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Yeah Roger, I always load filmholders in a true cleanroom, but if I have to
use a changing tent it's got a clean poly liner inside it. Rollfilm holders are
infamous for inaccuracy. Certainly not all of them were precisely made,
and not all view camera backs seat them ideally. But I guess it depends on one's standard. With my Horseman 6x9 holder I can get images way sharper than the best of med format SLR or rangefinder lenses, but that's because of the huge advantage of plane of focus movements on a view camera, esp if one is a long focal length junkie like me. With a conventional camera all one can do if stop the lens way down. And then the Horseman back is one of those with a solid reputation for quality control, but requires removal of the std 4x5 back. The only interest I personally have in this is for very long backpacks as I gradually enter further into geezerhood and want more room for food in the pack, and want to travel the high passes a bit faster. But the downside is that it takes a much slower film (25) to equate to the detail I typically get in
4X5 with a more convenient speed. Not complaining, esp since my day
camera is usually 8x10 anyway. The biggest nuisance with small film is
that it is more fragile, more electrostatic, and little blemishes are proportionately bigger in the print. And the only film out there in 25ASA
with a very long scale compared to larger format films is Efke 25, which
is a little more blemish prone than films by Ilford, Kodak, or Fuji. But I
have gotten some wonderful images with it. Colorwise, we've now got
Ektar, which will take a fair degree of enlargement from roll size.
use a changing tent it's got a clean poly liner inside it. Rollfilm holders are
infamous for inaccuracy. Certainly not all of them were precisely made,
and not all view camera backs seat them ideally. But I guess it depends on one's standard. With my Horseman 6x9 holder I can get images way sharper than the best of med format SLR or rangefinder lenses, but that's because of the huge advantage of plane of focus movements on a view camera, esp if one is a long focal length junkie like me. With a conventional camera all one can do if stop the lens way down. And then the Horseman back is one of those with a solid reputation for quality control, but requires removal of the std 4x5 back. The only interest I personally have in this is for very long backpacks as I gradually enter further into geezerhood and want more room for food in the pack, and want to travel the high passes a bit faster. But the downside is that it takes a much slower film (25) to equate to the detail I typically get in
4X5 with a more convenient speed. Not complaining, esp since my day
camera is usually 8x10 anyway. The biggest nuisance with small film is
that it is more fragile, more electrostatic, and little blemishes are proportionately bigger in the print. And the only film out there in 25ASA
with a very long scale compared to larger format films is Efke 25, which
is a little more blemish prone than films by Ilford, Kodak, or Fuji. But I
have gotten some wonderful images with it. Colorwise, we've now got
Ektar, which will take a fair degree of enlargement from roll size.
