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- Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: The way this Board is run
- Replies: 114
- Views: 111180
Re: The way this Board is run
From Fourtoes: Sounds good. Is that in Northern France or down South? From Joanna: Neither :wink: It's on the east coast, right next to the land-locked island of Switzerland Sigh ! Not North, hence too far from Britain, not South, hence definitely not attractive to Britons, an average annual rainfal...
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: Feedback
- Topic: The way this Board is run
- Replies: 114
- Views: 111180
Re: The way this Board is run
There really is no need to increase the data storage capabilities of the server/software as we have always preferred that people find their own hosting for their pictures and link to that, rather than having to go to the expense of paying for increased hosting charges, just so that we can allow att...
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9943
Re: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides
Colour Negatives vs Colour slides In the good old days of analogue photogravure, most, if not all, quality colour images printed in the press, in magazines, books, etc .. originated from some kind of colour slide / revesal colour film. Humorists used to say that the square 6x6 medium format was per...
- Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:50 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A question on focussing
- Replies: 14
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Re: A question on focussing
rather than "wasting" half the depth of field below the ground.
.. hence, instead of Scheimpflug's rule, real Scheimpflug aficionaods, in real life, prefer ...
Ze Semi-Scheimpflug
.. hence, instead of Scheimpflug's rule, real Scheimpflug aficionaods, in real life, prefer ...
Ze Semi-Scheimpflug
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lenses for 20" x 16" Camera.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 18544
Re: Lenses for 20" x 16" Camera.
Hello from France ! Henri Gaud from our French LF forum galerie-photo.info maintains a database of LF & ULF lenses, that have been at least described once somewhere on an old catalogue or on the 'net. You'll find here a partial list including a few lenses covering the 20"x16" format http://www.galer...
- Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:55 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shutter Values on lens
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6903
Re: Shutter Values on lens
Some shutters of the pre-1960 era have a "non standard" series of speeds : 1/2 - 1/5 - 1/10 - 1/25 - 1/50 - 1/100 - 1/200 - 1/400 (at least, at the time THIS series was the standard ;) ) You can download here http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/412475261_57e8f77071_b.jpg a simple home-made chart that...
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:25 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5693
Re: Rucksack and monorail camera
Marcel Couturier's article is here. In French ..
http://www.galerie-photo.com/sac-vuarde.html
http://www.galerie-photo.com/sac-vuarde.html
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:05 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5693
Re: Rucksack and monorail camera
Additional information, free of adverstising, I'm not affiliated, etc ... The rucksack used by my friend Marcel is sold in France by the chain of stores "Decathlon". The rucksack is named "Vuarde" and is meant for carrying climbing ropes on relatively short distances. Price is about 50 euros. Not a ...
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:23 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5693
Re: Rucksack and monorail camera
Hello from France One of our friends, Marcel Couturier from Dijon, has built some wooden racks to carry a Sinar Norma inside a backpack which is not a dedicated photo backpack, hence much cheaper. The system works well. Marcel uses it for one day walks with some additional equipment (warm + rain clo...
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:36 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air bulb suggestions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6715
Re: Air bulb suggestions
Other ideas taken from the watchmaker's wolrd
Two kinds of blowers (Bergeon is a famous Swiss supplier of watchmaking tools)
Two kinds of blowers (Bergeon is a famous Swiss supplier of watchmaking tools)
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:25 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Air bulb suggestions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6715
Re: Air bulb suggestions
Does anyone here use air bulbs to trigger their old shutters? Hello Charles If I understand well what you need, it should be something like that, in German : Fernauslöser "Pneu" , this is a standard HAMA r Kaiser product. http://www.hama.de/portal/articleId*2854/action*2563 http://www.kaiser-fotote...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:31 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tripod adapter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2715
Re: Tripod adapter
Hello from France ! the screw that retains my wooden 5*4 is the wrong size! Does anybody make adapters? If your tripod's screw is the "small" one i.e. 1/4" - 20 tpi (the "Kodak" one), and if you camera's is the "big" one 3/8" - 16 tpi (the "congress" one), the problem is almost solved. Tripod adapto...
- Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:28 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: idiots guide?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 9122
LF manuals, textbooks, tutorials, etc ... in [American] Engl
Hello from France ! Before starting to use a view camera, I had read several books in English. Most references are actually American, sorry if I do not provide any British authors here ... The most complete _technical_ book is probably Stroebel's Leslie D. Stroebel, ``View Camera Technique'', 7-th E...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:54 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Light Field" camera
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4353
Re: "Light Field" camera
The moderators could argue that we are going off-topic here, but what is claimed regarding the future "revolutionnary camera" is close to some of our requirements in terms of depth of field, and may be could make obsolete all our techniques and discussions about "scheimpflug and extended DoF". The p...
- Sat May 28, 2011 10:14 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some thoughts on the design of a lightweight 4x5
- Replies: 73
- Views: 40561
Re: Some thoughts on the design of a lightweight 4x5
Hello from France ! I'm coming late to this discussion about home-made lightweight LF cameras, and I'm an unconditional supporter of all who make their own LF camera. Just for the pleasure of dreaming about lightweight LF cameras of the past, look at this French folding model for the 9x12 format, ma...