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Helicity posted:Is that Kickstarter large format camera ever coming out? That thing sounded amazing for the price, but last I heard, it was mired in delays and poor communication. There's this guy too, but I imagine it would be quite a while also.
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Man_of_Teflon posted:There's this guy too, but I imagine it would be quite a while also. Is it just me or does that look like a kid's megablock toy?
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MrBlandAverage posted:You know, I think we should have a definitive list of items required/recommended for LF, since we talk about it abstractly pretty often, but never very specifically as a whole... here's my first stab at it. Tell me what I'm forgetting or what recommended items should be different. A light meter. Also I'd personally recommend more than 2-5 holders (and the steel ones are better, albeit heavier) but yeah you guys do you. Also for people trying to make the jump from 35mm to LF: it's really, really different. That's about all I can say. It's not just a totally different format, but a totally different mentality from a totally different time period.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:A light meter. Also I'd personally recommend more than 2-5 holders (and the steel ones are better, albeit heavier) but yeah you guys do you. Yeah, anybody jumping from 35mm to LF is probably not already going to have a meter. But I think most people in here considering LF already have a meter to use with their MF system, and if not, they have a DSLR to meter with. The list there is intended as a bare minimum - there's plenty of nice-to-have stuff I'd put on there that is by no means required.
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I know when I'm carting around an 8x10 with a couple of holders and a tripod, etc, I want to go have a lie-down after about 3 shots.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:A light meter. Also I'd personally recommend more than 2-5 holders (and the steel ones are better, albeit heavier) but yeah you guys do you. I've had the opposite experience - the new Riteway-style (with a button lock instead of a metal arm) are miles better than the steel holders. Steel ones don't work very well in temperature extremes and the darkslides become very difficult to maneuver.
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dorkasaurus_rex posted:A light meter. Also I'd personally recommend more than 2-5 holders (and the steel ones are better, albeit heavier) but yeah you guys do you. A spotmeter with incident dome is probably the ideal kind of lightmeter when shooting LF, since we have a big bag to carry it in anyway. When shooting MF I prefer to use small minimal meters but with LF it's a different story.
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Wild EEPROM posted:Large format: my debt is as big as my camera That should be the title of the thread hahaha
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 Dawg's by voodoorootbeer, on Flickr Just installed a lens hood and I really need to put some flocking on the inside of this fucker. This whole roll is full of gnarly flare.
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 Dakota I by alkanphel, on Flickr  Dakota II by alkanphel, on Flickr
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Realistically, how long does it take to setup and fire off a single exposure for a generic landscape with say a 130-150mm lens on a 4x5 camera? Maybe with and without tilts? I'm thinking of throwing some cash at that kickstarter that just completed a few days ago, but I worry I wouldn't be able to setup shots as quick as I need to.
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Helicity posted:Realistically, how long does it take to setup and fire off a single exposure for a generic landscape with say a 130-150mm lens on a 4x5 camera? Maybe with and without tilts? I'm thinking of throwing some cash at that kickstarter that just completed a few days ago, but I worry I wouldn't be able to setup shots as quick as I need to. Well there are lots of factors like composing, metering and alignments but I'd say about 10 minutes (with a Chamonix) if you knew exactly what composition and exposure settings you needed? And if you're adding in tilts, maybe double that time...
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With all the fudging around with composing/focusing and setting up the actual camera it usually takes me a good 5 -10 mins at least if I "rush" but with the cost of everything there's really no point in rushing you may as well put the effort in and make the shot count. Hence the name of the thread.
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I've gotten pretty fast with the GW690 so I'll probably stay in MF land - there's no way I could swing a 5 minute shot, except in the rarest of situations. Thanks for the input.
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With 4x5 I prefer to take my time, which means about 4-5 minutes per shot, but when time (or timing) was critical I've gotten set up and taken a photo in about a minute when I knew exactly what the picture was going to be and what the settings would be.
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Helicity posted:I've gotten pretty fast with the GW690 so I'll probably stay in MF land - there's no way I could swing a 5 minute shot, except in the rarest of situations. Thanks for the input. Speaking of the GW690 
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It seems to be the only camera that I shoot that results in a picture I'm happy with these days. I sometimes have crazy thoughts of selling all my other cameras and buying a bunch of gw690's as backups.
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Spedman posted:I sometimes have crazy thoughts of selling all my other cameras and buying a bunch of gw690's as backups. same, and I'm desperate for a GSW now. Somebody in this thread a million years ago posted some really beautiful landscapes (Ireland, maybe?) with one.  Untitled
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Beginning to really like Reala again, especially in a colder climate. Pillars of Eternity by Falamh . on 500px  World at rest by Falamh . on 500px  Watcher's Repose by Falamh . on 500px
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Speaking of GW's, is a Fuji GW690 II in supposedly EX condition worth US$300? I'm inclined to say yes...
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bobmarleysghost posted:Speaking of GW's, is a Fuji GW690 II in supposedly EX condition worth US$300? I'm inclined to say yes... Is it really only that much? I've been looking a while although I'm more inclined to pick up something square format...
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Yes, it is. $400 seems to be a standard price for a great condition one. Just make sure they didn't lop off the lens hood.
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I really want a GW690 myself. I was reading that the shutter needs to be serviced every 5000 shots, and there is a counter on the bottom of the camera that indicates how many actuations have been made. If yours is higher than that, the shutter speeds could be off by a significant amount. I wonder how much it costs to get serviced and who to send it to.
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This is apparently the contact information for Fujifilm's professional equipment repair department in North America. They don't specify what they'll still work on, so it would probably be best to call them and find out before sending anything in. If KEH can work on it, their repair department appears to charge $130-$180 for flat-rate MF camera service.
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TheJeffers posted:This is apparently the contact information for Fujifilm's professional equipment repair department in North America. I read on some random forum that somebody contacted the NJ Fuji repair department and as of 2013, they no longer service the 690 
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BANME.sh posted:I really want a GW690 myself. I was reading that the shutter needs to be serviced every 5000 shots, and there is a counter on the bottom of the camera that indicates how many actuations have been made. If yours is higher than that, the shutter speeds could be off by a significant amount. I've read that 10000 is the magic number somewhere, so in other words when the counter on the bottom clicks over to 000 again it's time to service. I'm very much looking at getting a GW690iii just to get the latest version possible as a back up. I'll be giving my Bronica SQ-Ai setup its last chance to convince me to keep it this summer.
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Spedman posted:I've read that 10000 is the magic number somewhere That's the one I've heard as well.
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The Clit Avoider posted:Beginning to really like Reala again, especially in a colder climate. Realachat goes pretty much the same as Ektarchat (see film thread, right now) -- looks fantastic in full sun and don't gently caress up the exposure even a little. In the right conditions I really like it too.
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voodoorootbeer posted:Realachat goes pretty much the same as Ektarchat (see film thread, right now) -- looks fantastic in full sun and don't gently caress up the exposure even a little. In the right conditions I really like it too. I used to love Reala...until I scanned it. Ten years ago when all my color film came back as prints it was my go to outdoor portrait film.
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8th-snype posted:I used to love Reala...until I scanned it. Ten years ago when all my color film came back as prints it was my go to outdoor portrait film. Oh yeah, I definitely have no experience there. I'll happily dev and scan my own B&W but I'll pay good money to leave that nonsense to somebody else.
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Scanning film designed for that workflow (Kodak Portra 400) really isn't difficult.
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Australian Antarctic Division Arts Fellowship is taking applications: https://www.antarctica.gov.au/art Sludge Tank fucked around with this message at 10:02 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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TheJeffers posted:This is apparently the contact information for Fujifilm's professional equipment repair department in North America. BANME.sh posted:I read on some random forum that somebody contacted the NJ Fuji repair department and as of 2013, they no longer service the 690 Fuji has some authorized service centers with the gw690 specified as a model they work on listed here: http://www.fujifilmusa.com/support/ServiceSupportProductContent.do?dbid=670678&prodcat=701538&sscucatid=664278 You may want to call first though.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Wasn't Ektar also specifically designed as a film to be scanned? Yep. The thing with ektar isn't the scanning, but how it has crazy colour shifts unless perfectly exposed and how it doesn't handle low-light situations well. It's also supposed to have some insanely small grain, but I've never had the opportunity to scan it at high enough resolutions to figure out if its true.
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