chris_jordan5 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 You guys are going to think I'm a nut, but here's a serious question. I have hatched a plan to take an amazing photo over the July 4 weekend, that requires using THREE 8x10 view cameras each with a 450mm lens. I have one such beast, and need two more. I'm checking around here and there doesn't seem to be a rental place or an individual who has the stuff and would be willing to rent it. I'm still checking around Seattle, and might come up with all I need, but just in case I don't, here's my question: (takes a big breath) Would anyone out there be willing to mail me their 8x10 rig (camera and a lens in the 450mm range) so I can use it for the July 4th weekend? I'll take impeccable care of it, I'd gladly pay a rental fee, plus shipping of course, and agree to cover any costs in case it was damaged in shipping or otherwise. (hangs haead slightly with a sheepish expectant grin, as if he just asked dad to lend him the ferrari for the prom). ~cj (Seattle) www.chrisjordanphoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennifer_waak Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I can't believe I'm saying this, but I have an 8x10 Nagaoka with a 420mm lens that I'd be willing to loan you. I don't have a 450, but hopefully a 420 is close enough?!? I absolutely love your work, and am willing to help you out in the great experiment. I'm assuming you can rent tripods?!? Any chance I can get a print instead of a rental fee? :-) Feel free to drop me an email if you are interested and we can sort this out. -Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh_sakols Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I've never even used a 4x5 but had to check this out to see who would respond. I look forward to seeing chris's experiment sometime after July 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen hazelton Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Chris- just a thought- if you don't get the cameras you're looking for, try looking for two more cameras WITH photographers. The extra people might not really be needed, but you may find more people willing to come photograph with you than are willing to entrust their cameras to the mail system and to strangers. My equipment isn't near that expensive, but I wouldn't loan it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam_gibbs Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 You could try renting from Beau Photo in Vancouver. Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_jones2 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Ok Chris you HAVE to report back on all of this. I am going to bed tonight trying to figure out what in the Hell your are going to try with this set-up. Please divulge your strange fantasy or at least post the reults if you pull it off. Way to be brave! <p><a href="http://www.scottjonesphoto.com" target="_blank">ScottJonesPhoto.com</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_feldman2 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Out on the edge again, I see. Renting the camera WITH the photographer attached sounds workable. HMMMMMMMMMMMM. 3 big cameras = 3 big negs = 3 big prints = room size 3D? Makes one think. Gotta see the results of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_jordan5 Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 Hi Steve, you are partially right-- I hoping to make three large negs to be printed as three 40x50" prints all lined up as a triptych. But no attempt at 3-D; I've thought of that in the past and I don't think it would be possible for our eyes to focus on two huge prints like that because the eyes would have to point outwards. Usually to create a three-image panorama I could just turn the camera three times and make three different exposures, but this time I want to do a 3-image space-time study, so all three images have to be exposed at the same time so they'll line up at the edges. The final result, assuming I can pull it off, will be a three-panel motion study that's 40" high by twelve feet long, nose sharp. I'd paste it all together in Photoshop and make one huge print, but the file would exceed Photoshop's 30,000-pixel limit (my scans from 8x10 film are about 18,000 pixels on the long side). It looks like I'm going to be able to rustle up the two extra cameras here in Seattle, but I am going to be short at least one lens, in the 420mm-450 range. ~cj www.chrisjordanphoto.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_berkhout Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Contact Paul Butzi Photography (Google him), he may have suggestions/resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_feldman2 Posted June 28, 2003 Share Posted June 28, 2003 Woo Hoo!! Chris, better head off to Rent-a-Yak to transport all the gear. Sounds great. Gotta see it. Best of luck. -S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Chris, I have a 17" Kodak Ektanon that I could send up if nothing fancier presents itself. It's a dialyte and quite sharp but no shutter. Lemme know. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_glover Posted June 29, 2003 Share Posted June 29, 2003 Chris, I would be prepared to loan you my Nikkor-M 450mm (which I believe from memory matches your own lens) but I fear logistics and the tyranny of distance may be working against us. Get in touch by email if there's any hope in my offer. Walter G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_kevin_johnson Posted July 1, 2003 Share Posted July 1, 2003 I do not have an 8x10 camera but I am wondering, are you trying to produce stereo (3D) images? I run a large format lab that is mainly in the aerial market. Even though we have all the equipment to do professional we have never tried to market there. Kevin www.AerialPhotoLab.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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