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Just finished refurbishing this Graflex Crown Graphic. Bare wood finish fresh wrinkle coat paint job, complete with swing modified front standard and a cool wooden tripod. Old brass lens from Kodak 5x7 camera.
its up for sale now.
Camera: Linhof BI Kardan view camera, 6x9cm Super Rollex back, 90mm Super Angulon lens. Film: Fuji Reala.
De Basiliek van de Heilige Johannes de Doper ligt in Laren, Noor-Holland en is een van de 26 basilieken die Nederland kent. 1937 werd deze kerk verheven tot basiliek door paus Pius XI.
The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist is located in Laren, North Holland and is one of the 26 basilicas in the Netherlands. In 1937 this church was elevated to a basilica by Pope Pius XI.
Die Basilika St. Johannes der Täufer befindet sich in Laren, Nordholland und ist eine der 26 Basiliken in den Niederlanden. 1937 wurde diese Kirche von Papst Pius XI. zur Basilika erhoben.
I'm playing with some large format lenses I've accumulated, and trying out my new Mod 54 developing kit. All in this series had front downward tilt. All were taken at the same height and tilt. All were taken using a White Lighting x3200 with a 24x36 softbox with a grid in front of the white panel because that was necessary to get the light level down to f/8. I chose f/8 as the maximum because of the Ektar's maximum of 7.7. These are all 600dpi scans.
These were all focused by eye only because I couldn't find my loupe, so there is probably some variability due to that. To me the Fuji doesn't look to be the sharpest, and I guess that is because of the different contrast which is probably because it's the newest lens and has the most modern coatings. But it is the sharpest of these.
My willing model, a bust of Hiawatha, has been in the family since 1900 or so. I am the current caretaker. He is made of plaster and was a carnival prize originally. He has been broken and repaired several times in his life.
If I can draw any conclusion from this very non-scientific test, using unknown cheap Chinese 100 ASA film and TMax RS at an arbitrary 6 minutes at 25 degrees C, it is that they are all very sharp lenses, and the Mod 54 is super easy to use. Next round will be older lenses when I make a lensboard adapter for their various sizes.
The ground glass looks good. I have one 8x10" film carrier I can use with it. I do need to see about loosening up the brass leaf springs that hold the back end tight; it's very hard to get the film carrier in front of the ground glass.
My nw toy camera. I've made 2 portraits today, may be 4 more today afternoon. If they are quite good i'll post them here.
Shot with a Calumet 4 x 5 view camera. Kodak T-Max 100 4 x 5 sheet film, expired in 2012, developed in Caffenol C, 12 minutes.
Taken on expired Tri-X with my Super-technika 6x9 thru the Xenar 105/3,5.
Front rise.
Something went berzerk withe the dev so the emulsion craked up...what you se is NOT grain but a defekt of the dev. I have no ide what happend.
Just finished refurbishing this Graflex Crown Graphic. Bare wood finish fresh wrinkle coat paint job, complete with swing modified front standard and a cool wooden tripod. Old brass lens from Kodak 5x7 camera.
its up for sale now.
Portraits - Chambre 4x5 - Busch Pressman D - Optar 135/4.7 - Foma 100 dans Rodinal (25ml/1.5m) - stand dev
Assignment: Backgrounds
Shooting the same object on several different backgrounds; this is a gigantic scarf I got in India. Seriously. Thing is the size of a beach towel.
Got to invite lovely friend Hannah to Jay Javier's studio after a few non-handsome dudes have been dicking around with the 5x7 view camera. Shot this one from the session myself, and blame the soft focus effect to this being my first ever shot in large format. Lit with studio lights, shot through an Industar-51 210mm lens on Ilford Photographic Paper.
More details from this session here: Portraits with the Wooden View Camera
I'm playing with some large format lenses I've accumulated, and trying out my new Mod 54 developing kit. All in this series had front downward tilt. All were taken at the same height and tilt. All were taken using a White Lighting x3200 with a 24x36 softbox with a grid in front of the white panel because that was necessary to get the light level down to f/8. I chose f/8 as the maximum because of the Ektar's maximum of 7.7. These are all 600dpi scans.
These were all focused by eye only because I couldn't find my loupe, so there is probably some variability due to that. To me the Fuji doesn't look to be the sharpest, and I guess that is because of the different contrast which is probably because it's the newest lens and has the most modern coatings. But it is the sharpest of these.
My willing model, a bust of Hiawatha, has been in the family since 1900 or so. I am the current caretaker. He is made of plaster and was a carnival prize originally. He has been broken and repaired several times in his life.
If I can draw any conclusion from this very non-scientific test, using unknown cheap Chinese 100 ASA film and TMax RS at an arbitrary 6 minutes at 25 degrees C, it is that they are all very sharp lenses, and the Mod 54 is super easy to use.. Next round will be older lenses when I make a lensboard adapter for their various sizes.
8x10 shot from a cabin in Ignacio, CO. Positive from a paper negative.
Eastman 2D 8x10
12" lens
F22 @ 2 seconds
Paper negative (Ilford MGIV Pearl RC 8x10 paper).
Lens board for my 2 Super Graphic lenses. Table saw, router table, hand held router, drill press. I'll make another one using Maple or Hemlock. Yes, the bottom notches are an error.
I'm playing with some large format lenses I've accumulated, and trying out my new Mod 54 developing kit. All in this series had front downward tilt. All were taken at the same height and tilt. All were taken using a White Lighting x3200 with a 24x36 softbox with a grid in front of the white panel because that was necessary to get the light level down to f/8. I chose f/8 as the maximum because of the Ektar's maximum of 7.7. These are all 600dpi scans.
These were all focused by eye only because I couldn't find my loupe, so there is probably some variability due to that. To me the Fuji doesn't look to be the sharpest, and I guess that is because of the different contrast which is probably because it's the newest lens and has the most modern coatings. But it is the sharpest of these.
My willing model, a bust of Hiawatha, has been in the family since 1900 or so. I am the current caretaker. He is made of plaster and was a carnival prize originally. He has been broken and repaired several times in his life.
If I can draw any conclusion from this very non-scientific test, using unknown cheap Chinese 100 ASA film and TMax RS at an arbitrary 6 minutes at 25 degrees C, it is that they are all very sharp lenses, and the Mod 54 is super easy to use. Next round will be older lenses when I make a lensboard adapter for their various sizes.