I've been shooting 35mm since I was a kid and lately been doing digital.
I've wanted for a while to get into medium or large format, but have
been waiting till I have a little more money to burn.
So this afternoon a lens fell into my lap and I'm wondering whether to

I wonder how many people that read this group, would
go back in time if they could? To what era and for what
purpose? Personally to the late 1800's -1880-1890 when
big cameras were really big :-)

I'm getting to the point where I can't carry all my large format
equipment like I used to (getting old sucks!)  I really love the
stability and rigidity of my Bogen 3021BPRO legs, but they are quite
heavy to hike with.  

I was chatting with my new neighbor over snow shovels this morning. He's a
professional photographer and is selling out his Sinar LF system (three or
four lenses, dozens of 4x5 film holders, w/a bellows, F2 body... and
more...) for dirt cheap. Really cheap. Why? To keep up with ...

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Anybody have any thoughts on the new Epson scanners
Perfection 4990 (Scans 8x10 transparencies/negatives) & the
Expression 10000XL.

I use 8x10 ASA50 Fujichrome to make 48x72-inch Vibrachromes (similar to
Ilfochrome) but have been informed by Duggal Visual Solutions in New York
that Ilfochrome is no longer available in this size and Vibrachrome is
stopping production. I was destroyed. Duggal made a drum scan on ...

After some months of testing and some user input, I've come to the
place where I'd like to introduce a new product.  This forum has been a
wealth of information and contacts, and I thought you should be the
first to know.

I have a 6x7 roll film back for my 4x5 Crown Graphic and would like to
know what viewfinder mask I should use. Sorry if this is a very
obvious point, but I assume I will need a mask to match the coverage
of the roll film back.

I have just acquired a 135mm Xenotar f/3.5, and I'm somewhat surprised by
the coverage it seems to give. Schneider claim on their website that it
gives a 153mm image circle at f/16 and infinity focus, which *just* covers
5*4, and indeed a search of various web forums, as well as ...

What discontinued roll film would you like brought back to the market?
And don't just confine this to large/medium format.  In other words 828
would be an OK response as well.  I don't want to lead into this with my
own choice, but would instead like to see the desires of others.

Some of you may know that I wrote 2 articles on Carl Zeiss Jena lenses
and Docter Optic lenses for View Camera (2003), as well as a shorter
previous online article
(http://www.largeformatphotography.info/docter-optik.html) on

I just found a Kodak No. 1 folding camera at this little antiques store in
Oregon. I believe it takes 120 6x9 film but I'm actually unsure. Does
anyone know how to load film into one of these cameras?
Jimmy

I recently happened across a pile of WWII vintage Fairchild aerial cameras
and bought them all, knowing nothing really about them at the time except
that the lenses looked very impressive.  I have since learned quite a bit
about their interesting history.  Now I am wondering what to ...

I want to swap the ends of a couple of old bellows - ie. take off the frame
part at the end of the bellows that clips into the camera, and then re-glue
each them onto the other bellows.
Both the bellows in question are a pleated card outer lined with fabric, one