. . Abandoned ranch house (bunk house ??) on open range grasslands south of Austin, Nevada
. . Bunk House (?). Nevada by Reinhold S., on Flickr. . Neg# NVGE 103. Tachihara 4x5, 210mm, Y2 filter. PXP. 1985
2021-05-12 TMAX400@320 DDX 1+9 10 min Городське003-01 Forest 40 + Film 40 web 800x1006 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
2021-05-12 TMAX400@320 DDX 1+9 10 min Городське002-01 Forest 40 + Film 40 web 1262x1004 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
2021-05-12 TMAX400@320 DDX 1+9 10 min Городське004-01 Forest 40 + Film 40 web 1239x1004 by Yuriy Sanin, on Flickr
Schneider Angulon 90mm 6.8
Shaghai film - PaRodinal
Graflex Crown Graphic
sc0101 by Eliverto Scherer
Henricus Historical Park by JOHN EARLEY, on Flickr
Gibillini Bellatrix 8x10, 300/5.6 Fujinon W, Foma 100, 64ISO, Rodinal @ 1:50 in an SP810 daylight tray, Epson V800, Lightroom
This image might have been better suited to the Foma 400ISO that I also had in several holders my bag. It was a bit windy and you can see that from the foliage in the picture.
Also the flies were biting ;^(
These two shots were made at the two different corner towers at the Forbidden City in Beijing a couple months ago on the Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera with my Fujinon C 300mm lens. The first one was a sunrise shot of the eastern tower made on Provia 100F and the second was the western tower shot just before sunset on Velvia 100. I'm quite pleasantly surprised by how the Velvia 100 was able to handle the dynamic range and as expected the colour rendering of both films are significantly different. I have yet to experiment with large format Velvia 50, but I'll need a more suitable subject for that.
Corner Tower Forbidden City Provia 100 - 21-Mar-2021 by BB, on Flickr
Shooting time: 06:21 on 21-Mar-2021
Camera: Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera
Lens: Fujinon C 300mm f/8.5
Film: Fujifilm Provia 100F 8x10 sheet film
Filter: None
Measured exposure: 1sec at f/45
Final exposure: 1sec
Dynamic range: 7 stops
Corner Tower Forbidden City Velvia 100 - 20-Mar-2021 by BB, on Flickr
Shooting time: 16:27 on 20-Mar-2021
Camera: Chamonix Alpinist X 8x10 camera
Lens: Fujinon C 300mm f/8.5
Film: Fujifilm Velvia 100 8x10
Filter: 2-stop soft grad
Measured exposure: 1/5sec at f/45
Final exposure: 1/2sec
Dynamic range: 5 stops
These are nice shots. I'd expect Provia to provide more range. But the shadow on the from part of the building with Provia seems to be the difference. I think you're going to like Velvia 50. I do; more than Velvia 100. Problem is I have to buy Velvia 50 in 4x5 directly from Japan and it's expensive. I think you may have to do the same with 8x10.
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Yes, you are right, I did already buy a box from Japan and indeed it's expensive, the main issue for me is the import duty, if only I can ship to Hong Kong and pick it up myself, that would bring down the expense by about 30%.
I'm still waiting for the right conditions to bring out the Velvia, hopefully I'll get some opportunities this summer.
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