera store... there are some more sources just google "11 x 14 view camera"
One camera I saw was $8000.
One camera I saw was $8000.
Mar 1, 2019 07:54:45 #
Mar 1, 2019 11:00:09 #
tjw47 wrote:
Try the viewcamera store... there are some more sources just google "11 x 14 view camera"
One camera I saw was $8000.
One camera I saw was $8000.
Oh, okay, TJ … I'll have a look-see … thanks so much for the tip …
Mar 1, 2019 11:03:16 #
Chris T wrote:
You know, don't you? … Like the one Ansel Adams used for those great pictures of Yosemite? … It seems the makers of these great cameras, aren't around, anymore. Even Linhof only provides 4x5s and cut film units. Deardorff - the maker of his 8x10 and 11x14 - don't seem to be in business, anymore, or are they?
I don't think Adams ever used 11x14.
Mar 1, 2019 11:03:19 #
Longshadow wrote:
Not as popular.
I know, Bill … but the images would be twice the size I get from my 5x7 ….
And, I kinda like the idea of that size proofs - being eligible for framing …
Mar 1, 2019 11:11:28 #
Mar 1, 2019 11:21:37 #
Chris T wrote:
I know, Bill … but the images would be twice the size I get from my 5x7 ….
And, I kinda like the idea of that size proofs - being eligible for framing …
And, I kinda like the idea of that size proofs - being eligible for framing …
Imagine the detail!
Mar 1, 2019 13:43:52 #
BebuLamar wrote:
Can you get 11x14 film now? It's not very difficult to build one though.
Oh, I should think so, Bebu … even if Kodak isn't making it, anymore, I'm sure Ilford is - B/W anyway.
Not sure if Agfa is still producing film, but I'm damned sure Fuji is … it's in their name, after all …
Where might I find plans to build one, Bebu?
Mar 1, 2019 13:46:48 #
Mar 1, 2019 13:49:08 #
Longshadow wrote:
Imagine the detail!
EXACTLY, Bill … imagine the detail!!!! … Don't think you can do much better (in something manageable.)
That was what Ansel Adams used … if it's good enough for him … it's good enough for me, too!
Mar 1, 2019 13:51:50 #
User ID wrote:
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The AF is to slow for sports.
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The AF is to slow for sports.
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Very funny, USER … AF, indeed!!!!!
May not work well for action - but think of the depth and detail - you'd get - shooting the team!!!
Mar 1, 2019 13:54:57 #
BebuLamar wrote:
I don't think Adams ever used 11x14.
Of course he did, Bebu … he used a Deardorf 11x14 - for many of those shots he did of Yosemite and the California mountains in the north … check out some of his books - the cameras he used are all listed ….
Mar 1, 2019 13:58:05 #
Mar 1, 2019 14:12:23 #
Chris T wrote:
Of course he did, Bebu … he used a Deardorf 11x14 - for many of those shots he did of Yosemite and the California mountains in the north … check out some of his books - the cameras he used are all listed ….
He used 8x10 a lot but I don't think the used 11x14. He didn't have an 11x14 enlarger either.
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