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For me good landscape photography conveys an emotional response to the natural world. A lot of modern landscape photography is more like an over-intricate guitar solo, technically brilliant but loses...
I don't have any practical experience of Fomapan 200 but judging by the data sheet it is less sensitive to blue light than to red light. In practical terms that seems to mean it behaves as if it has...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53545922422_ef1027cb98_c.jpgStunted Oak, Chichester Harbour by Toby Key, on Flickr
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53547760854_32ea35a985_c.jpgSalterns...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53480284070_c096874ab8_c.jpgSt Mary the Virgin, North Stoke, West Sussex by Toby Key, on Flickr
This church dates from 1180 if you look at the right of the...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53478709158_c2a140c9ee_c.jpgOld Bedham Church by Toby Key, on Flickr
Bedham Church was built in 1880 and served as both a village school and a church. The...
Just trying to get back in the swing of things.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53357770834_e46c0eea07_c.jpgCourtney by Toby Key, on Flickr
I have used a manfrotto super clamp as a supplementary monorail clamp in the past, you can also buy wedges so it will clamp to different shaped services. Certainly strong enough for the job, cheap...
I started my large format journey with a Toyo monorail and went to a Wista 45DX for field work. I have never really run into the issue of lack of movements, for rise/fall you can always raise or...
As I understand it AI created work doesn't or can't have copyright, so it is going to have some serious limitations if you want to earn a living that way. As per usual it seems like an idea that will...
I have the same loupe but it's Nikon branded!
I saw Ex Voto when it was exhibited at my local cathedral. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. The main portrait that lead the exhibition wasn't 'quite' sharp when enlarged and you could see...
I saw Ex Voto when it was exhibited at my local cathedral. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. The main portrait that lead the exhibition wasn't 'quite' sharp when enlarged and you could see...
Personally I would recommend Ilford HP5+ as it is a better all rounder and you would need much less flash power in the studio. It also gives you relatively fast shutter speeds outdoors in shady...
Whenever I have used that combination I have used HC110 at a higher dilution so you get a development time around 10mins. That would hold back the highlights a bit, as the developer would start to...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52408643842_4a18dc195a_b.jpgSt Michael's Up Marden by Toby Key, on Flickr
A tiny 12th century drover's church tucked away in the south downs. A range of hills...
When I use my 75mm I find it helps to look at the ground glass at an angle when you are checking the corners. Line you eyes up with where the light is coming from if that makes sense. I piece the...
I have just been working on this image I shot with my 75mm Super Angulon 5.6 hopefully this is a useful reference. This was shot with about 10mm of rise so any vignetting would be more obvious at the...
This is one of my images so I can let you know a little bit more about the choices I made. I shot this on a local beach and there was a slight breeze so I was trying to keep the shutter speed up a...
Is it possible you have a bad light trap in one or more of your holders?
That would account for the random nature of the leaks as it would only happen when you use one particular side of one...
I have that lens. The original rear cap is marked inside as 39mm so I can only assume that the size goes by the filter thread. I have measured it and it is 41mm across as you have said.
I would use a film you already have experience with. Otherwise you are testing a film and a camera at the same time. If you use a new film and the exposure seems off how will you know if it's the...
On the second image it looks like a light leak in the middle but that hard line on the each edge looks like an internal reflection being partially blocked by the holder, although it could be a very...
I don't know if if is the same sort of thing at all, but have you thought about getting a couple of the more subtle tiffen pro mist filters? There are digital photographers who use the just to take...
The way I have seen it done is by filling the tank with developer and then loading it in darkness, putting the lid on and then continuing in the light with normal agitation. Repeat for each step....
Personally I don't think you have to worry about the minutiae of the zone system with modern black and white emulsions. All I do with black and white film is spot meter the deepest shadow I want...
They look like air bubbles formed on the film during developing to me.
I would shoot at least one sheet of film at a test target to check the ground glass is aligned properly. If you don't have a test target shooting something like a letter at 45 degrees will work....
The market is a peculiar thing. I have a Toyo 45C and a Wista 45DX. The Wista was four times the price of the Toyo. Portability aside, the Toyo is a better camera in every respect. It also came with...
I don't think it's worth obsessing about really. Most people would agree that 150mm is the defacto 'standard' lens for 4x5 90mm is the most commonly used wide, and 210mm the favourite portrait lens....
You aren't going to get better bellows than Keith's so the question is moot. I would just wrap the camera in a decent dark cloth to be sure.
I wouldn't necessarily write off modelling sites. They are a bit like buying on ebay. You have to do your research, but busy, professional independent models will be there and are usually on...
It really depends on what I am shooting. I have a separate bag that holds about 15 holders plus my lesser used filters and back up bits and pieces. If I am shooting portraits I carry it with me. I...
I have the 125mm 5.6 W but I think it is a newer (80's?) version with EBC coating. Its lettering is on the outside of the lens barrel. I really like the focal length and use it next to a 210mm APO...
Are you blocking off absolutely all extraneous light from the LED panel? I have a pixelatr film holder which I place over a light panel. I have found that if I take the bellows from my old monorail...
I guess the two questions I would ask is just how accurate is the CNC manufacturing process and what QC checks are undertaken once assembly is complete? Accuracy costs money of course and these...
Perhaps this is a stupid idea, but have you tried inserting and removing a film holder then re-checking focus? Just wondering if the camera might be moving when you are loading the holder.
Also...
Welcome to the wonderful/frustrating* world of large format photography!
*delete as applicable
This is from a shoot I did a couple of months ago, just got the colour film back from the lab
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51635737565_9e8d73d1db_z.jpgTrain to nowhere II by Toby Key, on...
The marketing hook for this is taking people's photo with a ULF camera. You are selling an experience and that is the crucial part of it, not any of the method that happens behind closed doors. I...