Where do I put the SD card in this camera?

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HBaldwin

HBaldwin

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OK, the title is misleading. But this is the camera I started with in my "photography" career. When I started working as a Crime Scene Investigator in 1980 after 10 years in uniform this was my first issued camera. It was closed and I was handed it and was told, "See if you can open it and if so you might make a good CSI". I reached for a hammer and thought the guy instructing me was going to pass out! I had it opened in seconds by finding the hidden bump on top to open the bellows. Going from sheet film to roll film to compact flash cards to SD cards and now Sony XQD cards has been quite the trip. Not to mention from B&W to Color, from prints, slides to digital. From a wet dark room to computer digital imaging programs. At 73, I am still learning. I still have this camera as when I retired from police work I was given this camera because they said no one now knows how to use it! The truth was they had modernized to all digital.
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I love those medium format film cameras, I have a bunch of them in my office but you'd love to know I actually have a leica CSI kit with a Leica 3g, all sorts of bellows, extension tubes and macro primes that is the jewel of my collection - all in a custom case the guy who owned it built just for it. He used it continuously from I think the late 50's to early 70's when he retired. It's not in good shape, it was a professional tool used for almost 20 years but it has a history and some soul!
 
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In 1967 I went to the USAF photography school in Denver, CO. We started training with wooden 8X10 cut film camera. Next was the 4X5 cut film Speed Graphic with flash bulbs. I loved that camera. Moved on to 35mm roll film and 8mm video. I was sent to Germany to a photo reconnaissance lab where I had to use high speed large roll film processors. I had not been trained on those large machines. Had very quick hands on training. I never made a photo with a camera for the USAF but that was how I got started on my photography hobby.












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HBaldwin said:
OK, the title is misleading. But this is the camera I started with in my "photography" career. When I started working as a Crime Scene Investigator in 1980 after 10 years in uniform this was my first issued camera. It was closed and I was handed it and was told, "See if you can open it and if so you might make a good CSI". I reached for a hammer and thought the guy instructing me was going to pass out! I had it opened in seconds by finding the hidden bump on top to open the bellows. Going from sheet film to roll film to compact flash cards to SD cards and now Sony XQD cards has been quite the trip. Not to mention from B&W to Color, from prints, slides to digital. From a wet dark room to computer digital imaging programs. At 73, I am still learning. I still have this camera as when I retired from police work I was given this camera because they said no one now knows how to use it! The truth was they had modernized to all digital.
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Great stuff,
I had the privilege to be my fathers's "fork lift truck" for years while he was working in industrial photography for documentary and adverts with crazy things like Plaubel and Linhof cameras, sheet films with a negative format of 13 x18 cm or even bigger, high voltage flood lights etc. . I am still fascinated of this kind of camera (y), but I am also a little happy that I don't have to use them today :D.
 
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Woodpecker said:
Great stuff,
I had the privilege to be my fathers's "fork lift truck" for years while he was working in industrial photography for documentary and adverts with crazy things like Plaubel and Linhof cameras, sheet films with a negative format of 13 x18 cm or even bigger, high voltage flood lights etc. . I am still fascinated of this kind of camera (y), but I am also a little happy that I don't have to use them today :D.
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YES! I am glad too I don't have to work with this camera again, even though it took fantastic photos with no metering! Used the sunny 16 rule ! ;)
 
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Back probably in 89 built a 4x5 using a Bender Kit. It was a monorail camera and made out of pre-cut cherry that had to assemble. Biggest issue was the careful measurement needed to make sure everything was assembled to the exact dimensions especially the location of the back so that the plane of the film in the film holders was the same as the plane when focused on the ground glass. Both standards had Rise and Fall, Swing and Axis- Tilts. The only issue was that in assembling the blocks for the monorail was not quite as exact so ended up with a little play which made focusing a little more difficult. To focus would need to move the standards by hand while viewing the ground glass. Would get almost perfect focus but then overshoot then have to pull back. Mainly shot figure and landscape with the 210mm f5.6 Fujinon and then processed in Pyro. Finally ended up getting a Shen Hao 4x5 field camera that had geared focusing making the process so much easier.

Still enjoy going out today with the 4x5, spot meter and a couple of film holders. Still develop using Pyro but instead of a wet print, I'll scan and process the file in PS and then produce a printg from the Epson 3800.
 
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I started shooting sports in high school with one of those. Not a lot of room for creativity, mostly Tri-X at f8 and manipulate the exposure in the dark room.

The coolest part about it was a press pass that gave me access to anything.
 
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And regarding the sd card slot, rest assured that if Nikon made that camera, the add on adapter slot for the card would cost an additional $500, but Vello would have made a third party version for $59
 
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JoWillie said:
WOW! Are we getting old or what? (Especially me.) I kind of miss the discipline of using sheet film. (..but not enough to give up Lightroom or Ps.)
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No need to give up LR or PS. Scan the file and then process digitally. Probally get a better image from the hybrid approach than from a complete wet process.
 
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