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On April 23, 2019 at 11:24 AM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Subject: [pure-silver] Re: large format photography books
Amazon had two of the books. One by both of the authors that seemed to
be the consensus here Steve Simmons book was still in print and not that
expensive. One of them was quite expensive there. With what I have coming, I
think I will have a better handle on what I need to know. That is often the
hardest thing to learn. IF you don't know what you need to know, learning it
is quite difficult.
Lens fit on the lens board quite easily and it fit on the camera. That
is a milestone. One problem. The shutter now rotates in the hole. I don't
see any sort of pin that would stop that. It is livable, but it already
annoying. I am thinking that a thin piece of black double stick tape along
the outside would keep that from happening, and if black it should function
as a light trap. On the shutter there appears to be some grooves that look
like they were designed for a wrench, perhaps some sort of special tool.
There are some tiny grooves on what I would call the jam nut (photo term for
it I don't know sorry) and its possible its just not tight enough. If I need
a tool, so be it, I need the tool.
I got it on a tripod and took my first look through the ground glass on
this thing. I guess I could say it was a bit of a magical experience. I
have a choice of two tripods. One has a ball head, and the other doesn't.
Does one work better than the other as a rule with this format?
I would also appreciate any info on lenses you find you use most, and
lenses you have you find that you never use at all. Unlike other formats
where zooms have you covered, having the right focal length isn't necessarily
automatic. With the 210, which I am guessing is about an 80 mm in 35mm
terms, I can see myself needing a 90 to 65 for wide angle, and guess I am old
fashion but I think everyone should have the standard lens of the format,
which is 150. I can not see myself using a telephoto a great deal if ever in
this format. Landscapes and portraits yes, but it is hard for me to envision
myself using for photographing something that is a long way off. If you do,
I love to know the particulars.
Thanks for putting up with this journey. It has been a long time since I
tried something totally new in photography. Its been a joy.
Its slowly coming together. The next job will be establishing habit
patterns so the work becomes natural and I don't do something like putting
the dark slide back in the way I took it out, then have to wonder if I
exposed the sheet.
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Well I got some lens boards made. While I was in the process, Ihttps://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon
decided to make four. One I will use now and three I will stick back for
when I add lenses later. Took more grinding than expected, but then again I
went to a guy for some advise on welding once. The advise I got was to buy a
quality grinder. He wasn't wrong.
About to punch the hole in one for the lens, and do a bit of
extra filing. After that its the final coats of paint and it will be ready
for the lens. Step forward
Also stopped through Barnes an Noble this morning. That has so
changed. There was almost nothing there on analog photography and nothing at
all related to large format. I know a lot of this is going to hands on
learning, and there is nothing that can replace time behind ground glass. I
also have already figured out that this could get expensive if all the
learning was done trial and error. Any recommendations for good books
related to large format photography. I am just about to re read Ansel Adams,
"The Camera" just as a matter of course. Yet going through my mind, I don't
remember much if anything I have that goes into any depth with large format
cameras. A $30 book just might save $300 in film and a lot of frustration to
learn the same things.
The other next step is to find the necessary cables so the flash
can be used. Might have to get a PC to hot shoe adapter, but will see what
is available and what I can do to get some flexibility on the flash side of
things.
Thanks again for the help
Mark
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