That tripod looks like a joy to use. As it was a joy to watch this episode, and the slow and conscious process of capturing those photos, which came out beautifully.
Thanks for the awesome review, Steven! We’re glad to hear the T6 Sleek is performing so well for your large format work. Appreciate you sharing your experience with the community!😊
Yeah, I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me earlier. I’ve had good response so far. And I’d encourage you to send something as well. One thing I’ve learned from students in my classes is that inspiration comes in many different forms and levels of proficiency. You never really know what’s gonna resonate. So I plan to feature as wide a range of images as I can. So, I’ll be ready when you are. Cheers!
Great suggestion. Will try to do that as long as I can remember what they are. But I’m usually “thinking them out loud” so I should at least have that reminder. Thanks!
Love the fact that you know what you’re talking about but… I have several Bogans, the larges legs are a 3030. To get low you are supposed to remove the center post and reverse it. Then you hang your camera from the center post upside down. This has the additional advantage of turning your image right side up on the ground glass.
The center column of mine has a mounting screw on the bottom to re-mount the head. So, hanging the camera upside down is certainly possible. Not sure how that would make the ground glass image any different, though. Or am I missing something?
at 15:35 as the camera is set for 1/2 second exposure, isn't this in the "reciprocity" zone of the film, needing exp. compensation for the films reaction to light?, so making the true exposure more like 2 or 3 seconds?
Excellent question. According to the technical sheet from Ilford, exposures of 1 sec or less require no adjustment for reciprocity. In addition, I found some info in a Photrio post about 10 years ago where some users conducted their own tests and determined it was closer to 4 secs. But in my case, the negs had the expected density. So no problems with the 1/2 sec or full 1 sec exposures.
Have Gitzo Serie 5 aluminum and fiber tripods with Manfrotto 3-way and Sinar heads and Manfrotto Hexagon plates. I like your rational to use video heads especially for large format (or heavy medium format).
That tripod looks like a joy to use. As it was a joy to watch this episode, and the slow and conscious process of capturing those photos, which came out beautifully.
It’s a fine piece of equipment, for sure. Not light, but still lighter than the old Manfrotto. And thanks for the positive feedback on the images!
Thanks for the awesome review, Steven! We’re glad to hear the T6 Sleek is performing so well for your large format work. Appreciate you sharing your experience with the community!😊
My pleasure! It’s a fantastic piece of gear!
I love the photo wall idea! A really fun way to share people's work. Maybe I'll submit something one day when Im happy with my work lol
Yeah, I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me earlier. I’ve had good response so far. And I’d encourage you to send something as well. One thing I’ve learned from students in my classes is that inspiration comes in many different forms and levels of proficiency. You never really know what’s gonna resonate. So I plan to feature as wide a range of images as I can. So, I’ll be ready when you are. Cheers!
awesome. Sometimes, could you insert data on the photographs: film, iso, speed, aperture, lens ?
Great suggestion. Will try to do that as long as I can remember what they are. But I’m usually “thinking them out loud” so I should at least have that reminder. Thanks!
Love the fact that you know what you’re talking about but…
I have several Bogans, the larges legs are a 3030.
To get low you are supposed to remove the center post and reverse it. Then you hang your camera from the center post upside down.
This has the additional advantage of turning your image right side up on the ground glass.
The center column of mine has a mounting screw on the bottom to re-mount the head. So, hanging the camera upside down is certainly possible. Not sure how that would make the ground glass image any different, though. Or am I missing something?
Great video and nice tripod. My rig for my Sinar F2 monorail is a Manfrotto 055CL with a Manfrotto 229 3D SuperPro head, which takes up to 12klg.
Nice! This T6 head is only rated for 15 lbs, but their next step up - T8 - is rated to 25 lbs I believe. But I do like the damping on this one.
at 15:35 as the camera is set for 1/2 second exposure, isn't this in the "reciprocity" zone of the film, needing exp. compensation for the films reaction to light?, so making the true exposure more like 2 or 3 seconds?
Excellent question. According to the technical sheet from Ilford, exposures of 1 sec or less require no adjustment for reciprocity. In addition, I found some info in a Photrio post about 10 years ago where some users conducted their own tests and determined it was closer to 4 secs. But in my case, the negs had the expected density. So no problems with the 1/2 sec or full 1 sec exposures.
Have Gitzo Serie 5 aluminum and fiber tripods with Manfrotto 3-way and Sinar heads and Manfrotto Hexagon plates. I like your rational to use video heads especially for large format (or heavy medium format).
Hard to go wrong with a Gitzo, for sure!
@@vintagecameradigest .. especially the aluminum, when getting used for 1/10 of new value needing just cleaning & grease. :-)