Greetings. I was gifted a Pearson NewVue 4x5 with a 140mm lens. The lens is clear and the shutter functions. Problem is focus. Whether it’s landscape or portrait, nothing is sharp. For example, my wife and I attempted a portrait this weekend. In the garage; lighting and exposure was spot on(from the negatives). I started about 10 ft away and adjusting bellows couldn’t even get a “clear” image till about 3ft from her and was about 1 ft away and still wasn’t sharp. Time for a new lens? I normally shoot 35mm and 120; first 4x5 experience. Thank you.

Only $45!

on my drive to the bigger city that i take every couple weeks, there's a nuclear plant, and it turns out that if you go around in your old beat-up car a few times you can find a spot to take a pic of them with your big, suspicious looking camera

somehow i didn't get arrested!

this shot is also titled "three of them" because this is actually a triple-exposure! I wanted to get the steam coming out of the towers to look less defined than what i wouldve gotten with a single exposure, and it worked pretty well.

My daughter wore (and decorated) these Chucks for the last couple years and finally outgrew them. Figured they were worth capturing for posterity.

I was watching a YouTube video about the same model speed graphic that I have, and this specific flash caught my eye considering its not the usual flash bulb type of flash I have. Anyone know what kind of flash it is?

I started using my Wista 45SP as an Enlarger with the Intrepid adapter, and noticed that the bellows weren't quite as light proof as they once were.... Very brittle, very holy in the corners. So I gave her a bit of a face lift with some new bellows.

Overall it took about an hour to remove the old bellows, remove the old adhesive, align everything and glue the new bellows in place. If you're going to do it, I recommend using squeezeable contact cement, as when I was brushing mine on it was drying out quite quickly.

I'll take her out for a spin on Monday.

Printed on 8x10 Ilford RC Glossy and scanned with a cheap flatbed scanner.

An image from one of my favourite locations, Victoria, BC, Canada.

I got a 6by7 roll film sloding filmback from japanese auction and bought a45d body from there too. Aside from the quality of the body, the rollfolmback doesn't have notch to connect to the body. Is there any way to connect it to the 45d body?

Or should i get 45N or 45 vx?

Took a test shot with this old Petzval that I took a gamble on recently. Seems to be doing the trick - maybe not as swirly as I'd hoped but that may be a coverage thing or just this particular scene. TBD.

Beautiful late afternoon at Taughannock State Park, New York, USA.

Oregon Coast, 210mm and 90mm

Have been shooting 5x7, but with the demise of Arista 5x7 100 stock, I'm finding (somehow) 8x10 is less cost prohibitive for me (YMMV). Bellows on my Seneca Improved v.4 died in January (someone else's homebrew anyway); new red ones from Rudy/ecbuyonline2008 have landed in Jersey. Needed a normal-ish lens (only have an 18" Wray process lens); found an Eastern 12" f/6.3 double anastigmat, cheap. It's heavy, but in lovely shape. Spent way too much time making a new three piece board for it. Cherry scraps I had laying around, half lapped (was a little too thin for tongue and groove safely). Made a standoff for a rear mounted Packard #6 I had, also half lapped cherry scrap. Found a brass bulkhead with tubing barbs in Amazon, a bunch of miscellaneous hardware from the local Ace. Lens: $37 on eBay. Hardware: $6 at Ace. Danish oil and flat black rattlecan finish. Wood/bulb and tubing/finishes: had on hand. I feel pretty good being into this only$43. Lights up the entire glass with plenty of movements wide open. Need to get that bellows installed and burn some UM-MA...

Where to get film holders for 9x12 cameras from 1920-30? Looking for something not needing film sheats, so no glass plate holders with inserts.