I've been trying to digitize some 4x5 negatives using a DSLR and a macro lens. This worked decently for 35mm and medium format, but didnt work well with 4x5. So I bit the bullet and bought a scanner.
My v750 pro scanner arrived a couple of days ago and my digitized 4x5 negatives are heads and shoulders better.
Here are my first two scans of 4x5 shots I took while camping over the weekend
This first shot was taken during a light drizzle in the evening (low light). I used my spot meter and added a few seconds for resipocity failure, so the exposure was 8 seconds long. Shot on foma 200 and developed in rodinal 100:1 semi-stand.
Rushing-Mountain-Stream-26-July-2014 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr
The second shot was taken the next morning at 6:30 am. The sun just rising over the mountain. Same film and development.
Old-Camp-26-July-2014 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr
Both of these were straight scans. Slight contrast was added in Photoshop, then they were resized for the web.
This large format photography is going to be FUN!
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