Greetings; Been there, done that ( not crashing the Girlfriends car, Haa Haaaa ) Best advice is :- Type out a ' Check-list ' eg. Focus, tighten all Knobs, Check focus again, Set Lens Aperture, Set shutter speed, Cock shutter, Test fire to check it worked, recock shutter, Place Film holder on camera, remove Dark Slide, Press Cable release, REPLACE DARK SLIDE , then open up lens and 'recheck focus, if OK , move on to next location, etc. AND use you camera OFTEN then most of the above will come as second nature. Enjoy your Camera, lots of fun to come. Cheers Barrie. At 01:40 AM 1/04/2005, you wrote: Hi, > This is intended as a quick summary of my weekend in California using > a Zone >VI 4x5.. First though I'd just like to thank everyone who helped me out >getting >to learn the basics of LF. It's this list that got me into B&W in the first >place. People like Mr Lambrecht, Uncle Dick, Nick Zentena and a whole host of >others have helped me immensely. SNIP................... >Once you purchase a 4 X 5 Enlarger you will not need another as all sidown >to 35mm can be printed n the one machine. >============================================================================================================= >To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your >account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you >subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- barrieb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx{ Melbourne , Australia } ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.