Ondu 6x6 pinhole camera with Fomapan 100, developed in Black, White, and Green for 11.75 minutes per Flic Film's data sheet. Most of the other shots in this roll looked overexposed/overdeveloped...I'm used to developing this film in Rodinal and shooting at ISO 50, but I think Flick Film's recommended times are for shooting at box speed. I think I'll stick to Rodinal for the slower films like this.
I shot all these this morning; the first one here was handheld, hence the blur, but I like the effect.
nehemiahphoto wrote:
Fujicolor 200 or TriX400+2 all with a Minolta 50/1.7 on an XG-1. The camera + lens were gifted to me, and I had to replace the lights seals but now it's singing. From a 4 day canoe trip.
bjhurley wrote:
Ondu 6x6 pinhole camera with Fomapan 100, developed in Black, White, and Green for 11.75 minutes per Flic Film's data sheet. Most of the other shots in this roll looked overexposed/overdeveloped...I'm used to developing this film in Rodinal and shooting at ISO 50, but I think Flick Film's recommended times are for shooting at box speed. I think I'll stick to Rodinal for the slower films like this.
I shot all these this morning; the first one here was handheld, hence the blur, but I like the effect.
My first large format picture. I've taken about 12 pictures so far on 4x5. Mostly just shots like these. I've messed up on something on every single one of them haha. Whether it's forgetting the wings on the reels, or loading the reels wrong, or pulling the dark slide while the preview lever was left open, haha it's always something. But fun to learn - and a very unique experience!
lifeandmylens wrote:
My first large format picture. I've taken about 12 pictures so far on 4x5. Mostly just shots like these. I've messed up on something on every single one of them haha. Whether it's forgetting the wings on the reels, or loading the reels wrong, or pulling the dark slide while the preview lever was left open, haha it's always something. But fun to learn - and a very unique experience!
As silly as it sounds, a check list is a useful tool wile learning large format. Nothing is automatic. Open the shutter and aperture to focus, set the aperture, close the shutter and cock it. Shiny side of the dark slide out for unexposed and the black side after the exposure. Learning the film notches and how to position it correctly in the holder. It requires you to be methodical abut as you see, the results are worth it.
Wait until you're out in the wind. Then the real fun starts!
madNbad wrote:
As silly as it sounds, a check list is a useful tool wile learning large format. Nothing is automatic. Open the shutter and aperture to focus, set the aperture, close the shutter and cock it. Shiny side of the dark slide out for unexposed and the black side after the exposure. Learning the film notches and how to position it correctly in the holder. It requires you to be methodical abut as you see, the results are worth it.
Wait until you're out in the wind. Then the real fun starts!
madNbad wrote:
Wait until you're out in the wind. Then the real fun starts!
I was just reading a blog post by photographer/cinematographer Lucinda Lewis on the Ilford site (the post could have used a bit of proofreading and editing, I'm afraid, but it's still a fun read), and also worth watching her short film "Bellows to the Wind." The wind was so strong on the Isle of Skye while she was there that it knocked her Mamiya medium-format camera and tripod into the mud.
There is some lovely cinematography in that video (along with some gut-wrenching video stabilization artifacts); there was one moment toward the end that immediately made me think of an Andrew Wyeth painting so I took a screen grab of it and printed it on my Polaroid Instant Lab printer:
Second roll with the new to me Canon EOS-1 - fits my hand just like the Nikon N90s - Italian designers? Anyway - a pleasure to use. The bad news is getting down low is even more difficult now, but I had motive to get this one. HP5
James Markus wrote:
Second roll with the new to me Canon EOS-1 - fits my hand just like the Nikon N90s - Italian designers? Anyway - a pleasure to use. The bad news is getting down low is even more difficult now, but I had motive to get this one. HP5
Did you use exp comp for that shot, or did the camera nail it by itself?
