Author Topic: Look what the postlady brought me today ....  (Read 7643 times)

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« on: May 03, 2012, 02:08:26 PM »
Fresh off the plane from China:







 8)
L.

Suzi Livingstone

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 771
    • Suzi Livingstone Photography
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2012, 02:16:41 PM »
Mmmm nice  ;D

Paul Mitchell

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,023
  • Heaven is PanF at f138
    • Paul Mitchell Photography
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 03:07:09 PM »
I bet that there's someone in the Taylor household that looks like the cat who's just got the cream... hope you enjoy using it as much as I have with mine.

Paul
When people ask what equipment I use - I tell them my eyes.

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,510
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 04:09:28 PM »
Mmmm... Bellows... my favorite (in that Homer voice)  ;D

I can imagine all the jumping around that happened when this was left on your doorstep :)
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2012, 05:52:38 PM »
thanks guys - and I got a job yesterday ...

new job, new camera - I'm doing somersaults here :)
L.

Urban Hafner

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,545
    • Urban Hafner
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2012, 05:56:18 PM »
Well, congratulations are in order, I think. Both for the job and the camera!

Knaster

  • 35mm
  • *
  • Posts: 6
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2012, 06:00:17 PM »
Wonderful, Leon! I can relate to all this - I got a job myself (after being out of one for ages and ages) the week before last and tonight I am taking delivery of a small baby, err... I mean LF camera, namely a Sinar Norma.

Life can be grand sometimes. :)

Britt Aximon

  • 120
  • **
  • Posts: 194
    • From my point of view
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2012, 06:30:08 PM »
Congrats Leon. It is a beautiful camera, you will have som much fun with it. And congrats to the job as well!

Sandeha Lynch

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,669
    • Visual Records
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #8 on: May 03, 2012, 06:53:46 PM »
Haha - Well done !!   ;D

Miles

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 782
  • And lo, it came to pass ...
    • Just Flickr
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2012, 07:00:00 PM »
Hats off good fellow.

jojonas~

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,928
  • back at 63° 49′ 32″ N
    • jojonas @ flickr
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2012, 07:01:27 PM »
waow! :o you're on a roll leon! congrats~~~ ;D
/jonas

mickld

  • 120
  • **
  • Posts: 163
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2012, 07:41:10 PM »
Great news. That camera is just gorgeous looking. Have you posted a video review yet?  ;)

sapata

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,073
  • "I want to be plastic" Andy Warhol
    • picturenoise
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #12 on: May 03, 2012, 07:50:44 PM »
Congratulations for the job and camera Leon! :)

Mike (happyforest)

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 561
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2012, 08:38:33 PM »
Congratulations on both.

Mike

Miller

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 578
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2012, 08:44:46 PM »
Nice toy and congrats on the job hustle....

Talking 4x5, yesterday an assistant of Lord Snowdon picked up a Polaroid 4x5 back from me... Says its getting strapped to his Linhof kit today... 82 years old and still shooting I guess and at least its seeing the light of day instead of shacked up in my cupboard...
https://www.ishottheimage.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/miller23/

I decided to enlarge the Polaroids, because, as the wolf said to Red Riding Hood, “all the better to see you with, my dear.” Mrs Helmut Newton

Nick Moys

  • Peel Apart
  • ***
  • Posts: 214
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2012, 09:59:28 PM »
Great stuff. Hope you enjoy the new job as much as I'm sure you will enjoy the camera. :)

original_ann

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,276
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #16 on: May 04, 2012, 02:49:02 AM »
Congratulations on the job and camera, Leon!  What a beauty!  What's going to be your lens of choice?

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #17 on: May 04, 2012, 07:15:39 AM »
Thanks for the warm wishes :)

ann - I mostly use a 150mm for 5x4 but this camera lets me focus my 65mm super topcor so I'm looking forward to some mad-wide 5x4! Even the harman Titan is less wide than that! It's a lens for 6x9 but the image circle will just cover 5x4 so I'm told. Exciting.

Miller - you always have the best anecdotes! Just being an octogenarian Polaroid snapper would have been cool enough, but Snowdons assistant too? Excellent.  
« Last Edit: May 04, 2012, 10:52:43 AM by Leon »
L.

Andrea.

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,370
    • Flickr
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #18 on: May 04, 2012, 07:55:14 AM »
Congrats on both counts Mr Leon. I do hope the latter will not get in the way of the former! 8)

kenny

  • 120
  • **
  • Posts: 61
    • Kenny Ip dot com
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #19 on: May 04, 2012, 08:26:31 AM »
Congrats on the new camera and new job Leon!
Please do a podcast review on the Chamonix, I'm sure a lot of us are really looking forward to that!  ;D

Late Developer

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,033
    • My Website
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #20 on: May 04, 2012, 08:31:46 AM »
Fabulous news on both fronts, Leon. Hope you soon settle into the new job and that the Chamonix is all you've hoped for.
"An ounce of perception. A pound of obscure".

astrobeck

  • Guest
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #21 on: May 04, 2012, 09:00:10 AM »
Cheers on both counts!
We should all have a beer at the local pub.....

Anxious to see how you get about with it.
 :)

This-is-damion

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,349
    • Damion Rice
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #22 on: May 04, 2012, 10:03:14 AM »
Very nice mr taylor

Suzi Livingstone

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 771
    • Suzi Livingstone Photography
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #23 on: May 04, 2012, 12:27:09 PM »
Congrats on the new job Leon!  ;D

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2012, 12:55:55 PM »
thanks again all.

Here's a tempting taster for Ann  8) :

L.

Francois

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 15,510
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2012, 01:59:06 PM »
It's a lens for 6x9 but the image circle will just cover 5x4 so I'm told. Exciting.
And if it doesn't, you'll get that much sought after vignetting  ;D
Francois

Film is the vinyl record of photography.

Paul Mitchell

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,023
  • Heaven is PanF at f138
    • Paul Mitchell Photography
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2012, 02:27:54 PM »
What sort/make of lens panel is that Leon?
When people ask what equipment I use - I tell them my eyes.

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2012, 02:35:10 PM »
Paul - it's a converter from 80mmx80mm to linhof size..  The lens is in a panel for my Horseman camera.  I wanted to be able to use it for both LF and MF, so I got a linhof size adaptor.  I;ve put all my LF lenses into a horseman panel, and I use this adaptor with them for LF.

works well.
L.

Ed Wenn

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 4,258
  • Slowly getting back into it. Sometimes.
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #28 on: May 04, 2012, 03:01:45 PM »
I had no idea you were getting a new camera. Straight out of the blue.

 ;) ;)

Seriously though, it looks great and I know you'll do great things with it. Job too. Excellent!!

edthened

  • Peel Apart
  • ***
  • Posts: 302
    • http://www.flickr.com/photos/edthened/
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #29 on: May 04, 2012, 05:31:34 PM »
Och Leon, yer sutcha jammie jammie dodger,  .............................................................an am awfie pleezzed fir ye tae, so ther  :)   8)
A Man's a Man for a' that
Robert Burns

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #30 on: May 04, 2012, 05:43:08 PM »
och, thanks neddie, so ther  8)
L.

Karl

  • Sheet Film
  • ****
  • Posts: 613
    • Photographic Works
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #31 on: May 04, 2012, 06:01:03 PM »
wow
"Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils." Louis Hector Berlioz

http://www.adayindecember.wordpress.com

LT

  • Global Moderator
  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 5,030
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #32 on: May 11, 2012, 08:18:35 PM »
... and it covers perfectly.  Even allows for a (very small) amount of tilt :)

L.

Diane Peterson

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 1,960
    • Diane Peterson Photography
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #33 on: May 11, 2012, 10:08:25 PM »
Congrats Leon, on both the job and the camera! Wonderful news on both fronts!

sapata

  • Self-Coat
  • *****
  • Posts: 2,073
  • "I want to be plastic" Andy Warhol
    • picturenoise
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #34 on: May 19, 2012, 12:16:56 PM »

Knaster

  • 35mm
  • *
  • Posts: 6
Re: Look what the postlady brought me today ....
« Reply #35 on: May 20, 2012, 12:32:50 PM »
Here is another wetplate holder for 4x5:

http://www.incameraindustries.com/

looks a bit more "industrial" (sturdy) and there is also a 8x10 version. But I sure would love a 5x7" version...  :)