Old film shooter here

[juan]

I've shot large format film for many years, but I've had my eye on Sony for awhile as a way to use some of my old lenses. I saw that Clyde Butcher used one for his Dali Exhibit, so I dove in. I bought a A7Rii from KEH along with adapters for M42 and Nikon lenses. I've only fiddled with it a bit, but I'm very happy to see Zebras. I used those on pro television cameras when I was in the TV news business. I think they will really help with the light here - Georgia/Florida (US) line where there are patches of bright sun and patches of deep shadow. It's very easy to blow out digital images.

 

[Unframed Dave]

Welcome Juan, get snapping.

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Welcome

 

[spudhead]

HI good to see you here

 

[Landshark99]

welcome to Sony, by large format do you mean 4X5 and above. I used to shoot a lot of 4X5 and 8x10

 

[juan]

welcome to Sony, by large format do you mean 4X5 and above. I used to shoot a lot of 4X5 and 8x10

Yes, 4x5 and 8x10.
BTW, I'm loving the Sony zebras.

 

[AlphaWorld]

Yes, 4x5 and 8x10.
BTW, I'm loving the Sony zebras.

I like photographing giraffes as well as zebras

Do you expect to adapt some of your large format lenses? I have never looked into what that would involve - would you need bellows or something to move the lens away from the camera?

 

[Uncle Kevriano]

Welcome. There are a lot of us older film guys here.

 

[Tim Mayo]

Welcome John and thanks for joining up here. Please let me know if you have any questions about the forum.

 

[juan]

I would need some kind of bellows to focus the LF lenses. I have an adapter that would attach to the graflock back of a 4x5 camera with the Sony attached to the adapter. Butcher uses a Cambo device that’s a bellows and camera adapter that can take many LF or MF lenses. It costs as much or more than a camera.

 

[AlphaWorld]

I would need some kind of bellows to focus the LF lenses. I have an adapter that would attach to the graflock back of a 4x5 camera with the Sony attached to the adapter. Butcher uses a Cambo device that’s a bellows and camera adapter that can take many LF or MF lenses. It costs as much or more than a camera.

Thank you for explaining that - I might pass on the option to have a super-expensive adapter I’ve heard that some of the large format lenses are extremely good, but…

 

[Jean_Coetzee]

Welcome Juan

 

[alexpler]

Welcome to the forum!