[pure-silver] Re: Thinking of moving back to film
- From: Bob Younger <ryounger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 04:04:08 -0700
Mark,
I've had several 8x10s including a near mint Deardorff that I loved;
multiple 4x5s including an absolutely wonderful Linhof Technica (I still
highly recommend that). The Cedar Fire (2003) took care of all of that.
Afterwards I replaced it all with an Ebony 8x10 w/ asymmetric swings and
tilts. I have never looked back. It is a marvelous camera; well designed
and incredibly well made. I know many stores have Ebony 4x5s in stock
(Badger Graphics comes to mind). You'll probably have to order an 8x10. You
don't need the version made from ebony (it's also much heavier).
My two cents (though you'll spend much more than that for most anything
mentioned in this thread).
Bob Younger
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 8:20 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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