[LargeFormat] Glorious weekend....

[Les Newcomer]

Yes, The Crown is a 4x5, my first Graphic in fact.Besides where's the
fun in putting the Grandagon on a 2x3 Crown when it came on the 2x3 XL?

Until a few years ago, the 65 was a staple with Architectural
photographers. Most of my bathroom shots were with the 65.  Murphy's law
states that the best view of a bathroom will be from on top of the water
closet with the 200ws flash in the shower with the assistant.

Les

Clive Warren wrote:
> 
> At 07:27 14/05/01 -0700, Les Newcomer wrote:
> 
> >Clive Warren wrote:
> snip
> > >
> > > I now have a 65mm Super Angulon which should be interesting to use on both
> > > 4x5 and a 2x3 Crown Graphic. Has anyone used the 65mm on 4x5?  Am guessing
> > > that there will not be much in the way of movements as the coverage is
> > > stated at 155mm.  Am more interested in the aperture required for good 4x5
> > > coverage with no movements.
> > >
> > > The lens may end up being used only on the 2x3 depending on how far it
> > > needs to be stopped down for 4x5. Any experiences with the 65mm would be
> > > interesting.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >              Clive
> >
> >I use a 65 SA on my Crown  without a problem. Since all of my clients
> >want prints I rarely compose to the corners, usually cropping a 1/16"
> >inprinting.  Never shot it lower than f11 so I don't know about
> >sharpness below that.
> >
> >Maybe it's just me but I've been know to tweak a couple of mm of rise
> >out of it, granted stuck inside a Crown, that's about all I could get.
> >
> >I posted a grab shot of a photo in my office, it's 16x20 so I couldn't
> >scan it, so forgive the amatuerish copyjob.  This was shot with a 65 SA
> >on a Calumet 4x5 with about 3/8"-5/16" of rise, cropped very little. In
> >the upper right corner you can see a glimpse of a white header that ran
> >accross the top. The corners vignetted and it was obvious so I had the
> >lab open flash the header into (near) oblivion
> >
> >http:www.ismi.net/~lnphoto/cobo.JPG
> >
> >I just did some testing with a 58 Grandagon on my Crown, I hope to post
> >something soon. as Crocodile Dunee might say, "Now THAWT'S a wyde angle lens!"
> >
> >Les
> 
> Thanks for the feedback Les.  That photo is rather impressive - the
> perspective is quite stunning and I bet your client
> was very happy.  Am amazed that the little 65mm SA produced such excellent
> results.  Seems that movement is not really an option with the lens unless
> you want to crop a little or play around in the darkroom.
> 
> Am now motivated into using the lens for some architectural shots - had not
> really considered this to be an option given the lack of movements possible
> using the lens.
> 
> There is a Grandagon in my 4x5 outfit which is occasionally packed in a
> separate bag to the rest of the 4x5 field outfit.  It's just a little too
> big and heavy for regular use out there in the wild wide world unless
> something special is planned.
> 
> Is the Crown Graphic a 4x5?  Am guessing it is as the Grandagon would be a
> bit of a tight squeeze on a 2x3.....
> 
> Cheers,
>             Clive
> 
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