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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
iPhone snap from darkroom print, 30 x 30 cm.
Taken some years ago. Early and could winter morning.
I wanted this photo... it had to be snow, full moon and “blue” sky. And the moon had to be in southwest so I could get both the moon and the lighthouse. Had to try tree mornings, and I got my photo!
Hasselblad 501, 150 mm, Ilford HP5.
Fomabrom 111, toned in selenium.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Working to improve my 'high-key' printing, really loving Fomatone papers, here 132 with a lovely low-gloss finish, toned in selenium...
Seven days solargraphy ( and lot of sea humidity and condensation)
Pinhole box + 5"x7" RC paper + Kodak Xtol (1+10, 15°C ) + Selenium bath
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex IV with Carl Zeiss 50mm Tessar (both circa. 1958). Arista Premium 100 (rebranded Kodak Plus X). Nikon 9000 scanner.
I love this old camera. It's small (like a rangefinder), light, and takes pretty good pictures. On this day, however, the selenium meter struggled. It overexposed almost every shot. But still, not bad for a camera that dates from the late 1950's.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Selenium toned van Dyke print, 8x10-ish.
Taken with Wehman Field Camera, Ilex Acuton 215
on x-ray film.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Discovered last year that closeups of melting snow when converted to b+w look almost metallic. Couple that with some water drops from the meltwater and this is the result.
Sounds a simple formula but I
spent a good hour last night trying to time my shutter finger with the drip of the melt-water! Quickly melting ice doesn't stay still either (I brought it inside to shoot it) so focus drifts away through time.
Used flash to get the exposure fast enough for the water drop and used Silver Efex Pro with a bit of selenium toning to finish off the image.
I quite like the result. Hope you like it too.
Rolleiflex and HP5+
Printed on old Agfa paper with Moersch SE5. (30ml A + 30ml B, 25 C )
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Partly bleached in ferricyanide (1%) and toned in selenium (1:20)
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
iPhone snapshot of an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
I recently began reprinting my Series of Dreams...
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Voskhod by Lomo
Triplet T-48 2.8/45
yellow filter
lightmeter on board camera (Selenium)
Type D 125 @ 100iso
DD23 double bath Stoeckler
Epson V600
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Dark room print on Fomatone MG 131, toned in Selenium 1+19 to change the greenish colour.
I totally forgot which camera and film were used for this shot.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
An older lumen print from 2008, onto Forte paper. Gold toner, ammonium thiosulfate fixer, followed by a short selenium toning.
iPhone snapshot of an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Produced for the Periodic Table of Printmaking project by the Gregory half of spoonergregory.
Selenium is a dense purplish-grey nonmetal semiconductor first discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius. Its name derives from the Greek word selene which means "Moon".
One of the element's most well-known uses is in the lightmeters of old cameras. These rely on the fact that Selenium's ability to conduct electricity is related to the amount of light present. The distinctive "honeycomb" pattern of selenium meters can be seen on many old cameras from the 50s and 60s. Unfortunately today many selenium meters no longer work accurately. However, and more importantly, they still look very, very cool. I love old cameras, and so came up with this design for my woodcut, of an old selenium-fitted rangefinder sucking up the light.
For more information on how the print was put together, see this photo: flickr.com/photos/spoonergregory/468303349/
Here is the current status of my little Canon 7 project:
www.youtube.com/shorts/1JN9-QcM9l4
In the picture you can see the clamp holder with cold shoe (in silver PLA+) attached exposure meter. The viewfinder hood and the selenium cell protection (black) are attached to the clamp holder
You can view or download the 3D files for private use free:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6167987
The Canon 7 (here with Leitz Elmarit 2.8/90mm ltm) is a great camera with an excellent viewfinder. It is very quiet, easy to use and of excellent quality. In my opinion, its biggest shortcomings are the lack of a cold shoe. And the fact that the selenium light meter stops working properly in many cases. That's how I came up with my little Canon 7 project. A few other ideas have been added.
I don't know of any rangefinder camera manufacturer that offers a sunshade for the viewfinder window, neither Leica, Fujifilm, Canon nor anyone else. Yet such a sunshade for the viewfinder makes absolute sense. The viewfinder image becomes less contrasty, especially in dark areas and with reflections from the sun. In case of strong light incidence from the side, such a protection is almost necessary. On the Canon 7, such protection is also useful for the small focus window. The small window allows sunlight from the side to enter the viewfinder directly.
Selenium photo elements age due to light. Also, most meters built into cameras are not (anymore) very accurate. Here, the selenium photocell is protected from light. And it is possible to plug an external, more accurate, light meter onto the hot shoe.
The clip-on light shield protects both the viewfinder and the plastic in front of the selenium photocell from slight mechanical damage.
The whole thing consists of 2 parts that I printed with PLA-plus, plain PLA seems a bit too brittle to me. The two parts work fine, but can still be modified or extended.
I am grateful for comments with opinions, ideas or criticism.
Hier ist der aktuelle Status meines Canon 7-Projekts.
Sie können die 3D-Dateien für den privaten Gebrauch kostenlos herunterladen:
www.thingiverse.com/thing:6167987
Die Canon 7 (hier mit Leitz Elmarit 2,8/90mm ltm) ist eine tolle Kamera mit einem hervorragenden Sucher. Sie ist sehr leise, einfach zu bedienen und von ausgezeichneter Qualität. Ihr größtes Manko ist meiner Meinung nach das Fehlen eines Kaltschuhs. Und die Tatsache, dass der Selen-Belichtungsmesser in vielen Fällen nicht mehr richtig funktioniert. So entstand mein kleines Canon 7-Projekt. Es wurden noch einige weitere Ideen hinzugefügt.
Ich kenne keinen Hersteller von Messsucherkameras, der einen Sonnenschutz für das Sucherfenster anbietet, weder Leica, Fujifilm, Canon noch sonst jemand. Dennoch macht so ein Sonnenschutz für den Sucher absolut Sinn. Vor allem in dunklen Bereichen und bei Reflexionen der Sonne wird das Sucherbild weniger kontrastreich. Bei starkem seitlichen Lichteinfall ist ein solcher Schutz nahezu notwendig. Bei der Canon 7 ist ein solcher Schutz auch für das kleine Fokusfenster sinnvoll.
Selen-Fotoelemente altern durch Licht. Außerdem sind die meisten in Kameras eingebauten Messgeräte nicht (mehr) sehr genau. Hier ist die Selen-Fotozelle vor Licht geschützt. Und es ist möglich, einen externen, genaueren Lichtmesser an den Blitzschuh anzuschließen.
Der aufsteckbare Lichtschutz schützt sowohl den Sucher als auch den Kunststoff vor der Selen-Fotozelle vor leichten mechanischen Beschädigungen.
Das Ganze besteht aus 2 Teilen, die ich mit PLA-plus gedruckt habe, schlichtes PLA erscheint mir etwas zu spröde. Die beiden Teile funktionieren gut, können aber noch geändert oder erweitert werden.
Für Kommentare mit Meinungen, Ideen oder Kritik bin ich dankbar.
Dark room print on Agfa Brovira grade 2, slightly toned in selenium 1+19 for 10 seconds, and Foma sepia for 6 seconds bleach and then toned to achieve some warmth.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
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Kodak Brownie Cresta II with Fuji Acros 100 developed in PMK.
Printed on Forte Polywarmtone PW17
SE5 lith development
Selenium toned
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6x6 negative taken by Agfa Isolette II with yellow filter on Fomapan 400. Darkroom print on Fomabrom classic 131 FB paper, developed in Amaloco neutral tone developer. Short toning in Selenium 1+9 to enhance the Dmax.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
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