[LargeFormat] Hello all

[Jim Brick]

I have a fully equipped darkroom, two 4x5 enlargers, big JOBO ATL-2400  
for color work, big sink for B&W. I also have a scanner for getting  
4x5 & smaller negs/transparencies on the web, or making prints larger  
than I can print in my darkroom.

Jim


On May 29, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Les Newcomer wrote:


> Most of us have a 4x5 enlarger, well we had A 4x5 enlarger, then  

> like those that rescue racing dogs and old horses, we started  

> "rescuing" other enlargers when their owners cast them aside to go  

> over to the dark side.  And like those that rescue racing dogs, the  

> enlargers started to breed.  New ones showed up unannounced while  

> old friends withered and died and their bones scatter across the  

> basement...

>

> Okay that went a bit far.

>

> Most of us have 4x5 enlargers, some have 5x7 and 8x10 enlargers,   

> And I suspect few of us have migrated to a scanner in stead of an  

> enlarger.

>

> les

>

>

>

>

> On May 29, 2008, at 5:40 PM, Tom Kumagai wrote:

>

>> Hello

>>

>> My name is Tom Kumagai and I am a new LF photographer. :D (amateur,  

>> of course)

>>

>> I have been photographing nearly 30 years (since 10 yr old) and I  

>> carry at least one camera every day the most of my life.

>> I buy 100ft bulk-load Tri-X every three months or so, and I don't  

>> even count how many 120 T-Max rolls I use per month

>> (I am an IT engineer and work late too). Yes, and yes, I am  

>> addicted to photography.

>>

>> I found a nice Nagaoka Woody 4x5 folder at an used camera shop  

>> named Lemon, in Ginza Tokyo, only for 35,000 yen

>> recently, just fell in love with it and needless to say, I brought  

>> home with me. My point of interest in LF cameras is its ability

>> to control perspectives and I do kind of prefer monorails for that  

>> purpose, but a 4x5, even with limited movements,

>> being this compact and light-weight is really nice to have. I also  

>> bought myself a standard 150 Fujinon, 6 film holders,

>> and a box of Neopan Acros.

>>

>> For a monorail, maybe I will get either Sinar or Toyo, used, and  

>> add a monorail-to-linhof converter board,etc.

>>

>> I do darkroom myself, I do monochrome almost exclusively, I don't  

>> have 4x5 tank (though somehow I have a 2x3 tank...)

>> so i will be using trays for film development for a while.

>>

>> By the way, how do you people print? My small darkroom cannot allow  

>> me to upgrade my enlarger (up to 6x7, made by Fuji,

>> and it's a nice one too...). You all have a 4x5 enlarger?

>>

>> Cheers

>>

>> Tom

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