Try an Ektar 203mm f7.7 This will fit with ease and is wonderfully sharp and covers 5x7+! You will need a 33mm slip-on series 6 filter...
One of the peculiar things about close up work with a view camera is that the image magnification keeps changing as you attempt to focus....
When you raise the lens on a view camera, you are raising the cone of projected light exiting the rear of the lens and moving it up as well....
A piece of inner tube has worked for me in the past.
Death Valley is certainly one of my favorite places. Be warned though, it's huge (the size of Connecticut!) and a day trip will be a long day...
Dave, you might also want to consider this rule of thumb: In order for a threaded fastener with standard threading to achieve its maximum...
This lens has a projection angle of 46 degrees and a diagonal coverage at infinity of 16.1" Hope this helps.
Well, it's not often that I expose color film, but once in a great while I do and over the years I've collected a handful of slightly underexposed...
Along the lines of what Jeff just posted, one of the reasons I prefer T-Max emulsions over others is that they seem to be less prone to...
Yaakov, you still there? One other thing to consider, at least it's a factor here in Michigan, USA, is that reciprocity corrections are much...
I'm assuming that you will be making detail shots of this subject. If that's the case, there are a couple of things I'd like to point out....
I just made an adapter out of aluminum to enable my Majestic 1600 to fit on my Linhof twinleg. I previously made an adapter to replace the head...
Well, I've done it! I just posted a response to the wrong thread! Damn, it's been a long week.
I just made an adapter out of aluminum to enable my Majestic 1600 to fit on my Linhof twinleg. I previously made an adapter to replace the...
I generally pre-soak for about a minute when using T-max emulsions. I get consistently good results. One thing you might consider if you are...
What shutter speed to use differs with different focal lengths and/or distance from the subject. What I might recommend is trying to do this...
What you need is a copy of ANSI Z38.1.51-1951 This is the Dimensional information for Photographic Double Film Holders of the Lock-Rib Type....
The business of behind or in front of the ground glass is somewhat confusing if, for instance, behind the ground glass means hidden by it! I...
Not only should this work for reasons previously stated, but I have it on good authority that short lenses like, perhaps the 90mm you have in...
I knew there was a reason I saved all my Zone VI catalogues! On pg. three of the '92 edition appears a paragraph entitled "The best guarantee...
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