by David Nebenzahl <nobody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 9, 2008 at 09:59 AM
On 7/9/2008 9:53 AM Jacques spake thus:
> "John Stafford" <JStafford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:C49A4502.172C%JStafford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ...
>> Welcome and feel free to ask any questions.
>
> Thanks John. For now I am mostly learning the basics by reading the
> excellent site www.largeformatphotography.info as well as a
French-speaking
> forum (www.galerie-photo.com/forum for those of you who would be
interested
> to read stuff on LF in French - the forum is not exclusive to LF but has
a
> good ratio on this format).
>
> I just bought a used Tachihara 4x5 with a couple of lenses and I will
soon
> give this equipment a try. I will be on vacation at the end of this week
and
> I look forward to chasing for nice spots to shoot in the country. I
still
> have to locate a lab in the region where I will stay, and quite soon I
will
> have to invest in a decent scanner (seriously considering the Epson
V700).
One technical suggestion that may be overlooked: Learn to clean your
equipment fastidiously. Especially film holders.
This advice from someone (me) who has never been able to make a single
exposure that didn't have some dust specks on it.
--
"Wikipedia ... it reminds me ... of dogs barking idiotically through
endless nights. It is so bad that a sort of grandeur creeps into it.
It drags itself out of the dark abyss of pish, and crawls insanely up
the topmost pinnacle of posh. It is rumble and bumble. It is flap and
doodle. It is balder and dash."
- With apologies to H. L. Mencken
