[rollei_list] Re: OT: Getting into 4x5 for the first time...
- From: "Jeff Kelley" <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:56:37 -0700
By the way, thanks again everyone for all your great advice! There are
several centuries of photographic experience lurking here...
I'm sure I'll have more questions, assuming I come home with that package.
Jeff
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Jeff Kelley <jlkphoto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just talked to the seller and told him I'd buy the system - assuming, of
> course, it really is what's claimed.
> Hmmm, now I need to think about developing 4x5...I can feel my wallet
> getting thinner already ;)
>
> Jeff
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Neveer mind about the Tachihara - go for the Sinar F package!
> > Rob
> > On Mar 25, 2008, at 4:23 PM, Jeff Kelley wrote:
> >
> > Wow, I just got back from lunch and found all this great advice
> > already! Thanks everyone!
> >
> > The 2 lenses in the kit are: Fujinon 210mm f5.6 and a Nikkor 135mm f5.6.
> > The package includes a ton of accessories too. All for less than $900.
> > This seems like a great deal when I look at ebay prices for a similar
> > setup. The seller claims "mint" condition. I have not seen the equipment
> > in person yet, however.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I've been giving serious thought to trying 4x5 for the first time.
> > > I know nothing about it except from reading. I have about 40yrs of photo
> > > experience with 8mm through 6x9, though no view camera experience
> > > whatsoever.
> > >
> > > I found a local seller with a Sinar F, 2 lenses, and what appears to
> > > be everything needed to get going - except film.
> > >
> > > Does anyone reading know if this "kit" would be appropriate for a rank
> > > beginner to the world of 4x5?
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The words "Beginner" and "Sinar" has never been used in the same
> > > paragraph until this day and age with EBay.
> > >
> > > Sinar is an impossible dream come true camera for peoples whose
> > > commitment to sheet film is unquestioned.
> > >
> > > Thinking of it as a "I'm thinking of getting into 4x5 maybe I'll start
> > > out with a Sinar" is amazing.
> > > I'd have called you a liar if you told me some day a thing would
> > > happen that would get people talking like that.
> > >
> > > Mark William Rabiner
> > > markrabiner.com
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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