Just for fun

I was sitting around tonight going through all the spare lens boards that came with my Speed Graphic and I got an idea.

 

One of the lens boards had a hole just the right size that I could screw an M42 lens into it.

 

Now I obviously knew that in no way would a 35mm format lens cover 4x5 but I thought I could get an interesting circular image.

 

So I grabbed an M42 Mount Mamiya 55mm F=1.4 screwed it into the board and tried it out. I ended up having to have the front standard all the way to the rear inside the body for my Speed Graphic, the subject had to be sitting on the front rails with them extended most of the way. Subject is a small light blue 3D printed cat. I had to stack it on a few small boxes to get it to the right height.

 

Graflex Pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic 4x5

 

Auto Mamiya/Sekor 55mm F=1.4 chrome nose (M42 mount)

 

Ilford FP4+ 1 hour rodinal stand 1:100 30 seconds initial inversions @ 68 degrees

 

1/15 sec at F1.4

 

Scanned on Epson V600

 

Done