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Now that's a Camera!!! Deardorff still being made in the USA, started in 1916 in Chicago. Now based out of Athens, TN.
Sinar P / Schneider Symmar 150mm / Agfa MCP paper negative
Believe it or not, this is a Spanish camera. OK, it's rather a camera made in Spain directly by Kodak. There are some interesting stories from Kodak Spain. It is curious that they decided to set their Spanish subsidiary in Madrid, far away from the Spanish camera factory cluster in Barcelona. As far as I know, at least some models were made in Catalonia, but were labeled 'Made in Spain by Kodak (Madrid)". This misleading information raised criticism in Barcelona, as it was misleading.
Before biting the dust for good, Kodak periodically tried to maximise profit by trying to popularize film formats other than 35mm. Problem is that, insted of offering something better for the users, they simply kept offering something better for Kodak. In the end, users are no fools.
The detail of the water on this bird is what first attracted me to this scene, a bit difficult to zoom in with a 4x5 camera so here is a crop of the bird.
The detail despite the crop just blows me away.
the custom bail being used to pull the ground glass back for a frictionless insert/removal of the film holder
this was another from my senior project back in '08 inspired by Michael Wolf's "Transparent City"
---it's mostly a comment on how people can be so close physically in urban areas (separated only by a ceiling) yet may never know or see each other in their entire lives.
--if you view LARGE you can see all of the detail that the 4x5 captured (i did lower the res some)...you can even see things like a plant sitting on a desk in the office.
Hopefully i adjusted some of the tint (the ambient light in the sky was very cool, so it was difficult...i think the final C-print took me probably 3 hours to print)
Hero Office building. Architecture: Frei Architekten, Aarau, 2011.
Hero is a well known name in the Swiss food industry, especially for their conserved fruit and vegetables products. This iconic building is inspired by the food cans/tins produced by the company.
Camera: Toyo-View 45GII, Schneider Symmar-S MC 240mm f5.6. Film: Ilford FP4+, developed in Rodinal 1+50, 13:30 @ 21.0°C.
Camera: Toyo-View 45GII, Fuji Fujinon NW 125mm f5.6, filter IR820, exposure @ ISO 12, f11, 1/30s. Developed in Rodinal 1+50, 20°C, 12min.
Unnamed view camera from circa 1890. Takes 3x4 glass plates.
Missing it's plate holders, ground glass back and has holey bellows
The 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry was made up of soldiers from the Philadelphia Bucks, Lycoming and Luzerne County areas and participated in 135 battles and skirmishes during the Civil War. The monument includes a tree stump which aids in supporting the weight of the horse and rider and is the only equestrian monument on the battlefield with a horse that is both freestanding and made of stone instead of metal. Located behind the Pennsylvania Monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield National Historic Site.
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Fujinon-W 210 F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter. Tiffen Red 25 filter on the lens to highlight some of the drama to the sky.
Exposure: 1/4 @ F32 with film rated at EI 64. Metered with Pentax 1 degree spot meter.
Film: Arista EDU 100 Ulta B&W 100 ISO Negative Film.
Development: Self Developed film in Kodak Xtol 1+2 in Paterson Universal Tank. 9 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung on shower curtain to dry on film clips.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.
Second verzion of this project, custom bracket replaces hardware store L plates, shortened monorail, fabbed my own mount for the monorail so that the Toyo mount does not use the space between the standards alowing the use of shorter focal length lenses. See "View Camera Project" tags or set.
A group of Civil War reenactors pose in front of a view camera during the 2012 annual "Cracker Christmas" event at the Fort Christmas Historical Park and Museum.
For more info and a "before" version of this photo, see: edrosack.com/wordpress/2012/12/03/cracker-christmas-at-fo...
Calumet 4x5 view camera
Super-Angulon 90mm f8 w/ yellow filter
Ilford FP4
Rodinal 1+25 or 1+50?
Apologies for the mundane photo.
This was taken in mid October. It was my first time out with a 4x5 view camera. It was a cold, terrible, and windy day.
After developing the negs at home, I noticed that at least three of the negs were badly scratched. Bad carriers?
I also should have used more depth of field.
Anyways, nothing of merit here. This is just for scrapbook purposes.
The 3/8-16:1/4-20 bushing arrived, so I was able to attach the lens to the macro rail. The knob in the front of the macro rail will shift the lens right and left - great for making panoramas. There's a knob on the far side that will move it forward and back, thus adjusting focus. Having geared adjustments like this is much better than loosening something, repositioning the lens, then tightening. Unfortunately, that's what I'll have to do with every other movement - this macro rail is the only geared part of the view-camera-to-be. Geared tripod heads are expensive. The most reasonable is the Manfrotto 410 Junior, and it costs $220 compared to the $40 I'm spending, and two are needed.
Hows that for frankenkamera obfuscation. This beautiful camera was given to me by my father. Its an old family heirloom. It's still in great shape, actually almost mint, and in full working order, albeit a bit dusty on the outside as you can see from the full size. That old FD 50mm Macro readily outresolves the 42MP sensor of the Sony. I got my copy real cheap online. Its a great and plentiful lens.
Arca Swiss 69 F-Line View Camera, 100mm Rodenstock Sironar-N lens
Fuji Acros Film at ISO 100
f/32 at 1/8 seconds
Developed in Ilford DD-X using a Jobo processor
Digitized using a Fuji GFX with 105mm Micro Nikkor lens
" Geometry " is converted to 6X9 View Camera . The conversion was done within 3 hours and using materials from my shelf . As it seems to work , I am designing new standards, a lens plate , and a frame for the ground glass , to register with a 6X9 roll film back pack. More info here bluescargo.gr/geometry/
Linhof Kardan Standard / Schneider Symmar / Agfa MCP paper negative
Yes, the idiot is me. Shit. Spend literally thousands of dollars in equipment and classic cameras just to find that the rig that most suits your present, call it mood, is a Canon EOS 3000v and a Lensbaby Composer. Geez, I have bought the whole set of 50mm Lensbabies. And they ain't cheap. They just suit better than anything the kind of photography that is in my frame of mind at the moment. And I hate it. I just feel so stupid with this in my hands: a plastic camera that looks and feels so cheapo, but that is really convenient because of the relatively high speed of 2000 that almost no classic camera matches and the internal light meter that even allows for aperture priority. I guess that it's the images that matter, but I have to look for a body that makes me feel more comfortable when I'm shooting my Lensbabies, maybe a Nikon F... or a Kiev :)
Sinar P / Schneider Symmar 150mm / Agfa MCP paper negative
This is the first model of a long running series of Spanish amateur, very simple, 35mm viewfinder cameras. Although they were cheap enough, the overall of the brand gets worse with the years compared with what other countries do, IMHO. This first model is rather honest, no hoaxes, as many later model incorporated fake selenium lightmeters, ASA selectors and even fake accessory shoes. Two speeds, three iris settings, beggining with f7, an achromatic glass uncoated lens. Took pictures.
Arca Swiss 69 F-Line View Camera, 210mm Nikkor -W lens with Lee 6 stop filter
Fuji Acros Film at ISO 100
f/16 at 15 seconds
Developed in Ilford DD-X using a Jobo processor
Digitized using a Fuji GFX with 105mm Micro Nikkor lens
Shot with " Geometry " ,
Self made Shift&tilt SLR Conversion . ( see the DIY Geometry set )
Camera : Ricoh KR5 super II
Lens : Mamiya 35/3,5 for 645
Scanned from print .
Note : the specific camera's screen is not ideal for fine focusing , especially ,
at the borders , but it's the only 35mm
K mount I have .
Rumors of the death of film have been greatly exaggerated. This is my Kodak No. 3A Autographic Brownie folding camera. They were made by Kodak from 1916 until 1926 and shot Kodak 122 roll film which produced a postcard format negative that was 3¼" × 5½" in size. I've been told that it is possible to use current 120 roll film, re-rolled onto a 122 film spool but I have not tried that yet. The original list price on the camera was $18 which was a princely amount for 1916. I purchased this one at an outdoor flea market in Kutztown, PA during the Summer of 2013.
4x5 for 365 Project details: greggobst.photography/4x5-for-365
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.
Film: Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Negative Film, shot at 200 ISO.
Exposure: 1/60th second @ F32.
Lighting: Alien Bees B800 studio strobe @ 3/4 power in 22" soft white beauty dish with diffusion sock, positioned above and slightly in front of camera position. A second B800 @ 1/4 power just to camera right in a QBox-24 softbox to give a little more front fill. A 30" silver reflector on reflector stand positioned to camera left to bounce some light back onto the subject. Strobes triggered with PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers.
Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.
Toyo/Omega 45F
Nikon Nikkor-W 210mm (82A filter)
T5.6/8
1/60 shutter
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (rated 100 ASA)
develop: LegacyPro L76 10 minutes
scan: Epson 4490
The Freyberger one-room schoolhouse was built by Jacob Stein for $300 in the 1830s, though some reports list its build date as circa 1870. It was originally called both the Center School and the Stein School. Classes ceased at the school in 1955 when school district consolidation took over in Pennsylvania. The school was moved to the Kutztown University campus on October 30th-31st 1991 and is now part of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Center which includes examples of a German Bank Barn, Farm House, Cabins and this one-room brick schoolhouse.
The original location of the school was on Klinesville Road in Greenwich Township about 3 1/2 miles from its present location. It was gifted to the college by Archie Follweiler Jr. of Kutztown. Kutztown University Alumnus and retired school teacher Dr. Ruth Freyberger paid for the move, renovations and maintenance of the schoolhouse as a tribute to her Sister Grace Arline Freyberger, also a Kutztown University graduate and a retired schoolteacher who attended a one-room schoolhouse in her youth. Present-day school children sometimes take field trips to the school to learn about what it was like to be educated in one during the 1800s/early 1900s.
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Fujinon-W 210 F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter. Tiffen # 25 red filter on the lens to improve the sky contrast.
Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra B&W 100 ISO Negative Film (re-branded Foma), shot at 64 ISO.
Exposure: 1/8th second @ F45. Metered with Pentax 1 degree spot meter.
Development: Self Developed film in Kodak Xtol 1+2 in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung on shower curtain to dry on film clips.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.
This Photograph that I took in September 1991 shows Madison Photo Plus in Madison, New Jersey, where I bought most of my Photography Equipment before 1996, when I still lived in New Jersey. Next door is Rocco's Pizza, where I often ate lunch when I worked in nearby Florham Park.
Disclaimer: I took these photos in September 1991 with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 SLR using Color Print Film, when I was just learning photograph; so they are very soft & grainy. I scanned the Color Negatives and used Photoshop Elements to correct the exposure and to generate these Digital Images.
Large format Portraits
Busch Pressman D, Foma 100, stand dev
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An example of Fuji's breadth as a lens manufacturer, here their view-camera lenses take on a somewhat German-dominated segment of the market.
Another entry for the 4x5 for 365 project featuring items from my vintage analog photography collection. This is my Minolta Hi-Matic 7s 35mm rangefinder. It features a fixed Rokkor 45mm F1.8 lens, shutter speeds from 1/4 seconds to 1/500th plus bulb mode. It can use either aperture priority or full manual exposure modes. It has a coupled rangefinder with coupled parallax correction. The meter is the CDS CLC type with a viewfinder needle indicator. The ASA range of the camera if 25-800. It has both a hotshoe and a PC sync socket and can sync at all speeds on X setting. It's not the best rangefinder I've ever shot in terms of quality but it's still a fun walk-around camera to take along on trips.
4x5 for 365 Project details: greggobst.photography/4x5-for-365
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter. Hoya Yellow-Green filter on the lens.
Film: Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.
Exposure: 1/60th @ F32.
Lighting: Subject placed in light tent and lit from above with one Alien Bees B800 studio strobe in a 22" white lined beauty dish with diffusion sock @ full power. Strobe triggered with PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers.
Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 12 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass. Cropped in Lightroom 4.