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10-24-2007
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Llama
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Hey lurkers! Join up!
I have noticed lots of activity in the LF/MF forum, but you are all unregistered. Please join up and post! Ask questions and share your work. So if you are a 4x5 fan, a Hassy-head, or even a Holga nut, let's hear from you!
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10-25-2007
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Llama
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
Ok, to get this started, I'll go first. I shoot digital most of the time, with a Nikon D200, but I really enjoy Medium Format film. You don't necessarily have to spend thousands to get a good MF camera, or even hundreds. Here is a shot I took with a $40 Lubitel 166b on Velvia film.
It is hard to see in this web sized shot, but there is plenty of detail from the Lubi's simple glass lens, and the Velvia colors are unmistakable. Anybody else have some MF on a budget shots to share? Bob  |
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11-11-2007
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Vicuna
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
Ok, I'll bite. I'm a new member to Camel and just found this forum. I have the Busch Pressman Mod.D that was my Dad's warhorse since I can remember.
At around 5yo in the mid 50's I was his "assistant" at everything from wedding to funerals. He was a Pro from the 1930's till retirement in 1974. It's a wonderful body with a lot of memories. I still have the old flashgun and even some bulbs. Two boards with lenses and a bunch of other stuff. I've fired it up every once in awhile but haven't in a few years. I'm going to get it out again and devote it to B&W but like I said it's been awhile and most of my wet room things are gone. Any ideas on the easiest way to get back into the swing of things? Don |
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11-11-2007
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Llama
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
The easiest, but not the cheapest way, is to get a Polaroid back, as long as the Pressman D will take one. It should, but I'd check before just ordering one. I have a Pressman C and it has a springlock back. You can get a box of 4 x 5 film and play that way.
The cheaper but more expensive way is to buy some 4 x 5 sheet film and film holders if you don't have any. I need to get mine out too. Polaroid is the quick way, and least messy. Bob |
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11-11-2007
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
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Did you scan it, or re-shoot the trannie with the D200 and a macro ? I picked up a box of Velvia 50 on the weekend for my newly acquired Mamiya 645, so hopefully in the next 2 weeks, I'll get something on here. Rick |
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11-11-2007
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Vicuna
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
Gotta love that Lubitel. That cheap little lens really is sharp, I've got some nice shots from mine.
That lomography company (that made, or at least tried to make, the Holga & the LC-A so fashionable) is selling them for two or three hundred dollars! I got mine for $5 from Ukraine. I do have the solve the back door light leaks on it someday (should be a simple enough fix). Would also help to calibrate the film advance dial so I wouldn't have to look through the rear red window. |
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11-11-2007
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Llama
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
Thanks, Rick. It is a scanned shot.
Walter, I got mine from the Ukraine too, but for about $35 more. It's still worth it though. I put two strips of Velcro on either side of the back to snug it up. Lomography.com really has something going with the Lomos. It's craxy that people will spend so much for an LC-A! Bob |
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11-12-2007
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Vicuna
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
Oh yeah, I know I got really lucky with the $5 one. I actually felt kind of bad for the seller given that every other auction at the same time was going for at least $30. I don't know how that happened.
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11-29-2007
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Llama
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
I got some medium format gear, which is mostly collecting dust. One of it is the Chinese Seagull TLR. That camera is actually very usable and has travelled with my to Greece and Egypt before.
On a budget the Pentacon Six can deliver nice results, due to the high quality lenses available. The mechanical reliability of the system is infamous - the film transport. Once used to her shortcomings, the P6 will reward you with pictures of great tonality. The picture shown is a public British Sculpture exhibition in the Ambras castle park in my hometown (Innsbruck / Austria). Cheers, Sean. |
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12-01-2007
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Vicuna
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Re: Hey lurkers! Join up!
What piqued my interest again is stumbling across a photographer. Google "Jay Dusard" and you can see what a Busch Pressman D can do in the right hands and the right processing.
On the advice given I am going to get back into the swing of things. I know a Polaroid back will work as I had seen my Dad use them many times. So will start again there. Now with digital and the different types of processing this could be very exciting. Thanks, Don I |
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