Its been about a month since I shot with my large format camera, so this morning, I headed up the local canyon for some early morning photography.

We had some snow yesterday and it was a cold 2° F this morning. This was my first time using my large format camera in such cold conditions, which made for some not so easy photography. I've had my eyepiece on my DSLR fog up occasionally, but when using a ground glass for composing/focusing, it is a whole other matter.

That and a frozen tripod made it a little harder than normal for shooting. My shutter also didn't like the cold temperatures. I could only use down to 1/8 sec. shutter, the slower settings were too slow because of the cold.

I'll be removing the lubricant from my large format shutters and finding a better method for keeping my ground glass free of ice before I head back out with it.

Anyway, here is one of the photos I shot today. Shot with a Zone VI 4x5 large format camera on Fomapan 200 using a Nikon SW 180mm F5.6 lens. Shot through a 25A Gel filter and processed using HC-110 Dilution H at 8.5 minutes.

[Colorado CJ]

Thanks everyone!

Nice pix....but with a tripod why just F 5.6 ? Shutter issues...ie; too long a shutter opening with F 16 or so ?

No, the lens is a F5.6 lens. I shot this at F16 (because of the slow shutter). For this type of shot I would have preferred F22 or higher.

Large format has a thinner depth of field for any given f-stop compared to full frame or crop sensor cameras. That is why most large format lenses stop down to F45 or smaller.

[lesmore49]

Thanks everyone!



No, the lens is a F5.6 lens. I shot this at F16 (because of the slow shutter). For this type of shot I would have preferred F22 or higher.

Large format has a thinner depth of field for any given f-stop compared to full frame or crop sensor cameras. That is why most large format lenses stop down to F45 or smaller.

Thanks for the response. I misread things.