[rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:40:29 -0700
I concur. I have a Linhof Technika, and a bagof lensboards. Lots of
folks have "lenses in shutter" they haven't a clue what to do with. I
found a Dallmeyer Pentac in a Compur, 105mm F2.9, and that one lets me
take 4x5 into "available light" places. Enjoy.
Peter Nebergall
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:54:57 -0700 Jim Brick <jim@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> I've been using LF (4x5 & 8x10) cameras since 1959, when I attended
>
> Brooks Institute of Photography. LF was how commercial photograph
> was
> done in those days. I used LF in commercial photography for a couple
>
> of decades after graduating from Brooks. I continue using LF to this
>
> day for 'larger than life' landscapes.
>
> The Sinar F is a capable camera, but more suited for the studio than
>
> the field. Actually any LF based on a rigid monorail is a studio
> camera, unless you want to carry a very cumbersome load! I used a
> Graphic View II in school and started my commercial business with
> it.
> At school, carrying the Graphic View monorail in the field was
> always
> a pain. When I started my business, I got an 8x10 Deardorf and a 4x5
>
> reducing back. This gave me a field camera for both 4x5 & 8x10. Even
>
> though being a large camera, it was much easier to carry out of the
>
> studio, AND, back then, advertising agencies wanted 8x10
> Ektachromes.
> In 1970 I traded my Graphic View II for a Sinar P - a much more
> sophisticated camera, but even less portable than the Graphic View.
>
> I no longer do commercial photography. All of my work is now
> landscape
> and nature fine art photography. Over the past couple of decades of
>
> owning (trying) various fold-up field cameras, a few years ago I
> finally found what I consider to be the ultimate 4x5 camera, the
> Linhof Technikardan. It is basically a fold-up monorail view camera.
>
> It folds very flat and the monorail cleverly collapses into itself
>
> making a very small and ultra portable package, yet will allow the
> use
> of lenses from 55mm out to 720mm (I have both) with ease. This
> camera
> is just as at home in the studio as it is in the field.
>
> So, I personally recommend a field camera rather than the Sinar F.
>
> There are many capable used field cameras out there for very
> reasonable prices - Toyo, Wista, Tachihara, Zone VI, Canham, Linhof
>
> Technika & Technikardan, etc. And you can get a plethora of great LF
>
> lenses for pennies on the dollar nowadays.
>
> I suggest that you also get a book on using view cameras, such as
> "Using the View Camera" by Steve Simmons ($8.00 used on Amazon)
>
> IMHO,
>
> :-)
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Mar 25, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Jeff Kelley wrote:
>
> > I've been giving serious thought to trying 4x5 for the first time.
>
> > I know nothing about it except from reading. I have about 40yrs of
>
> > photo experience with 8mm through 6x9, though no view camera
> > experience whatsoever.
> >
> > I found a local seller with a Sinar F, 2 lenses, and what appears
> to
> > be everything needed to get going - except film.
> >
> > Does anyone reading know if this "kit" would be appropriate for a
>
> > rank beginner to the world of 4x5?
> >
> > Jeff
>
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