Berndt
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Post by Berndt on Jan 5, 2012 7:37:38 GMT -5
Thanks Bob. Interesting and I also heard about this positive paper. I personally wouldn't use it though, because I like to scan my pictures anyway, which means, I can easily invert them.
Simply haven't had the chance for further and more detailed experiments yet, but I will certainly do so. Photo paper is indeed a more interesting medium then I ever thought. Big plus is the price, especially when it comes to large format. Photo paper costs nearly nothing ( comparing to film ) and can be developed so easily by everyone without any special experience.
Hope, I can try my largest 10x12 inch camera soon. I got the 210 mm Tessar mounted and seems to work perfectly on it. Biggest problem left ... is the tremedous weight of this camera ... and I don't have a decent tripod, which could hold it ... and I don't have a car as well :-( So what kind of pictures can I take ? ... hahaha ...
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Post by mickeyobe on Jan 5, 2012 8:59:13 GMT -5
berndt,
Tree stump. Fence post. Rock. Table. Window ledge. Hummock. Large sleeping turtle. Back of large sturdy friend. Up ended luggage trunk. Howdah. Electric company's cherry picker. Shoot from prone position on the ground. All these were invented primarily for the use of photographers with tremendous weighty cameras.
OR
Shoot hand held and tell viewers that the blur is intentional for artistic effect.
Mickey
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Post by Berndt on Mar 15, 2012 6:19:59 GMT -5
I could finally continue my photo paper experiments. I needed to invent some construction for mounting those ancient cameras on a modern tripod ... and I bought two lenses, which do have an inbuilt shutter. Even photo paper is actually too sensitive for opening and closing the lens manually and an ND filter would have caused too long exposure times. So here my first attempt in this matter after a while. A spontaneous portrait of a friend, which I met in the park by chance. He has been on a walk with his dog and the dog is also the reason, why he is slightly out of focus Dogs do not have much patience for large format photography and it was constantly tearing However ... not that bad for a first test Fujinon 150 mm lens at 1/30 sec and F:5.6 on a sunny day.
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Post by nikonbob on Mar 15, 2012 7:43:10 GMT -5
Not bad at all considering the dog factor. Your perseverance is starting to pay off. Always liked Fujinon lenses, on both cameras and binoculars, for their fine performance.
Bob
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Post by colray on Mar 18, 2012 19:07:19 GMT -5
I use paper negativess all the time for testing and have found fixed grade papers work better than multigrade papers. There are 3 problems you get with paper negatives slow ISO about 3 if your lucky . Very high contrast, that can be fixed by pre-flashing and last of all low image quality.
If you end up using multigrade expose with a yellow filter this will reduce the contrast.
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Berndt
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Post by Berndt on Mar 18, 2012 21:24:50 GMT -5
Thanks, Colray !!!
I am not even sure, if I use fixed or multigrade paper. I bought one of Fujifilm ( WP FM2 ). There have been different contrast types of it and I chose a quite contrasty one. The ISO is actually surprisingly high ... and what still causes some problems to me, it seems to be different in bright sunlight and shadow situations. From the exposing experiments, I did so far, the ISO should be app. 20 in bright sunlight and app. 10 in shadow situations. There is something written on the package: ISO speed P500, ISO range R110 ... but I do not really know, what that could mean.
Can't complain about the low image quality though. I think, it is fantastic. Even at super huge enlargements, it still doesn't show any grain.
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Post by colray on Mar 19, 2012 0:24:05 GMT -5
" and what still causes some problems to me, it seems to be different in bright sunlight and shadow situations"
that's normal when using paper negs .. if you pre-flash the results will look far better.
When I say pre-flash the paper is given a very low level fogging. if you process some pre-flashed paper it will show a very light grey cast.
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Post by nikonbob on May 9, 2012 20:57:48 GMT -5
Someone in another forum posted this link and I immediately thought of this thread. Seems the fellow in the video has it all down pat. Found the video very interesting and also thought of all the whining pros do about how tough it is to make a living. I'd say this guy has it worse.
Bob
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Post by Berndt on May 9, 2012 22:02:31 GMT -5
Wow !!! This video is awesome. Unbelievable. Thanks for sharing, Bob !!!
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