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Chrolon in its original box.
Selenium Cell Lightmeter.
Produced by the German company Bertram in c.1950.
Together with the opening of the Lightmeter Lid also the 2 Covers of the Selenium Light Cell are opened.
A very neat solution in protecting that Selenium Cell.
Bought at the annual Doesburg International Open Air Camera Fair August 2026.
Selenium toned image of Vanessa from Saturday's Tye Studio workshop. Profoto head with reflector, triggered from pocket wizard.
2008 portrait. 2012 Silver gelatin print.
35mm Fuji Neopan 1600, Ilfotec DD-X 1+4.
6x8" Forte Polygrade, split toned in thiocarbamide and selenium.
This is a lith printed image at the "other" herring factory near Djupovik. I decided to get some of the "new" fomatone and try to duplicate the old fomatone. I developed in Moresch and did an afterbath of ammonium carbonate (Moersch's omega additive) plus heavy selenium and that is about as close as I got...still missing the very cold shadows I loved. Contrary to what I've heard on the web, though, this stuff does lith....not nearly as convincingly or with as much color, though. Sorry about the lousy scan....my scanner doesn't like Fomatone Velvet paper!
Pentax 645NII, Pentax 2.8/55mm, Ilford Delta100 developed in Acurol-N 1:100, Ilford Multigrad Classic MG, Selenium toned
compared to the unfiltered version here the Efke IR 820 with a 715 filter,
printed on Agfa Portriga 118
the negative has a contrast of 1.28 logD, therefore I took a soft working paper developer
Separol Soft 1+5 2,5 mins
MT1 Selenium toner 1+8 30 secs for reinforcing black
view large for paper surface and tonal separation
SFX200 (filter 715nm) rated at 6 ASA, eco film developer
print negative 20x20cm on Wephota FO5 by reversal development (Blue 1+20 - potassium bichromate bleach - SE6 Blue 1+20)
Vandyke print on Arches Velin, Selenium toned
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
No Photoshop involded. Traditional Film Exposure & printing...
Exposure:
- TriX 400
- Mamiya C220, 180mm lens.
Development: D76 1+1, 10min
Print : Fomatone 132, in lith developer 'Easylith' from Moersch Photochemie.
Then Selenium toned.
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.
Climbed to this waterfall in Tungudalur the Westfjords area of Iceland
Hasselblad 50mm acros film printed on Ilford MGWT toned in selenium
while awaiting the right light for the Hasselblad shot on the other side of the pond, I made some Holga shots
Holga 120N, Delta 400 rated at 640ASA in Finol
Fotokemika Varycon in Fatman
toning
MT3 Vario Schwefeltoner, bleach 1+50 1 min, toner setting A 30 secs
MT1 Selenium 1+20 2 mins
MT7 Iron blue 5+5+10+5+500ml 1 min
Match needle selenium light meter with a very ornate flattened chain.Presumably dates from the 1960s, but it was introduced in 1950s. This one has a Scheiner/DIN speed conversion table on the back of the meter. James Ollinger shows the similar scaled (rather than match-needle) version, dating it at 1953. Others refer to the scale model replacing the match needle model, so this one would pre-date 1953, but the Marriot's site shows it in a 1961 Zeiss catalogue, priced at £9-9s-2d.
This one works.
Looking at the picture on Flickr, the meter looks a bit whiter than it should - it ought to be a little yellower.
Ondu 6x6, FP4+, Rod 1:100
Kentmere VC Lustre Paper, Ilford Multidev
Ilford Selenium toned 1:30, 1 minute
dilute ECN2 Bleach selectively brushed on (also works with E6 blix, and likely c41 blix)
New series: Cromer
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Scan of selenium toned print. My photoshop skills just aren't up to my darkroom when it comes to b&w. All my other posts thus far have been scans from negatives/slides but this scan from my print, though 3rd gen, is better than what I've been able to get out of my digital editing.
This is my new account where I will be posting my biggestfan productions content exclusively.
Over Owler Tor near Hathersage, seen from the path to Higger Tor, on a slightly murky morning.
The image was given a mild selenium toned effect during processing.
Mamiya 7ii, Mamiya 43mm f/4.5L, Orange filter, Shanghai GP3. XTOL 1:1 - negative printed on FB Warmtome paper and Selenium toned - this is all detail for my geeksome pleasure and you may forget it entirely.
Firstly, the darkroom is going very well. It is an immensely peaceful activity, very difficult and very time consuming. I revel in it. Please find a scan of a print which doesn't do justice to what is probably a middling sort of print. I am still coming to terms with photographs being physical objects. I've just made the step up to fibre based paper. The photograph becomes a weighty thing.
The tone seems impossible to get right with a scan though.
Secondly, oh dear, what were Yahoo thinking. You think they might have asked a few people. I ask you - how are you supposed to present your sets to people. They aren't going to go looking are they? And the black/white thing is quite visually jarring - the lightbox was fine before when you wanted to do that sort of thing. Tsk. I will be paying 50 bucks a year to get stats? Faaack. Anyway, I won't be going anywhere else but with my beloved Google Reader kicked into touch, it is difficult not to feel like the star's tennis balls innit.
Oriental_WT_SE5_lith Selenium 1:10 Efke 25 PMK pyro. 4X5
Original here-> www.flickr.com/photos/padraigmerr/6330956984/in/photostream
As previously stated (in German) the result of Gold tonings are highly dependend on paper and developer. The warmer the print, the cooler the tone after toning. Cool developed papers don´t show an obvious colour change and not much is changed even whith extended toning times.
Adox Variotone Premium
Gold toning (MT10) 3 minutes
for comparison Selenium toning (MT1) 1+10 3 minutes
and Selenium and Gold toning each 3 minutes
After 5 minutes Gold toning (with fresh toner) there is no remaining Silver. One can test this by bleaching the toned print. No change of density and color means that all the Silver has been transferred in full to stable Gold.
Holga 120N, Delta 400 in Finol (1+1+100) rated at 640 ASA, printed on Adox Vario Classic in Fatman (10+10+25+100ml +5ml Finisher Blue - 3 mins)
Toning
MT3 Vario - bleach 1+100 1 min, toner setting A
MT1 Selenium 1+20 1 min
Pentax 645NII, Pentax 2.8/55mm, Ilford Delta100 developed in Acurol-N 1:100, Ilford Multigrad Classic MG, Selenium toned
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Hasselblad 500C, TriX in Rodinal, Ilford Art 300, Catechol/SE6 blue, Bleach 1+50 45s, MT3a 1 minute, Selenium 1+10 1 minute, MT7 10+10+10+10+ 900 mL 2 minutes, clear bath 2 minutes, Alkaline bath 30s, Water 5 minutes.
Holga 120N, Delta 400 rated at 640 ASA in Finol
Adox Vario Classic in VGT (two tray)
MT3 Vario Schwefeltoner (thiourea) followed by MT1 Selenium
Selenium is always 1+20 1 min
different hue is depending on dilution of the bleach, bleaching time and alkalinity of the thiourea toner
MT3 bleach 1+15 20 secs, toner setting B reddish brown, medial alkalinity
Zenit-EM (1974)
Helios-44M-4 lens, f=58mm, 1:2
Cloth focal plane shutter. Speeds 1/30-500 and B.
Uncoupled selenium light meter.
35mm film (24x36)
Produced by KMZ (Krasnogorsk) in the former USSR
I have also a chrome version of this one
Here some shots taken with this camera.
You can see it on Camerapedia
Visit my blog at Classic Cameras
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.
10USD antique store buy. Massive chrome-bodied SLR with an equally large Selenium cell meter playing at center stage. Non-interchangeable lens. Could have been used in fully-automatic mode via the meter cell, or you could set the f-stop and shutter speed with two levers on the bottom of the lens. This example is slowly recovering its ability to shoot with some persistent gentle firing of the shutter.