[pure-silver] Re: The Quest
- From: Nick Zentena <zentena@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:37:31 -0500
On Thursday 14 December 2006 10:44, Adrienne Moumin wrote:
>
> "He also dabbles in darkroom cuisine, cooking up his negatives with an
> enlarger designed for an electron microscope to achieve a degree of image
> sharpness and contrast impossible to get with traditional photographic
> equipment." (What kind of enlarger is that, I wonder??)
Point source?
> So I'm trying to figure out of it IS possible by this mere mortal, without
> unlimited finances, to break my back & my wallet with a view camera &
> serious tripod, and get the prints I dream of using my Saunders LPL 4550XLG
> (oops, I think it would mean getting a new enlarger to accommodate the
> larger negs?)
>
A 4x5 camera and a couple of lenses isn't too bad on the used market. The
lighter ones are not too heavy to carry. Will manage with a reasonable
tripod. If you avoid the lenses/cameras with high collector appeal prices can
be cheap.
Nick
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