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ZorkiKat (and others), what happens if you shoot RA4 paper in the camera and then contact print that to RA4 paper? Curious.

There is one concern when you use a small portion of the image circle- stray light. The dimpled bellows eliminate most of that issue, but... just something to keep in mind if you notice that there is overall lack of contrast or fog patterns.

Welcome! You can always use a larger format lens for a smaller format, but I fear the bellows length you would need for this particular lens. You'll have to figure that out, as mentioned above, and give it a go. For 4x5, 360mm is already quite long; I was using a 360 lens with a tele design...

I love the motion in the fabric and its sheen, and of course the porcelain skintone.

It's still available in 135... http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=33 I don't see it in 120, sorry...

I think it's a great idea Jordan! Make it happen! And I hope that you will get some positive suggestions for how to pull this off. This really needs to happen.

I heard in another thread that Neopan SS is very close.

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Many things you can do. You can contact print to film, then enlarge to paper negs and touch those up on the backside in a perfectly analogue way. You can scan, fix problems, and have LVTs made, if some of the negs are really precious. Etc.

This takes artistic risk to a whole new level! Goodness... a lot of possibilities with this idea, but some people will probably find it very disturbing! To me it is a very interesting concept.

Very cool! Glad to see claybord getting more attention, I think it's got some great possibilities. I also tried varnishing and it does wonderful things. The other thing that adds a very interesting quality is encaustic wax. Beautiful image!

There is an informed school of thought that suggests you should get the camera with the the most flexibility for initial lessons, and that'd be a monorail like the Norma. It is a perfectly good learning camera, if you plan to work methodically through perspective correction and Scheimpflug and...

I agree that several of the ZFs appear to have the best "wide open" performance. Alas they are pricey, but you may find that with the introduction of the ZF2s, the slightly older ZFs may now be affordable. It's funny, people who think they need the very, very best performance will throw money...

Very interesting. Keep going with this kind of thing!

Moiz, for the subject matter described, I think a field or press camera would be a more appropriate purchase. Are you looking to do any kind of architectural photography requiring a lot of standard movements? Let me suggest a speed graphic, or if you don't require many movements at all, a...

I see no meaningful differences between 35mm and 120 reala. And yes I have both.

Excellent!

Well, you're pretty much on your own in most areas, but in my area, I have stapled two 5x8's together and had them E6 processed as 8x10 :cool:

I was going to recommend Burtynsky, but he's already been mentioned. So I won't mention that you should revisit Burtynsky ;) Actually, I think it's important to look at things that challenge you.

Thanks! Eddie, look for the MM1 recipe, that is an easy monobath to make and the chems are easy to get from the formulary. The only tricky bit is getting a good even mixture but I can give some tips when you're ready or you can search the forum and get the full story. There is a book by Haist...

Actually this is a neg (flipped by the scan software, of course). Type 55 is "pos/neg" instant film- it generates a neg and a print...but by doing it this way you get no print, instead you get a neg with distinction ;) You can do this with any b&w film though and whipping up a monobath isn't...

Oh, monobaths are fast-acting developer-fixer combinations that completely process film in a minute or so. This particular one acts in 20 seconds... Developed and fixed, tada! The "goop" is the monobath gel in a polaroid type 55 pack. Type 55 is the pos/neg film and that we all knew and loved...

I concluded that 5x8 is the smartest way to go, plus I like the ratio. And the 5x8 back from Shen costs maybe $250. One cut through 8x10... double the shots, no film wasted :cool:

I think you're going to like my method a lot more, Ron! At least you won't have emulsion stuck to your arm hair....

Are we talking about cameras or newly discovered genitals?

I don't know if I would call them breakthroughs, but my little "aha" moments keep happening pretty much every time I pick up a camera. I wouldn't do it otherwise.

Au contraire, pentaxuser, we just have taller ones that we call "pitchers" and we put ice in ;) Mayeb I will try the teapot method with some of Ron's goop he sent ...

Thanks Richard! Yep, I will do some more deliberate ones nwo that i know how it works. Now go back to lithing....

Part of a recent series of experiments, this one using type 55 film. The monobath goop was removed from the pod and brushed onto the neg. The application was deliberately rough, with a small brush, to see what sorts of effects might result.

Yes, LF chromogenic b&w please. Trust me it'll be a big splash with our hybrid brethren.