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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.
He finished a 2 year project about the Rose Creek Dairy, a place he'd found while following railroad track beds around Wisconsin.
メーカー不明八切暗箱フジ25cmF4.5レンズ TX320
2008.5 gallery maggot "le modele" 出展作。大判一発勝負写真。
胸元に走っている白い横筋は、実は木製フィルムホルダーのフタに細く亀裂が走っていて、そこから漏光したもの。現像するまで気がつかなかった。
デスクランプに透かしながらルーペで見て発見。
古い機材ってこういうことがあるから怖い・・・けど面白い。
上から製本テープ貼って補修しました。
As I am just getting into large format, I thought I would test the DOF of this lens with a subject at close range. My focal point was on the upper tree stump. With the tree stump being situated diagonal to the lens, I wasn't sure what DOF I would get at such close range.
I stopped the lens down between f45 - f64 for the shot.
The black and white version doesn't offer a great deal of separation from the tree stump and surrounding leaves and the tree gets a bit lost in the background of the forest.
I didn't expect everything to be in focus for this shot so next time I will try to check my DOF on the ground glass as I stop down the lens or I may have to incorporate some depth of field calculations.
Shot at f45-64 @ 8 second exposure.
ShenHao HZX45-IIA + Fujinon-W 135mm f5.6 + Arista EDU Ultra 100 @ 50 iso + D-76 1:1 @ 9 min (Tray developed, 1 min initial agitation followed by every minute)
My cousin's husband has quite the antique camera/projector collection. I photographed them for him while visiting. He may decide to sell them before they move next year. I'll be posting more over the next days/wks....this is just the beginning!
the technikardan, hard at work. those sheets of film might not get developed for a little while…
nov 2012
hp5+ hc110a 2'45" 20c
pentax mx
Portraits - Chambre 4x5 - Busch Pressman D - Optar 135/4.7 - Foma 100 dans Rodinal (25ml/1.5m) - stand dev
I have been shooting with a 4x5 view camera lately and these are some of the photos I have shot. Sorry for the bad scans.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111 VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.5cm X 21.3cm, from a Tmax 100 4x5 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens.
Titled and signed recto, stamped verso.
Expired T Max 100 sheet film, processed in Wineol (red wine developer), 45 minutes. I'm not sure what caused the streaking, but I think it's because I didn't filter my solution.
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Taken with 4x5 Bender + Rodenstock Grandagon N 90mm f/6,8. It was like seeing large curtains revealing the stage of an opera.
These are from a second round of testing with the Arista Ortho Litho film. Starting to get it dialed in I believe. These again were shot on my Cambo 4x5. This was a two light setup with the main light being a Paul C Buff White Lighting X1600 with the 86 inch PLM. The rim light was an Alien Bees with 7 inch reflector with a 30 degree grid.
These were shot with my 210mm Schneider-Kreuznach 5.6 lens at 5.6. The main strobe was set at full power and the rim light about a half stop less than full. I dragged the shutter for about 4 seconds to allow the ambient light to burn in on the background.
I shot these to experiment with the development time a little bit. I then scanned them all in at the same settings to see the difference.
This was developed in a 1+150 dilution of Rodinal at 68 degrees for 7 minutes.
7 minutes seems to give the best negative, at least for scanning. The contrast is just about right in these shots I think.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ultrafine Silver Eagle VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.4cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens. Titled, signed, and stamped verso.
The day was bleak and still and the bones of the distant building implied that whatever contaminated the land was most virulent. I went no further.
Photographed with Cambo Actus View Camera. The camera was positioned in the middle of the mirror but is invisible because of a shift of the camera to the right. A fragmented view is to be seen in the reflection of the vase because I used a white focus hood! This is the adventure of view camera technics!!
Crappy film in good cameras, part 2: 1949-expired Defender XF Pan 4x5 film in a Conley view camera. Exposed ISO 20, 1 second @ f22.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Fomabrom Variant 111 VC FB, image area 24.7cm X 19.6cm, from a Fomapan 200 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD 8x10 triple extension field view camera fitted with a 400mm f11 single meniscus lens and a #25 red filter.
If I had to highlight one Y2011 photography-related event, it probably would be building something that counts as a polaroid view camera. And getting those images exhibited in a real gallery.
The bellows look like they're in great shape for a camera that's somewhere between 60 and 90 years old.
EDIT: From the serial number, I was able to determine it was made in 1923.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV VC FB photographic paper, image size 19.5cm X 24.6cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens. Titled, signed, and stamped verso.
The ground is still hot and the fire continues to smoulder in the distance. My wooden camera is safe from ignition because a fireproof aluminium tripod keeps it above the embers.
Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111 VC FB paper, image area 19.6cm X 24.4cm, from a Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Fujinon-W 300mm f5.6 lens and #25 red filter.
my teapot... taken with a cambo viewcamera
testshot outside in my garden with a white sheet of paper curved as a limbo
with only natural light
Linhof Kardan Standard / Symmar 150mm / Forte Polygrade
This is the only clue of where the camera was assembled. In the film compartment there is a label which reads собрано в россии сп светозор, 'assembled in Russia in a joint venture with Svetozor'. This qualifies it as a Russian made camera in its own right. Princelle wrote in 'Russian' cameras about the two tries of the Soviet industry in making an Instant camera. Well, the cameras are there, but Princelle claims that the Russians 'never got the films right', and the few cameras that actually made could never be used. The Soviets even made a 9x12 camera model, the Uchenik, to use the spare parts from the 'Moment', the firs attempt at making a Soviet instant camera.
Looks like in the late eighties, just before the collapse of the USSR, Polaroid and the Russian government started a joint venture, Svetozor, to assemble cameras in Russia, which, according to Camerapedia, lasted until 1999.
What I don't know is if the cameras were actually made in Russia or just assembled. I've looked for an engraving, embossing or label on the camera, the instructions or the packaging and the only thing I found was this.
Do someone know somthing about the codes under the 'assembled in' line? Is this some sort of series number? Is this standard for Polaroid?