Really awesome shot thrice. You can see the extreme detail the 4x5 afforded you even at web resolution, amazing really. Also a great subject and composition. Reminds me how I have completely not even thought about photos like that. I'd like to try one and see what kind of texture the 8x10 can pull out. I am not sure my lenses are well suited though.
I use the FP100C for proofing mainly, or it's great for giveaway prints when using a handheld 4x5. People love the immediacy and retroness of it. I also use for proofing with a monorail camera, pretty handy for that.
You can recover the negative from it, and re-use that for normal printing or scanning. Plenty of details online on how to do so.
Tmax 400 @ EI 800, developed in Tmax dev. 1+4.
A phenomenal shot. Great composition, and fantastic tones from that Tmax 400. Think I'll have to pick up a roll to compare to Tri-X!
ken.vs.ryu wrote:
FP100C seems to be more like 50 iso for me.
It is like an instant Velvia, low DR but lovely colours. I find it is difficult to expose properly.
If anything the ideal development time is less than ideal.
This one scanned really well. I think I am going to start shooting Portra 400 more. I also accidentally exposed Velvia 50 as HP5 and that came out pretty black. Whoops.
thrice wrote:
Martin, it seems as though winter still has a reasonable grasp on your city!
Nah, it was only -3°C! Great wall shot, by the way.
ifaynshteyn wrote:
A phenomenal shot. Great composition, and fantastic tones from that Tmax 400. Think I'll have to pick up a roll to compare to Tri-X!
Thanks! But I bet I could have done it just as well with Tri-X. It's all about the contrast curve that you have to tweak for each frame and scene. Tri-X is more "flat" and needs a bit more PP, but it's also more forgiving.
Edit: I checked your Flickr and it seems you shoot with a Canon FD, right? Then you should try medium format, because unfortunately you'll never get the same tonality with 24x36. It makes a lot more difference than changing film type.
Zaitz wrote:
Ice Detail - 8x10 Portra 400
This one scanned really well. I think I am going to start shooting Portra 400 more. I also accidentally exposed Velvia 50 as HP5 and that came out pretty black. Whoops.
Very nice! A bit more DOF would be even better, but I suppose 8x10 has its limitations there.
Did you do anything with the colors? Looks like some sort of cross processing.
thrice: Love the interesting combination of items in that photo
Makten: Good stuff on T-MAX, I love that film as well
Zaitz: Fantastic 8x10! I love the details on the ice and I think it scanned very well too.
Makten wrote:
Thanks! But I bet I could have done it just as well with Tri-X. It's all about the contrast curve that you have to tweak for each frame and scene. Tri-X is more "flat" and needs a bit more PP, but it's also more forgiving.
Edit: I checked your Flickr and it seems you shoot with a Canon FD, right? Then you should try medium format, because unfortunately you'll never get the same tonality with 24x36. It makes a lot more difference than changing film type.
Yes, I definitely plan to go medium format, when I can afford it =)
Makten wrote:
Very nice! A bit more DOF would be even better, but I suppose 8x10 has its limitations there.
Did you do anything with the colors? Looks like some sort of cross processing.
Thanks. The colors are a result of using a duotoned SilverEfex edit at about 60% over the original as I did not like the tan sand river bottom coming through the ice in some spots.
Where are you noticing the dof drop off? It should be good I'd think. It was shot at f/64 and is a pretty flat-space photo. I didn't sharpen the top 70% of the photo as much because I did not like how the sharpening played off the ice details.
This one, which doesn't work as a photo, was shot at f/64 as well and the dof maintains throughout. The ice was closer here as well. (8x10 Velvia 50)
Refinery Smoke/Steam - 4x5 Velvia 50
Using my newer (to me) 24"/600mm Goerz Artar lens. Surprising how wide 600mm is on 8x10. I'd need a 1200mm lens to get what I want. This was shot using two 'tripods' my regular Gitzo with help up front from a heavy duty flash stand. The ~24 inches of bellows extension pretty much demands it.
Great wall shot, by the way. 
