Large Format Photography Australia

355mm G Claron An unsung hero of a lens! Beautifully rendering of a well framed pic. Many thanks, Walter. It's the first time that I've used that lens in anger. I also have a 240mm Computar (very wide for the 7x17), but I had left its step-up ring at home. Got to admit, it was a good mistake with t...

Time for a new panoramic…

Cape Woolamai (Phillip Island), Victoria.
7x17" Efke 100
355mm G Claron
1"@f64, R25 (mid red) filter.

Welcome, Brian! There are (relatively) heaps of us here in Melbourne, and, arguably the best LF technical resource in Australia is based just up the road at Gold Street Studios in Trentham. We have done group purchases of film, and, via APUG' Melbourne users, we occasionally catch up. For what it's ...

Good to know.

I'll certainly keep this in mind when I next need something.

This is such a rarity in general retail, so we're doubly lucky he's on our side!!

I would never recommend reducing an exposure/increase development model. You risk losing shadow detail as, no matter how long you develop them, you will never gain any further density in the shadows if they're not there at exposure. The Zone system basically refers to "expose for shadows/develo...

On top of the $2000+ price tag!

I kinda feel bad about this (although, not too bad). I had a CPA2 for a while, which is/was a really good unit. However, the previous owner had taken unhooked the heating/pumping system. So, I started to look around, and found a guy in QLD who had a brand-new, never used CPP2 that he was considering...

My Jobo gets the water up to temp quicker that I can mix the chemicals.

Plus, the sound of the water cascading into the water bath takes me to my Zen place!!

98% in Jobo.

2% in a Patterson tank (for quick 120 roll development, usually when testing a new camera).

AFAIK, it is still going to be sold in Japan (albeit expensive).