My first 4x5 photo [Archive] - Large Format Photography Forum

BertieWooster

12-Dec-2019, 14:44

I've only recently bought my own 4x5 camera (a Sinar P/F combo) and lenses, thanks in no small part to the good advice I received on this forum.

This is my very first large format photo. I know a pet photo isn't the most original choice, but it was mostly to check that everything was working OK!

Ilford HP5, Schneider Kreuznach Symmar-S 300mm 5.6 @ f16 (I think).

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Critiques pertaining to my use of the camera and lens are welcome, but please keep in mind that it was mostly a test (snatched during a very brief moment of bright sunlight pouring in through the window). Frankly, I'm just impressed that it came out properly!

Peter Collins

12-Dec-2019, 15:07

Your first is much, much better than my first! Keep moving!

gimenosaiz

12-Dec-2019, 15:59

Hi!!!
Congratulations :-)
I don't know if it is the most original or not ... but I'm sure that it's not the easier, hahahahaha!!

More!
Antonio

Vaughn

12-Dec-2019, 16:07

Great!

gnuyork

12-Dec-2019, 17:55

Damn great job on the first one... and more importantly - cute dog!

Ethan

12-Dec-2019, 19:04

Awesome! (And cute dog!) did you tone the print? Or is it just a scan?

mikeacar

12-Dec-2019, 20:26

Niiice

-- Mike

Mark Sampson

12-Dec-2019, 20:52

Your exposure looks ok, focus falls on your dog's eye, composition is effective. A good start, keep working.

BertieWooster

12-Dec-2019, 22:22

Awesome! (And cute dog!) did you tone the print? Or is it just a scan?

Thank you :) It's just a scan from my V600, which I tinted slightly in Lightroom.

Thanks everyone else for the nice comments. I hope to use this camera an awful lot in future.

jtomasella

13-Dec-2019, 11:06

Thank you :) It's just a scan from my V600, which I tinted slightly in Lightroom.

Thanks everyone else for the nice comments. I hope to use this camera an awful lot in future.

What do you use to hold your negative? I made something out of card stock, tried a few different heights but all scans from my v600 are still soft compared to ones I get from the lab

BertieWooster

13-Dec-2019, 13:36

What do you use to hold your negative? I made something out of card stock, tried a few different heights but all scans from my v600 are still soft compared to ones I get from the lab

I did the same, made a crude holder out of pieces of mount board and card. It isn't very sharp, but then I don't know how sharp it ought to be. Here's a close-up. Certainly I'd hope the negative is sharper than this.

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Andy Eads

13-Dec-2019, 13:41

Bertie, Nice work. Looking forward to seeing your work. Looks like you have everything well in hand. - Andy

Eliverto

13-Dec-2019, 18:50

Nice one, many more to come!

jtomasella

14-Dec-2019, 06:27

I did the same, made a crude holder out of pieces of mount board and card. It isn't very sharp, but then I don't know how sharp it ought to be. Here's a close-up. Certainly I'd hope the negative is sharper than this.

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It looks pretty good. I had the same problem with sharpness. My first photos I took to the lab because under a loope they were sharp but not the scan. Well the lab scan really showed the sharpness, I was impressed with the amount of detail I saw in those scans.