joe mama wrote: Dateline, 7-6-06 Meters are useless forget zones, compensation ev's, et al, just look at a perceived image, and MAKE it. sunny...

In article , joe mama took the time to educate us with: Dateline, 7-6-06 Meters...

I am considering buying a centre filter for my 210 SSXL but am puzzled by the following comment found on the Schneider web site: "To avoid too long exposure...

I have a Rapid Rectilinear in need of lens cleaning. The front and rear elements have black baffles presumably to cut out the outer peripheral rays (sorry for...

2 new online stores that I started up a month or so ago. I am a semi pro photog myself, and figured I may as well do this, since I and most others, shoot...

I've been looking on the web but have not found out what the coverage for a Goerz Red Dot 19" APO Artar is. I have a Deardorff 8x10. Thanks.

A fellow large format photographer had his pack snatched in Yosemite. You can read about it and what's...

hi, i own an older Calumet CC 401 4x5 camera and was wondering if there was any way (conventional, or otherwise) to modify this camera to take a 5x7 back?...

Any way to make the ground glass for a 4x5? What kind of glass to have cut? How easy is it to insert, etc?

Hi, I recently bought a linhof techinca III (version 4) for a good price. I got a 65 mm, 150mm and a 240mm lense included in the price. However, I have some...

A couple of posters have had fun with questions I've posted to this group. It's sad they need to buttress their egos by belittling and disrespecting others,...

I have a toyo gx, I'm at my first use with it and need your help. I extended the basic monorail with the extension. Now I removed the endcaps.. but the...

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Hello, I'm looking for a jobo 2518 reel. If anyone know where I can find one. Thanks, Rui please reply d.edicace(at)mail.telepac.pt

I'm a large format photographer using an Epson 4870 scanner to scan my 5x7 negatives. I've had a custom 5x7 carrier made to hold the negatives (similar to the...

This message refers to the newsgroup rec.photo.marketplace.large-format, but it also contains information relevant to rec.photo.equipment.large-format. Posts...

I don't have the time or money to experiment, so I'm posing this question: Why can't taking a landscape exposure based on an incident reading replace taking...

Vacation Project FWIW http://course1.winona.edu/jstafford/skc/ Overhauled and modified this big cast aluminum box to shoot 8"x10" wide-angles of the sky, or...

I was tidying up my old film holders today and found about a dozen that had film in that I simply don't remember (oops!). I don't recognise the notch code and...

A view camera has a lens that produces an image circle much larger then is needed for the film size. When shifts are used you are selecting what part of this...