Re: [Largeformat] 100mm WF Ektar

["Pete Caluori" <pcaluori@hotmail.com>]

>From: Douglas Cooper <douglas@metaversalstudios.com>
>Reply-To: Largeformat@egroups.com
>To: Largeformat@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [Largeformat] 100mm WF Ektar
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:46:48 -0400
>
>At 06:43 PM 9/12/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >. I remove the rear cell(if its larger than 1.5"dia), put the
> >shutter in from the front,thread the lock ring down, adjust the board
> >until the lock ring drops into the hole (not through it!), then tighten
> >it up with a lens wrench if i can find it. Thread the rear element back
> >on, and voy la!
>
>
>That's sort of what I figured out.  Problem is, the extruding portion of
>the flange is longer than the lens board is thick, so the flange required a
>spacer to hold the shutter tight against the board.  I used a rubber washer
>-- only thing I could find with a 1.5" hole -- between the flat part of the
>flange and the back of the lens board.  Tightened down well; I suppose
>rubber's as good as anything...
>
>By the way, got my first images back.  Most worked out well, in terms of
>perspective control and focus.  The exposures were a bit wonky -- not
>surprising, given that I haven't tested these shutters.  Worst thing was a
>bit of a double image on some, which I suspect was caused by my tripod
>blowing a bit in the wind.  I was in New Orleans this weekend, and I didn't
>feel like dragging my heavy Bogen, so I took the lighter one.  And for some
>peculiar reason almost all of these pictures were shot in a strong wind,
>both in New York and New Orleans.
>
>That first shot -- the one taken immediately after being hit in the head
>with a lens -- looks very much like a Manhattan landscape shot by a guy who
>was just hit in the head by a lens.
>
>
>Douglas Cooper
>

Greetings,

Doug, here's a suggestion when using a tripod in the wind.  I do this all 
the time when shooting in the mountains and it works very well.  I always 
carry a small nylon mesh bag, which I can fill with rocks and hang over the 
head of the tripod.  This stabilizes the tripod very well in the wind and I 
use my body to shield the bellows.  You may have a problem finding the 
necessary rocks in places like NYC and New Orleans, but you get the drift 
and I'm sure other heary objects could be found.  I shot some images this 
past weekend at 12,000' in a 40 mph wind and the negs are sharp.  The bag I 
use measures about 6"x12" and when filled weigh approximately 30 lbs.

Regards,  Pete
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