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MAGNAchrom: Portfolio: Diana Bloomfield: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Thursday, September 25, 2008. Working with a large-format camera taught me all I needed to know about light, exposure, and composition. Since I also wasn’t that accustomed to the relative ease and spontaneity that is inherent with a 35mm camera, I never felt I was giving up anything with large-format, which definitely taught me to wait, to be selective, and to take my time before clicking that shutter. Reprinted from MAGNAchrom Magazine, Vol 1, Issue 6. www.magnachrom.com. Posted by J Michael Sullivan.
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MAGNAchrom: January 2011: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. SK Grimes improves the Linhof Technikardan. A common complaint with the otherwise noteworthy Linhof Technikardan is the fact the the front and rear standards are “L” shaped and as such there can be a tendency for movement during long exposures or sagging when using heavy backs. As shown in the illustration below, the rear standard (as ingenious and well-engineered as it is) allows quite a bit of movement both forward/backward as well as up/down. To test the mod, I took my camera...
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MAGNAchrom: SK Grimes improves the Linhof Technikardan: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Sunday, January 30, 2011. SK Grimes improves the Linhof Technikardan. A common complaint with the otherwise noteworthy Linhof Technikardan is the fact the the front and rear standards are “L” shaped and as such there can be a tendency for movement during long exposures or sagging when using heavy backs. As shown in the illustration below, the rear standard (as ingenious and well-engineered as it is) allows quite a bit of movement both forward/backward as well as up/down. To test the mod, I took my camera...
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MAGNAchrom: Interview: Shelley Lake: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Friday, September 26, 2008. Shelley Lake was interviewed at her studio in western Massachusetts on a lovely sunny summer day in June 2006. Her website can be found at www.shelleylake.com. As an artist are you known as DOCTOR Shelley Lake? Some people refer to me that way jokingly, but for the most part they call me Shelley. You’ve been in the arts most of your life. As a child were you artistically-driven? And as a three year old child, how do you know you are an artist at that point? Is it all the gear?
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MAGNAchrom: August 2008: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008. A Cape May, New Jersey photograph taken in the summer of 2007 using a Mamiya 7II together with 400 ISO color negative film. I'm rather fond of this one. Posted by J Michael Sullivan. Labels: J MICHAEL SULLIVAN. Tom’s work can be seen at: www.tompaiva.com. How can you explain the recent — relatively recent anyway — craze for night photography? It’s seems that everybody’s doing it. When did you first take your very first night photographs? This was just for your own fulfillment?
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MAGNAchrom: September 2008: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Friday, September 26, 2008. Shelley Lake was interviewed at her studio in western Massachusetts on a lovely sunny summer day in June 2006. Her website can be found at www.shelleylake.com. As an artist are you known as DOCTOR Shelley Lake? Some people refer to me that way jokingly, but for the most part they call me Shelley. You’ve been in the arts most of your life. As a child were you artistically-driven? And as a three year old child, how do you know you are an artist at that point? Is it all the gear?
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MAGNAchrom: July 2008: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Thursday, July 31, 2008. Welcome to the MAGNAchrom weblog. It has been an amazing wakeup call dealing with the aftermath of the stroke I suffered last November. One result of which is that all work on MAGNAchrom Magazine ( http:/ www.magnachrom.com/. To get the ball rolling, I will be repurposing some of the MAGNAchrom content here. Over time, I fully expect to see many voices here chime in. Together we can keep alive the beauty that is derived from the use of medium and large format techniques.
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MAGNAchrom: June 2009: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Gorillapod Focus - Evaluation. So I just bought a cute Gorillapod "Focus" model - their so-called heavy-duty version capable of handling 11 lbs. And I wanted to see if this might be a good traveling companion for my D200. TEST #1: GORILLAPOD FOCUS D200 REMOTE 180MM (no MLU). 1/30 - bad* *. 1/20 - very bad. 1/15 - very bad. 1/13 - very bad. 1/10 - very bad. 1/8 - very bad. 1/5 - very bad. 1/4 - very bad. 1/3 - very bad. Gorillapod Focus, no-MLU, 1/3 of a second exposure. As you can ...
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MAGNAchrom: Modifying a Mamiya Tele-Converter 1.4xRZ to fit an RB67: The Alternative Journal of Medium and Large Format Photography
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Sunday, September 14, 2008. Modifying a Mamiya Tele-Converter 1.4xRZ to fit an RB67. By J Michael Sullivan. I figured I'd give it a try. A small "jewelers" philips screw driver. Note the two offending studs — these prevent RZ lenses from being mounted onto an RB body. Remove the plate by unscrewing the 4 mounting screws with your jeweler's philips screwdriver. Be careful not to lose the Shutter Release Lock Pin (see previous image). Verify that you can manually move the shutter cocking pins. And that's a...
