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    Self Portrait Tools

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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    A LF selfie :Koidak 2D, 8x10, B&W Ultrasound film "Ektyascan" rated at ISO 200, 210mm f/5.56 Caltar II N, four Vivitar 283 strobes.

    Shutter tripped by hand at arms-length.

    No "special" tools required.
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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    I dig the self-eye portrait!

    Any hints on mating a bulb to a Sinar Copal shutter?

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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    I plan to use open Bulb shutter in the dark and manually fire my bulbs.

    Quote Originally Posted by Exploring Large Format View Post
    I dig the self-eye portrait!

    Any hints on mating a bulb to a Sinar Copal shutter?

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    Very good Drew, eye plan to open a selfie thread on New Years Eve

    This is a gear thread

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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    I have the Norman strobes hooked up to the 8x10, room lights off, lens on the 4x5 open. I did not have a long enough cable release to reach back to the 4x5.

    Uncoated Polaroid
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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    When I first saw the Nixon girls photographs, I started taking one self-potriat each year. Didn't have LF 35 years ago, so the negative has always been 6x6cm. Looking back at the prints, first 20 years are pretty interesting, but the last 15 are just pictures of the same old guy....

    In terms of technical aspects, I got a Rollei SLX (MOTOR DRIVE) back in 1986 and used that with the 30ft electric release for most of the work. That camera does not have a darkslide, so Polaroid proofs, as much as I wanted to do it, were never possible. But I got by fine with mirrors.
    For focus I have always used a string.

    Last month I did upgrade to a Rollei Hy6 and Rollei 6008AF (both auto focus). With the new year coming, I'm excited to try the new cameras for the 2021 picture but it seems with the electric remote shutter release I can't get them to auto focus, so maybe I'm back to using the string for focus.

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    Re: Self Portrait Tools

    I also used to take an annual SP, on my birthday. I have used 35, 645, and 4x5. The former have self timers; for the 4x5 I use an inexpensive pneumatic release like this one

    https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...elease_20.html

    The problem is not tensing up when pressing the bulb with a foot (most of my SP w/ 4x5 are upper body, not just head and shoulders), but at least I can prepare carefully without worrying that the self timer is ahead me.
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    I don't recall the shutter speed for that eye-ball shot, but it was relatively slow. Don't remember the extension, but it was long. The shot was metered for the strobes. They were around 12" from my face! DOF was paper thin as can be seen in the image. The camera was close enough that I could reach out and trip the shutter directly.
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