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Im That One Guy posted:Price drop to $360 shipped A $4k P67 and a $360 P67 on the same page, lol.
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i have a 6x7 i don't use much - where can i sell it for 4k? i'd be happy with 1k actually considering i bought it for 500.
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Sludge Tank posted:Hello everybody. I think it's funny that you decided that the best course of action after dropping and breaking your 4x5 was to get a bigger, more expensive camera. edit: in addition to replacing the 4x5, even. MrBlandAverage fucked around with this message at 18:18 on Jun 29, 2014 |
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Ezekiel_980 posted:My father seems to have contracted a mental illness and wants to buy a large format, most likely a 4x5. I know little to nothing about 4x5 except that I can't afford it. He's been talking about horseman cameras, are they any good? Or is there another make that would be a better choice for some one who's trying it out for the first time? Horseman, Toyo, Wista, Shen Hao and Chamonix, (Linhoff if you hate money) all seem to make pretty solid 4x5 field cameras from what I've read. I guess it really depends what your father is looking for in a camera. I haven't actually used any of them, so just buy a Chamonix.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:My father seems to have contracted a mental illness and wants to buy a large format, most likely a 4x5. I know little to nothing about 4x5 except that I can't afford it. He's been talking about horseman cameras, are they any good? Or is there another make that would be a better choice for some one who's trying it out for the first time? They're fine but there's a bunch of different kinds of Horseman 4x5 so it's impossible to tell how severe your father's mental illness is.
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MrBlandAverage posted:They're fine but there's a bunch of different kinds of Horseman 4x5 so it's impossible to tell how severe your father's mental illness is. Can you ballpark it on a scale of 1 to Sludge Tank?
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It could be worse. I recently moved and turned a tidy profit selling my condo. I was looking at property listings in my new city and commenting on how expensive they were, when one of my friends joked, "Property ownership is overrated. Get into ULF." I briefly considered it.
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MrBlandAverage posted:They're fine but there's a bunch of different kinds of Horseman 4x5 so it's impossible to tell how severe your father's mental illness is. He's been eyeing a horseman 45. I think he's envious that I got a 6x7.
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8th-snype posted:Can you ballpark it on a scale of 1 to Sludge Tank? 
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Ezekiel_980 posted:He's been eyeing a horseman 45. I think he's envious that I got a 6x7. This is a Horseman 45(HD):  This is a Horseman (Woodman) 45:  This is a Horseman (LX)45:  
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He's eyeing a woodsman, and he was talking about hiking up a local mountain to get some landscapes. So far he's hasn't gotten to sludge tank level so he may be in the very early stages of the illness. I've been trying to talk him down to a medium format but it's not working. For my own interest anyone know if the Pentax 67 55-100 zoom is worth the $700 price tag?
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You'd probably be better off just getting two primes. It really depends on how much you like zooming.
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MrBlandAverage posted:I think it's funny that you decided that the best course of action after dropping and breaking your 4x5 was to get a bigger, more expensive camera. One day I'll be good at this. 
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Hey man, everyone learns from their mistakes. I usually require making the same mistake twice before it "sticks". Which might explain why I have so many crappy cameras...
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Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go?
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try it with a lime posted:Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go? I would typically unfold for every shot, but the Wista i used normally could fit a lens in it while folded which was super convenient.
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I setup up every time. A few times I've left the camera setup and just put it on the backseat of the car but I try not to because it would increase my chances of breaking tenfold with my luck.
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I generally keep it assembled during a day of shooting. No point in a full teardown each time.
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try it with a lime posted:Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go? I spend a good 15 min setting up a dark tent, 15 min getting all the chemicals out and setup on a table and ready to go, 10 minutes getting the trays and beakers ready, and then 10 minutes getting the camera ready to take a lovely picture, 10 minutes shooting/dev/fixing to see the exposure is wrong, then another two goes until I get it right Or I stop being a masochist and learn to shoot dry plate.
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try it with a lime posted:Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go? I do a setup and teardown for every shot, much easier when walking around tight urban areas for me.
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It's something I really hadn't thought of before until I heard Joel Meyerwitz talking about how he'd just wander around town with his 8x10 setup on a tripod when he was shooting Cape Light. I've learned from experience how fast cameras can fly off the passenger side seat into the dashboard and while I'm not overly protective of certain cameras, I'd be pretty fearful of having that happen to anything with extended bellows.
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try it with a lime posted:Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go? Depends how much I'm moving around. Setup/teardown is pretty quick with the Chamonix, so unless I know I'm going to be taking another photo soon, I pack it up.
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MrBlandAverage posted:Depends how much I'm moving around. Setup/teardown is pretty quick with the Chamonix, so unless I know I'm going to be taking another photo soon, I pack it up. It would have been so much faster if the front standard screw on the Chamonix can be tightened/loosened with just 1-2 turns, like all the other screw parts on the body. Maybe they felt there might have been an issue with stability if the bellows was extended long or a heavy lens.
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Ezekiel_980 posted:For my own interest anyone know if the Pentax 67 55-100 zoom is worth the $700 price tag? It's a modern, well-corrected medium-format zoom that's about as sharp as the primes in its focal range. Compared to the 55/4, the 75/4.5, and 105/2.4, it costs and weighs as much as any two of them. Maybe all 3 depending on how well you bargain hunt. And you're giving up 1 1/2 stop of speed from the 105/2.4 and 1/3 from the 55/4. The P67 zooms are both pretty great, assuming the speed is acceptable, and they're definitely as good as it gets in medium format. It's just a matter of whether you like zooms or primes better. Paul MaudDib fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Jun 30, 2014 |
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I finally ordered a lens hood for my Yashica TLR. I came across a few websites that recomended adding flocking material on the interior to help prevent internal reflections. I am going to wait to see how the lens hood helps. I dont mind a small amount of flaring, bit I have had a few great shots completely ruined.
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daspope posted:I finally ordered a lens hood for my Yashica TLR. I came across a few websites that recomended adding flocking material on the interior to help prevent internal reflections. I am going to wait to see how the lens hood helps. I dont mind a small amount of flaring, bit I have had a few great shots completely ruined. I added flocking to the inside of mine (Yashica mat) due to the fact that the film box interior isn't very matte, for lack of a better word. Known issue with that model, I believe they added baffles in later ones or something. Absolutely fixed any issue I had with the camera, and I'm still shooting without a hood. I can dig up the material I ordered when I get home if you're interested, but it was designed for telescopes and I haven't had any issues with it shedding on my film or anything.
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try it with a lime posted:Just out of curiosity, what's your typical shooting process, LF guys? Do you unfold the camera and pop in the lensboard for every shot or do you set it up before you head out and walk/drive around with it ready to go? Depends on the situation. I would often travel around with it in a briefcase that it folded down into. Sometimes if I saw someone I wanted to shoot after finishing up with someone else, I'd just move it, on the tripod, and the briefcase over to the person and ask them if they were okay with the photograph. Sometimes it's just too dang far and too much equipment though.
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Shellman posted:I added flocking to the inside of mine (Yashica mat) due to the fact that the film box interior isn't very matte, for lack of a better word. Known issue with that model, I believe they added baffles in later ones or something. Absolutely fixed any issue I had with the camera, and I'm still shooting without a hood. I can dig up the material I ordered when I get home if you're interested, but it was designed for telescopes and I haven't had any issues with it shedding on my film or anything. Thank you for the quick response. I am glad to hear that it is fixable. I like everything else about the camera except for the flaring. On the two guides I found they recommended Prostar Flocked light trap material as seen here http://www.fpi-protostar.com/flock.htm. I have found it far easier and reliable to ask here instead of other public photo sites.
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daspope posted:Thank you for the quick response. I am glad to hear that it is fixable. I like everything else about the camera except for the flaring. On the two guides I found they recommended Prostar Flocked light trap material as seen here http://www.fpi-protostar.com/flock.htm. That's the stuff I used. I'm not sure if anyone else here has done any flocking on Yashicas, I think I asked about it a while back before I did it. It comes in an enormous roll that you will use very little of in flocking one little camera. lovely examples of before/after flocking (excuse the lack of dust removal on the first one): Before (terribad flaring though the sun was not even in frame).  After (slide film shot on a super bright morning with the sun just up and to the left of frame).  So yeah, night and day of difference. Took maybe an hour to get everything done nicely, I cut paper templates to fit the camera and then cut the flocking to match those, fitted it in. edit: no hood either. Hokkaido Anxiety fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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 I just bought a 6x7 body, working metered prism, grip, and an untested toshiba flash. Thanks a lot.
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Wild EEPROM posted:
Well done you. Now go out and burn some film!
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Shellman posted:So yeah, night and day of difference. Took maybe an hour to get everything done nicely, I cut paper templates to fit the camera and then cut the flocking to match those, fitted it in. That is a relief. I am going to go ahead and order some.
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Wild EEPROM posted:
Shoot shoot shoot. I even switched to 220 recently so I could shoot EVEN MORE!
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:Shoot shoot shoot. Twice the frames at more than twice the price! I guess changing rolls in the 67 can be a bit of a bitch though. And in my 67ii I get that extra frame  . Though I can't find a split prism screen for it. 
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alkanphel posted:
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   I found a lot on Craigslist of 9 boxes of Portra 400 and 5 boxes of Velvia 50. All expired and freezer kept. What would be a fair offer?
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A box of 5 Portra new goes for €27 here, which is about 40 bucks. Velvia 50 is a total ripoff at over €10 a roll. Depending on how expired, I'd say a fair offer would be I guess at least $70 but offer $50 or something and see what happens.
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Pictures from the guy who is sending it to me   Awww yessssss.
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