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An unusual article to see on the HN front page :) But enjoyable, I was out two days ago with my 4x5 Speed Graphic, using the Lomo Instax back that arrived almo
by vr46 4y ago
An unusual article to see on the HN front page :)
But enjoyable, I was out two days ago with my 4x5 Speed Graphic, using the Lomo Instax back that arrived almost 18 months ago and only just using properly. It takes me ages to get enough time and headspace to work with view cameras, but it really is well worth the time.
I broadly recommend the Lomo back to anyone with a Graflok back and little prep time - it takes longer to shoot with as there's an adaptor to shift the glass back to the instant film plane, then the whole lot needs to be replaced with the Lomo back to shoot. But you get the picture immediately, and no faff with loading and unloading film holders.
In the interim, there's my Rollei SL66 armed with a metering finder gives me the speed of a view camera and the Scheimpflug movement to boot.
But, like others have mentioned, the hardest part is lugging all the kit around, my enthusiasm for that has definitely waned over the last 30 years.
- Finnucane 4y agoI have the Lomo back for my Speed, but i haven’t quite figured out how to manage exposure outdoors. The 800 iso is almost too fast for the old synchro-computer shutter I’ve got on it. Indoors, it works okay with a press 25 flash.
- vr46 4y agoYes, outdoors has been horrible, haven't nailed this yet I feel. Indoors is fine. I'm not at all familiar with Instax wide and it's been twenty-plus years since I touched Instax mini, I suspect odd response curves but it's not going to be cheap to test. Fun, though.
- Finnucane 4y agoSynchro-compur. Stupid autocorrect.
- PettingRabbits 4y agoHow have you found focus and framing accuracy to be with the Instax back? I'm planning on picking one up for my Speed Graphic to use with various high speed lenses (Kodak Aero Ektar etc.) and I hope it's up to the task.
- vr46 4y agoHeh, well, that was the main reason it took over a year for me to get around to doing any serious damage with it. The focus was out originally and my graflok is slightly broken so it took some fettling and frequent checking with a vernier to ensure that everything was indeed lined up. Now it seems to be better, but I'm sticking to f8-f22. Instax is approximately ISO 800-1000 so finding a high enough shutter speed to use wide open with a high speed lens will inevitably make focus crazy critical. Framing is fine, the adapter handles that.