Large format gear porn

[MGrayson]

She is on the bed so this might be proper porn… Wisner 14x17” with G-Claron 355mm f/9

Good God! Does anyone make film for that monster?

 

[UlbabrabB]

Ilford does a yearly ultra large format run and you can order fp4+, hp5+ and delta100 pretty much in any format (it’a super expensive though)

Cheaper alternatives are shanghai gp3 (that is really orwo) but it’s temporarily discontinued. An even cheaper alternative is xray film, I used it a lot in the past and it’s perfect for contact printing if handled and processed correctly.

 

[Godfrey]

Years and years ago, when I was in high school, I had occasion to use the Photo Staff's ancient 4x5 Speed Graphic now and then. That was fun, but my large-camera real joy was on the very rare occasions when I could borrow my grandfather's ~1953 Linhof Technika 23 ... That was such a beautifully made, precise, and flexible piece of machinery! He had the complete kit with all three lenses and matched rangefinder cam, both sheet and roll film backs, etc. I've often considered hunting for one on the used market...

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[anyone]

Years and years ago, when I was in high school, I had occasion to use the Photo Staff's ancient 4x5 Speed Graphic now and then. That was fun, but my large-camera real joy was on the very rare occasions when I could borrow my grandfather's ~1953 Linhof Technika 23 ... That was such a beautifully made, precise, and flexible piece of machinery! He had the complete kit with all three lenses and matched rangefinder cam, both sheet and roll film backs, etc. I've often considered hunting for one on the used market...

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Do it! The really nice thing about Linhof is that they are still servicing many of their cameras. Patience is required though.

 

[lookbook]

Years and years ago, when I was in high school, I had occasion to use the Photo Staff's ancient 4x5 Speed Graphic now and then. That was fun, but my large-camera real joy was on the very rare occasions when I could borrow my grandfather's ~1953 Linhof Technika 23 ... That was such a beautifully made, precise, and flexible piece of machinery! He had the complete kit with all three lenses and matched rangefinder cam, both sheet and roll film backs, etc. I've often considered hunting for one on the used market...

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bathroom photograph
linhof super-technika 6x9 - zeiss planar f2.8 100mm​

 

[Oren Grad]

5x7 TLR, anyone?

 

[Oren Grad]

Ilford does a yearly ultra large format run and you can order fp4+, hp5+ and delta100 pretty much in any format (it’a super expensive though)

Indeed - this year's order period just opened:

https://www.ilfordphoto.com//ultra-large-format-and-custom-film-campaign-2024/

What's special about the Ilford program is that it allows ordering these less common sizes in small quantities, rather than the multi-thousand-dollar minimum that would apply otherwise for a special cut. The program arose after the Ilford bankruptcy and reorganization in 2005. The new management discontinued the prior practice of selling master rolls to third-party finishers, who were not only supplying the demand for odd sizes but were in effect competing with them on standard sizes. A number of users of these less common sizes got in touch with the new Harman Technology company to explain the impact of this move. To their great credit, the Harman team came up with this program to serve the need. It's hard to imagine they make much money on it - it's a small niche within the sheet film market, which is itself a small niche within the B&W film market, which is itself a pretty small market overall - but it certainly buys them a lot of goodwill in the community.

Keith Canham serves as an aggregator for special orders of Kodak film in non-stock sizes. But there is no regular schedule, and because he is required to meet Kodak's steep minimum order quantity, in practice a much narrower range of sizes ends up getting made.

https://canhamcameras.com/kodakfilm.html

 

[rmueller]

My Linhof Master Technika 3000 in front of the photo book shelve. Love this camera, still have a Linhof Kardan GT here but haven't used it since the MT3000 entered the house.