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 Axle
      
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
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< on 1/28/2014 6:18 PM >
|  | | | One of my passions with photography is working with traditional film media, almost a year ago now I picked up my first 4x5 camera, a beatup, modified Speed Graphic, the classic 1940s press camera. While I could shoot the camera, scanning was an issue, the scanner an Epson V700 kept on being put on the backburner, until recently when I found one at a sweet price. While the idea of lugging around this camera and the nature of the hobby doesn't always go hand-in-hand...the results are nothing short of spectacular.
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Celer at Audax
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Wong Guy
Location: Dropped off by the mothership somewhere in Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 1 on 1/28/2014 7:34 PM >
| | | | Wow I can't believe that old of a camera has such clarity. Nice !! You must lug a lot of gear for your explore.
Like the last shot and #4 the best
" I am a leader, not a follower, unless it's a dark place, then fuck that shit you're going first.." ~quote stolen from FB |
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Deconstrukt
  
Location: Montreal
Gender: Male
tollesque taurum cornu
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<Reply # 2 on 1/28/2014 7:39 PM >
| | | | Amazing work, Axle. I love the silo shot and the last picture.
Vade in cloacas. |
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yokes
Location: Toronto
Gender: Male
I aim to misbehave
| |  |  | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 3 on 1/28/2014 8:06 PM >
| | | | Loving #14
"Great architecture has only two natural enemies: water and stupid men." - Richard Nickel |
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 4 on 1/28/2014 8:07 PM >
| | | | Posted by Wong Guy
Wow I can't believe that old of a camera has such clarity. Nice !! You must lug a lot of gear for your explore.
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Actually it's mostly in the lenses, I have two right now, a Kodak Ektar 203mm (65mm equivalent in 35mm/Digital Full Frame), it dates to the late 1940s, but the Ektar is a legendary lens. The other is a Schneider 90mm (28mm in 35/FX), it's a modern lens but also known for it's sharpness.
Yeah, I need a bit of extra gear when shooting LF that can get a bit wearing.
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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Trackrunner
I picked up the ball, and drainball was created.
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 5 on 1/28/2014 8:15 PM >
| | | | It's weird how old photos always look bad but these look fine.
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Wong Guy
Location: Dropped off by the mothership somewhere in Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 6 on 1/28/2014 8:17 PM >
| | | | Posted by Axle
Actually it's mostly in the lenses, I have two right now, a Kodak Ektar 203mm (65mm equivalent in 35mm/Digital Full Frame), it dates to the late 1940s, but the Ektar is a legendary lens. The other is a Schneider 90mm (28mm in 35/FX), it's a modern lens but also known for it's sharpness.
Yeah, I need a bit of extra gear when shooting LF that can get a bit wearing.
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Didnt know it was a lens. Sorry..Thanks for clarifying.
I work with a GE X5 so its a fixed lens.
I'm curious now as to how the DSLR's carry their equipment and keep it clean if switching lens. I will start a new thread for that 
" I am a leader, not a follower, unless it's a dark place, then fuck that shit you're going first.." ~quote stolen from FB |
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relik
Location: 44.26126°,-88.41502° (Appleton, WI)
Gender: Male
There is no truth, Only a perspective.
| | | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 7 on 1/28/2014 10:09 PM >
| | | | Good work here, bud.
"When it rains, just find bigger drains." |
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inviolate_light
Location: toronto
Gender: Male
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 8 on 1/28/2014 10:25 PM >
| | | | Even though I've probably missed the sale... wondering where you got the scanner and for how much?
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 9 on 1/29/2014 12:15 AM >
| | | | Posted by Trackrunner
It's weird how old photos always look bad but these look fine.
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Modern Optics and Modern Film stocks 
Post by inviolate_light
Even though I've probably missed the sale... wondering where you got the scanner and for how much? |
It wasn't an official sale, bought a floor model unit, pretty much New in Box, I know a store manager.
Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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OwlsFlight
Location: Ehn Jay
One foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel
| | | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 10 on 1/29/2014 5:08 PM >
| | | | Very nice collection of shots in this thread. Looks like it was absolutely worth it, and probably just as fun to shoot. Really diggin' 11 and 14 man. Good stuff.
Exploring the distance between points A & B. |
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PowSkierNH
Location: New England
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 11 on 1/29/2014 5:44 PM >
| | | | Nicely done. Those are good lens choices too. I have 2 speed graphics and 2 crown graphics plus about 3 or 4 other 4x5s. I take them exploring too. A SG with small lens can easily be handheld (assuming you have the rangefinder calibrated) and shot that way. Only about 5 lbs. Search out and use a Grafmatic if you can - it's an easier way to deal with sheet film than swapping doubledarkslide holders all the time. Keep up the good work!
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Sceptic
Location: In the Dreams of a City that Never Sleeps
Gender: Male
120
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 12 on 1/29/2014 6:47 PM >
| | | | Wow, 11 & 14! Ive been using the v600 for my MF shots- I'm considering a LF camera- don't think it is in my budget just yet...
"Instinctive forces influence the activity of consciousness. Whether that influence is for better or for worse depends upon the actual contents of the unconscious." |
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Abby Normal
Location: Las Vegas
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 13 on 1/29/2014 8:20 PM >
| | | | High school was the last time I had the opportunity to shoot with a Speed Graphic. We were all into the "high tech" 35mm cameras at the time so I didn't spend as much time with the larger format cameras as I should have. When it comes to film, there is no substitute for square inches.
I have a twin lens Yashicamat sitting on my shelf that I keep telling myself that I am going to drag out and shoot with. Like everything else, there aren't enough hours in a day to find time for everything that I'm interested in doing. 
Great photos! Thanks for sharing them.
Abby Normal
"Government is not a solution to our problem, government is the problem." Ronald Reagan |
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DawnPatrol
Gender: Female
| | | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 14 on 1/29/2014 10:48 PM >
| | | | I really like 6 and 14. Great set. I've been a few of those places myself.
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ISLAND
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 15 on 1/29/2014 11:18 PM >
| | | | You even shot some colour film? I took a 4x5 class and it was so much fun, shot with a Toyo. I really regret not going to take some photos like this. Great shots!
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Axle
Location: Milton, ON
Gender: Male
Sieg oder Tod
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 16 on 1/30/2014 1:24 PM >
| | | | Thank you all for the kind words
| A SG with small lens can easily be handheld (assuming you have the rangefinder calibrated) and shot that way. Only about 5 lbs. Search out and use a Grafmatic if you can |
My Speed Graphic has been heavily modified so much that it no longer really counts as a press camera. However I do have my eye on a very minty Crown Graphic! Sadly I've only found Grafmatics in bad conditions and costing way too much, but I'll keep an eye out for sure!
| When it comes to film, there is no substitute for square inches. |
So true.
| You even shot some colour film? |
Yep, I don't process it myself, I leave that to Toronto Image Works.
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Celer at Audax
Para la Victoria Siempre Alemanes! |
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Maglyte
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 17 on 1/30/2014 3:31 PM >
| | | | There is always. 4x5 point and shoot from fotoman. Also wanderlust.
mmmm. mandias....... |
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ISLAND
Location: Canada
Gender: Male
| | Re: Go Big or Go Home
<Reply # 18 on 1/30/2014 5:58 PM >
| | | | Posted by Axle
Yep, I don't process it myself, I leave that to Toronto Image Works.
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Sweet, that's exactly where I sent mine. Very fast and well done
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