On the last 3 weekends I did my first tests with the Tachihara 4×5 camera and the Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar 5,6/150 and the Super-Angulon 5,6/75. As these were mere technical tests, I chose some historical palaces castles and churches which are easily accessible. In such places open to the public, a photographer with a large format […]
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This is a short report of how I develop black and white film. I can only encourage everyone to just try it at home, since it is not very complicated. And it is really fun! Recently I found some old roll of 35mm Agfapan APX 100 black and white film, expired since 10 years ago. […]
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Since I started my large format photography adventure a couple of weeks ago with the purchase of the Tachihara 4×5 field camera, I spent a lot of time hunting for second hand equipment, such as sheet film holders, wire releases, some lab parts, and of course lenses. The lens question is really a tough one, […]
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After having spent so much time with 35mm film and so-called full-frame (digital) sensors, I finally start taking first steps into the land of large format photography. The idea for this experiment arose pretty early, long time before I started with digital – even before I tried my first 35mm slide film. I am not […]
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Website relaunch 2011! Today is the day, and I just about managed to get the new site up in time before the end of 2011 – a deadline I set for myself to build up some pressure. The idea to re-design my website emerged quite a while ago. In fact, in order to split my […]
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When scanning through my old images recently, I came across some old photographs of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, taken in December 1999. So this was less than 2 years before the tragedy caused by acts of terrorism in September 2001. I took these images while on a business trip to the East Coast […]
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