Hello from deepest, darkest Essex...
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:34 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Hello.
My name is Paul. I've been a photographer for getting on 40 of my 50 years but only ever using 35mm, MF and Polaroid (as a kid).
I live in north Essex, but hail, originally, from Stockport - just south of Manchester for those unfamiliar. I'm strictly an amateur and earn my crust as an commercial insurance underwriting manager for an insurance company in London. Do I ever hate commuting, though....
I've joined to be amongst people from whom I can learn how to get the best out of my most recent acquisition, a Wista 45 Field camera. I also want to post and contribute what I can, when I'm able. The lens that came with my second-hand purchase, is a Wistar-W 150mm "press lens" - so called (I'm told) because it's like the old press camera lenses that cock and fire in the same movement. It will work with a cable release, though, which is a relief.
I don't have any 5x4 film yet. I'm hoping to get my mitts on a Polaroid / Fuji instant back so that I can see where I'm going right / wrong as soon as possible. As I don't have film processing or printing kit just now, I don't want to waste a load of money on processing unexposed or badly exposed / focused film.
Once I'm up and running, I'll probably limit myself to Velvia and Provia for Landscapes, Portra 160 for portraits and FP4+ or Acros 100 for just about everything when I want to do mono. Hardly original but it's worked for me down the years.
I'm married to a wonderful woman who indulges my hobby and is becoming interested in photography (albeit digital) and insists on carrying my tripod. Seriously, I don't ask her - she really does volunteer.
I won't be posting anything soon as I'm doing some reading and playing with the kit first - then we're on holiday. However, I hope to be posting by Christmas. In the meantime, it's nice to be in a UK-based LF community.
Right, enough about me. All the best and I'll try to be a well-behaved cyber-citizen.
Paul.
My name is Paul. I've been a photographer for getting on 40 of my 50 years but only ever using 35mm, MF and Polaroid (as a kid).
I live in north Essex, but hail, originally, from Stockport - just south of Manchester for those unfamiliar. I'm strictly an amateur and earn my crust as an commercial insurance underwriting manager for an insurance company in London. Do I ever hate commuting, though....
I've joined to be amongst people from whom I can learn how to get the best out of my most recent acquisition, a Wista 45 Field camera. I also want to post and contribute what I can, when I'm able. The lens that came with my second-hand purchase, is a Wistar-W 150mm "press lens" - so called (I'm told) because it's like the old press camera lenses that cock and fire in the same movement. It will work with a cable release, though, which is a relief.
I don't have any 5x4 film yet. I'm hoping to get my mitts on a Polaroid / Fuji instant back so that I can see where I'm going right / wrong as soon as possible. As I don't have film processing or printing kit just now, I don't want to waste a load of money on processing unexposed or badly exposed / focused film.
Once I'm up and running, I'll probably limit myself to Velvia and Provia for Landscapes, Portra 160 for portraits and FP4+ or Acros 100 for just about everything when I want to do mono. Hardly original but it's worked for me down the years.
I'm married to a wonderful woman who indulges my hobby and is becoming interested in photography (albeit digital) and insists on carrying my tripod. Seriously, I don't ask her - she really does volunteer.
I won't be posting anything soon as I'm doing some reading and playing with the kit first - then we're on holiday. However, I hope to be posting by Christmas. In the meantime, it's nice to be in a UK-based LF community.
Right, enough about me. All the best and I'll try to be a well-behaved cyber-citizen.
Paul.