Notes from the field: my first outing with the 8x10!!

[chris_jordan3]

well, i survived my first outing with the C-1 and 10'-high tripod!

loaded the whole shebang (stepladder included) onto a hand truck with

bungies and trundled about two miles around seattle a couple of nights

ago, exposing six sheets of film (yikes, that's $90...). finally the

drizzle got the best of me and i bailed for home. i was quite

surprised that everything worked smoothly-- it really is just like a

big 4x5, no technical glitches at all, except everything is a little

slower and heavier. the Nikkor 450M is an incredibly sharp and

beautiful lens-- i'm looking forward to many years of joy working with

that puppy. and i must say, that huge apparatus perched ten feet off

the ground looks pretty BITCHIN!!!

 

i even got a new "keeper" transparency. YIKES it looks cool on my

light table! sending it off for a scan this week.

 

cheers and thanks again to my supportive friends here-- i wouldn't

have gotten to this exciting new place without you guys,

 

~cj (Seattle)

[jorge_gasteazoro4]

I hope you post the tranny. Pretty cool uh? I knew you would be happy with the Nikon, I love mine too. Glad things worked out fine..:-)

[steve_feldman]

"BITCHIN" ! ! ! ? ? ?

 

I haven't used that expression since the sixties. (1960's that is).

 

What happend to the yak?

 

Personally, I'd want a large burly line-backer type to keep the looky-loos away from me when I'm on top of a ten foot ladder. Also handy for tossing up the $400 spot meter.

 

Tell me, when looking at a night-time 8x10 image upside down and reversed 10 feet in the air, does this word come to mind - -

 

VERTIGO

 

 

Hey, catch!

[matt_clark2]

$90 for six sheets? Does that include processing? I've priced 8x10 transparencies at Glazer's and the per sheet cost was less than that. I'm currently shooting B&W in mine and processing at home. I have, however, been thinking of shooting some color when the fall colors start to show. Do you have a lab process your color for you? Who and what is your opinion of their services? Any suggestions/recommendations?

 

Thanks and congratulations!

[walter_glover]

Aaahhh! Chris,

 

Everyday another stride out of the abyss, another step toward the

reward.

 

Glad to hear you're as happy with your 8x10 and 450mm as I am

with mine.

 

Incidentally, 8x10 EPP is $25.00 Australian per sheet and nearly

as much again to process. At present the exchange rate would

mean that to expose and process 6 sheets would be about

$US150.00 so don't be too harsh on your costs.

 

Cheers,

 

WG