Post your first (LF) shot

[C.T. Greene]

Actually I lied, rather to say I shot both sides so this is my 2nd shot consecutive photoghraph. The first is similar except the sun isn't above the horizon . . and there is only one light flare in the upper corner. Having scanned these shots I spent some time playing in PS 5, which brought up variations which look as if lens flare may be the culprit? http://sdrv.ms/MXo2ld What do you think?

[bigguy88]

So I finally got an "inherited" scanner up and running a canon d1230u. Good thing I saved my old XP box, which is now purely dedicated in use for a scanner, hey free is for free you know?... Just so I proudly can share with you guys this...



...woops. Squished the film closing the slide. Better than the other side lol, which is a light leak. 1st lesson, get better loading film, check. Took this a few months ago, getting the hang of making image to the internet is a severe PIA for the first time.

common issue . nice for the first image

[EdG]

This actually represents a few firsts for me - making a picture with a large format camera (my 4x5 Cambo monorail view camera), printing and developing a negative (using my Omega D2).

The print was scanned on a Canoscan 9000F and then downsized for the net.

Not the most imaginative of shots, that will come as I grow in understanding my camera and what I can do with it.

Larger Version

[Robbie Bedell]

I bought a 4x5 Premo Folding View Camera at an auction in 1975 for $20. It had a B&L rapid rectilinear. This is my first exposure taken that year... I am amazed I still have the negative! Robbie

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[Robbie Bedell]

I meant to add that this was Tri X in D-76 1:1...

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[Eliverto]

From about a year ago, my first 4x5.

KMV 4x5, Nikkor W 150/5.6, Shanghai GP3, in home brewed D23

[jeffsweet]

Hi all!

Figured it would be appropriate to make my first post here about my first large-format exposure. Which also happened to be my first attempt at film development and scanning. I was sure I was going to screw it up at about a dozen places along the way, so it was such a pleasant surprise for it to turn out at all.

Hard to overstate just how cool it was to hold that first negative in my hands.



Intrepid 4x5 / Fujinon W 150mm 5.6 / Fomapan 100 / D76

[Andrew Plume]

That's a great effort Jeff, kudos to you

regards

Andrew

[djdister]

Not my absolute first LF shot, but an early (1985) attempt of a hand-held panning shot using a Graflex B 5x7


And another Graflex 5x7 shot, with the camera just sitting on a picnic table

[jeffsweet]

That's a great effort Jeff, kudos to you

regards

Andrew

Thanks!

I've been shooting film for about a year and a half now on my RB67, and actually got my Intrepid back in February, but I put off actually using it until this month because I felt a little intimidated by the whole process, from loading the film on. Not to mention the cost--I previously had my film developed and scanned by The Darkroom, but they want $4 for development and $8-$16 for scanning--so that pushed me into just making the jump and buying a Mod54 bundle, chemistry/containers, and an Epson V800. A bit pricey upfront, but it won't take long for that to turn into savings.

I was both relieved and delighted at how comfortable, freeing, and just plain fun it turned out to be--aside from a fair amount of cursing and fumbling as I loaded my first set of holders in a too-small dark bag.

Can't wait to get out there again with my kit.