Large-Format Photography Forum - Style & Technique

Do you use the rear movements on your Technika?

Do you use the rear movements on your Technika, or rely mostly on the extensive front movements?

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Favorite aperture?

Day in and day out what is your favorite aperture or the most used apeture with a 4x5 view camera? Do you try to use one aperture more than another?...

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Annular Eclipse - Exposure Experience?

Hello everyone, I'm going to Parowan, Utah to photograph the Annular Eclipse this next Sunday (5/20/2012). I have never photographed an eclipse...

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Achieving maximum/extreme sky to cloud contrast in black and white photography?

I would like to know how one can create extreme sky contrast in cloud to clear sky? I am aware of the red filter, but are there even more...

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Measuring exposure with new fangled cap

Hi, I have purchased a couple of those new white lens cap thingys. They are a screw-on cap which is a white diffuser for getting the white...

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Techniques for preventing film movement during long exposures?

What is your method for preventing film movement during long exposure?

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Calculating the focus spread at the image forming plane?

It would be great to have a good explanation and a few examples how does one calculate the focus spread at the image forming plane. Also how does...

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Just out of curiosity .......

Some people use the "full" zone system, while some use BTZS, but if you are *_NOT_* using these methodologies how are you approaching the question of...

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Paper negatives

I am looking to get into LF by doing paper negatives and then contact print them. Does anyone have any really good experience with this? Which...

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Advice on summer project documenting farm work

I am thinking of getting outdoors with my camera to take pictures of tractors, hay balers, and the like, in a small rural community in Europe this...

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Reciprocity failure question...

Can reciprocity failure be corrected adequately in post with PS?

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Dodge and burn questions...

How often do you dodge & burn, particularly in Photo-shop, and to what degree? I'm reading an interesting article (during work :p) illustrating...

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Is the Van Dyke Sharper than the Kallitype?

I have been making Van Dykes and Kallitypes of the same negatives and have found the Van Dykes to be consistently sharper. My Van Dyke sensitizer is...

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Landscape hikers – “10 essentials” or not?

Most LF landscapers who hike away from their vehicle have enough trouble finding room in their packs for camera, lenses and accessories – let alone...

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Optimizing diffraction and DOF

I've been doing some number crunching to find an optimal aperture for a shoot. It's full length portraits with a Gowlandflex 4x5 and 180mm f/5.6...

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