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LOL. I have done that more than once...
You've reminded me that I bought one on eBay ages ago and have never got round to trying it out. I must do that. I already use an RH Designs Stop Clock so there's no excuse really.
Depends on the negative. I can usually get to a decent first work print with two test strips, each of which is a quarter of a sheet. So one and a half on average, to get a work print. From the work...
Looks great
I've used Xtol for 15 years or so for everything except sheet film (for which I use Pyrocat HD). Always 1+1, box speed or push/pull processed, have never had a problem, it's been completely reliable...
Paul - yes, I have made salt prints. This was not easy to make work as a silver gelatin print, I think it'll work for salt (my usual desired end result is quite low contrast). But my main interest is...
Quick contact print. Aiming for high contrast negs for salt and kallitype printing, I think I hit it. Foma 100 @64, Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 11.5 minutes
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The first two sheets look good, no light leaks or problems.
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Finally managed to get out in the field with it for a hike. Very happy with it. It's lightweight, but substantial enough, and all the controls and knobs do their jobs just fine; they're a little...
FWIW, I have shot a lot of Foma 100 in 8x10 and 4x5 sheets over the years and never had any problems with it at all, it's a very decent film. Anecdotally I have heard that Foma 200 is less reliable,...
Should have some images from this camera soon, just need to make time to head out on a hike with it. Frustrating.
Yes, I doubt a 90mm would work too well for exactly the reason John gives.
Hands and fingers, rarely anything else. With practice you can make almost any shape with them.
Good one. I'm doing the same, a print sale to raise money for the White Helmets in Syria
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No problem Peter, I appreciate you're trying to help, ignore my grouchiness!
Guys, I've been shooting large format for a very long time, I'm no beginner at this and understand what I'm doing. I appreciate you're trying to help but you're not talking to a beginner. I'm also...
Thank you Peter!
I've had some time this morning to set it up, do some focusing, try out the movements and a couple of lenses. My main lenses are going to be the same as I use for 8x10 - a...
It's arrived. It's years since I've shot anything smaller than 8x10 in LF, so my first thought was how light it is compared to my Chamonix 810. It will get some in the field use very soon, I'm about...
I pulled the trigger on a new Intrepid 5x7 a few weeks ago. Just had an email confirming I should get it this week. Will report back when I've used in in the wild.
I really like it, although I think it's crying out to be 4x5 or square, and paired as a diptych.
https://www.ianland.co.uk/projects/NotDarkYet/_01diptych05.jpg
Thanks all, very useful input. No, I am not going to sell my 8x10! I can't imagine ever giving up completely on that format.
I get the impression from people who use Intrepid cameras regularly...
That's lovely
I always tray processed 8x10, but then bought a Stearman Press SP-810 when he launched the Kickstarter, because I thought it looked like a good idea. When it went into production a few months later...
I have used a Chamonix 8x10 for the past 10 years or so, very happily. But even though it's lightweight for the format, I use it less and less. My shooting is all on long walks, and I'm not getting...
PhotoArtMag interviewed me about my photographs, among other things I talk a bit about why I use film, and why I favour medium and large format. You can find it here:
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Here's mine, photograph taken last May. The clutter has been added to since then, but otherwise not much has changed. It gets used a lot, and is also my office. To give some sense of scale, the sink...
4 minutes seems awfully short to me. I don't use tubes, but I give my 4x5 FP4+ 12.5 minutes in trays in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 at 20 degrees C, and shoot it at ISO 100. I presoak for a couple of minutes,...
I think people confuse the fact that not so many people make prints any more, being content to put their images (whether family or "serious") onto social media etc, rather than in little envelopes of...
Same here. Seemed like a recipe for unnecessary problems to me, and any advantages other than convenience highly debatable. Never managed to reliably get even development regardless of what I tried,...
It all depends. Landscape is a very diverse form. If you're a picking-details-out-from-a-distance kind of landscape photographer, you might prefer long lenses. If you're a...
http://www.ianland.net/Hastings19/Images/img283.jpg
Hasselblad 500CM, 80/2.8, Portra 400 (I think). Home developed in a Tetenal C41 kit.
http://www.ianland.net/projects/clearing/23_clearing_img279.jpg
Chamonix 4x5, Schneider 90/8.0, Fomapan 100 @ ISO 80, 1+50 Rodinal. Scan from darkroom print.
Thank you Martin.
http://www.ianland.net/projects/clearing/22_clearing_img278.jpg
Mamiya 645, Zeiss 80/2.8 (via Hasselblad adapter), Tri-X, 1+25 Rodinal. Scan from darkroom print.
More time to shoot. And to be a bit younger. The gear doesn't get any lighter, and the hikes get harder.
http://www.ianland.net/Hastings33/Images/img455.jpg
Chamonix 8x10, Schneider 240/5.6, Ilford FP4+, Pyrocat HD. It was blowing a gale when I took this (it's on the cliffs next to the sea near where...
Thank you. That's Firehills, near Hastings, on the south coast of England. Sea cliffs, very exposed to the elements (that shot is right on the edge of the cliffs). Chalk and sandstone hills, lots of...
http://www.ianland.net/projects/trace/01_Trace_img404.jpg
Mamiya 7, 80/4, Tri-X. Scan from darkroom print.
That's lovely Bryan