Large Format Photography Australia

Martine Franck died yesterday, after a protracted illness. She was 74. Franck joined the Vu Agency in the 1960s, and became a full member of Magnum Photos in 1983. She was Henri Cartier-Bresson's second wife and President of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. You can read an obituary here: http:/...

Thanks for jogging my memory Maris,

I couldn't fopr the life of me remember the name '138' the other day despite having woirked with them for decades.

Condensor and diffusion enlargers may require different processing times for film due to the Callier effect. As a rule, dust and spotting is more of an issue with condensor light sources. Having said that, I have generally preferred condensor enlargers. Mind you, I have never delved into point-sourc...

Darkness is nothing to fear. Years ago Kodak in Melbourne employed blind people in the film handling and packaging area. There was no danger of crashes or accidents unless a clumsy sighted person was given a pitch-black tour of the facility! In my 20s I worked for a lab in Melbourne that employed a...

Thanks Welly. Truth is, I am not sure that I will actually shoot anything with this camera — tempting as it is. Initially I bought the conversion kit to make the 4x5 Sinar more saleable on Ebay - it had had a couple of stints on auction and received no bids. Likewise, the lens affords a profit makin...

Welly wrote:Fluorescent tubes or something else?

Hi Welly,

They are fluoros which I use to do this sort of thing:

Not normally one to indulge in camera porn, but since a few of you ask: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8285/7777266480_1cee73cb97.jpg The camera and lens in the studio — front view http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7777266250_f7632c7513.jpg The camera and lens in the studio — rear view http://farm9....

Quite painterly Welly. I really like the white dot with the dark surround; it is almost like a sun. I wonder how it would affect things to rotate the image 90º clockwise and turn it into a sunrise over a landscape?

I bet that is a relief Welly,