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Hi everyone. This may have been discussed elsewhere, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. In any case, I just recently bought a Dallmeyer 3b, and there were a few things I'd just like to get...

Thanks Serge...

Here's another...Any comments much appreciated!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7628185822_73c9b7a2c4_z.jpg
ambrotype #21 - catherine by slantface, on Flickr

8"x8" black glass ambrotype.

Shot with:

-Century studio camera 8x10"
-Perken Son and Rayment lens No. 3b

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7627445678_cdee709472_z.jpg
ambrotype #20 -...

thanks everyone.

That reflection is a big silver disc reflector for bounce light. Unfortunately, I was holding the disc while I pulled the lens cap with my right hand. I wasn't able to see the...

8"x8" black glass ambrotype.

Shot with:

-Century studio camera 8x10"
-Perken Son and Rayment No. 3B portrait lens

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7505838528_a78f0b181d_z.jpg
ambrotype...

8x8 black glass ambrotypes
8x10 Century Studio camera
Perken Son and Rayment No.3B portrait lens

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7505838584_8cd79ec41d_z.jpg
ambrotype #18 - ryan by...

some wet plate collodion

8x8" black glass ambrotypes
Century Studio 8x10
Perken Son and Rayment No. 3B

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7505838528_a78f0b181d_z.jpg
ambrotype #19 - sean by...

Thanks very much. All images were shot at approximately 6-8 seconds with a red sheet in the background which produced a very dark grey/black.

In terms of the lighting, everything was outdoors, and...

+1 on Quinn Jacobson's book Chemical Pictures. Great book, easy to read, and he also offers secondary online videos that show you exactly what each step is and how to do it. Definitely worth...

Some 8"x8" black glass ambrotypes from this weekend. Still working out exposure/development issues, but its getting slowly slowly better. Still very new at this (maybe 20 plates made so far, with...

Thanks everyone. Yeah, I do have a bit of experience in film, and shoot quite a bit of 35mm and some medium format. I had never shot large format before going into collodion, but I had some good...

Hi everyone. Extremely new to wet plate collodion, and have been lurking around the large format forums for a few weeks. After months of gathering equipment, glass, chemicals, etc., I've finally...