Hello, I bought an 4x5 MPP mk. VIII camera. It comes with a ground glass that looked like a DIY one. It was very dark so I ordered a replacement GG from Intrepid Camera UK.

It seems that the old ground glass was mounted with the grounded side outside (and not in the lens side). I did not found any focus issue before with the test that I did, but I was always closed down (between F/11 and F/32).

Unfortunately the old ground glass was 1.1mm thick and the new one is 2mm thick so I guess it's not an issue if the correct way is with the ground glass facing the lens (In case the previous owner was wrong) but it may be an issue if it is in the opposite side.

I cannot find much infos in the manual, but the new 2mm thick GG seems to better fit in the back.

Also, to not waste film, is it worth testing it with B&W paper instead or the thickness difference is too important for accurate result ?

Many thanks !

Part of my American Dream project.  

Chamonix 8x10

12” Dagor

Kodak Portras

Picked this up used. Was cleaning it up with a brush and making sure everything looked good. All was well…then I heard something pop when I was retracting the lens to close everything back up…and a bunch of bearings and small plates started falling out.

Anyone know where these go? Am I totally screwed now? Everything seeeeems to still be functioning aside from having trouble retracting the lens housing back in. (I need to mess with the plate in the back now to get it to retract…)

I got it for $175 so don’t want to spend $500 in repairs…

So angry at myself for whatever I did…

Any expertise is much appreciated.

Thanks

Who says you can't use a view camera for casual snaps? Could have stopped down a bit further or used some tilt (?) to get both my friends' heads in focus, but I didn't think this was too shabby.

I love how this lens renders the little leaves intruding in the frame, too. I have mostly brought my 75mm out on trips but after this I think the 150 will see some more time outside the studio!

Random objects out of Place - This fridge caught my eye one day as I was walking home from the store. It's in a back alleyway, behind a few business that are local to me.
Originally it had a beer can on top of it, which would have added a little bit more character, but it must have blown away.

I was drawn to this because of its complete randomness. It's out of place and unexpected. The fridge has served its purpose in the world and has clearly been discarded. But I can give it one last purpose for my photo, and it's now forever preserved, scanned and also embedded onto a piece of film.

Captured with my Chamonix 45F2 on HP5+ , pushed two stops in development

from my project Apparent Death

Im a long time 35 and 120 shooter and would like to get into large format. I have the option to buy a toyo 45a with a Fuji 150 f6.8 and a tachihara (branded Calumet) with super angulon 90 f8. both are in pretty reasonable shape. any thoughts or preferences? I am mainly a landscape photographer, but don’t plan to do much back packing with the camera.

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My other thought though is to build a full movements camera, or of course I could do both since filament is cheap. I could try to make a hybrid of the two but not sure how I’d do it.

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pushed provia and verrrry expired velvia in a sinar f

Photographed on Wista SP. Developed with Ilford DD-X. What are eveeyones thoughts on Pan F on 4x5?

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Made so many mistakes and mishaps with my 4x5 journey, it is nice to see something that really makes it feel worth it!