Hey

[noahnott]

My dad tells me things get harder as time goes on.

(sorry, just had to say it).

I'll try to post my photo(s) when I go shooting next time (with film)...i'll also try to post my first photo. Hopefully I wont mess up as many times as the first.

[noahnott]

LF is still fun...now i've take three whole different photos! here's one:





f/32, 1/2 sec, delta 100, i focused on *the* rock (probably a mistake), underexposed by a stop, used a lengthened development, and made a quick contact print. This photo is fairly close to what the contact print looks like (maybe a smidge darker), and minus the yellow tint b/c I only used the fix for 10-20 seconds since i was in a hurry.

[Wayne Lambert]

Also, the film expired in 1974...pain in the rear to load. It's not a sheet and then a piece of paper, another sheet, paper, and so on. It was in this plastic casing with paper tabs...not expecting that. So I just pulled on the tabs in the darkroom and just fiddled around with it..scratched some of the negatives...more good stuff. I still have no idea what the plastic thing is, but I got another 2 sheets loaded onto the little loader things (i think you people call them boards?).
Noah.

Noah,
I'm thinking you were working with what used to be called a film pack---12(?) preloaded sheets of 4x5 film in a case that you placed in a "film-pack adapter" that looked sort of like a big film holder. This went into the film holder slot in your camera. They were very convenient; after you made an exposure you pulled on a numbered paper tab and the exposed sheet went to the back of the case and a new sheet of film was pulled into position to be exposed. You could write descriptive data on the numbered paper sheet and put the sheet in your pocket. When you were ready to develop you opened up the case and took the sheets out. Brave souls would open the case (in the dark, of course) and just take out a few exposed sheets and then put the case back together with the remaining unexposed sheets still inside. The only problems were the film was a little more expensive then regular sheets and the sheets were more flimsy and a little harder to develop in a tray or put in hangers. In fact, they tended to come out of the film hangers during development---a terrifying event. Your film is lost somewhere in the developing tank---in total darkness! I'm not sure when they stopped making them; probably sometime in the 1970' or 1980's. Someone around here probably knows. Today where you find a lot of used large-format equipment you can generally find film pack adapters, but I suppose they are useless today. I think film packs also came in smaller sizes, like 2 1/4 x 3 1/4-inch. Kodak film packs were very popular. A board is the wood or metal piece that your lens is mounted on. Film holders are what you put your film in, one sheet on each side.
Wayne

[noahnott]

Thanks for the info - i have yet to rip open the bag and actually see the 16 sheet preloaded film pack thing outside of a darkroom. (I broke the plastic). It's wrapped up in a black bag right now. I should probably shoot it off.

-Noah