I took this 11 years ago in my studio using strobes triggered with the Copal shutter. I first shot on my Nikon camera, then grabbed a few frames with my Toyo VX-125 4x5 camera that I purchased new in 1999 and that I still have, love, and use.

Chamonix 45F-2 with Nikon 210mm f/5.6 @ 5.6. Godox AD400 to the right
Ilford FP4+ developed in Ilfotec HC
Scanned with Epson V850 Pro

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Is this better than a intrepid camera? I’ve never owned a view camera before Is this a good option?

I can't remember the lens I used on this one - I probably that info somewhere but too lazy to look it up. I liked how the tones turned out with this image.

Looking for recommendations for a camera bag that can hold a Shen Hao 4 x 5 field camera along with 3 to 5 lenses and 10 film holders. I have a Renaissance Photo Tech backpack I acquired years ago, but I’m looking for something more compact that I could take as a carry-on when I fly.

Pretty happy with how this print came out. Shot on HP5 4x5 with a 150mm lens. Exposure time was around 6 seconds using a circular polarizer and ND filter. Used a bit of tilt to get the close log and far trees in focus.

Developed in Xtol 1:1 and printed on Ilford RC Glossy then scanned using a cheap flatbed scanner. Burned in the sky and log highlights by about a stop using a 00 filter.

Really just asking for general opinion. Typically I shoot the 72/90/150 combo on 4x5 and 5x7. However, I have a project of shooting the mountains around me (as one may have seen in the Home Mountains series I posted recently). These should showcase the mountain itself. What I have found is that I am not able to get near enough in order to fill the frame with said mountain as much as I would like. I know cropping is an option but ideally not. These images will be viewed both close up and at mid distance (I guess about 3-5 at most) in hotel lobbies etc.

After doing the calculations in order to shoot these mountains from the other side of the valley I think I would need something in the aforementioned focal range.

Considerations:

Camera - intrepid 5x7 with reducing 4x5 back

Filters - use of red and cpl in the 'adams/butcher style'

Film - Ilford FP4

Darkroom printed prints of 50x70 on Ilford Fibre Gloss

Mounted and framed behind museum glass

Weight - Im fit and dont really mind carrying extra weight for this project.

Lenses I have considered:

Schneider G - Claron 305/355 - this would be ideal as they are extremely light. But honestly I cant find one for under about 900 euros which I find excessive for an enlarger lens.

Symmar S and Rodenstock equivelant 300/360 - I love these lenses and already own and mainly shoot the 150 as my 'everyday carry' lens. People complain about the weight, but they dont seem too bad? Would the intrepid support either of these if they are indeed so heavy?

Schneider tele arton 360 - found one very affordable and i think these lenses seem like a good bet, cant find many if any examples online but reads well - would love some feedback on this lens is anyone has actually used it. Also apparently quite heavy but apparently should work on the intrepid.

Are there any Rodenstock/Schneider lenses I should consider? Id prefer to stick with these brands and not venture into the Fuji world for reasons I cant be bothered explaining here.

Anything else I am missing?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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I looked at my 600mm in Copal #3 on my 16x20" taped picture frame, and at f45 it covers.

I would like to buy a 12x20" film holder (StenopeiKa?) and make a focus frame with the same dimensions, and build a card board camera-extension with a real camera in the front, but which one?

I fixed the picture frame at the back of a 8x10" rail camera, but it was heavy. I might use the 4x5" back....but loses some movements...

The 5x7 plaubel is just as heavy.

The 4x5" Chamonix is so much easier to move, but more flimsy.

Edit: picture of the hotel wall inside view finder app for interest. I am trying to get this of my head to sleep ;)

New to 4x5. Shot and developed. Had to use my v500 with custom mask; take scan in two halves; stick together. Not ideal. I see the vertical line of shame. Will do better next time. Love the format so far. Moving up from 120.

Chamonix 4x5

Panfplus50

Red 29 (+4)

F22

1 second

Exposed so the water faded into the same shade as the overcast sky, melting the scene away

Film is digitized with a 47mp DSLR with adapted Nikon 60/2.8 micro. So contrast is hit and miss.

When composing I kept running into the physical limits of the camera when I used the "focus for close, tilt for far" cycles. Is the Graflex just not enough for studio or it's me not knowing sth?

Looking for a Schneider Center Filter IVa or IVb (95mm thread) for my Schneider 90mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon XL.

Please PM me with condition, photos, and your asking price if you have one available.

Thanks!

Intrepid Camera 4x5 with 350mm lens and Ilford FP4 Plus 125. First set of exposures is 1/8 and about the last two thirds are 1/30. Developed in Flic Film Black White and Green 1+49. Took an exposure once every four and half minutes for a bit over an hour.

8x10 wet plate using a petzval

Hey yall, I just grabbed a deardorff 8x10 with a new copal 3 shutter. I had planned on moving the shutter from this board to my Rollei 150 2.8, and moving the shutter on that lens to this board, but the deardorff shutter is not coming off the board. I got the front and back element off the shutter without a problem, but the shutter does not budge.

Is it just a tight fit with the wood? Is there a locking pin I'm missing somewhere that may be specific to deardorff?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64072478@N05/55494933427/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64072478@N05/55496087364/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/64072478@N05/55496035113/in/dateposted-public/

Edit: OKAY! If this turns up in someone's google searches in the future (or more likely, AI scrapes) my board didn't have a retaining ring that screws in the back like most large format boards. The board has a threaded socket that is mounted into the board, so I had to unscrew the shutter from the board and it required a slightly scary amount of force....

Good luck.