I decided to take a photo tonight, having been without any new 4x5 negs (ahem, 5x4) since the trip to London. Furthermore having not made use of my lovely Korona and Dagor since a shot of MJ a while ago!


I wasn't expecting anything from this, for reasons I won't go into, my day couldn't have got worse, and so actually GETTING something from this neg was impressive.

Korona 4x5
Dagor 180/6,3 remounted in Polaroid Press shutter. Big 55mm Hoya lens hood on the lens also.
f/30-odd for 10 minutes. 1+20 in Suprol for 3 1/2 mins


Odd things.

I shot toward the street lamps, so I expected a huge amount of flaring. Oddly enough the flaring appears in a linear fashion as well.

I was more worried about somebody seeing me at 11pm standing on muddy grass than I was about getting my exposure right. And yet, I wasn't afraid to wander 15-20 feet away from my camera to try and get a correct light reading with the Gossen Polysix.


This scan is no good, all the detail on the left is lost (There is detail there on the neg) and the right hand side is too dense thanks to flaring.





Still, I know next time to shoot anywhere save from street lamps!