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  1. Thread: Still life-2023

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    Re: Still life-2023

    More fun with the foam head painted gray. I use this for setups. Zone VI view camera and 180mm Fujinon soft focus lens at f/16 on Tmax 100. Lighting from a single Fresnel fixture to the left. I...
  2. Re: Luna-pro advice. Which ones do you like and why?

    The old gray LunaPro meters will not be accurate or usable if you attempt to use alkaline or silver oxide batteries in them, as their voltage is too high. The meter's accuracy depends crucially on...
  3. Thread: Nude

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    Linhof Master Technika with 150mm Caltar f/5.6 on Kodak Tmax 100. Lighting from a small softbox and electronic flash.244569
  4. Thread: Nude

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    Wisner 8x10 and 300mm Nikkor lens on HP5. Light from a strip softbox on the right and a narrow gridded reflector behind the subject on the left.
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  5. Thread: Nude

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    Wisner 8x10 and 300mm f/5.6 Nikkor on HP5. Lighting from a small softbox to the right and a gridded standard reflector "kicker" to the left.
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    Re: Ships, boats, and/or watercraft

    Wisner 8x10 with Fujinon 210mm lens and red 25A filter on Ilford HP-5. Normal development using Tmax developer in a rotary processor. The contrast of the ultra-sharp boats in the foreground and the...
  7. Thread: 8X10 Portraits

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    Father and son portrait using a "Wisner 8x10 and 300mm f/5.6 Nikkor lens on Ilford HP5. I tilted the front and rear standards to "look down" on the subjects, both parallel to the subjects to bring...
  8. Thread: 8X10 Portraits

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    Re: 8X10 Portraits

    The advantage of softboxes is that they "recycle" the light from the flashtube by trapping it inside the box, where it eventually finds its way to the diffuser on the front. You can get the same...
  9. Thread: 8X10 Portraits

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    Re: 8X10 Portraits

    With HP5 at ISO 400 you need less power than you might think. Each softbox was set for only 300 joules of power, so 600 total for an f/stop of f/32. Bear in mind that the light is only about three...
  10. Thread: 8X10 Portraits

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    Re: 8X10 Portraits

    Re the self portrait, the giant lens you to my side is actually a piece of surplus from one of those projection TVs that were a thing before flat screens. It's got to be from 30 years ago, when I was...
  11. Thread: 8X10 Portraits

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    Self-portrait using a Wisner 8x10 and 300mm Nikkor on Ilford HP5. Lighting from two large softboxes to the right and electronic flash.

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  12. Thread: Still life-2023

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    Re: Still life-2023

    Sinar P with 150mm Caltar II on Ektachrome 4x5 sheet film. Photographs like this are difficult to meter correctly due to the backlighting. It is simple with film plane metering and I used a single...
  13. Thread: Still life-2023

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    Re: Still life-2023

    Another still life shot on 4x5 Ektachrome with a Sinar P and 150mm Caltar II lens. Lighting is from an electronic flash spotlight to the left. I metered the scene using the Broncolor FCM probe in the...
  14. Thread: Still life-2023

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    Still life-2023

    I call this "wrenches in love". Sinar P and 150mm Caltar II lens with Broncolor FCM film plane metering on Tmax 100 and electronic flash. I put the meter probe on a gray card placed on top of the...
  15. Thread: Still Life 2022

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    Re: Still Life 2022

    Here is another example of the precision you can get from film plane metering on 4x5 Ektachrome. I start by putting the probe on a neutral gray card that I place in the scene; this establishes the...
  16. Thread: Still Life 2022

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    Re: Still Life 2022

    Another still life using film plane metering. Sinar P with the Broncolor FCM meter and probe, on Tmax 100 developed normally. This is more or less the equivalent of using a spot meter for landscape...
  17. Thread: Still Life 2022

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    Re: Still Life 2022

    Here is a simple overhead view using a Sinar P and 210mm Caltar II lens. I use a Broncolor FCM meter and the film plane probe to determine exposure on Ektachrome 100 film. This is the same system I...
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    Re: Portraits from 2022

    Having taken pictures with cameras large and small, film and digital, for many decades, I have concluded that large format cameras can bring a "look" to portraits that is difficult to obtain with...
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    Re: Portraits from 2022

    Portrait of my 8-year-old granddaughter. This is the best of four exposures on 4x5 Tmax 100 developed normally. I used a Zone VI camera and a 210mm Caltar II f/5.6 lens, with lighting from a large...
  20. Thread: Table Top 8x10

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    Here is another 8x10 table top concept. Lighting from a single Fresnel fixture on Ilford HP-5. Wisner 8x10 Expedition with Nikkor 300mm f/5.6 lens.
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  21. Thread: Table Top 8x10

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    Re: Table Top 8x10

    I have learned that the hardest part of portraiture is the delay between framing and lighting the subject and the actual picture taking. Portrait subjects, especially those on tight time schedules,...
  22. Thread: Table Top 8x10

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    Table Top 8x10

    I had these foam heads to use in setting up portraits when the idea hit me to use them to make a table top photograph. Wisner 8x10 Expedition camera with 300mm f/5.6 lens on Ilford HP5 film. Lighting...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    Another in my series "Meditation on house fans". I used a Zone VI view camera and a 180mm Fujinon soft focus lens at full aperture, f/8. Tmax 100 film and natural light from an overhead skylight, two...
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    Re: Soft-Focus Lens Examples

    The always lovely Avril in the studio. The background is actually a printed backdrop, illuminated with a Fresnel spotlight and about five feet behind the subject. The key light is a Lowel totalight...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    Here is yet another meditation on house fans, though the subject this time is an armilary, an advanced sort of sundial. Linhof MT with 150mm Caltar II, Tmax 100.211863
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    I never thought about your observation that these images have a film noir quality to them. Perhaps it is due to the black and white rendering, and my use of Fresnel spotlights, which were the go-to...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    Here is another meditation on house fans. Tmax 100 using a Linhof Technika and 150mm Caltar II lens. Lighting is from a tungsten Fresnel fixture, f/11 at 1/15 second exposure. The fan was not...
  28. Re: Linhof grip does not seem to fit my Master Technika

    I had a feeling the grip was for an older version of the Technika. I appreciate the explanation and will return the item.
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    Supermarket parking lot

    These rectangular collection boxes sit in contrast to the bare tree branches. There is something lonely about this image, perhaps a commentary on the year we have just experienced. Shot with a Linhof...
  30. Re: Linhof grip does not seem to fit my Master Technika

    I might be missing what Bob Solomon calls the "mounting plate". There is clearly a piece missing in this situation.
  31. Re: Linhof grip does not seem to fit my Master Technika

    Thanks Bob. I received only what is shown in the picture. On my MT itself there is a dovetail plate with a spring release in the middle, but I take it that is not what you meant by a "mounting...
  32. Linhof grip does not seem to fit my Master Technika

    I just purchased a used hand grip for my MT and for the life of me I can't see how it can ever go on the side dovetails mounted to the side of the camera. Are there two different grip mounts?211000
  33. Re: My new Jobo/Tmax 100 consistency problems solved

    My roll film regime with the Jobo has been the same for years and never a problem with no presoak and the 5 1/2 minute, 75 degF time, and I never see any colored water, perhaps because of not...
  34. Re: My new Jobo/Tmax 100 consistency problems solved

    The replies to my post have been so helpful. They convince me that there is no substitute for learning from direct experience, that is, your own research and testing, and not trusting everything you...
  35. Re: My new Jobo/Tmax 100 consistency problems solved

    That's a good catch of my math weakness. So yes, 120 r.p.m. is quite fast, too fast. I meant to say 1 rev every two seconds or 30 r.p.m. It's the "1" setting on the Jobo's with the magnet link to the...
  36. My new Jobo/Tmax 100 consistency problems solved

    It is no secret that the 2500 reels in a Jobo do not always produce a nice, flat and uniform density across the negative using Tmax developer on Tmax film (and perhaps other film stocks as well). An...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    Here is another "meditation" on house fans. This time I used a Linhof Master Technika and 150mm CaltarII MC lens on Tmax 100. Exposure was 1/2 second at f/11 with lighting from two halogen fixtures...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    Here is another soft focus effort, this time using my daughter's ballet shoes from a long time ago (she is in her '40's now). The lens this time was a 170mm Fuji SF at f/9 on Tmax 100 developed...
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    Re: Meditation on house fans

    My homemade soft focus lens is an achromat pair from Surplus Shed dropped into a disassembled shutter and diaphragm from an old Speed Graphic. I pulled focus in the other image by making a slight...
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    Meditation on house fans

    I decided to have some fun with a house fan dating from a time when these things were made in the United States. The skylight in my studio provided the illumination. I used a Zone V! view camera and...
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