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Post by zx9 on Jan 22, 2023 12:55:33 GMT
I know some of us are large format users so lets have a thread for all things larger than roll film.
I will start off with my Sinar F which has just come out of hibernation, it was last used when I still had a dark room so about eleven years ago.
Not a very exciting picture and I am not sure when or where I am going to use it.
Please feel free to add images taken on large format or pictures of large format cameras.
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Post by petrochemist on Jan 22, 2023 13:27:43 GMT
Can't claim to have got much use from mine so far, but I plan to get film through one of them in the next month. I got as far as putting the Toyo deluxe together at the start of the year, but lunch time finished before I got it properly focused let alone film loaded. Working out a suitable option for the shutter on my 5" barrel lens is proving awkward:  A challenging lens by Mike Kanssen, on Flickr I probably ought to dig out one of my more normal lenses to begin with. Just heard my third LF camera is ready for collection - it has a focal plane shutter but I doubt the front lens board is big enough for my awkward 150mm/1.2 Given the price paid there are no doubt other issues to deal with too. |
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Post by peterba on Jan 22, 2023 20:13:02 GMT
I'm going to stop reading this thread, on the grounds of bank balance protection.....   |
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Post by petrochemist on Jan 22, 2023 20:26:12 GMT
I'm going to stop reading this thread, on the grounds of bank balance protection..... My latest LF camera was £50 with a lens, hardly expensive.  |
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Post by peterba on Jan 22, 2023 20:38:42 GMT
My latest LF camera was £50 with a lens, hardly expensive. You're not helping, y'know! |
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Post by petrochemist on Jan 22, 2023 21:05:27 GMT
My latest LF camera was £50 with a lens, hardly expensive. You're not helping, y'know! I thought it would be harmless pointing that out as you were going to stop reading this thread... |
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Post by zx9 on Jan 23, 2023 18:09:20 GMT
My latest LF camera was £50 with a lens, hardly expensive. You're not helping, y'know! Leaving aside my above under used Sinar, I really have desires on a folding 54 view camera, probably cost me more than £50 though.
I figure one would be more portable, therefore it would be more used.
I also fancy playing with brass lenses which would require a shutter, also expensive.
Ho Hum, you can't take it with you...
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Post by petrochemist on Jan 23, 2023 18:49:12 GMT
I collected my 'new' camera today, a Thornton Pickard Reflex Junior Special (apparently made between 1926 & 1935) Unfortunately it seems to be the smallest model made (quarter plate or 3.5x2.5") somewhat borderline as to if it's considered large format or not. The camera & lens seem to be in better condition than the listing implied, but I now have to track down suitable plate holders & order up some dry plates... I've spent an hour today looking at listings/completed sales for both camera & lens (a Taylor Hobson 6"/4.5 'cooke anastigmat') - I don't think I found a single copy of the lens selling for less than twice what I paid for camera & lens, a few were over £200 And for those like Keith who want to play with brass lenses, this camera has a focal plane shutter. I'm not sure how easily I can mount other lenses, this one uses a 2.25" RPS flange. I know stepping rings etc were made for royal photographic society lens mounts, but I've not seen any sold as such (or labeled as TTH which many apparently are). SK Grimes will make them but at $85-175 plus postage I'll skip that option! Large diameter screw threads are one thing my DIY skills are woefully inadequate at. |
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Post by nickr on Jan 23, 2023 19:48:42 GMT
I collected my 'new' camera today, a Thornton Pickard Reflex Junior Special (apparently made between 1926 & 1935) Unfortunately it seems to be the smallest model made (quarter plate or 3.5x2.5") somewhat borderline as to if it's considered large format or not. The camera & lens seem to be in better condition than the listing implied, but I now have to track down suitable plate holders & order up some dry plates... I've spent an hour today looking at listings/completed sales for both camera & lens (a Taylor Hobson 6"/4.5 'cooke anastigmat') - I don't think I found a single copy of the lens selling for less than twice what I paid for camera & lens, a few were over £200 And for those like Keith who want to play with brass lenses, this camera has a focal plane shutter. I'm not sure how easily I can mount other lenses, this one uses a 2.25" RPS flange. I know stepping rings etc were made for royal photographic society lens mounts, but I've not seen any sold as such (or labeled as TTH which many apparently are). SK Grimes will make them but at $85-175 plus postage I'll skip that option! Large diameter screw threads are one thing my DIY skills are woefully inadequate at. I had one of those many years ago, came from the family business. In theory, i still have it, but as I've not seen it for over 30 years, I suspect not... I got some FP3 (I think) plates with it. First one I developed, I managed to wash the emulsion off.... |
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Post by zx9 on Jan 23, 2023 19:50:25 GMT
I collected my 'new' camera today, a Thornton Pickard Reflex Junior Special (apparently made between 1926 & 1935) Unfortunately it seems to be the smallest model made (quarter plate or 3.5x2.5") somewhat borderline as to if it's considered large format or not. The camera & lens seem to be in better condition than the listing implied, but I now have to track down suitable plate holders & order up some dry plates... I've spent an hour today looking at listings/completed sales for both camera & lens (a Taylor Hobson 6"/4.5 'cooke anastigmat') - I don't think I found a single copy of the lens selling for less than twice what I paid for camera & lens, a few were over £200 And for those like Keith who want to play with brass lenses, this camera has a focal plane shutter. I'm not sure how easily I can mount other lenses, this one uses a 2.25" RPS flange. I know stepping rings etc were made for royal photographic society lens mounts, but I've not seen any sold as such (or labeled as TTH which many apparently are). SK Grimes will make them but at $85-175 plus postage I'll skip that option! Large diameter screw threads are one thing my DIY skills are woefully inadequate at. You need a lathe, vintage machinery is another rabbit hole of a hobby to get into. |
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Post by petrochemist on Jan 23, 2023 20:11:44 GMT
You need a lathe, vintage machinery is another rabbit hole of a hobby to get into. I've got a basic wood lathe (not right for threads I know) but no room in the workshop to set it up. More importantly I don't have the skills to do threads even if I had the tools. Bribing one of the fitters at work to knock something up is probably my best option. |
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Post by peterba on Jan 23, 2023 21:16:42 GMT
I thought it would be harmless pointing that out as you were going to stop reading this thread...
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Post by zou on Jan 24, 2023 12:47:22 GMT
Pinhole photography can be a nice gateway drug to hardcore large format stuff.
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Post by zx9 on Feb 4, 2023 10:43:09 GMT
This week I have mostly been shopping.
Rodenstock 75mm f/4.5 Sinaron (aka Grandagon N ), copal 0 panel and a set of Bags.
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Post by petrochemist on Feb 21, 2023 17:12:51 GMT
I've process my first 5x4 shot now (using the lens I shared above but with a paper aperture to reduce exposure slightly. Unflashed direct positive paper, stand developed in Caffenol) I've got a whole series of improvements to make in both shooting & processing, but I'll share an image of the print to give you something to laugh at:  Terrible subject choice, poor exposure, tannin contamination, impure vitamin C... the list goes on! My next effort will be more conventional using a shutter & film till I've got the basics down  |
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