Poor Mans 4X10

[Ralph Barker]

Can you explain to me how this darkslide works?
thank you.

Daniele, the "half" darkslide is a regular 8x10 darkslide that essentially has been cut in half along the length, with enough of a stub at the handle end to keep it square in the holder (or with a 4x10 "window"). After removing the regular slide, the half-slide is inserted to expose either the top or bottom half of the film, and then reversed to expose the other half with another image.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Here's what the half-darkslide looks like--

http://www.benderphoto.com/4x10pa.htm

You can purchase one from Bender, but it's not hard to cut one yourself from an old darkslide, as I did.

[Scott Davis]

I've done triptychs with 4x5, and diptychs with 8x10, to make panoramic-type images. I got lucky when shooting that panning worked out just fine, and was very careful in lining up my frames. I shot it with a 150mm lens, so it kept a very natual, neutral perspective on the scene, which helped. Here is an example. This was done in Palladium on Bergger COT320, in an 11x14 contact frame, with some very careful aligning of the negatives.

[Daniele Minetto]

Here's what the half-darkslide looks like--

http://www.benderphoto.com/4x10pa.htm

You can purchase one from Bender, but it's not hard to cut one yourself from an old darkslide, as I did.

Can you draw me a sketch of the exact size of the cut ?
Thank you very much in advance.

[David A. Goldfarb]

I'm away from home, so I don't have my half darkslide handy, but it's not hard to figure out.

Put a darkslide in the filmholder and use a pencil to draw the outline of the film frame. This will show the margin you need at the handle end of the darkslide. Remove the darkslide and draw a line that divides the darkslide in half the long way with about 3 mm or so of overlap, so you will have some space between the two images.

Cut out the rectangle on the thinner half leaving the margin at the handle end that you've marked, clean up the edges with some fine sandpaper, and you're done.

[Daniele Minetto]

I'm away from home, so I don't have my half darkslide handy, but it's not hard to figure out.

Put a darkslide in the filmholder and use a pencil to draw the outline of the film frame. This will show the margin you need at the handle end of the darkslide. Remove the darkslide and draw a line that divides the darkslide in half the long way with about 3 mm or so of overlap, so you will have some space between the two images.

Cut out the rectangle on the thinner half leaving the margin at the handle end that you've marked, clean up the edges with some fine sandpaper, and you're done.

Wow! Thanks!