A 5x7 camera is likely in my future, as I prefer the aspect ratio
over 4x5 and it's big enough for contact printing, at least for a
start.
The Tachihara is considerably less expensive than some others.

I would like to subscribe to this magazine. anybody have
the subscription office phone number?
JCO

I mean the format is not just about capturing the image as it is. That's why
there is Velvia 50.

I wonder which is the best way to subscribe to View Camera magazine?
Amazon.com suggests that I'd get the first issue in February 2004, isn't
there any faster way to get the first issue earlier then after 3 months? I
wouldn't mind to buy my copies in bookstores instead, but I never ...

Schneider's web site says :
"As some glass types have been phased out for environmental reasons, new
designs with substitute formations were necessary"
What did the environmentalists object to, flourite ?

I have a burning curiosity about Fujinon lenses.  First, is the 250mm
lens still manufactured?  And also why hasn't Fuji actively marketed
their large format lenses in the U.S.?  It seems like you have to scour
the used shops or pay a hefty imported price for them.  Thanks for ...

I have been shoting 6X7 for a while and would like to enter the 4X5
market.
with the options out there, I'm not sure what I should be looking at.
My main photographic needs are: landscape, sharp, wide angle images.

I had plumped for APX100 with Rodinal, as a high definition and above all
very adaptable system, when I discovered APX100's demise.
I still have a few sheets left, but I will soon be looking for a
replacement. I'm looking for a film with the same kind of tonality and which

A couple of years ago when I purchased my 8x10 Deardorff the seller threw in
a couple of lenses. Both have clean unmarred glass. One was a barrel mount
19 in Artar and the other a 6 1/2 in CP Goerz WA Dagor (Gold Rim) in an Ilex
#3 Acme Synchro shutter on a recessed Deardorff ...

now that I have narrowed my options down to Wista and 90mm, the
important questoin becomes: which 90mm.
I have been doing a lot of reading and research, and the choices are
pretty limited as far as my criterias are concerned.  I would really

I use my Caltar 135mm lens most of the time because it fits inside my
Shen Hao 4x5 camera when it folds up (I just turn the lens around
backwards before folding the camera up.)  My Caltar 210mm lens does
not fit this way, so it usually just comes along for the ride in my