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Ffordes have an Apo Sironar N ... which I realise is not precisely what you are looking for. They also have an Apo Symmar ... which happens to be one I have listed with Ffordes. Thanks David - I appreciate the heads up. I'm holding out for the S, though, as I want it for 5x7 and the coverage of the...

The used 180mm Apo Sironar S on the Teamwork Digital website is a mirage, sadly, so I thought I'd check if anyone here had one in decent shape that they might consider parting with. Please drop me a line if you do.

Kind regards

David.

You can buy the similarly sized 13x18cm Provia film from MACO, then you could trim that to size instead. 10 sheets of Provia 13x18cm are €45.16 plus shipping. http://macodirect.de/fuji-provia-sheet-filmbr13-sheets-p-1780.html Thanks for that link - very useful. Fortunately I have both 13x18 and 5x7...

It's bizarre how differently people pack LF gear. I had a 150mm SS HM from KEH that was damaged in transit thanks to their poor packing - but on the other hand, a 5x7 Arca from Germany arrived in the largest cardboard box I have ever seen, with a cornocopia of packing beads and about a mile of bubbl...

Bump. Still happy to swap or purchase if anyone is interested.

Thank you.

David.

I would very much recommend the Camberwell LF course: http://www.camberwell.arts.ac.uk/shortcourses/56874.htm. It isn't cheap, but it is worth it.

Hmmm, not exactly fine verse, but try this. Before you take out that slide Check the light meter has not lied Set the f stop And shutter too Close the lens Cock anew Slide out gently and look a lot The scene's still good? Then take the shot Replace the slide the other way Should you bracket it today...

Now sold, thank you.

If anyone has an old style 171mm Arca Swiss lens board for sale, I'd be interested, or alternatively I'd be happy to swap for either a flat or a recessed Copal 0 board - I have one of each spare.

Thanks.

David.

I never wear Satin, not even on Sundays... :wink: You are indeed right Dave - the FS5 comes with a control box. I have two of them. Why there are two is completely beyond me, but that is what I have, together with a considerable spaghetti dinner of wiring. Happy to talk cash rather than a swap if th...

I recently bought an old Arca Swiss 5x7, which came with a monster of a lens, a Schneider Symmar 360mm f5.6. This beauty has an image circle of 500mm, and hence covers 11x14 - lots of movement on 10x8: see http://www.schneideroptics.com/info/vintage_lens_data/large_format_lenses/symmar/data/5,6-360m...

Thanks to everyone for their comments. I ended up getting a Gitzo GT3531S, which is carbon fibre, and I am very impressed with it. It does not have a centre column, but it does have a handy hook at the base of the platform that I can hang a bag from to stabilise it in wind. It's really light, folds ...

I have an old style Arca Swiss which is currently sitting on a Gitzo 1410 tripod with an Arca head. The tripod is wonderfully stable and all I could wish for. But it's also heavy, and the Gitzo does not fold particularly small. This wasn't a problem in the past, but now airlines have started chargin...

Just as a sequel to this, I did indeed spend a day playing with Silverfast, and came to the conclusion that DJ is right - it is a masterpiece of bad interface design, but you can get great scans _if_ you know what you are doing. I'm still getting strange results with it sometimes, perhaps because th...

Hi Paul

That is a great suggestion: I would definitely be interested if you need one more. Ever since I saw Dan Holdsworth's pictures of Iceland, I've been wanting to take a camera there. http://www.kultureflash.net/archive/23/priview.html

David.