Typewriter, 2014
Sinar P, 180mm Fujinon SFS
5x7 HP5+, D-23
Last edited by Ken Lee; 7-Apr-2018 at 06:48.
Ken,
I enjoy these old typewriter photos. I am curious as to how you set it up or what movements you used and how extreme you need to be to do this. I think I kinda see how it was done by examining where sharp focus is and isn't. I'm also curious as to how much you stopped down the lens.
Earlier this summer I tried a combo of front tilt and swing to get a wooded trail in focus along with two signs one close, one a ways down the path. I got a little too hurried on account of the Mosquitos I guess because the signs and the diagonal connecting them are in focus but the other corners, not so much. Needed smaller aperture, I think.
Thanks
Cheese grater
Stephane, excellent image, I am blown away by the glow of the highlights. What type of lens did you use? I've got a no name single lens meniscus that I need to look thru again.
Thanks Pat, it is the effect of a P&S semi-achromatic, so a meniscus lens...
These are made with a certain measure of improvisation, but judging from the oblique angle of the subject, tilt and swing were used to get focus along a diagonal. Apparently there was some shift too, since the typewriter keys at which we are looking straight ahead, are to the right of center. The Sinar P camera makes all this easy, since all movements are geared: you just dial them in while under the dark cloth.
That was probably made with the lens stopped down just a bit, like f/9... enough to render the sharp things sharp, but no more.
Ken,
Thanks. This Spring I bought a Sinar P kit from Igor Camera along with a Sinar shutter some DB lenses and later and from a different source a tripod and head that handle the weight and add to the work-out dimension of the photo taking. It is SO much easier to use (once you get it where you need it...did I mention it is heavy?) than other LF cameras I've tried that it is hard to believe. I'm also loving the 5x7 format.
Thanks for the explanation, it's more/less what I thought except I missed the shift and would've guessed a smaller aperture. I think it is on the articles page of this site someone recommends focusing at wide open, stopping down and re-examining the ground glass and if it looks ok, go ahead and stop down one more stop! This would've greatly improved ~16 or so 5x7's I made this summer, portraits and landscapes both. But, sometimes less focus/depth of field works, as in your picture.
Typewriter, March 2015
Sinar P, 10 3/4 inch Goerz Apochromat Artar
4x5 TMY, D-23
Last edited by Ken Lee; 7-Apr-2018 at 06:48.
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