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Darkcloth acting as a Sail
I have just had a few days in the North Yorkshire Dales with my 5x4
As the time went on I became increasingly frustrated with my Darkcloth
It just is outside its operating environment in the Pennines Clearly, less sail area is required. Has anyone a Darkcloth they would recommend that works effectively in strong winds. I would prefer it to be rain/shower proof too Thanks Martin |
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Most of us are outside our operating environment in the Pennines .
Not being an LF user I can't really offer any suggestions, it's one of those things that I've always thought might be a problem with LF. It'll be interesting to see if anyone else has a solution. |
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Martin - not the most ideal solution and certainly not weather-proof, but two t-shirts one inside the other are fairly bulk free and if stick your head through the neck hole, they're not going anywhere. I haven't got round to elasticating the hem yet so they are difficult to keep on the camera - they do however make a lovely neck-warmer in colder weather
Jack Dykinga's book, has lots of pretty decent tips for all weather photography. Phil |
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Martin,
I know exactly what you mean they are a pain in windy conditions. Since I lost my Ebony cloth last year I've just used a black T-shirt and it works just fine for me. I fit the neck over the back of the camera and poke my head up the waist but when it's really windy wear the T-shirt around your neck and just pull the waist over the camera back to view. I used the T-shirt just to get over the loss of my D/cloth to start with until I could replace it but the T-shirt works as well or better than any I've used and lost, so it's a T-shirt for me.
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When I worked with large format (very many years ago) I made my own darkcloth - with two oblong pieces of black material sewn along the top and right-hand side (away from the camera back) with bottom sewn with a gap in the middle (big enough to get my head in) and the side facing the camera being open with a strong bit of elastic sewn into it. Darkcloth was secured to camera with the elasticated end, head in the hole in the bottom, move head backwards to tension and combat wind. Rain protection was an old cycling cape with a hole that fitted over lens. Lens was protected with a cheap UV filter that allowed focussing and was removed immediately prior to exposure. Worked very effectively even with raging winds and seas at Hartland Key.
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I now use a Blackjacket Focusing Cloth after buying it from another FADU member, no focusing cloth is perfect in extremely windy conditions but it is a huge improvement on a standard cloth and it is weather proof, so I often use it to protect the camera while it is still connected to the camera, only problem is there is no UK seller but the link below is to the US supplier.
http://www.quietworks.com/FRAMES_FIL...OME_FRAME_.htm Neil |
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For my 4X5 Shen-Hao I'm switching to a hood (looks like those on Crown Graphics). For 8X10 & ULF I admit to getting frustrated with the lighter weight darkclothes flapping all around (hard to even see the corners); but they're a necessity since my larger cameras/filmholders are prone to light leaks. Do have a heavier one that will take out on next breezy day.
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You could easily weatherproof the above by sewing a sheet of pertex or similar to the outside, or substituting the outer tshirt with a cheap single layer windproof top from Decathlon or something like that. Last edited by DaveP; 19th May 2011 at 10:30 PM. |
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I use a BZTS dark cloth, not cheap but well made.
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You may also want to look at Mike Walkers dark cloth http://www.walkercameras.com/a_darkcloth.html
Best described as "compact and bijou" but behaves itself in the wind. It also has a handy gap at the bottom so you can get your loupe in to focus. |
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