Search found 174 matches

by Emmanuel Bigler
Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98370

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Tue Oct 25, 2011 5:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: Feedback
Topic: The way this Board is run
Replies: 114
Views: 98370

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Tue Oct 25, 2011 1:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colour Negatives vs Colour slides
Replies: 16
Views: 9801

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:50 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A question on focussing
Replies: 14
Views: 8057

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
by Emmanuel Bigler
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: 18260

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:55 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shutter Values on lens
Replies: 10
Views: 6810

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:25 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
Replies: 7
Views: 5600

Re: Rucksack and monorail camera

Marcel Couturier's article is here. In French ..
http://www.galerie-photo.com/sac-vuarde.html
by Emmanuel Bigler
Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:05 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
Replies: 7
Views: 5600

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 ...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:23 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rucksack and monorail camera
Replies: 7
Views: 5600

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:36 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Air bulb suggestions
Replies: 12
Views: 6603

Re: Air bulb suggestions

by Emmanuel Bigler
Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:25 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Air bulb suggestions
Replies: 12
Views: 6603

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:31 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tripod adapter
Replies: 2
Views: 2675

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:28 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: idiots guide?
Replies: 16
Views: 8968

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:54 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Light Field" camera
Replies: 5
Views: 4299

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...
by Emmanuel Bigler
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: 39966

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...