Jared Polin from FroKnowsPhoto.comgave this preview of the Nikon D4. It’s a very good preview from when he had a chance to see it at a show. He has me sold.
BTW, Polin’s site is well worth following. He has an engaging presence and seems to be genuinely passionate about what he does. He often features videos of himself with his grandma, Lil.
Could this be the world’s smallest wet plate camera? Well, if not, it’s still very cool.
This miniature wet plate camera takes 1/2″ square plate photos.
The article shows this beauty as well as a picture taken with it.
Click here for more wet plate collodion cameras and accessories… of the larger kind
I thought this video showing how Lee filters are made was worth passing along. This shows both gel lighting filters as well as lens filters.
When I was looking for the Lee Filter segment, I ran across this video as well.
Click here to see Lee filters on Amazon
Click here to see the best prices on new and used Lee filters
Here is a video about Gordon Parks “Half Past Autumn: The Life and Work of Gordon Parks”. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Parks is an inspiration to me.
Wikipedia said “Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks (November 30, 1912 – March 7, 2006) was a groundbreaking American photographer, musician, poet, novelist, journalist, activist and film director. He is best remembered for his photo essays for Life magazine and as the director of the 1971 film Shaft.”
I love old films like this. Here’s one on Edward Weston from 1948. It’s a video of him at home, at work, and with his students.
It’s that old narration style of the day. That gets my attention every time. I hope you enjoy it.
Since I showed the large format camera construction video below, I thought I’d pass along another that I really liked. This one shows the construction of an Arri Cine camera.
I thought this was an interesting video of how a very modern view camera is made. I’m glad to see manufacturers still keeping this alive with the onslaught of the digital age. Large format and film are still my absolute favorite combination. Check out the Walker web site at http://www.walkercameras.com/
For a great selection of large format photography supplies and cameras, click here.
I was crusing around www.apug.org and found a link to a supplier of collodion supplies. I’ve been interested in this for some time, but have never taken the plunge.
http://lundphotographics.com/ seems to have a good range of supplies. Be sure to heed that safety warning since some of this stuff can kill you.
Click here for other large format and plate camera supplies at a discount.
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