Still working on the movements, but I'm beginning to get the hang of it.

So, here are a few things I found out in the past few weeks:

Tilt will cause things to blur NOT distort (had to learn this the hard way):


Rise gives a nice cartoonish effect for certain buildings:


Long exposures of boats produces ghosts (see bucket):


Too much agitation can be BAD:


Don't forget to fix your Negs!

Don't forget tilt can also be used to give more or less infinite depth of field as well, under the right compositional circumstances. Just tilt it the other direction.

Things I learned the hard way:

A little (and I mean really, just a little) tilt goes a long way.

Also, with field cameras, drop beds (for wide angles) exist for a reason.

And to combine these two things, a little bit of tilt combined with a vertical frame and not dropping the bed means that everything, from the front of my camera at the bottom of the frame, to the trees in the background 500 yards away, can be sharp at f11.

Oh yeah, another thing I learned the hard way: f8 lenses really suck for focusing on ground glass in a dark factory and/or at night. The portable spotlights I use for draining are now an essential part of my Linhof 6x7 setup as well.

Sorry, no scans.

that's intense. i don't know if i will ever find the patient to try that kind of camera. but you never know, if a super cheap one finds itself to me off ebay sometime, i know i would be tempted.

for now, medium format for me.

great stuff tunnelbug.

p.s. i love the "too much agitation" scene. what a cool explore.

Thanks. If you're ever out in the Bay Area, I'll take you around the site. IT's quite a place:

In the DB:
http://www.uer.ca/...ow.asp?locid=25788

The only medium format cameras I've used is a Yashica-Mat EM twin-lens.



And I've done a few rolls on a Hasselblad 501cm w/ a 50mm (<3) I'm looking to buy my own, i was thinking a Mamiya m645 or a C330 or a Pentax 67 or something of the like. i just need the money!

tunnelbug, what kind of camera do you have?

Posted by femaledragonx that's intense. i don't know if i will ever find the patient to try that kind of camera. but you never know, if a super cheap one finds itself to me off ebay sometime, i know i would be tempted. for now, medium format for me. great stuff tunnelbug.

Great shots tunnelbug, I really do like the damaged negative.

femaledragonx, you could try a box/pinhole type camera for 4x5, but there cheap-o alternatives like the pressman. I used to have one, but my lens was shot. Don't buy on ebay!