laszlo

I am asking for your help in finding on the net an iconic B&W photograph from

the 1930s (maybe 1940s) of a propeller aircraft (possibly a DC 2 or DC3). This

is a very classic photograph that I have seen countless times in mags / books

etc. It is framed in such a way that the left engine/propeller is in the

foreground and the nose of the plane is on the left of the frame in the back.

 

Can anyone pls let me know who is the photographer or otherwise point me in the

right direction to ID this picture? I was talking to smby about this picture and

want to be able to show it as an illustration of the concept. Many thanks

I second WHCC -- they will print, coat and even mount your print if needed. Plus they have a fancy java software you upload your images with, that works very well.

I drop off my 4x5 E6 with Keeble & Schuchat in Palo Alto and they send it to the New Lab. The film is back the next day.

Rodenstock Apo Sironar S 135mm fits as well (reversed), but I don't store it that way for reasons already mentioned.

 

The Tachi has a rise of about 30 mm. You'll need a table with circles of coverage (like this one: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/lenseslist.html) to figure out which lenses to avoid.

 

I have found that it is when you combine rise/fall with swing/tilt that you quickly exceed the circle of coverage of your lens. One way to avoid/limit this problem is to predominatly tilt/swing the rear standard.

 

For my style of photography ~210 mm coverage is the minimum.

I use Xtol straight for 8 1/4 minutes.

I develop TMX 100 and 820c 4x5" sheet films together in a CombiPlan tank, and because there was no factory recommendation for the 820c in Xtol, I tried the same time that I use for TMX and it worked.

There are many different decent cameras, as many people will testify, but "cheap, easy, compact and decent" brings to mind the Tachihara, as someone has already noted above.

The 135 mm Apo Sironar-S has a 208 mm circle which is enough for typical nature photography, but one can reach the limits of its coverage even on a field camera (such as the Tachihara 4x5) by using tilts. If I were to go at it again, would get the 150mm Sironar-S.