bob, ditto on Abe books
rich
On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 2:43 PM ROBERT KISS <bobkiss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Les Strobel's VIEW CAMERA BASICS and VIEW CAMERA TECHNIQUE are important,
basic but thorough books. If you read and follow these you won't make too
many mistakes. There are other, more involved, books but these are great
foundations.
Both are available used very reasonably at www.abebooks.com Always check
abe first when buying a book. I saved a friend and associate of mine, a
renowned architectural historian, who wrote the text for my book, BARBARDOS
CHATTEL HOUSES, many $ when I introduced him to abe. His bookseller in
London wanted 30 pounds sterling plus shipping for a book that he got from
abe for about $5 US plus shipping.
FYI I photographed more than 100 chattel houses with my 8X10 for this
book. A minor exercise in view camera technique! LOL!!!
On April 22, 2019 at 12:19 PM mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Well I got some lens boards made. While I was in the 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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