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: a little bit of LF camera porn to brighten your (err my) day.
: LT April 07, 2010, 02:42:10 PM
mmmmmm -  all mine.





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: edthened April 07, 2010, 02:46:35 PM
Och looks awfie noo :-) :-)
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: Francois April 07, 2010, 03:22:57 PM
New crisp bellows... wow.
You're really spoiling yourself here!
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: Phil Bebbington April 07, 2010, 10:46:29 PM
Leon, that is gorgeous.
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: vicky slater April 07, 2010, 11:01:51 PM
Are you trying to kill us all with envy???
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: Ed Wenn April 07, 2010, 11:16:57 PM
OK, but it's not exactly a Tachihara with a homemade lens board, a free lens & a high-tech close-up arrangement is it?

 :D :D :D

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2483/3942937564_385c7972dc.jpg)

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3360477901_e793702486.jpg)
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: astrobeck April 07, 2010, 11:41:21 PM
looking mighty handsome there!   ;)

Very nice!
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: CamerAsian April 08, 2010, 03:23:17 AM
I'm finding this all rather arousing...
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: Phil Bebbington April 08, 2010, 09:46:11 AM
Looks pretty damn fine to me, Ed. Anyone who can make their own stuff takes on almost God status in my eyes. I'm a lazy ass!
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: Ken B: eyes, I just do eyes. April 08, 2010, 02:16:12 PM
Nice one guys, I am very envious, hope to see some results from you both soon
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: Francois April 08, 2010, 04:19:27 PM
I'm starting to feel a wee bit of gear envy coming up...
I need to finish fixing my old Burke & James view...
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: Roger Thoms April 08, 2010, 05:55:10 PM
Hey that's a nice looking camera, exactly what kind is it?

Roger
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: LT April 08, 2010, 06:18:08 PM
mine is a shen hao walnut 4x5 field cam
 - Ed's is a Tachihara 4x5 field cam.
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: edthened April 08, 2010, 06:21:52 PM
"mine is a shen hao walnut 4x5 field cam"

Och Leon, is rat a Scottish maker ??   8)
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: original_ann April 08, 2010, 09:48:36 PM
Oh my goodness, how very very fancy-pantsy!  LOVE it Leon!  :)
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: Heather April 08, 2010, 10:53:26 PM
So... Do you have the floor to ceiling 4x5 enlarger yet  ???
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: LT April 08, 2010, 11:13:34 PM
So... Do you have the floor to ceiling 4x5 enlarger yet  ???

My enlarger is a wall mounted Devere 504 - had it for about 5 years.
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: Heather April 10, 2010, 12:05:27 PM
Ah well then, this camera was bound to happen then! Good luck with it. Looking forward to seeing your results.
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: vicky slater April 10, 2010, 11:11:23 PM
This thread got me thinking about my untouched LF,  so  today I took it into my friendly lab and we played about with it abit and after messing up just the loading part twice i think i understand how to make a polaroid now.
So tomorrow, if i can persuade someone to give me 15 minutes, I'm going to try to take a portrait.
It's only taken nearly 2 years :)
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: Skorj April 11, 2010, 03:59:38 AM
Mmmm...
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: david b April 11, 2010, 02:46:55 PM
Nice set-up Leon!  Weirdly I have a similar field cam myself, but still end up using my battered old Speed Graphic most of the time .. I don't know if it's just familiarity or some strain of masochism ...
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: vicky slater April 11, 2010, 02:59:48 PM
david, do you have examples of pictures from your speed graphic?
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: david b April 11, 2010, 10:57:15 PM
Hi Vicky.  All the recent b&w shots at the link below were taken with the Speed Graphic I think, but with an 1860's carte de visite lens on the front, so they're not representative or anything!
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: calico April 12, 2010, 12:08:15 AM
After reading up on collodian LF and now seeing this, I've decided to really s t r e t c h my retirement income! I know that wasn't your intention, but I'm glad that you helped...
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: Diane Peterson April 12, 2010, 02:47:20 PM
All this talk about LF is really getting me eager to actually take some photos..My dear friend has decided he won't shoot film anymore so he gave me his Tachihara 4x5 field cam..what a work of art and it doesn't look it has ever been used although he is a terrific photographer and used it quite alot.!  Takes me awhile to get up enough nerve to actually use it...I already owned a speed graphic and have only used it twice..so I have to get busy and shoot!
I am encouraged by all the posts here!
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: This-is-damion April 13, 2010, 08:23:23 PM
Shen Hao brother
Looking forward to taking it out and about....just.... need..some....time...to ...myself....off ...work...going...insane...araghaghaghaghag

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: Phil Bebbington April 13, 2010, 10:46:47 PM
Damion, this is great! I am getting a serious dose of LF envy here.
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: Francois April 13, 2010, 10:58:32 PM
I guess I'm going to have to get back on my 4x5 restoration project...................
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: LT April 14, 2010, 07:52:05 AM
Yes! Spread the LF love!  I'm messing with a few old lenses taken from MF folder at the moment - getting some great vignette/focus fall off/sweetspots  and distortion - LF holga!
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: vicky slater April 14, 2010, 09:23:46 PM
"getting some great vignette/focus fall off/sweetspots  and distortion"

that sounds exciting!!!
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: Walter 45 April 15, 2010, 10:32:18 PM
I wish I had not stuck my nose into this thread.  I have just had all my LF lust reignited.  It has been about 4 years since I last had 4x5 and 8x10 kit.  Where did I go wrong?
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: Jon Butler April 17, 2010, 06:29:30 PM
Congratulations Leon on at last getting a L/F camera you desired.
L/F can be a pain at times but it is well the effort, I love it.
Enjoy

Regards JON