[rollei_list] Re: OT - 4x5 format (was: Bubbles in Schneider Lens!!!)
- From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:32:36 -0400
On Wednesday, April 27, 2005, at 11:47 PM, michael Sta. Maria wrote:
> P.S. I know this is a Rollei thread, but if anyone has any info,
> websites, advice about anything on 4x5 format (b&w) photography with a
> view or field camera please post or email off list.
Although my pride and joy is my 2.8D Rolleiflex with Xenotar, I have to
admit that the best pictures I have ever taken were 4x5 format.
And my favourite 4x5 format camera is my Speed Graphic. (I don't have a
Crown Graphic, but if I did, it would be a favourite too.) The Graphics
were so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o versatile it's amazing. They can be hand-held,
can be used for sports photography, for formal (tripod-mounted)
photography, and everything in-between. With a Grafmatic back, six
shots can be taken almost as fast as with a Rolleiflex. The
rangefinder, when properly calibrated, is more accurate than the one on
a Leica. The sports viewfinder on the Graphic allows the photographer
to see EVERYTHING in his field of vision: something even the Leica does
not allow. The lenses available for it are amazing in their ability to
capture detail. AND they're inexpensive, to buy as well as to use! In
B&W anyway, film is cheap (about CAN.$1 per shot). If one wants, one
can use a Polaroid back with it and show one's friends their pictures
right away (or almost). One can even buy positive/negative Polaroid
films for it, giving one the best of both worlds.
Nothing I can say will give as much information about the Graphic
cameras as the website <http://www.graflex.org/> and the links there.
Well worth reading!
On the other extreme, however, I drool every time I visit the Ebony web
site, <http://www.ebonycamera.com/>. WHAT a set of cameras! The *ne
plus ultra* of LF, no question about it. It's a pity I can't come close
to affording even the cheapest one!
Cheers,
Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>
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