Camera Equipment
All the images in the gallery and stock library, except for aerial photos and a few telephoto scenes, are made from original 4 X 5 transparencies.
TOM’S EQUIPMENT (all in a Lowe Pro Super-Trekker Backpack):
Cameras:
4 X 5 Toyo 45 A II Field Camera.
( I have used this camera since 1976. I replace it with a new one every two years or so).
Linhof Master Technica (used for telephoto work)
Lenses:
58 mm Schneider
75 mm Rodenstock
90 mm Rodenstock
120 mm Schneider
180 mm Rodenstock
210 mm Rodenstock
360 mm Nikkor
600 mm Fujinon-Tele
Other Equipment:
Loupe
Film Holders
Compass
Cable Releases
Kodak Quick load - Holder
Lee Filter System
Soft .9 Lee Grad ND Filter
Soft .6 Lee Grad ND Filter
Tiffen warm polarizer
Tiffen 812 Filter
4 X 5 Velvia Kodak VS/Sheet & Readyload film
For Telephoto Pentax 6 X 7 500 mm lens
Pentax 6 x 7 90 mm lens
Gitzo Mountaineer Tripod
Bogen Quick Release Head
Film is downloaded to boxes, and/or ready load packs, then sent to Photocraft Labs in Boulder, Colorado.
Tom is in the field 250 - 300 days a year. This includes shooting in the Moab, Utah area, near his home.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:51 am
Mr. Till, some 10 years ago on one of my first of many, many trips to Moab, I walked into your gallery store on Main Street, and after 10 minutes of looking over your work I said to the lady managing the store, “Mr. Till is not a lazy man.” I have been a news and sports photographer for 17 years. I admire your work and your work ethic. I read a comment by you recently on how digital photography has rejuvenated your love for photography. It made me smile because I’ve been shooting digital since 1999 and just last year bought my first Hasselblad and am considering purchasing a 4X5 field camera. My ‘blad, and using film again has rejuvenated my passion for photography. I just wanted to share that with you and also thank you for the incredible and inspiring images you make.