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tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:21
A couple of friends have asked for the Dagor shots. Here they are.

14" Dagor

16X20 Black Aluminum

This is a scanned one.
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:22
While still in water~~
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:24
100% crop
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:24
Scanned~~
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:26
Still in water
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:27
A few more, not scanned
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:27
in water~~
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 18:30
One more~~
eddie
16-Apr-2011, 19:02
Nice
Jim Galli
16-Apr-2011, 20:15
Interesting. I had a 14" black American Optical Co. Dagor 14" and it wouldn't cover 12X20. Is this one real early? Just curious.
tuant
16-Apr-2011, 20:26
Interesting. I had a 14" black American Optical Co. Dagor 14" and it wouldn't cover 12X20. Is this one real early? Just curious.

Jim, I have heard quite a few people say that. The brochure says it will cover 1620 at F22, I found only a hint of dark corner when wide open but when stopped down to F22, it is more than enough. This has become one of my most favorite lenses for 1620. I have two, the AM with a factory shutter seems to have a bit more corner, a black barrel one has almost no corner, I don't know, would a shutter sometimes cause coverage problem?

Tuant
grahamcase
16-Apr-2011, 22:21
What chemistry is the wet plate?

Wet plate is awesome, and I want to do it, but is not feasible at this stage in my life :(
Craig Tuffin
16-Apr-2011, 23:20
These are fantastic plates, I'd love to go 16x20 sometime in the future but how do you scan a plate that size? You must have a HUGE scanner...
Łukasz Owsianka
17-Apr-2011, 00:50
The brochure from 1951 says:

f7.7 - 10x12
f16 - 12x16
f45 - 16x20

P.S. Beautiful plates.:D
tuant
17-Apr-2011, 06:32
These are fantastic plates, I'd love to go 16x20 sometime in the future but how do you scan a plate that size? You must have a HUGE scanner...

Thank you, guys!

Craig,

I use Epson XL 10000, you will need to stitch the image together in PS. It can only do up to 17".

Tuant
tuant
17-Apr-2011, 06:34
The brochure from 1951 says:

f7.7 - 10x12
f16 - 12x16
f45 - 16x20

P.S. Beautiful plates.:D

Interesting! I feel F22 is more than enough for 1620. Factory always wants to be on the safe side so people don't complain.
Tri Tran
17-Apr-2011, 07:48
Pretty amazing work you have done here Tuant. Have you tried portrait work with this size? The lens has an unique look as a fine wine.Thanks for sharing the process.
Mark Sawyer
17-Apr-2011, 08:39
Most impressive! My compliments!
tuant
17-Apr-2011, 13:03
Most impressive! My compliments!

Thanks, Mark, for the nice words!


Pretty amazing work you have done here Tuant. Have you tried portrait work with this size? The lens has an unique look as a fine wine.Thanks for sharing the process.

Tri, I haven't done too many but on May 1st, we are going to do a bunch of 20x24 with the 8D. That should be interesting:D
Tri Tran
17-Apr-2011, 13:07
That's exciting! I look forward to see more event pictures for that day. Thanks and keep us updated.
Jim Fitzgerald
17-Apr-2011, 15:22
Tuant, yes portraits with the 8D and your set up.... sweet! Can't wait to see the results.
tuant
17-Apr-2011, 18:17
Tuant, yes portraits with the 8D and your set up.... sweet! Can't wait to see the results.

Someone is trying to bring a rifle. We will need to check with local police to see if it is OK.:D We might hand paint the folks cheeks to pink on the plate. I can't wait to see that too:D