512's

[Jim Galli]

It takes a while to let a new camera find it's voice. I've had several failures so far with this one but last evening I did these four shots around our town and was quite pleased.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/512s/Window_1s.jpg
window i

The 5X12 format was the smallest of the so called banquet cameras of the 1910's thru '30's. I've installed a new bellows on this one and applied some good old elbow grease. It is gorgeous to behold and pure pleasure (if you're me) in use.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/512s/ElmS.jpg
tortured elm

Soft focus is an acquired taste. Rather like strong coffee. We don't start out liking it. In fact we normally say to ourselves I will never ever like that stuff. Then we grow, we change....


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/512s/GMC100s.jpg
GMC100

About now either your eyes are watering or you've got a little tickle of excitement for these. The lens is an 1860's Darlot landscape meniscus of about 12" focal length. It was never intended to be used wide open as I have here. Stopped to about f16 it's presentably sharp and at f32 it is sharp.


http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/512s/window_22s.jpg
window ii

In this last photo there is the outline shadow of a small lad. He looked on from his yard at the curious site of a wooden box with a black cape attached and a man underneath. Curiosity got the best of him and he walked over to investigate.

Thanks for stopping a minute. Comments are welcome good or bad. These aren't going to make my name a household word, just an afternoons worth of pleasure looking at the world upside down and blurry.

[Dirk Rösler]

Lovely images Jim. The elm is my favourite, the frontal first window I like least.

Dirk

PS: For some of us here, you are already a household name ;)

[ljsegil]

Congrats Jim, on more special work. Beautiful, evocative, revelatory in your usual unique fashion. I sometimes wonder whether your imagination might exceed even your already exceptional technical skills; the way you keep coming up with new work from the seemingly mundane is wonderful and an inspiration to those of us more earthbound.
Larry

[Miguel Coquis]

[QUOTE=Jim Galli;378629]It takes a while to let a new camera find it's voice.
...or find right moment (specially when one is quiet enough) to let it say !!!
It seems to be a desirable format for me, makes me think in the images I use to work with the the XPan even when it was a very small neg. size.
Wonder if this wonderful 512's can do it in vertical position.
I can only see a great potentiality for image production.
Let us know more about Jim.
Felicidades,
Miguel

[Diane Maher]

Those are cool shots, Jim. So why are you posting them in the for sale section? Are you planning to sell the camera already?

[wfwhitaker]

HA! Guess Jim's computer must default to the "for sale" mode!

Don't sell it Jim. :) This one was a real score and your work shows it.

[IanG]

Jim, I'll buy the camera unseen, how does $100 US sound, only if you throw in half a dozen film holders & 100 sheets of Tmax 100 or FP4.

Stop keeping us in suspense let's see the camera :D

Ian

[dsphotog]

I'd bet that Jim could be talked into selling.... some 5x12 prints!
David Silva
Modesto,Ca

[Jim Galli]

Ha, did I really post these in the for sale section. last thing done last evening and I may have been loopy before turning the 'puter off. Definitely not for sale. Thanks all. jg

[walter23]

These are really nice, Jim. Nice controlled compositions and tones and the soft-focus effect... I like it.

[Terence McDonagh]

I love the way the mountain is rendered in the elm shot. Absolutely beautiful.