[rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...
- From: "Jeff Kelley" <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:36:45 -0700
Freestyle did have something called "Arista Classic" that was rebadged Agfa
100 and 400 from the last manufacturing runs. Last time I checked they only
had some 35mm left.
Jeff
On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <ralaubach@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Peter - Verrrry freaky Peter - A student just now has a 4x5 holder with
> Arista 100 by Foma she shot in a pinhole camera!
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 5:46 pm
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...
>
> Care to reflect on the inexpensive 4x5 films available thru Freestyle
> Photo?
> Peter Nebergall
>
> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:48:50 -0400 ralaubach@xxxxxxx writes:
>
> glad to help anytime jeff - i teach large format/view camera at Northern
> Virginia Community College in Alexandria VA just outside of Washington DC.
> feel free to email me anytime - work email is RLaubach@xxxxxxxx
> personal email is RALaubach@xxxxxxx
>
> Bob
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kelley <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 5:56 pm
> Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...
>
> By the way, thanks again everyone for all your great advice! There are
> several centuries of photographic experience lurking here...
>
> I'm sure I'll have more questions, assuming I come home with that package.
> Jeff
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Jeff Kelley <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I just talked to the seller and told him I'd buy the system - assuming,
> > of course, it really is what's claimed.
> > Hmmm, now I need to think about developing 4x5...I can feel my wallet
> > getting thinner already ;)
> >
> > Jeff
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Robert Lilley <
> > 54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Neveer mind about the Tachihara - go for the Sinar F package!
> > > Rob
> > > On Mar 25, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Jeff Kelley wrote:
> > >
> > > Wow, I just got back from lunch and found all this great advice
> > > already! Thanks everyone!
> > >
> > > The 2 lenses in the kit are: Fujinon 210mm f5.6 and a Nikkor 135mm
> > > f5.6. The package includes a ton of accessories too. All for less
> > > than $900. This seems like a great deal when I look at ebay prices for a
> > > similar setup. The seller claims "mint" condition. I have not seen the
> > > equipment in person yet, however.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The words "Beginner" and "Sinar" has never been used in the same
> > > > paragraph until this day and age with EBay.
> > > >
> > > > Sinar is an impossible dream come true camera for peoples whose
> > > > commitment to sheet film is unquestioned.
> > > >
> > > > Thinking of it as a "I'm thinking of getting into 4x5 maybe I'll
> > > > start out with a Sinar" is amazing.
> > > > I'd have called you a liar if you told me some day a thing would
> > > > happen that would get people talking like that.
> > > >
> > > > Mark William Rabiner
> > > > markrabiner.com
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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