Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David, I appreciate the link. The lens choices were fairly interesting as the photographer appears to be selecting some interesting lenses from the past. For example the image on Trent Lott's bricks using the moderately wide Ernostar wide open to take advantage of the vignetting. Or the limited depth of field of the Ektar. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 9/8/06, David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > > Craig, > > Below is a link to some on-line images that were taken on 4x5 (Speed > Graphic). I first saw some photos from this essay in a NG Mag several > weeks back. They were visually and technically unique. Almost looked > like someone got creative with Gaussian blur in PS. Given it was NG, I > doubted that but you never know. Heck, for years NG was 35mm only. I > didn't find out it was 4x5 until I went to the link below. > > http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0608/feature1/gallery1.html > > I have a Toyo 45A field camera. I wish I had something with a > rangefinder, like a Graphic or a Linhof. I passed on a nice used Linhof, > complete with a set of cammed lenses, a year or so ago. At the time I > was mistakenly under the impression that film was a dead end. Boy do I > regret not buying that. > > There really are things you can do with film that you can't duplicate > with digital capture. > > daveR > > >>>Craig wrote:> > > I started searching for a 4 x 5 camera last night. I'm > tempted to buy an old press camera...<<< > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >