Hi, my name is Mark Baylin... A friend of mine is looking to buy a Fuji 300mm F/5.6 L lens for his 4x5 camera and is asking me for advice. I'm weak on the Fuji...

I'm thinking about a center filter for my 121mm Super-Angulon for 5x7 use. How can I tell which is which short of making some negs? Is there any way to tell...

(n) wrote in message ... I have a colour photo which i converted to black...

After a trip to the camera store which has Canham, Toyo, Wista, Linhof, Horseman among others I came away impressed with the Linhof Technikardan and Horseman...

Please help me! I buy a Rodenstock 210 mm lens for my Toyo G. The lens is COPAL 1 and i desire to know how much measure COPAL 1 in milimeter is...

Hello - Anyone know where to buy Kodak film in Mexico city? Ideally 8x10 sheets?

I wanted some sort of shutter for the Nikkor. (That or shoot stopped way down all the time!) So the question is one of mounting. SInce this is a budget/hobby...

wrote: What really causes crop circles? Too long a lens shade.

Hello, The site Pontos de Vista (http://www.pontosdevista.net) has a new Photo Contest. This month theme is Landscapes. Please check the rules in...

We now have the first edition of f2 Freelance+Digital magazine in print, and simultaneously opened up a website: http://www.f2photo.co.uk/ Parts of this are...

Well, you've seen the post with a link to my first photo, which was very much out of focus and (I think) overexposed. This evening, I had almost exactly the...

Here is some updated info on View Camera magazine If you live in Europe please contact for a subscription. from...

Folks, I'm researching my first 4x5 camera (been a 35mm part-time photographer for ~35 years) for my nature/landscape photography (Mt. Rainier NP and...

I'd like to build a simple lens for use with a large-format camera using 'off the shelf' lenses such as those available from a scientific catalog. Priorities...

There has been an explosion of spam here, mostly porn stuff. About the only way to get rid of it is constant complaint to the apparent originating ISPs. It is...

Well !!! From previous posts, you will know that I am slowly getting into LF photography a bit, and am in the process of building my own 8x10 unit, but....in...

Good morning all, So it's dawned a lovely morning here in the Ottawa Valley. The weather was a bit frightening earlier with thunder and lightning storms...

The way I understood it stopping down increased the image circle because it improved the quality of the image. But then I found this quote "4. Why does the...

Hello all, I was fortunate enough today to ruin a negative completely. Now while that may sound terrible, at least I had one now that I could use to practise...

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