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Fresnel on View Camera

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who, how you ask has more impact than you may think.

It should be easy to get an answer to a common question; go to a forum of users and ask. The only thing that can go wrong is misunderstanding of question; right? I mean, it is a fact, not an opinion being asked

How do you position a fresnel in your view camera; say a Linhof, Sinar, etc.?

One way is ask the manufacturer; lookup the manual instead of asking the random weekender with a login to Photrio, LargeFormatForum, etc.

Linhof: The Fresnel screen is placed over the groundglass with the grooved side to­wards the lens (Technikardan 4×5, Master Technika classic and 3000, Kardan re).
Slide Fresnel screen under the fixed retaining clips at the bottom of the groundglass frame and slide the upper two rotatable retaining springs over the Fresnel screen using a pointed object (such as ballpen etc.). Removal of Fresnel screen in reversed sequence.

Sinar has similar instructions and direction.

If you are using a camera or screen other than these two, the first answer remains — ask them, not the forum folk.

Another common screen source is Intenscreen [12,2021](https://www.intenscreen.com/pdf/INSTALLATION_GUIDE_FORVIEW_CAMERAS.pdf

In 2002 there was a meeting of university photography teachers concerned that closing darkrooms would leave a hole in the education of future photographers. Their greater concern was that forums staffed by amateurs, self-taught hobbyists would be the main source of knowledge. It was proposed that this might mean the linkages between craft and creative purpose would become “clubish” — being more in-bred than under the time of Kodakery manner publications — popular photography with annual features of “how-to photograph” (children, babies, pets, vacations, etc).

In 2012 they met again. This time with a sigh, shrug. What they thought would happen actually had happened. The net had fractured the core knowledge into small shards of protectorates. Gatherings attending to their privileged positions. There wasn’t a solution — caution isn’t much of a solution.

Be Careful Out There. This Way Comes Error.

Getting Wratten Filters

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ask the source. always check the manufacturer before you ask the fans of the forum.

Within the Kodak Motion Picture Catalog you find a world of products. This has become the major reference of what Kodak provides for photography. It is at: https://www.kodak.com/content/products-brochures/Film/Kodak-Motion-Picture-Products-Price-Catalog-US.pdf

A pdf that has been saved to archive.org so even if the above url goes inactive try the wayback machine for their copy. I always make copies of useful finds to my own reference wiki/cloud store.

I was looking for filters to make pan film into ortho. I have old filters but wanted to check for upgraded versions. Yep, available. For about the price of 6 rolls of Ilford Ortho+ which I don’t expect to be a regular catalog item for many more years.

Spend time getting data, technical pdfs from Kodak’s motion picture section. It is the last repository of Kodak’s once grand marketing information service.

the dead cat bounce is small (in a few millions):

Selling film to Hollywood is only a small fraction of Kodak’s business — and not about to restore the company’s former fortunes — but it’s bringing back a bit of glamour to the photographic icon.

The company sold more 65-millimeter film, its largest format, last year than ever before, Bellamy said. That size is used on productions such as large-screen Imax Corp. films, as well as the newest James Bond movie. Film proponents say the medium offers a softer, warmer, grainier look that makes outdoor scenes brighter and can be more flattering to actors. — bloomberg