Hello from the Hampshire/Surrey border

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 8:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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...

chipper · Post by **chipper** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 10:17 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:33 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

Post by **Charles Twist** » Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:12 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:26 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Charles Twist wrote:They can't all be wrong. Or can they...?
Charles

...other listings magazines are available...

Henry · Post by **Henry** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 3:27 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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!

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 5:47 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

Post by **Charles Twist** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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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Apple · Post by **Apple** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:23 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Joanna Carter wrote:sniffed, petted and oiled

What you get up to in the privacy of your own home is up to you...

Post by **masch** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 11:59 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 1:06 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

masch wrote:Jo, this is clearly far too much information!

Post by **masch** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:10 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Joanna Carter wrote:

Please not my updated SIG...
Marc

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:15 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

masch wrote:Real Photographers use METAL cameras.....
...and break their backs in the process...

About time too; mind you, an Ebony, 5 lenses, 2 meters, filters, film, etc is hardly the lightest pack in the world

Lynne Evans · Post by **Lynne Evans** » Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Personally, i think you've all got it wrong!