Way to go CJ. My stepfather used to shoot a lot with 8x10 out in the bush. He always justified it as a safety measure and used to joke that if a bear approached, he'd just crawl into the bellows and hide ;-)
Way to go CJ. My stepfather used to shoot a lot with 8x10 out in the bush. He always justified it as a safety measure and used to joke that if a bear approached, he'd just crawl into the bellows and hide ;-)
I noticed that Dave! While checking the bellows for light leaks, I was able to stick my head INSIDE the bellows!
CJ,
Me thinks you have a Rochester Optical Company Improved Empire State model:
http://www.fiberq.com/cam/roc/empimp.htm
I have its big brother 11x14. Should you decide that you may wish to reunite these siblings let me know and I'll make you a deal.
CJ, wait until you see your first 8x10 contact prints! I still marvel at my own work, which is a great feeling. This summer I have been shooting 5x7, a detour of sorts, after obtaining a 5x7 back for my 4x5. I also rounded up a 5x7 back for the 8x10, just in case I need it! So, I have made things very versatile, but also have to pack around even more gear in the van.
Let us know when you get your first results!
I would love to see large tintypes. I think that it would be wonderful to marry an old process such as that one with modern optics.
"8x10" Velvia is the next best thing to porn."
All this time and I had no idea
Congrats Jane! I'll bet you're really going to enjoy that camera!
Congrats CJ I've had my V8 for about 6 mo and already I've burned over 100 sheets. May not be a lot for some here, but remember I am also shooting the 4X5. Love to see some of the tintypes.
You guys are gonna make me sell my Zone 6 4x5 that is already too big to move around.
And too expensive to feed also.
Joe: That sure looks awful close! There's a slight difference in the front rise/fall, but very minor and mine has more bellows extension than the one in the pictures. I am really surprised that somebody would make a camera and not put their name on it. The only marking is the number "26" embossed into the wood on the bottom of the bed. There is NO indication that there was ever a nameplate or any other identification unless it was on an adhesive label that has long since fallen off (without even leaving any residue).
I was going thru the stuff that came in the case with the camera and discovered that the three wooden holders included in the deal are PLATE HOLDERS! I guess I will HAVE to try glass plates later :-) One holder still had a sheet of glass in it (though I'd bet the emulsion is no good).
That left me wondering what kind of process used a DRY glass plate??? From the condition of the holders, they had never seen a WET plate but, with one plate still in a holder, they had obviously been used for a dry glass plate process. ??????
I ordered some Delta 100 to be shipped in by air so I can take it "on assignment" at the end of next week. I'll try some 8x10 POP prints while I am at the Thresherman's Reunion flogging 4x5 tintypes (July 27-30). When I get my stock of 4x5 tintype plates made up, if I have any Ag-Plus left over, I'll coat some 8x10 plates (which I just HAPPEN to have cut and painted already). I think I'll tape a 4x5 plate on one side of the 8x10 holder for a test plate and put a 8x10 plate in the other. I just don't have the nerve to shoot an 8x10 tintype without a test exposure :-0
I need to adapt my home made tripod for a standard 1/4"-20 but everything else is coming together. The tent is here, the poles will all be painted by tomorrow, I have the lights together, the portable darkroom is all tested and ready to go so, after all the construction work, I'll be able to shift back to the photography this weekend. I need to coat a bunch of 4x5 plates, test the shutters on the two new cameras, and do a "test run" in the back yard with my "travelling road show" to make sure I have covered all the bases and everything will work right when I am away from the resources of home base.
The 8x10 is sitting on a table in the living room and everytime I walk by it, I look at it again and mutter "Holy sh!#" ;-)
I have an old wooden holder with a couple of glass plates in it. The dry plates were George Eastman's success story of Kodak! He had read about someone in England using gelatin to produce a dry plate, so he decided that he could do it, too. Take a look at the history pages on Kodak's web site. It is interesting!
"It's the way to educate your eyes. Stare. Pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." - Walker Evans
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