[LargeFormat] Hello all
Jim Brick
jim at brick.org
Thu May 29 22:01:00 EDT 2008
I have a fully equipped darkroom, two 4x5 enlargers, big JOBO ATL-2400
for color work, big sink for B&W. I also have a scanner for getting
4x5 & smaller negs/transparencies on the web, or making prints larger
than I can print in my darkroom.
Jim
On May 29, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Les Newcomer wrote:
> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then
> like those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started
> "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go
> over to the dark side. And like those that rescue racing dogs, the
> enlargers started to breed. New ones showed up unannounced while
> old friends withered and died and their bones scatter across the
> basement...
>
> Okay that went a bit far.
>
> Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers,
> And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an
> enlarger.
>
> les
>
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>
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> On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur,
>> of course)
>>
>> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I
>> carry at least one camera every day the most of my life.
>> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't
>> even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month
>> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am
>> addicted to photography.
>>
>> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop
>> named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen
>> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought
>> home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability
>> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that
>> purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements,
>> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also
>> bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders,
>> and a box of Neopan Acros.
>>
>> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and
>> add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc.
>>
>> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't
>> have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...)
>> so i will be using trays for film development for a while.
>>
>> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow
>> me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji,
>> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Tom
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