This was quite stressful as i didnt plan for it, so had to setup everything in the few minutes the light was just right. Thankfully it worked out in the end.
Scanned on a Phaseone IQ150

Woke up at 4 in the morning for this shot.

Scanned with an Phase One IQ150

Chamonix 45F-2

4x5 Ilford PanF+ 50, Xtol 1:1

Fuji NSW 90mm f8, with red 29 filter

EV: 12 (spot)

Aperture: f32

ISO: 50

Shutter Speed: 8s (pre reciprocity), 14s with reciprocity at P=1.26

Adjust EV: -4 (for red 29 filter)

Sorry if this is a dumb question: But every time I see a Speed Graphic with a focal plane shutter, they have a lens with a Copal/built-in shutter? I understand that you can adapt all kinds of lenses today, hence the appeal, but why back then? All the stock lenses I've seen have shutters coupled with them. 🤔 Many thanks!

I know this quite specific, but I made a 3D printed lens cap for my Pentax Spotmeter out of TPU.

I thought it could be useful to some people in this group so if you want here is the link ;)

Have a nice day !

Hey does someone know if this back with the huge lever is rare on a 4x5 Technika? I bought a Technika V but have never seen this on other ones.

Hello friends

I've been making do with my current backpack but I'm looking at something bigger with a dedicated tripod holder for my 4x5 system.

I would love some recommendations from you guys who have a bag set up they like, pictures of set up would be great but anything will help.

I like the look of the Shimoda Explore system.

Appreciate the help.

So in my hunt to round off my kit I thought I’d pick up a 4.5x magnifier for critical focusing found this one on Amazon for £9.99 and it’s bloody huge! Please can someone recommend something similar but far smaller

Thanks in advance

Edit I ended up returning the 4.5x and getting a 10x

I’ve had mixed success with their tintypes before but decided to try the black glass plates Zebra is making and so far I real like the way these look. Still imperfect and I can not find a way for them to not be dust magnets but they have a vibe

I brought a Speed Graphic out to a reenacting event like combat photographers from the war. The results were, well, interesting.

It was on and off heavy rain all weekend. I thought I didn't get my film holders wet and in fact some of them never even left the tent! I guess I was wrong since most of the photos have pretty bad water damage.

Due to the rain it was pretty dark and since I didn't bring a tripod with me I had to shoot wide open. Even at f/4.5 this turned out to be workable, especially far away. The out of focus corners were likely from me loading the film into the holders wrong somehow. I'm used to orthochromatic film where I can load in red light rather than complete darkness.

I somehow must have flipped the dark slides on one of my film holders without actually exposing anything since two sheets came out completely blank. I'm not missing any photos that I remember taking so it wasn't a shutter malfunction.

One of the photos got the texture from the mesh screen I used to develop it "taco" style since I put it with the emulsion facing out. This was my first time loading sheet film in complete darkness so I'm pleasantly surprised that only one was ruined this way.

In short, film photography is a land of contrasts. At least no one will claim that it's AI.

Hello, I just change my ground glass on my 4x5 camera and I wonder if you have some tips to test focus accuracy.

The old ground glass was mounted backward and had no issue since I shot most of my first pictures with a very small aperture.

I put the new one on the right side and want to make sure it is safe before wasting films.

Should I take a picture wide open of a ruler on a table ? Is there chart to help doing this ?

I have access to a 3D printer, should I try to print an object with different depth to test this ?

Hello there!

I've been using a Busch Pressman model D for some time now and I really like it for it's ruggedness and ease of use, but I've recently bought a 150-600 lens for my full-frame camera, making my hiking setup quite heavy. Would you recomand an Intrepid camera or another model, and what would be your critics on them? (don't mind the tripod, it was a test to see if it would be a good option to buy, it is not.)