Focus on Imaging

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:51 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi folks

Some of us are going to the NEC for Focus on the 26th February (next Monday). If anyone wants to get together, please PM me with your mobile number, I will also let you have mine, and we will try and drink the tearoom dry

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 11:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Good luck to you in the tearooms at those prices

We're possibly going down there on the Wednesday but I doubt stands will be chucking stuff out to save carting it back to base...

Andrew

Keith Tapscott · Post by **Keith Tapscott** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:25 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I can`t confirm yet, but I will likely attend on Monday too.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:41 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Change of plan - it now looks like Monday for us too.

Quentin · Post by **Quentin** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:04 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I PM'd Joanna to say I'll be there on Monday.

Quentin

Post by **masch** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:29 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Shall we all visit Illford at set intervals and ask about anything new for LF? Might spook them...

Marc

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:42 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Like a quickload equivalent for their emulsions...

...and their version of Acros for the reciprocity performance...

etc

Post by DJ » Sun Feb 25, 2007 7:43 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Just got back from the show today ( Sunday ), was packed as usual.

Quite a good showing LF wise. The "Linhof Studio" stand is your friend

They have on display a few new model Shen Hao large format cameras, two new 5x4 models (well, new to me). They also had a 10x8, 5x7 and couple other odd formats.

I have to say, I was very impressed by the build quality on the new Shen Hao models. The old one always looked a bit "flimsy" to me, but the new one is built like a tank! The two new 5x4 ones were a folding model ( I think TZ 5x4 IIA, Walnut and aluminium ) and a non-folding model (a la Ebony) with bag bellows. The folding model was £650+vat, pretty reasonable I think compared with other brands. Only criticism was that the bellows didn't look like they'd last long, at least they were interchangeable.

Oh, and Fuji said Velvia II will start becoming available in May.

Post by **Charles Twist** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 9:13 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Oh, and Fuji said Velvia II will start becoming available in May.

HOUSTON: Roger, Tranquility. We copy you on the ground. You've got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.

Keith Tapscott · Post by **Keith Tapscott** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:18 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I was hoping to attend today, but couldn't due to unforeseen circumstances. I hope everyone who attended, enjoyed their visit and had a good time.
I bet your wallets and purses are a little bit lighter too with all those goods on display.

Cheers.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:55 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Wallet's definitely are a bit lighter now and I didn't get all the things I was chasing (and that wasn't one of everything from every stand

)

Good to meet up with a few familiar UKLFPG faces -Richard Holroyd and Ian Biggar along with Jo, Helen & Marc (who I kinda expected to bump into...

)

Andrew

Post by **masch** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:10 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

And here we have Helen using a different Large Format camera...

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:39 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

just wait 'til you see the 600mm f/2.8 lens to go on that one

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:33 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Apple wrote:just wait 'til you see the 600mm f/2.8 lens to go on that one

Keith Tapscott · Post by **Keith Tapscott** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:04 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

masch wrote:And here we have Helen using a different Large Format camera...

Ultra Large Format eh. To win this camera, you have to guess what the film sheet format is. Me first, 30x40 glass-plate.