Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Scott, your best bet would be View Camera magazine. The new issue has some ads for upcoming workshops. Some of them start in the spring and go up to October. http://www.viewcamera.com/ Now, you are starting to shoot with high caliber ;-) My suggestion would be to start smaller, 4 X 5 or 5 X 7 and then go for the biggie. 4 X 5 and 5 X 7 contact prints look wonderful. peace David On Jan 22, 2006, at 5:30 AM, Scott McLoughlin wrote: > Oh wise LUG members, > > I've got this bug lately for trying out contact printing. People pics > and > still lifes. I'm not a landscape shooter. So I've been researching > 8x10 > view cameras, lenses and what not. > > Any folks on this list have any personal experiences to share? > > Tachihara seems to have a nice, somewhat reasonably priced 8x10 > camera with a long bellows extension of which I've read one positive > review. Any thoughts on camera/lens selection. I imagine I could > do with just a normal lens and maybe a short tele. > > To me , this is pretty complicated stuff - lots of moving parts - > compared to my photographic activities to date. > > What is a good way to get into shooting with an 8x10 and exploring > various contact printing techniques? Workshops? Classes? Books? > Any really good mailing lists I might join? > > Thanks much. > > Scott > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information