wilhelmn

I thought the feel and sound of my IIIF was heaven, until a friend

gave me a Model II. Ummmm Mmmmmmm!

Don't get started down THAT path.

I made a special trip to Chicago last October for the Weston

exhibit. It was a really miserable presentation, with not enough

light and too many prints crowded together. Also note, it was not

exactly Weston's golden years. In short: it stank! Hope the

Phillips does better.

You might consider using a developer which is known to lose a stop of

speed, such as Microdol-X 1+3 or, even better, in ABC Pyro.

If the frame lines for the 50mm showed 100% true field, rather than

only 80%, it would be used a great deal more, instead of having to

resort to a 35mm. A seperate finder showing the exact field is

allowed HC-B to shoot virtually all his pictures with a 50mm lens.

I've had the hots for a 5x7 camera for some time. After studying

everything I can find on the web and asking around, I decided to give

myself a GANDOLFI Traditional for my 70th birthday (which comes up a

lot sooner than I really wish). The quality is at least as good, and

perhaps even better, than the Ebony, while the price is competative

with Wisner and Canham, and the weight and rigidity are exceptional.

Meanwhile, I've bought a 45/57 extension back from Dan Smith to tide

me over.

Minolta has never received the credit it deserves for giving cameras

and lenses to Gene Smith near the end of his life, and sponser the

Minemata(sp) project. (His equipment was often pawned.)

No, but I tried it the other way, (A wide-angle converter taped on

the front of a 190mm Ektar on my 4x5 Super D Graflex). It didn't

work. I don't understand why not.

Possibly a I factory converted to a II or III?

The overlook is, unfortunately, overgrown. If you can rent a tall

stepladder it minght work. (I'll bet that AA used his car-top

platform).

Excellent, by any standards!

Bought it last week. The photography is pedastrian, but the advice

is excellent. Who said that the best teachers are also great

photographers? (All color, no B&W)

Maybe more like a Senior Moment. I wonder if today's kids might feel

the same way about reality if they can't see any pixels.

Yesterday there were black storm clouds swirling over South Florida. While driving to supper I looked up at them and thought "They don't look real; they look more like special effects." Then I realized what they lacked to make them appear real to me -- NO GRAIN! Boy, talk about being brainwashed!

The Pentax ZX-5n has strap lugs located so that the top of the camera

leans out slightly from one's body. No more clouded-over eyepiece

even when sweating in the summer. Every camera manufacturer should

learn from it!

Nonsense, refrigeraters are generally very dry. The problem is the

humidity you will bring in the plastic bag from the outside. Just

squeeze all the air that you can out of the package and be sure that

it's tightly sealed. There are some compartments with added humidity

for storing veggies -- don't use them.

Myakka State Park, near Sarasota Florida (West Coast). You can walk

anywhere in the park you want to, without restrictions. This is NOT

the Everglades, but I've seen Clyde Butcher giving workshops here

(you do NOT have to stand up to your arse in swamp water.)

One of the best "investments" you'll ever make in LF photograpy is to

replace a regular ground glass with a Maxwell or Beattie screen.

Expensive, yes. Worth it -- definitely.

I use the 90/8 S.A. on my IV with a flat board, but the end of the

bed intrudes just a tiny bit in portrait mode.

His early B&W work in Vienna (leading to the Magnum connection)was

done with a Rolleiflex, for which, it is said, his brother traded a

pack of cigarettes. Other than that, I believe he used Leica and

Leicaflex exclusively, with Kodachrome 1 and 2.

New: RB-67. Used: 3.25x4.25 Super D Graflex.

I've used the 15" Tele-Raptar on my 4x5 Nagaoka, which is somewhat

lighter than the Tachihara. It is just fine at infinity, but is too

heavy to use cranked out for close-ups (you won't be able to get very

close, anyhow -- maybe 8-10 feet). Have a wonderful trip.

The answer to your question is "Yes."

Mine is 42mm slip-on (1 21/32) Series VI. This is actually a little

tight, and quite difficult to remove; 43mm might be better. (Now if

I could only find holders for my 12cm and 15cm Dagors.)

While one of my favorite photo books is "On This Site," I gotta admit

that IMO Sternfeld's photography is pretty dull. Only when combined

with the narration does his work become special.