safe haven for tiny formats

[Daniel Unkefer]

70mm DuPont Cronar High Speed Pan by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is 75 feet of unopened DuPont Cronar High Speed Pan expired in 1964. I have loaded about a 220 length to try it; the emulsion looks good not mouldy or anything like that. It was 500 ASA film so it will be fun to see what comes of it; Could also be respooled into 616. I will load it in one of my Graflex RH50 4x5 Graphlock holders (film gate is 6x7cm). Anybody here familiar with this film? This is very thick stock, I will say that.

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

Hasselblad A70 70mm Film Back "Rubber Wheels" arrived today from the Ukraine! They look good and I'll test them as I have time. Replacing these cogs with the "sprocket wheel" in the A70, allows you to run unperforated film in the Hasselblad 70mm Film Magazine. Which really opens up a lot of 70mm film options, there is a lot of unperforated out there. Top sides and bottom sides shown here.

[Iga]

Interesting, Igor!

Thanks Peter ! I rarely use meniscus with digital cameras, but from time to time, just for fun ..

[Randy]

Every week for the past few years I drive past this several times a day, finally stopped and shot a few before someone burns it down. Fujifilm X100v.

[Peter De Smidt]

I'm glad that you stopped, Randy. Nicely done!

[Tin Can]

Agree

[Randy]

Thanks guys - glad you like.

[Daniel Unkefer]

18x24 Sinar Norma 300 Xenar F4.5 Rembrandt Lighting by Nokton48, on Flickr

Rembrandt Broncolor Beauty Light 8x10 by Nokton48, on Flickr

The cool thing about having multiple Normas, is that you can leave them set up for a while. Classic Rembrandt Lighting, Broncolor Beauty Light pointed straight down from up high as possible. Silver reflector on the floor tilted towards the subject. Lens is 300mm chrome Schneider Xenar, on custom made Norma board. Xenars are lovely to shoot through at near full aperture. The focus blows out behind the front row of petals which I find attractive. Strobe meter says F22 at EI 50 so just one pop will do. Canvas Background is by David Maheu "Tim Kelly Classic Grey" Like it Stormy Grey middle key with no corner vignettes. I can vignette with light if required. I'll be shooting 18x24 Kodak Mammo film and I'm thinking of going back to using straight Microdol-X for a shorter time, like five minutes. Think "Pull Processing" XRAY film gets too hot easily and needs some chemical restraint. Nothing like big negs for contact printing direct. BTW you can see the Norma 18x24cm framelines on the glass so the film image will be cropped as such. About 25 cents a sheet versus eight bucks for B&W Kodak 8x10 film.

[Peter De Smidt]

From today:

[Tin Can]

WOW!

The dogs are amazing

Their image looks 'drawn' just as the old way of calling a photo a Drawing!

right on topic today

From today:

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Randy.