4x5 tests with Ashley

Graflex Crown Graphic
Kodak Ektar 127mm f/4.7 lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100G 4x5 filmLED flashlight

Abandoned

Polaroid "The 800" land camera
Kodak T-Max 100 (200 push) 4x5 film
Kodak Xtol developer
20ºC - 8.25min

Large Format Macro

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4x5 macro Cheerios (err.. Cheerio)

~9:1 ratio (rough estimate)

I was inspired by Robert Howington's epic 4x5 macro shot, but I chose long exposure over multi-pops.

15min exposure - f/11

Sinar F1 (x2) view camera
(expired) Fujichrome Provia 100F 4x5 sheet film

Setup Shot:

11x14 Becky

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My second attempt at RC paper portraits, based on experiments by Scott Grobe.

I thought I had grossly underexposed the sheet, but it ended-up being far more on target than my previous attempts.

L.F. Deardorff & Sons 11x14 view-camera
Apochromat Artar 19inch (482.6mm) f/11 lens
Ilford 11x14 Glossy RC photo paper

11x14

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Scott Grobe, did some experiments recently using black and white RC photo paper as film, then inverting them in photoshop.

I decided to follow his lead and put 11x14 Ilford RC Glossy Photo Paper into my school's behemoth antique 11x14 view camera.

Our 11x14 camera is mostly for show and to demonstrate how large format cameras work. It hasn't been regularly used in years, if not decades. And we have no 11x14 film carriers, so I improvised one out of matte board and tape. Scott figured the paper's speed is around 6-12 ISO. And the camera's lens is stuck wide open at f/16. I wanted simple lighting, so I set up two Speedotron 2403x powerpacks on full, combined power with a strobe and large bowl each.

Setup:

My very first 4x5 chrome shot

Calumet 4x5 view camera
90mm lens
Kodak Ektachrome E100G

taken sometime Spring 2006.

Type 55

Sinar 4x5 view camera
65mm f/3.5 lens
standards plum and level
Polariod type 55 film

Still Glow

Sinar F1
(expire) Kodak Pro 100T
LED-modified maglite

Cats In The Grave Yard

I could hear them crying in the distance.
...at least, I hope those where cats.




Light painting attempt using Graflex 4x5 field camera and (expired) Kodak Pro 100 tungsten-balanced film.
Light source: LED modified mini-Maglite + distant city lights.
f/8 - ~5min