[LargeFormat] Large Format Events - UK Workshop and US Conference
john frost
largeformat@f32.net
Tue Mar 9 16:47:13 2004
Jim:
A piece of square plastic downspout may work, check for viggnetting at
the lens board, tho.
john (:>))) My spell check doesn't know 'vignetting', guess I'll have to
look it (vignetting) up one of these days....
Jim Hemenway wrote:
> Clive:
>
> While it has warmed up here in eastern Massachusetts, we nevertheless
> have a forecast of snow tonight and again tomorrow night. Accordingly,
> the 11x14 is still in hibernation because of the frostbite that I earned
> with it last January.
>
> So, I've done a little bit with the Leica R8 with fisheye and with the
> 19mm: http://www.hemenway.com/Castle_in_Maine/
>
> and some with the Rollei 6008i: http://www.hemenway.com/Monadnock
>
> I have more, but haven't scanned them yet.
>
> Large Format: I'm looking at a 39 inch lens for the 11x14, and since
> the bellows extends to only about 23 inches, am trying to figure out a
> way to use it. A long wooden tube comes to mind. Or, a rear extension
> twice as long as the current one, and a longer, bigger bellows.
>
> Why oh why couldn't I have been born rich instead of just good looking?
>
>
> Jim - http://www.hemenway.com
>
>
>
> Clive Warren wrote:
>
>> Whenever the list becomes quiet I check the mailserver to make sure
>> that we are still live! So a quick sanity check to make sure that all
>> is well.
>>
>> Wonderful little packages have been arriving here at Warren Mansions
>> from various parts of the world - the latest was an 8" Cooke Aviar
>> together with a iris lens holding shutter that I am looking forward to
>> using on a 5x7 camera as soon as the lens board has been drilled out.
>>
>> Work and the f32 web site have been taking up a lot of time here
>> recently and there is still a backlog of 8x10 processing waiting for
>> me in the darkroom. In addition, planning for the next large format
>> workshop has been keeping me busy. The Spring workshop will take place
>> on May 6th to 9th in Tintern, South Wales, UK.
>>
>> Full details here:
>>
>> http://www.f32.net/f32WorkShops/workshop52004_uk.html
>>
>> If the gods smile then a trip to the US for the LF conference in
>> California is still on the cards - any of you going?
>>
>> Enjoy what's left of your Sunday.
>>
>> Cheers, Clive
>>
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