[rollei_list] Re: "Advantage of 4x5 over medium format" (was: Austin has Unsubscribed)
- From: Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:42:39 +0200
Ardishir & co (esp. Bob, Richard, Jim had he still been here...)
assuming one was in the market for a "user" 4x5 <*> Graphic, what
model/version would one be looking for? I know nothing about those
cameras, but you've piqued my interest. I see that they often show up
on eBay, although I have no idea of price. I don't have a darkroom for
prints, but developing negatives isn't a problem.
I have no plans (nor money) to buy anything now, but would like to know
more. I can archive the thread for when I'm ready to pick something up
:-)
Thor
On 19. apr. 2005, at 17.13, Ardeshir Mehta wrote:
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> On Tuesday, April 19, 2005, at 04:50 AM, Mark Rabiner wrote:
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>> [T]he advantage of 4x5 over medium format is [that] 4x5 has amazing
>> creamy smooth high tones. Highlights.
>> The lighter tones are thicker and more solid.
>> That's the only way I can describe them.
>> Better than medium format and much better than 35mm.
>> Crispy as the small format stuff is.
>> It's also crunchy.
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> Amen.
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> I find that neither of my two Rolleis can touch the quality of the pics
> from my Anniversary Speed Graphic, when I do manage to shoot with the
> Speed Graphic. But the number of pictures I take with the Speed Graphic
> is minuscule compared with the number I take with my Rolleis (and now,
> even my newly-acquired Contaflex), because of the hassle involved in
> using LF, especially loading the film into individual holders.
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> I just "won" two Grafmatic backs for the Speed Graphic on eBay, and
> loaded one of them with B&W (the other has not yet arrived here), so I
> hope that the situation will improve now. But the Kalart rangefinder on
> the Anni is off, and will have to be fixed before I can use the Anni
> hand-held. Or else another Kalart RF bought on eBay and fitted to the
> Anni.
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> Cheers.
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> Ardeshir <http://homepage.mac.com/ardeshir>
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