From: Sandy King (sanking@clemson.edu)
Date: 12/15/02-02:59:39 PM Z
Carl Weese wrote:
>Shannon,
>
>Should be no difference between 4x5 held at 6" and 8x10 held at 12". The
>card framing device may be helpful to learn how to anticipate framing but I
>think you're better off just getting used to what your lenses frame,
>internalizing it. Also, camera position is the important thing, lens
>selection is dependent upon that. First find the place you need to stand to
>see your subect right, then pick the lens that frames what interests you
>from that place. If the 12" takes in too much, you need something longer. If
>it takes in too little, you need something shorter. If you change your
>camera position to suit the lens, the tail is wagging the dog.---Carl
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I personally find the use of the framing device very helpful in my
work with view cameras, in fact almost indispensable with ULF work.
When one is working with a very large camera, say a 12X20 or 20X24,
it is really helpful to know in advance where to set the camera. Once
I find a scene that I plan to photograph I take out the frame and
look at it from as many perspectives as possible, seeing what
difference lens choice would make, etc. So when I set up the camera
I know almost exactly what is going to be on the ground glass, both
in terms of size and perspective. Clearly the most important
consideration is the camera position that allows you to photography
exactly what you want to photograph. After that the issue is if you
have a lens of the focal length that will allow you to photograph
from this spot.
Of course if one can internalize all this information without using a
frame, and with several different lenses, so much the better.
But what does any of this have to do with mixing D-76?
Sandy King
>
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>>From: Shannon Stoney <shannonstoney@earthlink.net>
>>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>>Subject: visualizing; mixing D-76
>>Date: Sun, Dec 15, 2002, 4:07 PM
>>
>
>> Today I played with a little home-made visualizing device made out of a
>> piece of cardboard with a 4x5 opening cut into it. Really I am shooting 8x10
>> but I thought the smaller hole would be easier to carry around. But, it was
>> confusing. I forgot at first that you have to hold it the right distance
>> from your eyes to simulate the focal length of your lens; so I kept
>> "finding" little scenes that I couldn't actually shoot. I guess I would
>> have needed a telephoto lens. Now I am wondering if I need to make an 8x10
>> hole to carry around and hold it exactly 12" from my face? Or will the 4x5
>> one work if I hold it the right distance, ie about 6 inches? I have heard
>> of people using these sorts of devices, but I'm not sure I'm doing it in the
>> most helpful way. If you use one, I'd like to know how you use it and if
>> you find it helpful.
>>
>> Do people ever
>> shoot landscapes with telephoto lenses? If not, why not?
>>
>> Also, here is a question about mixing film developer, D-76 to be exact.
>> Does it harm the developer if you heat the water to a higher temperature
>> than the directions specify? Yesterday I poured the powder into almost
>> boiling water, and then I thought. whoops, maybe that wasn't a good idea.
>>
>> --shannon
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