Originally posted by photoptimist Or, you could also go the pinhole route.
That would be a cheap route to trial / error with film development, before buying a larger camera system and lenses etc..
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Originally posted by pacerr Given your stated goals, you might consider researching medium format film cameras. Mamiya and Bronica SLR bodies and lenses are readily available as are Yashica TLR's for120/220 film.
Good idea. For learning I could even start with a 35mm camera and rolls, so I gain some experience with film (and I'm doing mostly B&W prints from digital)
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Originally posted by Qwntm I bought my lenses off Ebay from Japan.
Sourcing from Japan is a good choice. I've checked MF/LF lenses are my local shop downtown, I'd found a couple of lenses, but they aren't especially cheap and not in good condition. A search in ebay / Japan, returned a lot more choice of brands and focal length, and in better (looking) conditions.
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Originally posted by BarneyL Rodenstock Analogue Lenses
Good find. Looks like old new stock. Most are discontinued.
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Originally posted by stevebrot Caltar 90 + Caltar 150 + Nikkor 210
Caltar seems relatively popular (done a web search)
Originally posted by stevebrot Chamonix field camera (highly recommended)
It looks like the Chamonix camera are much better finished than intrepid ones, good choice and not overly expensive actually (first model costs around $1K).
Originally posted by stevebrot Resources: Large Format Photography site and forum...amazing resource, though the forum natives are a bit snooty. Alan Burke's Blog...a lot of information delivered in a friendly tone Photrio Forum...film chauvinists, but deep resource.
I guess you meant Alex Burke, I had already read his blog and just found that he published an ebook about film photography. I should buy the book and study it, before buying any equipment.
Originally posted by stevebrot Don't waste money on shorter than 90mm until aware of minimum bellows draw with your camera.
I have no ideal about that, and thank for letting me know.
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Originally posted by stevebrot Chamonix 045N-2 in teak mounted to Caltar II-N 150/5.6 in Copal 0...note the Bogen 3028 Super 3-D head
Great looking camera. With such camera, the photographer has to think about a lot of things for it to work, not like just pressing a shutter button on a digital camera.