[LargeFormat] Introducing........

[philip lambert]

I spent my student loans on my Shen
> Hao 4x5, a rodenstock sironar n 210mm, a Fuji 90 sw, Minolta
> spotmeter F, and a Slik pro tripod that outweighs all the
> aforementioned gear. The tripod makes all the other gear seem
> light on long hikes in the mountains.
> battle mice, temperature variations, and dissolved minerals
> (iron, about two horseshoes/gallon.) I use an omega D2 with
> condensors I got from a little old lady who bought it used in
> the 50's and only took it to bingo. She threw in her retired B &
> J press with its functional graphlex 135mm and a dryer. (So
> THAT's how you dry fiber flat...)
>      Currently, I shoot quite a bit of portraiture, nudes, and
> the like. I exhausted myself on landscape as a youngster
> shooting small format, but I do want to try to approach it again
> now that I'm free of educational committments...
>
> Welcome! I like the iron concentration index.  Bet no-one is anaemic in
your valleys.   Rust might be a problem or personal magnetism.
As to Fortepiano isn't that something musical? ShenHao sounds interesting.
Beginning to see them on sale here in the UK. Due to carrying concerns I am
currently downsizing to an Arca 6x9 monorail (already paid for and still
awaited from Germany) which uses 120 graphic rollfilm backs and looks light
enough to use a medium-format tripod with a light Linhof B&S.  I still have
the 4x5 Arca monorail, same general design but a bit clumsier and expect to
sell it if the 6x9 one ever gets to me.  My lenses will fit on the smaller
Arca lensboards. Philip