On 3/4/2015 8:53 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
I may be able to get a 4x5" camera with a 90mm f/8 lens.
Price aside (which is another big question mark), I have questions.
First, the reasoning:
I like macro photography most.
I am getting increasingly more able to spend time on photography.
I like spending "hours" to get one single beautiful image.
I can develop and scan film. I can get a drum scan occasionally if needed.
I can make contact prints. (My enlarger supports up to 6x8 cm film).
Questions:
- How difficult is focusing using the 90 mm f/8 lens?
Focusing on the ground glass isn't that difficult, in good light
anyway. Large format is a slow working process and even slightly missed
focus isn't noticable except in very large, (and that's measured in
feet, or meters, not inches or centimeters), sized prints. That's part
of the joy of large format photography, if it looks sharp on the ground
glass a contact print will look just as sharp.
- How difficult is it to find proper film?
Well stocked Camera stores will have large format film, (finding a photo
store might be difficult unless you're near a big city), or you can
order it from Freestile Photo http://www.freestylephoto.biz/ B&H or
Adorama, you can also check Amazon for deals.
- Any idea about the cost of a single exposure (film only)?
Rule of thumb which is probably still in effect, one sheet of 4x5 costs
about the same of the same film in 24 exposure 35mm. Less if you buy
the sheets in large quantities. Freestyle has their bargain brand for
about a dollar or less per sheet, but, OK I won't say you get what you
pay for, sometimes you get a lot more or a lot less, but...
- Further comments?
I haven't used 4x5 in years, it's exacting work, and except for camera
movements, a 4x5 enlargement made at any reasonable size is going to be
indistinguishable from one made with on 6x7, (and even then that's what
a roll film back for the 4x5 will give you(. Still you'll get to play
with lots of interesting equipment and you can adapt almost any lens
ever made, for a reasonably close format or larger, with almost zero
penalty. Plus the cameras are simple enough that you can even
contemplate making one yourself.
Bulent
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