New (to me) camera !

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Well,

I thought 4x5 is big (I have a Shen-Hao) ..

Today I could buy a Toyo 810M for a very reasonable price in very good condition, including 80 sheets of Fuji Provia 100F and a Fujinon 250/6.3mm ... THAT's BIG !

I hope to develop my first try tomorrow ...

Stefan.
 
Have you used it yet? Please post a photo. I have an old Calumet with very bad bellows that I bought some years ago, with a convertable lens I bought some years later. I don't have time to properly experiment with 4x5, much less repair the bellows and try 8x10. Someday, sigh.
 
Not yet: I first have those containers made from windows screen to be able to develop these big sheets. I brought them to a friend with a sewing machine that will make them for me and I'll probabl have them tomorrow or Wednesday. Then I'll make my first Provia slide and develop it :).

I'll try to make a nice picture to post here.

Stefan.
 
I'm not sure what you mean by containers made from window screen for development. Can you explain that further?

As to using provia slide first, I envy you your confidence. I doubt I would try that as my first 8x10. But it sure will make a dazzleing slide! I once heard of a man who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home. The man who told me about it said it was totally impressive.
 
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I'm not sure what you mean by containers made from window screen for development. Can you explain that further?

As to using provia slide first, I envy you your confidence. I doubt I would try that as my first 8x10. But it sure will make a dazzleing slide! I once heard of a man who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home. The man who told me about it said it was totally impressive.
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Well, I still have this Kodak E-6 solutions standing, and they should get used or will be to old in a few months, so I'm going to risk it.

The "containers" I talked about is for so-called "taco-development"; have a look here: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=69611&highlight=taco+development

and this one for "window screen": http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=30099&highlight=window+screen

>who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home

That's exactly the idea I have in my head :) !

Since I don't have the containers yet (hopefully tonight), and I'll be busy Wednesday, I hope for Thursday afternoon (I took the afternoon off for this). I don't have a good tripod yet (meaning heavy enough for this camera), but I'll make do with a lighter one if there's not too much wind.

Come to think of it: I could of course use a piece of printing paper instead of film, use that to take a picture and then scan it. Fastest way to get a picture in this format, me thinks (except of course going digital, but where's the fun then :).

Stefan.
 
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I have successfully use a light but fairly substantial Velbon tripod for LF photography when I didn't want to take out my Mamiya tripod. Another trick I understand many photographers have used is an umbrella to shield the camera and bellows from wind.
 
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