First an intro as I am new to this forum. My name is Charles but everyone calls me 'Duck'. My first camera was a Pentax K1000 in the early 80's. I loved that thing and I used to get a sense of satisfaction developing my own film in my bathroom darkroom. Unfortunately I had no money to get into printing what I developed but the local lab handled that for me. Later I moved up to the Canon AE-1 Program that traveled with me through four years of naval duty in the Mediterranean and, later, through college. In 2004 I received my first digital camera. A Kodak 6MP point and shoot that I reluctantly began using as film started becoming more difficult and expensive to deal with. Before long I was hooked on digital photography and quickly traded the simple Kodak to a more familiar Canon 40D dSLR. In the past five years I have gotten more serious with my photography and am working on getting into commercial product photography and some event photography.
A couple years ago I purchased a used Cambo Legend 4x5 LF camera for $400. Since that purchase I have also acquired three beautiful lenses. I modified a lens board to accept my dSLR as a digital back, subsequently turning my Cambo into a pricey tilt shift lens. Laugh all you want, I love having LF movement available on my lowly dSLR.
Well, having a beautiful piece of equipment like the Cambo not being used for its intended purpose is a rather sad situation. I do miss the smell of darkroom chemistry but the reality is that I neither want the expense of a full darkroom nor do I have the time. A viable solution I saw was in Direct Positive paper. It's simple, easy and convenient. After much reading I settled on backing Galaxy Paper's Kickstarter for their "direct positive" paper at an unheard of 120 ISO. I've yet to open the pack.
In the meantime I have purchased some 4x5 film holders and am waiting on a processing tank I just ordered (per a recommendation from LFP member, Alan9940 from another thread) from Stearman Press.
Unfortunately there is very little information about Galaxy's new paper on this site, or on the net in general. For me, shooting photo paper through a LF camera is new territory but I look forward to returning to analog photography. I'm both excited and rather apprehensive so I would really appreciate any useful insider tips and tricks to keep in mind when I run my first set of papers through the camera.
Thanks in advance.
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