I have dealt with abe for at least a decade (I believe Chris Anderson on the
Alt Photo list first recommended it to me) and had only one problem in all that
time with one of their sellers. I contacted abe by email and they BOTH
refunded my original purchase cost AND sent me a replacement book FOC!!! The
times I have called the cust serv ph # at Amazon I have sent hours trying to
resolve the problems! A ph # does not guarantee good cust serv. Abe does!
Your choice to save or spend!
On April 23, 2019 at 2:51 PM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:Subject: [pure-silver] Re: large format photography books
Nothing against Abe's but I don't anticipate buying that many books in
the future. I didn't see a way to place a phone order, and that meant
creating an account. Granted that wouldn't take that long, but I also didn't
see a phone number anywhere when I looked on the site. That to me is a big
deal. Though I don't doubt the experience others have had, but I also want
to know that I can speak to someone to fix a problem should that need arise.
Also I found that some things were not that bad. One of the books was
new and in hardback for about $27. That I can live with, and the author gets
a bit of revenue. The marks and notes I might make in it are all mine. One
of the other books on amazon was used. It was like $8 when Abe's had it for
about $5. I could live with that too.
One of the other books I might buy later was a different story. It was
like $70 on Amazon, and Abe's had it for less than $10. I figured I had
enough to read to get started and what I learned would guide me on what I
might need later. Abe's isn't totally off the list, but it wasn't the choice
I made this time.
Also know that just because I didn't use Abe's doesn't mean I don't
appreciate knowing about them. I am thankful someone pointed it out and gave
me the option to make the choice.
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On April 23, 2019 at 11:24 AM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [pure-silver] Re: large format photography books
mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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 thehttps://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon
process, I 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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