Amazing, thanks so much for the suggestions! I will start the hunt!
Amazing, thanks so much for the suggestions! I will start the hunt!
"I love my Verito lens, but I always have to sharpen everything in Photoshop..."
Just bought a box of 8X10 Arista EDU 100 - $209 for a 50 sheet box, delivered - $4.18 a sheet.
X-Ray is cheap and resembles old film, good for practice and portraits
buy a case and save
https://www.zzmedical.com/analog-x-r...-ray-film.html
you will shoot more and learn more
Tin Can
X-ray did for me in 8x10 what a dSLR did for me in smaller formats: made me lose my fear of pressing the shutter button for fear of 'wasting' a shot. I learned a lot from being willing to spend a day experimenting and breaking every rule I was taught, chimping and analyzing histograms on the fly on the back of the camera. With X-ray I still have to bring it home and develop it, but if I burn through 20 sheets trying out a new lens, who cares? Total cost with development is around $10-$11. These days that's the cost of lunch at a fast food place. I spend more on gas driving to and from wherever I'm shooting than I do on film and supplies.
Back to the original question, if you're still looking for a lens, a Commercial Ektar in barrel is still a good option. They're not cheap cheap, but they're a LOT less expensive than a 14" Commercial Ektar in Ilex 5 shutter. And you can't get much more classic a portrait lens - Yousuf Karsh used one for much of his studio portrait work.
"I believe there is nothing more disturbing than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept!" (Ansel Adams)
https://philippe.grunchec-photographe.over-blog.com/
I use 8x10" x-ray film of several varieties. If I could still buy mammography film, I would do so because it is single sided.
I grew up in the era when ortho film was the standard, and panchromatic was just coming to the fore. For most subjects, it is my favorite. One major exception is female portraits. It' normal contrast works well for me and nature. Since there are seldom any decent clouds in southern Cal skies, i exclude the skies from my images most of the time. Therefore the fact that ortho film doesn't show the clouds doesn't bother me. Last but not least, I save hundreds of dollars each year on film from4x5 to 5x12 and 8x10. I rarely bought anything else when I had the 7x17.
And to answer Phillippe, it is 8x10 in the US.
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