Gundlach Korona 5x7, 1840s landscape lens FL=14 in.
Kent in SD
Very nice, Kent. Is this a positive image? Maybe it would be useful to state in photo posts whether we are displaying positives, or scans of negatives.
Very nice, Kent. Is this a positive image? Maybe it would be useful to state in photo posts whether we are displaying positives, or scans of negatives.
Tin type.
Kent in SD
In contento ed allegria
Notte e di vogliam passar!
If I could get a plate that nice with a box brownie, I'd pack up and never shoot another! Great shot!
Thanks, Garrett!
Of course, the Box Brownie has some serious limitations (namely fixed focus), but if you know what is possible, it has a lot to offer! I feel compelled to make more negatives with it.
Lets start a thread for sharing wet plate collodion photographs.
This is from a wet plate negative made with a Kodak Box Brownie #3B. I cut 1.3mm thin glass to fit the Brownie, and when using the smallest aperture on the little pull tab behind the lens, this simple meniscus performs surprisingly well! (Honest, I made this with a Brownie 3B!)
The exposure was 6 minutes in bright open shade, and even then, the negative needed a bit of help so I redeveloped it using the Iodine redeveloper process, which added about 1.5 stops more density. It will probably make a beautiful albumen or salt print!
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