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   Wolfgang Jünemann and yoshiyuki inoue added this photo to their favorites.

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   mugofcoffee (19 months ago | reply)

   Thanks for the faves you two!

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   Walker.Carpenter (19 months ago | reply)

   You're portraits are really wonderful. Makes me want to get home and give the Zone XI in the closet a shot. You should post more LF stuff. Its all really great.

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   mugofcoffee (19 months ago | reply)

   Thank you very much! I'm trying to do more..but even tough I'm keen on LF it always takes a lot of time to do portraits with such a large thing:-D But I promise to do more;-) There a tons of things I still want to try..field cameras, flash..the zone system>.<

   I think you mean Zone VI right? But what's it doing in the closet, man?!?;-) No, just kidding..it took me a lot of time to finally start with large format photography, too. I would suggest you to get some LF color slide film and give it a nice shot. As soon as you're holding a 4x5 (or even 8x10) color slide in your hands you will be "enlightened" for sure;-)

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   Walker.Carpenter (19 months ago | reply)

   Yes. Zone VI. Thank you. I've been running on very little sleep as of late. It was my fathers back when he used cameras of that variety. There's a 5x7 hanging around somewhere to and around 25 film holders for both. Anyway, you've inspired me to give it a shot.

   We shoot the zone system at school, and frankly, I find it kind of limiting for 35mm. Each roll can be used only in one type of light. Thus, if I start a sunny roll and it gets cloudy, I'm essentially without a camera until it gets sunny again. It may be more practical with LF, as each sheet can be exposed differently.

   Do you just develop in trays or is there some sort of processing machine that you use?

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   naminukas added this photo to his favorites. (19 months ago)

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   mugofcoffee (19 months ago | reply)

   Great! So you have all you need except for the film.
   For B/W you can use dish processing, it's just a little bit boring to spend so much time in complete darkness... By now I use the Jobo sheet film drums (25xx and 30xx) on a CPA-2..but this is already pretty advanced..if you don't have such a thing just use the dishes..the result are quite the same.
   If you want to do color I would go to some local lab and let them develop the sheets for you.

   If you already know the zone system then use it of course, as it was meant to be used with LF.

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   Walker.Carpenter (19 months ago | reply)

   Yes. I agree. The Zone System with roll film is an absolutely moronic proposition, but one required by school.

   Being in the dark for 20 minutes would be kind of a drag, but maybe a necessary evil. I can't wait to give it a shot!

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   mugofcoffee (19 months ago | reply)

   Well it's possible but it's not the "pure" zone system..very handy though:-)

   I'm looking forward to the results:-)

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    Leche agria and perminna added this photo to their favorites.

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    perminna (17 months ago | reply)

    This is excellent portrait! He's very photogenic.

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    mugofcoffee (17 months ago | reply)

    Thank you for your feedback and the fave:-)

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    dtranphoto, Daniel P. Perez, and Lionel F. FAURE added this photo to their favorites.

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    Lionel F. FAURE (10 months ago | reply)

    Fantastic portrait. It really looks 3D. What scanner do you use? Your scans are great.

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    mugofcoffee (10 months ago | reply)

    thanks, I'm using the V700 to scan the negatives. Very nice for MF and LF:)

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    Lionel F. FAURE (10 months ago | reply)

    V700... that's a nice one indeed. Keep up the great work.

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    Danny Shapiro added this photo to his favorites. (10 months ago)

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