David Haardt
3-Jul-2001, 07:34
Hello folks,
Today I shot my first sheet film (4x5") photo ever. I did already shoot roll fil m and Polaroids with my large format camera, but today I did *it*. It was also t he first film ever I developed on my own.
Camera: Graflex 45 Super Speed Graphic Lens: Graflex (Rodenstock) Optar 4.5/135 Shutter: Graflex 1000 Nr. 2A Film: Classic Pan 400 (don't know which emulsion this actually is, it's a very i nexpensive film from fotoimpex.de) Exposure meter: Weston Master V with my hand as a grey card (+1 stop) Exposure time: 1/2 sec. Diaphragm setting: f/16 Filter: none Berlebach 7003 wooden tripod with FLM/Statec 32F ball head and cable release Developer: Agfa Rodinal (1+25; 7.5 mins.) Fixer: Agfa Agefix (1+5) Wetting agent: Agfa Agepon (1+200)
Here's the result, scanned directly from the negative (about 8x enlarged) at 120 0dpi and the resized with Agfa 1240UT:
http://haardt.net/gf1_gesamt.jpg
And here's a detail (scanned at 1200dpi and not resized):
http://haardt.net/gf1_ausschnitt.jpg
You can read the distance scale on the camera's lens (this is a FED-1e Soviet ra ngefinder camera from 1946), you can read all the book titles and numbers, and y ou can read which model this rather ancient CD player is. Great ;-) I was really fascinated by the detail large format offers (still a huge improvement over 6x9 ), and I was very happy that developing was rather easy and much fun. I loaded a nd unloaded the film in my changing bag, but dust wasn't such an issue. I have y et to develop a better washing technique, because despite the use of a wetting a gent, there are some slight streaks of water on the negative.
Yeah, large format is FANTASTIC ;-)
Cheers,
Today I shot my first sheet film (4x5") photo ever. I did already shoot roll fil m and Polaroids with my large format camera, but today I did *it*. It was also t he first film ever I developed on my own.
Camera: Graflex 45 Super Speed Graphic Lens: Graflex (Rodenstock) Optar 4.5/135 Shutter: Graflex 1000 Nr. 2A Film: Classic Pan 400 (don't know which emulsion this actually is, it's a very i nexpensive film from fotoimpex.de) Exposure meter: Weston Master V with my hand as a grey card (+1 stop) Exposure time: 1/2 sec. Diaphragm setting: f/16 Filter: none Berlebach 7003 wooden tripod with FLM/Statec 32F ball head and cable release Developer: Agfa Rodinal (1+25; 7.5 mins.) Fixer: Agfa Agefix (1+5) Wetting agent: Agfa Agepon (1+200)
Here's the result, scanned directly from the negative (about 8x enlarged) at 120 0dpi and the resized with Agfa 1240UT:
http://haardt.net/gf1_gesamt.jpg
And here's a detail (scanned at 1200dpi and not resized):
http://haardt.net/gf1_ausschnitt.jpg
You can read the distance scale on the camera's lens (this is a FED-1e Soviet ra ngefinder camera from 1946), you can read all the book titles and numbers, and y ou can read which model this rather ancient CD player is. Great ;-) I was really fascinated by the detail large format offers (still a huge improvement over 6x9 ), and I was very happy that developing was rather easy and much fun. I loaded a nd unloaded the film in my changing bag, but dust wasn't such an issue. I have y et to develop a better washing technique, because despite the use of a wetting a gent, there are some slight streaks of water on the negative.
Yeah, large format is FANTASTIC ;-)
Cheers,