Thanks for the replies Ken and Bulent. I'm glad to learn that my tripod (Manfrotto 3021BPRO) should be adequate to support the camera. Also, I'm glad I chose the Arca-Swiss p0 monoball as it appears to be more than adequate for the job. (Although it is unusual to use a ball head with a view camera, it is not unheard of, though it is a little more difficult than having the separate axis controls - so I may still add another tripod head to the arsenal.)
I also discovered that a black Polyester/Nylon-lined V-neck pullover is PERFECT for this camera as a focusing cloth. The stretch v-neck goes nicely over the rotating back and you put your head up in the body opening. A hand can go up a sleeve for holding the focusing loupe and yet can still do fine focusing without taking your hand out of the sleeve. I also found an interesting lens that I had to pick up because it was priced so reasonably (at least I think it was). It is a Schneider Kreuznach Symmar 135mm f/5.6 that converts to a 235mm f/12 lens by unscrewing the front element. I also found in a forum thread, the idea that by removing the rear element and screwing it into the front, one can get a macro with a 3:1 reproduction ratio. (Yep: 3:1, not 1:3). I guess I'll know more once it arrives. Some people seem to like it and others are not so enthusiastic but the versatility in a single large format lens was appealing to me - and its capabilitied fit well with my Fujinon 90mm f/8. (Those focal lengths give me 35mm equivalents of 28mm, 45mm, and 78mm). I still need to work out how I'm going to transport it while protecting it. (There are reasons that they make Field Cameras instead of taking a monorail out into the elements. But I'm not the first guy to do that either.) I've got some ideas. Here's a look at 'er: http://antiqueauto.org/assets/45D.JPG On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:51 AM, Bulent Celasun <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Darren, > > I really do wonder if I can devote my (always less than planned) > time to "view camera" work... > > Please continue to share your experiences. > > Bulent > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://patoloji.gen.tr > http://celasun.wordpress.com/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ > http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun > > > 2016-01-27 8:37 GMT+02:00 Darren Addy <[email protected]>: >> My Toyo/Omega 45D arrived from KEH today and it is a Beautiful Thing. >> I don't know why, but I feel like a whole different way of thinking >> about photography has finally arrived at my door. (Both my lens for it >> and the recessed lens board are delayed thanks to the blizzard in the >> eastern U.S. so it will be a bit before I get to take it out.) Then >> again, maybe I *do* know why: >> >> It is like the diametric opposite of my Whiz-Bang K-3 II. It's a >> bellows with endless swings, shifts, and tilts on both ends and a >> rotating back. Composition with it requires a very slow, templative >> process, the opposite of 8 fps. It requires separate metering >> (preferrably spot metering). Each exposure can be developed >> individually (or not). The resulting negative can be scanned (to go >> back into digital post-processing world) OR printed the traditional >> way in a wet darkroom. (I'm fascinated by both "stand development" and >> "Lith Printing" at the moment and learning more about both.) >> >> This camera has me pulling Fred Picker's "Zone VI Workshop" off the >> bookshelf, with a purpose. It embodies the romance of an upside down >> image projected upon a ground glass, under a focusing cloth, with the >> ability to manipulate the plane of focus as well as perspective >> correction at exposure time. >> >> With the addition of this new format, I'm as excited about photography >> (in all of its many forms) as I have probably ever been in my life. >> >> -- >> Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
