thenakedlens
Newbie
This will probably be a short thread...perhaps quickly closed. I have a Graflex Crown Graphic and Speed Graphic...but I focus through the glass....they are both a view/rangefinder. Do I post into RFF or no? I'll admit I use the glass to focus not the RF. I do shoot Bessa RF's and a Polaroid 600SE which I love, but have not reached the level I am pleased with photographically to post the results.
So after all that..should I post images focused through the glass or be the purist, and only do the true RF images ( I have not learned the RF calibration skill yet for the Graflex..it is way off). I suspect I know the answer, but would like to hear from the other Graflex users....
BTW this place is amazing...the combined knowledge is daunting, but at the same time very exciting.
Thanks!
-T
So after all that..should I post images focused through the glass or be the purist, and only do the true RF images ( I have not learned the RF calibration skill yet for the Graflex..it is way off). I suspect I know the answer, but would like to hear from the other Graflex users....
BTW this place is amazing...the combined knowledge is daunting, but at the same time very exciting.
Thanks!
-T
Morca007
Matt
We're accepting of all photographs. 
Gumby
Veteran
You poor dear man (I assume)... these are the kinds of things you feel guilt over? I'll gladly concur with the earlier reply. Please post whatever you want to post... to your heart's delight, and feel no guilt in the future.
ChrisN
Striving
Do join in! Welcome!
cmdrzed
wallflower
Don't keep us waiting, post away
BTMarcais
Well-known
I had my Speed Graphic for 4 years before I calibrated the RF.
It's actually not that hard, just takes a little time and patience.
And apparently a few years to get around to actually doing it!
-Brian
It's actually not that hard, just takes a little time and patience.
And apparently a few years to get around to actually doing it!
-Brian
Ducky
Well-known
Show us a few, there are a few other LF shooters here. I always enjoy learning too.
djonesii
Well-known
Dear all, a heads up .... I have posted some of my Large Format work, but since I'm lazy, the full post is in the modern 120rf's section ....
note to moderator: If this is too much of a cross post, drop a note, and I'll not do it again!
Dave
note to moderator: If this is too much of a cross post, drop a note, and I'll not do it again!
Dave
amateriat
We're all light!
(Cartoon in the window of a once-famous restaurant near Rockefeller Center)
Prospective Patron: Do you serve crabs here?
Maître'd: We serve everyone: sit down.
Looking very much forward to that LF work of yours.
- Barrett
Prospective Patron: Do you serve crabs here?
Maître'd: We serve everyone: sit down.
Looking very much forward to that LF work of yours.
- Barrett
dazedgonebye
Veteran
I regularly post pictures that are hardly focused at all!
dave61
Established
Go to Graflex.org. They have an online reference library. Complete text (photos and instructions) for adjusting ALL the models of the Kalart RF can be found here. There's a help forum, with separate sub-headings for various cameras. Free to join, easy sign up, no pop-ups or sales of any kind. This is a non-profit historical group. They don't have a photo gallery like here. It's a tech-centered site focused on keeping your Graflex L.F. SLR's and Graphic Press Cameras up and shooting. Good luck.
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shadowfox
Darkroom printing lives
Y'know, I actually don't see the point of using an RF or LF cameras
Sure, more precise and easier focusing is nice, but you'll miss that lovely look of the subject on the ground glass.
And that's the one experience that I look forward to aside from the big negative afterward.
Sure, more precise and easier focusing is nice, but you'll miss that lovely look of the subject on the ground glass.
And that's the one experience that I look forward to aside from the big negative afterward.
sojournerphoto
Veteran
Some of us have even posted af dslr images here...
Post on
Mike
Post on
Mike