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Hello from the Hampshire/Surrey border
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Henry
I live in Farnborough, Hampshire and I am a returning user of 4x5 cameras, after learning how to use one during a couple of months working as a gopher in a London studio some 24 years ago before going to university. I have been using an Ebony RSW45 for about 3 years before upgrading last November to an Ebony 45SU (after a long, but worthwhile wait!) and enjoy hiking my camera around (no car) to shoot whatever catches my eye, but mainly landscape/nature. I have not had a darkroom since moving to Farnborough 5 years ago, so I have been struggling with scanning and photoshop instead - I much prefer the darkroom for B&W and watching the print emerge before your eyes, but can see the advantages of the digital stream for colour - but it's not the same! I love what I've seen so far of members photos, and hope to post some of mine when I get time to set up a website...
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:17 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by chipper
Hello Henry, and welcome. I live on the Isle of Wight, so if you fancy a meet up for a shoot, please feel free to PM me. Stu.
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:33 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Apple
Welcome to the crowd, Henry.
There's quite a few on both sides of digital and wet printing here so feel free to ask away and somebody should chip in...
And another one joins the unofficial Ebony owner's club
There's a reasonable sized contingent of us on here.
Andrew
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:12 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Charles Twist
And another one joins the unofficial Ebony owner's club There's a reasonable sized contingent of us on here.
They can't all be wrong. Or can they...?
Charles
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:26 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Apple
Charles Twist wrote:They can't all be wrong. Or can they...?
Charles
...other listings magazines are available...
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:27 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Henry
Stu, Many thanks for the offer, and I'll certainly be in touch when I next visit the Isle of Wight.
Andrew and Charles, many thanks for the welcome! I'm quite happy to be wrong with an Ebony, especially as it just looks like a work of art, which is more than can be said for some of my pics!
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:47 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Joanna Carter
Henry wrote:I'm quite happy to be wrong with an Ebony, especially as it just looks like a work of art, which is more than can be said for some of my pics!
Henry, there is also the advantage in an Ebony that it can be sniffed, petted and oiled
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Charles Twist
there is also the advantage in an Ebony that it can be sniffed, petted and oiled
See what I mean... Give me an all-metal Toyo any time. None of this sentimental drivel.
Charles
Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Apple
As a mechanical engineer, I'd tend to agree with you - but, I've got to try to carry the thing and a Sinar P2 and solid tripod aren't 'compact and bijou!' (even moreso as I'm not a built like a racing snake / mountain goat like some people...
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:23 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Apple
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:59 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by masch
Joanna Carter wrote:Henry, there is also the advantage in an Ebony that it can be sniffed, petted and oiled
Jo, this is clearly far too much information!
Marc
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:06 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Joanna Carter
masch wrote:Jo, this is clearly far too much information!
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by masch
Joanna Carter wrote:
Please not my updated SIG...
Marc
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:15 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Joanna Carter
Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00
by Lynne Evans
Personally, i think you've all got it wrong!
