[pure-silver] Re: Thinking of moving back to film
- From: Jonathan Taylor <jtyr71@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:37:32 -0400
Just my quick experience with field cameras, in order of purchase and
subsequent sale):
Toyo AII: Lovely, simple, study & light for metal; wouldn't work with my
58mm lens
Wista Technical 45SP: built like a tank and not too heavy, even better and
more thoughtful design than AIII; almost worked with my 58mm lens but not
quite.
Toyo VX125: amazing, elegant, incredibly versatile design, light, sturdy,
ultimate control and movements; worked perfectly with my 58mm lens-- but
not as portable, hike-able as a I had hoped.
Chamonix 45n2: the perfect all around, light, portable reasonably priced
camera. works amazingly well with all my lenses: 150mm, 90mm, and 58mm.
This is the one I've kept and have now produced a good bit of work that I'm
very pleased with.
jt
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:20 PM, <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Honestly unlike maybe many, I never went totally digital. I still love
> the process of black and white, but for one reason or another I seem to
> pick up the 50D. Speed in seeing the results is often one of the main
> reasons.
>
> Yet Adobe is going to foul me up. My images will not be on a computer
> that gets online, so that sort of makes me an ex photoshop customer. For
> now I can still use Lightroom, I have CS5 that will do what I need and
> Elements, but that just might change.
>
> That very well may send me back to nearly 100 analog photography. I never
> sold my 35mm gear, though I was tempted a time or two. I have old medium
> format gear that weighs a ton and could break at any moment, and a rail
> view camera. (Anyone remember the Kiev 60) The rail just never fit my
> needs. It would be fine in studio, but what I wanted to do most was field
> work. Using a camera that was meant for field work is much easier to use
> in studio than a studio camera is to use in the field.
>
> Might be in the market soon for either a field camera, or newer medium
> format system. I am sort of torn as to which way to go first. The field
> camera is the direction I am leaning now. KEH has some nice ones at
> reasonable prices. For a while a Wista of any sort for less that $1000 was
> unthinkable. Part of me would love a Hassy, but their lenses have always
> been sky high. Would likely need a wide angle and a portrait lens, but my
> in home studio is very small. Might be able to get the lens I got with the
> rail camera to work on the field camera, but the shutter is just a little
> bit newer than dirt an suspect in its speeds at the low and high ends.
>
> I always wanted a wooden field camera, and that may be the way to go.
> Welcome any advise or input as to what to watch for when buying one, advise
> on proper care or any other thoughts which you think I might find
> helpful. Thanks in advance.
>
> Mark
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