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LARGE FORMAT IS VERY COOL!
Hello,
I got into large format for the purpose of making archival and reproduction quality transparencies of my art work, but i have to tell you, the photography itself is quite pleasurable! Far more interesting than the point and click world. And David N. concurs with me that the Crown Graphics, with their historical value and their tank-like construction and mechanics, are a pleasure in and of themselves to behold. It's just great to wake up in the morning to look at an older camera that actually has a bellows! The stopwatch-in-left-hand-shutter-release-in-other action is still a bit tense, as i hate to waste film (the Sironar-N has a very sensitive release that i wasted one sheet on), but the results are great. It's really a pleasure now that i have a new shutter release that doesn't stick (!) and a $33 demo-model tripod that has a vertical crank. It's really amazing how accurate the colors are with a 64T transparency. Perhaps the correct info is there on a negative, but it seems that they can never really get the prints right, especially with computer controlled "corrections", and with temperature dependant developing. A handheld bubble level that i bought at HomeDepot has made copy work without a copystand very easy. I place it on the rails that the lensboard moves on, and also on the camera body and the painting itself, and then everything falls into place pretty easily. It's just a matter of cranking up or down to make the painting in the exact center of the fresnel lens, and the perpendicularity is quite easy to achieve. I'd like to thank everyone here for the advice, guiding me along this little adventure. How important do you think vacuuming of your 4x5 film holders really is? I mean, i have occasionally seen some trannies come back that have a rather large black speck on them (nothing that Photoshop couldn't handle), but it really doesn't seem to be caused by dust, as they are really black. I'm not sure if these defects are from the original film, or if they are made in development, but it doesn't appear to me that regular dust would do this. I've got a pretty picky eye with my 10x loupe, and i haven't noticed anything like dust appearing in my trannies. Anyhow, thanks again folks. Slick |
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LARGE FORMAT IS VERY COOL!
How important do you think vacuuming of your 4x5 film holders really is?
It really depends on you: what you can tolerate and what the conditions are where you are using them. In dry, dusty areas you probably need to clean them every time you load them. If you love somewhere without a dust problem, perhaps just every so often. Me, I live in Indiana so dust-wise I'm in the middle: not too bad, not terribly good. But I'm fussy, so I dust my holders every time I unload them, and vacuum them every three or four loads. I don't have a problem and I intend for it to stay that way! Mike C program run. C program crash. C programmer quit. |
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LARGE FORMAT IS VERY COOL!
"Radio913" wrote in message
... How important do you think vacuuming of your 4x5 film holders really is? Vacuuming really sucks compared to blowing it with the air compressor. When I'm too lazy to haul everything into the garage, I sometimes use the big Giotto enema bulb (on the film holders). |
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