Recent content by Strembicki

I had one of these in graduate school, like 1976, sold it off soon afterward and now have a S4.

The glasss is not nearly as common but with some effort you can find 50mm and 35mm pretty easily, the wider 25mm and 21mm are quite $$$. As for ease of use, I have an S4 and it took a little time to get used to but it's a fun camera to use. I had mine CLA's after I got it and it turns out a lot...

found this clipping for an old Photograph Annual magazine recently

I have a couple of those lenses that I use in the studio with a Linhoff Master Kardan TL and in the field with a 5x7 Deardorff. For a first lens, I really like my Nikkor 210, good enough coverage and plenty sharp, I have used it a great deal in the studio for portrait work. I have used the 120...

As someone who taught photo and large format for 42 years, I can tell you all of these methods work and produce good results, however, your own results will vary according to technique and practice. I personally do all my 4x5 and 5x7 in a combination of tray (DEV, STOP, FIX) then hangers and...

Thanks! Very helpful

Long shot here, I've been trolling eBay for months and not found one, perhaps someone out there has one laying about, I'm looking for the floating lid for a Kodak 5x7 hard rubber tank, willing to buy the tank and lid if I have to. And before you ask, I have both 4x5 and 8x10 tanks. thanks!

I have been using a 240mm and recently purchased a 300mm f5.6 W Fuji and did some studio portraits with it, mostly upper shoulder portrait work and I am very happy with the results.

Yes, I have a couple I'll check on later, I use them in a Linhol Kardan TL and a Deardorff 5x7

I'm sorry I may be confused here especially with the European measurements, so excuse my ignorance. If your looking for 5x7" film holders (13x18cm) yes, there are a number of them out there but of course not cheap by any means...

Compared to the Voightlander 25mm viewfinder it's night and day, it's small, no real guides inside the frame and it is not especially bright and just sharp enough. But its $20 compared to $200, so I guess if the 10% thing is applied, its just good enough for me as I don't use the 35mm lens a...

I purchased one of these off eBay for a 3.5cm lens I use with my Nikon S4 (the S4 does not have lines in the camera for 35mm only 50 and 85), I can only report that you pretty much get what you pay for and I guess that better than guessing. https://www.ebay.com/itm/275458461425

I taught photography and LF for 42 years and IMHO the best. easiest to read and most useful book for beginners is: A User’s Guide to the View Camera, Stone, Jim. Longman, 1997. ISBN 0-673-52006-4 the Stobel book that has been mentioned is very knowledgeable but, its dense and again IMHO and...

I have used a Sinar F1 in the field but now use a Toyo 45A field camera for landscape work. I own a Sinar P2 but it lives in my studio and even on a Gitzo carbon fiber tripod, its still a lot of gear to move around. I would agree with a previous poster that as terrific a camera as it is, its...

The bag was in Saint Louis, Missouri, I was in Paris, France