Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm also thinking of getting a couple more as I only have one myself. The problem is that people are asking closer to $200 for them at the moment. A good shoot usually runs me about 15-25 sheets. It's modest by the standards of the 4x5 era. Funny that you guys want faster film, I'm used to shooting the slowest possible. I use PN55 at ASA 12-25 depending on the outside temperature, and always wide open. My dream lens is a 150 Xenotar f2.8 for an extremely shallow depth of field. Add rangefinder focusing, and hand holding the camera, it makes for a whole lot of fun. Slobodan Johnny Deadman wrote: > > on 3/27/01 10:39 PM, S Dimitrov at sld@earthlink.net wrote: > > > Are you using a graphmatic back? > > > > Slobodan > > Oh, for sure. I only have one at the moment but they are just wonderful. I > want to have at least four or five. I have timed myself with the grafmatic > and I can shoot and be ready to shoot again in well under 15 seconds, which > is really amazing for 4x5. Plus the septums hold the film flatter than any > of the Riteway film holders. And they're a lot easier to carry. Plus the way > they work is so bafflingly neat it makes you feel good. And I love the fact > that they interlock once you have shot the six sheets. > > The only dispiriting thing is that it's a piece of equipment you KNOW will > never ever be remotely economical to manufacture again. I mean, maybe Tom > Abrahamsson could make one, but it would cost, like, $800. And you can still > pick them up for $100. > > > > > > Johnny Deadman wrote: > >> > >> on 3/27/01 9:17 PM, henry at henry@henryambrose.com wrote: > >> > >>> I guess I don't "get it" since no one else seems to want faster films in > >>> 4X5. > >>> If you do something nutty like photograph people with a 4X5 then you'd > >>> want faster film. Its 2 stops and sometimes it matters. f8 at 1/30 is way > >>> better than f8 at 1/8. For a rock it hardly matters but people move. Or > >>> even outdoors and you're photographing a big group and you need every > >>> stop even in daylight. 2 more stops helps! > >> > >> I agree completely. For available light work of human beings YOU NEED SPEED > >> IN 4x5. 400 is a minimum. I am about to try 25 sheets of T400 CN which is > >> supposed to be eminently shootable @ 800. But I could use another stop. > > -- > John Brownlow > > http://www.pinkheadedbug.com