Scott Walker
1-Mar-2010, 09:45
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Sinar P2, Nikor-M 450mm, f32 @ .4, FP4 developed in Ilfotec, printed on Ilford multigrade RC deluxe
The focus falls off towards the left side of the fence which I should have caught and although detail is not apparent in the shadows of the contact print they are there in the negative. I also think a little filtration would have helped but it is a bit late now for that. I do not have an enlarger or timer yet so development was done by listening to M79 (Vampire Weekend) on repeat and counting the beat after the second time through to come up with an accurate development time, that seemed to work. The contact printing part was frustrating, it was basically turn the room light on and count, one one thousand, two one thousand……..then shut the light off. 100 watt bulb only gave me about a 2 second exposure which was impossible to even begin to control so I switched to 60 and then 40 watt which gave me about 15 seconds if I stood in the way so there was no direct light being used.
I would appreciate feedback, good, bad or just to tell me I'm ugly:D
It has been 15 years since I have used a large format camera and although I know that I have lots to learn I had underestimated how much I had to remember.
Sinar P2, Nikor-M 450mm, f32 @ .4, FP4 developed in Ilfotec, printed on Ilford multigrade RC deluxe
The focus falls off towards the left side of the fence which I should have caught and although detail is not apparent in the shadows of the contact print they are there in the negative. I also think a little filtration would have helped but it is a bit late now for that. I do not have an enlarger or timer yet so development was done by listening to M79 (Vampire Weekend) on repeat and counting the beat after the second time through to come up with an accurate development time, that seemed to work. The contact printing part was frustrating, it was basically turn the room light on and count, one one thousand, two one thousand……..then shut the light off. 100 watt bulb only gave me about a 2 second exposure which was impossible to even begin to control so I switched to 60 and then 40 watt which gave me about 15 seconds if I stood in the way so there was no direct light being used.
I would appreciate feedback, good, bad or just to tell me I'm ugly:D
It has been 15 years since I have used a large format camera and although I know that I have lots to learn I had underestimated how much I had to remember.