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I was loaned a Graflex Speed Graphic a few months ago by my sisters fella, he has had it for quite a few years but never used it. As it came with a rollfilm holder I thought it would be fun to put a roll through it large format style. I used it on a tripod, fitted the ground glass back to compose and focus, then fit the film back, stop down the lens, remove the dark slide, shoot and then start the process again. It was an interesting experience and given a bit more free time I would probably find it a very relaxing way to shoot. The old Kodak lens is obviously pretty decent given the detail seen in this scan, the sky has some funny patterning which I think is due to some heavy fungus on the internal elements but I can't be sure. I was pretty happy anyway.
Graphlex Speed Graphic, 6X9 120 back
Kodak Ektar 127mm f4.7 lens in Kodak Supermatic shutter
Rollei Retro 400s
12 minutes in FotoSpeed FD10
Graflex Pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic 4x5
G. Leitmeyr Sytar 210mm F=4.5 in barrel.
1/4 second @ f4.5
Kodak Tmax 100 developed for 12 minutes in Kodak HC-110 dilution H (1+63) @ 68 degrees.
Metered with Gossen Luna Pro F
Scanned on Epson V600
Stitched and adjusted in Photoshop CS6
Kit: Graflex Speed Graphic 5x4 • Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar-S 150mm f/5.6 • Fomapan 100
Exp: Metered at 1/20s @ f/8 • Exposed for 2 minutes 45 secs • f/8 • 100 ISO
Dev: R09 ONE SHOT (Rodinal) • 1+50 • 8 mins • 20 degrees C • Scanned with Epson V700
I've uploaded this at 2048px and I recommend looking at this version so you don't have to put up with the horrible compression and sharpening that Flickr adds. :-(
Another rushed shot! As much as I want to always practice 'slow photography' when the light is rapidly fading (it was dark when I finished packing up!) and you're desperate to make your 7th ever 5x4 sheet, I think it's acceptable to rush. And rushing is a relative term, especially when large format is concerned.
The view I wanted was too high, so I had to point the camera up in addition to the rise. It didn't help that I dropped the bed to allow me to add some forward tilt (which I had to rush). I was using a longer lens (150mm) than the one I used before (135mm) and therefore struggled to fit the whole of the tree into the frame, which is annoying. I ran out of room as my back was against a fence/hedge.
I remembered the reciprocity failure this time! I metered 1/20s at f/8 and was shocked when I looked at the datasheet that told me to multiply the exposure by EIGHT! So I exposed the sheet for 2mins 45sec and was convinced I was going to overexpose the shot.
I then discovered that I did overexpose the shot (by 1 stop) because the lens was at f/8 and the meter was at f/11 - oops. I wondered what to do with the development, but the datasheet reassured me that 1 stop overexpose doesn't require any changes to the times. So this sheet was developed the same as all the other sheets. It turned out quite dense but scanned nicely.
There was a slight breeze, which has softened the top of the tree, but overall I quite like the result. Especially for such a rushed shot!!
The image from my mockup novel cover.
Shot with Pacemaker Speed Graphic (4x5) with 90mm Carl Meyer f/6.8. A 1/4 crop from a larger picture.
Post-processing:
Lightroom: crop from original 4x5 scan, color grading, grad filter exposure for the top and bottom
Photoshop: remove dust, hairs, other defects, move a couple geese, sharpening, some dodging and burning
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If you are photographer or like photography in NYC and go to camera stores around NYC you probably see him around with his Speed Graphic taking Polaroid pictures of people.
I met him at the Photoville 2017. He took a picture of me and my Contax IIA. So, after that I took this picture of him with my Contax IIA.
Camera: 1953 Contax IIA with Zeiss 50mm f1.5 T Sonnar. Filter: Zeiss 354/G yellow filter. Film: Kodak T-Max 100. Developer: Kodak D76 1:1 9.5mins at 20*C. meter: Minolta Auto Meter VF. Digital Conversion: Epson V550 scanner and Lightroom 6
Graflex Speed Graphic
127mm Kodak Ektar lens
Polaroid Type 55 (expired 2006)
Polaroid 545i back
metered @ ISO 25
f.4.7 @ 1/50th
My very first Type 55...I can't wait to scan in the negative...
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Title: "Exterior View, Pew and Altar Factory, La Salle Street (Loop Highway)." This promotional photograph of L.L. Sams Furniture Co., Waco, Texas, was taken by Fred Marlar in the early 1950's.
Image digitized from original 4x5 film negative from the Fred Marlar papers, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
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
8 seconds @ F16
Scanned on Epson V600
Title: "Section, Red Oak Storage." This promotional photograph of L.L. Sams Furniture Co., Waco, Texas, was taken by Fred Marlar in the early 1950's.
Image digitized from original 4x5 film negative from the Fred Marlar papers, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Welcome to the final stretch. If you’ve made it this far then you’re very close to seeing your AEROgraphic project come together. By the time you’ve completed the steps described in this article you’ll have a fully functioning 4×5 camera, so don’t lose...
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Graflex Speed Graphic 4 X 5
127mm Ektar Lens
f/8 1/30th
Polaroid/TIP Edge 600
I moved venues due to the fact that my tripod for the Graflex doesn't like tile, and this time sacrificed an old Edge600 frame to make sure I got the exposure right for my LAST frame of PX70 CP film and used the bust in this shot to make sure there was nothing left to chance.
It was still a bit off in exposure and I was losing faith in the apps for the phones and their exposure readings.
I grabbed my Sony DSLR and my real light meter and did some digital tests to get a final reading for my last frame of PX70. I won't say it was an easy exposure with the light coming in the window, the bright background and wanting the right side of the frame to be a little darker, but after about 5 digital tests, I felt pretty confident that I could get the shot.
Now, how do I frame it correctly...and hold the reflector and trip the shutter?
I was only interested in documenting the light in these two pictures. Shooting wide open with the aero ektar on Portra 160 made for a dreamy look. I was inspired to shoot these after watching Terrence Malick's movies. I want to make a full series at some point, hopefully with people in the frames, lets see what happens.
Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic, Kodak Aero Ektar 178mm 2.5 & Kodak Portra 160 4x5
Graflex Pre-Anniversary Speed Graphic 4x5
G. Leitmeyr Sytar 210mm F=4.5 in barrel.
Kodak Tmax 100 developed for 12 minutes in Kodak HC-110 dilution H (1+63) @ 68 degrees.
Metered with Gossen Luna Pro F
Scanned on Epson V600
Stitched and adjusted in Photoshop CS6
Title: "High Speed Double Head Shaper." This promotional photograph of L.L. Sams Furniture Co., Waco, Texas, was taken by Fred Marlar in the early 1950's.
Image digitized from original 4x5 film negative from the Fred Marlar papers, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Title: "Bilstrom Multiple Section Glue Clamp Carrier" This promotional photograph of L.L. Sams Furniture Co., Waco, Texas, was taken by Fred Marlar in the early 1950's.
Image digitized from original 4x5 film negative from the Fred Marlar papers, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.