Ever since I started doing alternative process work, I've yearned to work with ultra-large in-camera negatives.
I have an 11x 14 Studio camera but wanted a larger field camera.
20x24 was out of question - just too big. It was between the 14x17 or 16x20 , but I am not a big fan of the 4:5 ratio. Too squarish, I think. I prefer the 2:3 format.
The more I thought of it, the more the 14x20 format kept coming up. Kenro Izu has one and I think Pete Roddy on this forum has one too.
Early last year, I asked Ricahrd Ritter to build me a 14x20. He agreed.
I received the camera earlier this month and am still finding my way around the nether world of Ultra-large format photography.
It weighs all of 21 lbs, has 50" bellows and 10" lens boards.
I have 14" x 36" sheets of Xray film that I cut down in the darkroom with a Rotratrim.
I also have some FP4 and plan to shoot on photo paper too.
Lenses - a beat up 19" Dagor, a 21" Euryscope (Series IV), 30" and 42" RDAs. All lenses are in barrels.
Above is the first negative. Shot on Xray film and developed in a JOBO 3063 drum with Rodinal.
The print is a gold-toned Kallitype.
I plan to use the negatives for alternative process work.
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Originally Posted by Bruce Barlow
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