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Shot 4x5 with a 180mm lens... unfortunately the wide angle of it left me some weird dream like affect around the outside edges... attempted to crop out would have lost too much had I cropped it all :(. This image doesn't quite "fit" with the other two however shows the attempt to hide what's going on to the public and therefore I kept it.
It's been a while since I've posted on Flickr. The lack of a functioning darkroom following a house move meant that film photography has taken a back seat for a while.
But back in September 2019, I bought this from a friend's uncle. It was, until the late 1970s, in daily use at the Department of Geology, University of Cambridge (now Earth Sciences), as a studio camera.
It dates from circa 1901 and is an original Louis Gandolfi half-plate model. New bellows had been fitted by the previous owner but no other repair or restoration had been done.
The lens is the original Ross Xpres 6 inch f4.5, minimum aperture f32. There is no shutter.
I undertook basic cleaning and restoration of the brass and woodwork during lockdown, including three original double-sided Gandolfi plate holders with reducing inserts for quarter plate (3¼ x4 ¼ inch) and sixth plate (2½ x 3½ inches).
It inspired me to get a darkroom operational again so that I could produce some new images with this classic camera.
I'll be adding the results here.
Seneca Improved View 5x7, New Guy collodion, 5x7 clear glass ambrotype
f/8 35 seconds
Black spots from unfiltered silver bath. Fogging as developer got warmer.
Sorry, essentially the same, but have been advised that the 2005 film stock I used will have a strong magenta cast, so here I have tried to re-balance things a little.
A short description of this trip can be found on my blog at
i have published a brief account of this trip on my blog, it can be found here www.csmithimages.com/csmithimages/Blog/Blog.html
all i could make out on the tombstone was that the woman's name was julia.
detail shot, 4 seasons assignment: winter
Il mio primo Ambrotipo al collodio umido. Shen-Hao 4x5" - Symmar-S 150/5.6 - 30sec - New Guy - Fix Tiosolfato
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My first Ambrotype with wet collodion. Shen-Hao 4x5 "- Symmar-S 150 / 5.6 - 30sec - New Guy - Fix Thiosulfate
MPP wooden plate holder with metal face plate removed.
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Film: Ektar 100, 4x5
Joining the movement of photos of dead places. This is an abandoned farm near my house. I've been looking for different places to explore that are near my home.
Graflex Graphic View I ; 4x5" EFKE PL 100;
Ernemann Ernon 13.5 cm F6.8;
t 1/10; f 11;Rodinal 1:50; 20 C;
13 min
Bill Bayer, Lloyd Denny & Bob Tracy at Jumbo Rocks area of Joshua Tree Monument, California.
Slightly cropped from a 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" large format b&w negative. I kept the same 6x8 proportions as the original negative.
My first large format camera! It´s a 4x5 with a Nikon 127mm F5.6 lens. The camera can be focused by moving the inner box in/out.
shot with a broken 9x12 folding camera on old orwo bn113 printing paper, scanned and tinted via silver efex
Number 16
I'm lucky enough to call this place home.
Although this view is only a 5 minute walk from my house, getting this view has taken ages!
Either there was fog, or the cows were too inquisitive and mobbed me and the Linhof, or it rained, or the alarm didn't go off etc
This was an amazing morning, a storm was coming in from the South, and 2 minutes after the shutter closed on this I was soaked from a down pour.
Linhof technika IV
I forgot my Neutral grad, and the velvia I took is unusable, I had 2 shots of Ektar 100 on my spare 612 back, amazing stuff!
Spot metered, and I'm quite pleased how it came out.
Fuji 90 SW f8
at F22 2 seconds