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Wet Plate Collodion Image shot in camera onto semi precious aquamarine stone using my 1912 large format 5x7 field camera
Oh, you know. The Graflex :-)
I'm getting MUCH more consistent results with this revised version of the PX 100. Too bad my rollers on the SX70 crapped out and screwed up 5 of the 8 pieces of film. I think I have one shot left.
This is a portrait taken of me with my 11x14 Korona at the Flint Hills in central Kansas. It's a wide open prairie that remains largely unchanged from pioneer days. The wind out there was blowing at least 30-40 mph!!!
The portrait was for a poster celebrating the opening of the Barbara Marshall Gallery at Hallmark where I work. I was fortunate to win the award in 2004 to learn wet plate collodion... I haven't looked back since.
My thanks to Don Lesko, photographer and Any Newcomb, stylist for this image.
This is a shot from a couple of weeks back when I met up with Ian (RZ68) to take some blue hour and night shots in the Financial District in San Francisco. I think that I am finally getting the hang of the scanning and post processing, now I just need to figure out the finer points of all of the adjustments that my large format camera will do. I have the basics down (I think), but I just need to get out there and get some more experience with it. So, stay tuned for more large format scans!
To view Ian's photostream with some pretty amazing night shots, just click below.
www.flickr.com/photos/48001292@N08/
Camera: Toyo Field 45CF
Lens: Fujinon 90mm f/8.0 SW w/Seiko #0 Shutter
Exposure: 40 Seconds @f/22
Tripod: Benro A-169 w/B-0 Ball Head
Film: Fuji Velvia 100
Scanner: Epson V750-M Pro
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Experimenting with some still life images of this lovely #Artdeco Coffee set - lighting is a challenge to minimise over-bright reflections and at the same time lift the shadow areas. F64 100seconds Ilford RC MG IV Glossy paper for the negative (ISO 2) - developed in Ilford Chemistry at 1:9. Shot with c 1890 Thornton Pickard Imperial camera - 8.5x6.5" negative. Inverted on Photoshop.
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Scan of a contact print on Ilford MGWT from an 18x24 xray negative.
Fujifilm AD-M developed in 11x14" trays in Adox RO9 (10+1000) @ 24C for 8'min with intermittent agitation.
Shot with an 8x10" viewcamera and a Fujinon W 180 @ f/22 and t1/4"s
Very pleased to be allowed to travel to Somerset (Hodders Combe) with relaxed Covid restrictions. Also very pleased with the results I got today on the 1890's Thornton Pickard Imperial camera and Penatc F2.9 lens. F5.6, 4 seconds ISO 4 with Polarising filter. Pre-flashed Ilford RC Multigrade Paper 6.5x8.5". Ilford developer 1:19.
Kallitype print on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag paper from 8x10 Foma 100 film
Developer Sodium citrate+Ammonium citrate. No toned.
I rummaged through garbage in my neighborhood and I found a fake Louis Vuitton pelt. Not sure if I want to rip off the leather of this antique but if anyone wants to sell a beat up graflex, Im game
Wet Plate Collodion Ambrotype shot in Large Format camera on black glass in custom made sterling silver setting with quartz crystal drop.....If you'd like to see more pics of this pendant check out my little etsy shop..... www.etsy.com/shop/SilverAndGlassPhotog
Taken with a MPP large format camera and ilford FP4+ film. I used a B&W 10 stop ND filter and then developed the film using stand development and Rodinal at 1:100 for 90 minutes (inverting once at the start, then again at 30 minutes and again after 60 minutes).
This is my main DIY project for 2012:
A large format camera which supports both format 5x7 and 5x8! This is my first attempt in camera making. The way to the result will be long and tortuous! However, the camera must be finished before next September as I plan to take it with me during my next Antarctica trip (end 2012). This is quite challenging as I will be VERY busy this year
As you may know, 5x8 is not really a standardized format however cut sheet films are quite easy to get from 8x10 film sheets (just cut it in two pieces) I also find 5x8 being a nicer format for landscape photography.
It took me few months to design the Comète with a CAD software and I'm ready now to start the hard job!!!
As you can see, the overall design is quite inspired from the Chamonix cameras (which are designed more in a mechanical engineer way than a wood working way) however thinks are quite different when looked in details.
The back of the camera is designed to support both 5x7 standard film holder and 5x8 film holder (same dimension as the 5x7 fidelity film holder but with an extra inch). The only way I found to support both is to do a minor modification on the 5x7 film holder. The back can be easily rotated for portrait photography if necessary.
I have also made my own ground glass system. The ground glass can be smoothly lifted with the handle (thanks to miniature ball bearings), then the film holder can be inserted without any effort. When the handle is back to its original position, a spring push the ground glass frame against the film holder. This should minimize disturbance when changing of film holder.
The next home brewed feature is the two knobs system on the front board which allows tilting and shifting the lens board independently.
I don't plan to use long focal lenses (the three lens I have for this camera are a 110mm, a 200mm and a 300mm) however it is possible to screw the lens board a bit further on the sliding board (there are 3 position available). It would be quite easy to make an extension board which will fit on the sliding board but this will require longer bellows. Again, compromise...
The camera will weight around ~4kg.
Weight increases very quickly with the dimension of the camera. Including the 5x8 features is an extra 500g... The thickness of the different parts have not been really optimized due to my lack of experience in large format camera making. Sure it would have been possible to gain weight here and there by reducing the thickness and the dimensions of the parts, however as I plan to use this camera in harsh environment I 'm quite happy with a robust design.
Another option would have been to use composite material to reduce the overall weight but I don't know where to get such material here in New Zealand and I don't have any experience in such field to do the right choices.... The camera will be made of aluminum and wood.
I plan to make the camera during the next 6 months. It looks like I will spend a lot of time on my milling machine....
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