r/largeformat

So I recently grabbed this magnificent specimen at a swap meet with its original tripod and what I believe to be its various plate holders. I have no idea on the maker of the camera, much less how to really properly care for or use it.

I think the roller blind shutter could do with a replacement, and the mechanism lightly oiled. Any tips or info anyone has would be helpful.

Lens says "Rectilineaire Aplanetique Extra Rapide No. 2" as well as "Damaria-Lapierre Paris." There are no markings on the case itself.

A diptych photographed with a 400mm lens a few days ago.

I have a 5x7 Eastman View large format camera with a spring-loaded felt flap mounted on the inside of the front standard and am just curious if anyone here would know what it is used for. There are no holes, levers, or mechanism to actuate the spring mechanism, and the only way to move it is by manually pulling it down, as shown in the photo. The spring is very tight, and when not pulled down, is pressed very firmly against the top of the bellows. This has damaged the top of the front bellow folds severely. If this is not the right place for this question, just let me know. I have never seen something like this and was just curious if anyone else has.

The neg itself looks "somewhat" usable. Not the best photograph in the world, but a decent picture - I thought to myself

But after half an hour screaming at my computer, my cats and my girlfriend I decided to ask you:

WTF did I do wrong? These colors are all over the place, I can't get the tress green, the fog white or the post in the foreground "wood"-color...

I home developed with a Adox C41 kit - the 35mm roll I developed last week with it has been fine. Is my film bad or is the T in the Portra 100T doing THIS kind of strange stuff? Anyone got an Idea?

Bonus picture by Ansel Adams, the white church Hornitos.

looking for help on possible light leak. I recently bought a 4x5 cambo sc2 and it came with 10 film holders. Its my first time shooting in over 20 years and developing at home. shot on foma 400 at I rated at ISO 200 developed with hc110 solution b scanned with canon R6ii and EF100 2.8 macro wondering if these streaks on the right side are light leaks from the from the light trap and if they are no good or if i did something wrong. also have some what appears to be light leaks on left bottom ( I know about the scratches I had trouble getting it out of the film holder and foma seems to scratch very easy. There are also some weird blotches on the bottom left of the bottom image. Wondering if that is uneven development. Any help would be great it's been a long time, and I am relearning. thanks.

Just a test sheet to see how this film looks. Greens were very muted, had to crank the green saturation in Lightroom to the max. Otherwise quite happy with this film. It's not paper-thin like the Cinestill 400D. Not quite as sturdy as Portra, etc but decent. Nice to have a budget color option.

Sometimes you have to be at the right place at the right time and be fast enough to setup your camera 😅

Not the best composition, but who can claim having shot a rescue helicopter landing in the middle of the dried up rhine on their 5x7 Linhof Technika V in color 😎