New To Ondu
Ondu 6x6 Pocket Pinhole
Ultrafine Extreme 100 (defective film)
10 minute exposure
Rodinal 1:50 @13 minutes
It only took three rolls!
Shooting my birthday pinhole camera has been a truly humbling experience.
First roll was a painful lesson in displacement and not recognizing the crazy wide the angle of view (115°). I set the camera on surfaces that ended up dominating the frame with the intended subject barely visible in the background. In my defense, I thought I could manage easily without a tripod and was multi-tasking while walking Molly on my own. Surely one of my happy snapping shots would display some quirky pinhole appeal? Nope, nope and nope.
The second roll, with indoor shots, was an introduction to reciprocity failure. Exposures that metered at 46 secs at F/22, per the Ondu exposure card, actually needed 10 minutes. I also realized that I needed to get much, much closer to the subject. The outdoor shots on that roll had subjects that were just too busy. More lessons learned.
Roll on roll number three, and, by now, I'm definitely feeling the pressure to produce. Fortunately, I had discovered a reciprocity failure chart, with adjusted exposure times, and was ready to give those a whirl. This Sunday afternoon set-up was cobbled together with an old army blanket as a back drop, two bedside lamps, a copy of War and Peace, and a raccoon skull that we found a few years ago. I overcompensated in getting too close to the subject, but at least I can see the potential. And I can live with the mottling from the backing paper in this kind of naive image, which was Steve's cunning plan all along.
New To Ondu
Ondu 6x6 Pocket Pinhole
Ultrafine Extreme 100 (defective film)
10 minute exposure
Rodinal 1:50 @13 minutes
It only took three rolls!
Shooting my birthday pinhole camera has been a truly humbling experience.
First roll was a painful lesson in displacement and not recognizing the crazy wide the angle of view (115°). I set the camera on surfaces that ended up dominating the frame with the intended subject barely visible in the background. In my defense, I thought I could manage easily without a tripod and was multi-tasking while walking Molly on my own. Surely one of my happy snapping shots would display some quirky pinhole appeal? Nope, nope and nope.
The second roll, with indoor shots, was an introduction to reciprocity failure. Exposures that metered at 46 secs at F/22, per the Ondu exposure card, actually needed 10 minutes. I also realized that I needed to get much, much closer to the subject. The outdoor shots on that roll had subjects that were just too busy. More lessons learned.
Roll on roll number three, and, by now, I'm definitely feeling the pressure to produce. Fortunately, I had discovered a reciprocity failure chart, with adjusted exposure times, and was ready to give those a whirl. This Sunday afternoon set-up was cobbled together with an old army blanket as a back drop, two bedside lamps, a copy of War and Peace, and a raccoon skull that we found a few years ago. I overcompensated in getting too close to the subject, but at least I can see the potential. And I can live with the mottling from the backing paper in this kind of naive image, which was Steve's cunning plan all along.