Leonardo 8x10 in the Cemetery
This is an amazing image. Well not the image but the fact that it is even here.
I had one negative left in an open pack of 8x10 809 Polaroid material. I thought I would give my 8x10 Leonardo 3' pinhole camera a shot at it. My day started with a wonderful cup of Kona coffee and that was the last time anything went right.
Go to #12 if you would like the Reader Digest Condensed version.
1. In loading the Polaroid film holder I pushed the envelope to far and exposed the edge of negative about 3/4 of an inch, then buckled the edge, after about 3-4 tries got it loaded.
2. Found that you can not use the Leonardo "pressure plate" too thick with the wider Polaroid film holder but decided to try it anyway, grabbed my focusing cloth to drape over the film holder and back to help with potential light leak. (Why am I worried I already exposed the film to daylight)
3. Double checked my light meter to make sure that it went to f 256, f220 close enough. Didn't check the battery.
4. Camera flew to the floor of the Jeep just backing out of my barking space.
5. Got to the cemetery, chose my location. Set up the camera. Knew the exposure was going to be in minutes so was going to use my cell phone clock for a timer.
6. Meter doesn't have enough battery to give me a reading, but enough juice to blink at me and tell me the battery is low. Ok I'll guess. Used the meter to weight down the focusing cloth, no free rides here. Guessing 15 to 20 minutes exposure.
7. Cell phone - flat out like a lizard drinking. Guess the 3 minute charge I gave it the day before was not enough. Last resort use the clock in the Jeep.
8. Breeze kicks up.
9. Shoot it, head back to the shop to process it. Whacked the camera on the steering wheel getting back in the Jeep.
10. Loaded the positive about three times, not sure which slot it went in. Checked the instructions. Cat walks on processor.
11. Miracle out of scripture there was an image when peeled.
12. Incorrectly loaded negative, camera fell off car seat, got whacked on steering wheel, man handled the positive, no meter, no clock, wind kicked up. AMAZING that there is an image here.
Film: Polaroid 809 heavily expired, Scanned in grayscale.
19 minute exposure, + / - one minute, Timer complements of Jeep.
Camera: Leonardo 8x10 3" Focal Length, 012" pinhole lens
Image by: Leslie Lazenby, 28 Jul 2012
Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, OH
Not sure I should take credit for the image, I did every thing in my power to ruin it.
Leonardo 8x10 in the Cemetery
This is an amazing image. Well not the image but the fact that it is even here.
I had one negative left in an open pack of 8x10 809 Polaroid material. I thought I would give my 8x10 Leonardo 3' pinhole camera a shot at it. My day started with a wonderful cup of Kona coffee and that was the last time anything went right.
Go to #12 if you would like the Reader Digest Condensed version.
1. In loading the Polaroid film holder I pushed the envelope to far and exposed the edge of negative about 3/4 of an inch, then buckled the edge, after about 3-4 tries got it loaded.
2. Found that you can not use the Leonardo "pressure plate" too thick with the wider Polaroid film holder but decided to try it anyway, grabbed my focusing cloth to drape over the film holder and back to help with potential light leak. (Why am I worried I already exposed the film to daylight)
3. Double checked my light meter to make sure that it went to f 256, f220 close enough. Didn't check the battery.
4. Camera flew to the floor of the Jeep just backing out of my barking space.
5. Got to the cemetery, chose my location. Set up the camera. Knew the exposure was going to be in minutes so was going to use my cell phone clock for a timer.
6. Meter doesn't have enough battery to give me a reading, but enough juice to blink at me and tell me the battery is low. Ok I'll guess. Used the meter to weight down the focusing cloth, no free rides here. Guessing 15 to 20 minutes exposure.
7. Cell phone - flat out like a lizard drinking. Guess the 3 minute charge I gave it the day before was not enough. Last resort use the clock in the Jeep.
8. Breeze kicks up.
9. Shoot it, head back to the shop to process it. Whacked the camera on the steering wheel getting back in the Jeep.
10. Loaded the positive about three times, not sure which slot it went in. Checked the instructions. Cat walks on processor.
11. Miracle out of scripture there was an image when peeled.
12. Incorrectly loaded negative, camera fell off car seat, got whacked on steering wheel, man handled the positive, no meter, no clock, wind kicked up. AMAZING that there is an image here.
Film: Polaroid 809 heavily expired, Scanned in grayscale.
19 minute exposure, + / - one minute, Timer complements of Jeep.
Camera: Leonardo 8x10 3" Focal Length, 012" pinhole lens
Image by: Leslie Lazenby, 28 Jul 2012
Maple Grove Cemetery, Findlay, OH
Not sure I should take credit for the image, I did every thing in my power to ruin it.