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Off on holiday to Beadnell, in Northumberland for a week on Friday.

Will my first time using the Hassy for some 'proper' landscapes....or maybe that should be seascapes. Got my sunrise, sunset and tide tables.

Not enough room in the car for my large format camera, but not too upset as I must be the worse LF photographer in the world...am a long long way from getting anything decent from it.

So kit is Hassy 500CM with 40, 80 and 150 mm lenses.
2 x backs with plenty of rolls of Velvia and Acros.
Tripod and cable release, filter holder with various filters.
Sekonic light meter
Leica M2 for snapshots.

Think that should cover everything...but would love any comments in case I've missed something.
 
loads of sarnies :D
 
Have you got a grad filter and a ND? Velvia in particular will struggle with strong contrasts...

(I've no idea whether there are grad holder systems for Hassy lenses, although I'd assume so!)
 
I went there last year on holiday, really nice place. I would recommend taking a polariser if you have one as you can get some fantastic skies or reduce the reflections on the water. You might also want to go to Dunstanburgh Castle as thats a great place to shoot and is a very nice walk up to the ruined castle. Incidentally I'm scanning some of my slides from there at the minute so I'll post them up in the photo's from film section.

Sam
 
One of my favourite parts of the world.

And some great pubs within staggering distance of the coastline.

Or should that be great coastline within staggering distance of the pubs.
 
ChrisR said:
(I've no idea whether there are grad holder systems for Hassy lenses, although I'd assume so!)
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There are adapters for Bay 50/60/70 to the LEE filter system, although a much more flexible (and much cheaper) alternative, which is what I do, is just get a Bay 50/60/70 to [filter size]mm step up ring, and then just attach the normal LEE filter adapter.
 
Don't know if its near but I am off to Seahouses in two weeks for 4 days relaxing with the missus
 
Mr Bump said:
Don't know if its near but I am off to Seahouses in two weeks for 4 days relaxing with the missus
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Its just down the road from Beadnel, its got many more shops, restaurants etc in comparison but is still very nice around the beach, harbour etc.
 
Thanks for the advice. I've got a Bay adapter to use the Cokin Z holder which takes 100mm filters and I have a mix of Lee and cheaper filters for it.

Chris, I've only used Velvia 3 or 4 times before, and have fallen in love with it. Wasn't aware of the issue and the need to sometimes use nd or nd grad filters....so thanks for the tip.
Is there a general rule to follow as to when to use them?
 
Steve said:
Thanks for the advice. I've got a Bay adapter to use the Cokin Z holder which takes 100mm filters and I have a mix of Lee and cheaper filters for it.

Chris, I've only used Velvia 3 or 4 times before, and have fallen in love with it. Wasn't aware of the issue and the need to sometimes use nd or nd grad filters....so thanks for the tip.
Is there a general rule to follow as to when to use them?
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For grad filters generally when the scene is quite high contrast, e.g dark rocks in front of a bright sky where you would otherwise lose detail in the rocks (Velvia is notoriously high contrast). There again you might need them less than you think, in this case take a reading from the sky and then from the rocks (in relation to this example!) and work out the difference in stops, if its more than about 4 stops then you would consider using a grad (with the foreground meter reading and obviously the correct strength one depending on what you have) positioned over the sky.

Thats just my basic way of understanding and using it, in practise I don't tend to use my only one (2 stop) too much but they are useful in high contrast situations.
 
s162216 said:
For grad filters generally when the scene is quite high contrast, e.g dark rocks in front of a bright sky where you would otherwise lose detail in the rocks (Velvia is notoriously high contrast). There again you might need them less than you think, in this case take a reading from the sky and then from the rocks (in relation to this example!) and work out the difference in stops, if its more than about 4 stops then you would consider using a grad (with the foreground meter reading and obviously the correct strength one depending on what you have) positioned over the sky.

Thats just my basic way of understanding and using it, in practise I don't tend to use my only one (2 stop) too much but they are useful in high contrast situations.
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Thanks Samuel...that makes perfect sense.
 
I haven't used Velvia for a while but my first Provia 400X gave me lovely skies and dull scenery, completely opposite to the Agfa Vista I'd been using just before, which gave me lovely scenery and blown skies! I do realise it's not as simple as that, and I was probably doing many other things wrong, but I'm not entire;y sure what they were!

I've recently got a roll of Agfa Precisa back, where I know I used my only grad filter for a few shots. The trouble is, I don't remember which!
 
Have a good holiday Steve, not taking the Toyo?
 
medwaygreen said:
Have a good holiday Steve, not taking the Toyo?
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Thanks Richard,

Nope...Toyo staying at home as not enough room in car for it in addition to all the other stuff....and also I'm still at a complete beginner with it. When I've managed to get a half decent studio shot with it, I may venture outside with it.

It's a beautiful camera and I love playing around with it...just wish I could convert my enthusiasm for it into a reasonable output :)
 
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