Post by moltogordo on Jul 28, 2015 4:16:13 GMT -5
I recently obtained a Burke&James 5x7 Grover. I added monorails to my collection because right now they're dirt cheap, and I'm very fond of working with them. The camera is shown below. It really is a pig, but a very lovable and frustrating pig, weighing in at about 20 pounds! Film is expensive in this size, and so many large format users load enlarging paper into their film holders (especially with 8x10 or 11x14 cameras), and either contact print the resultant paper negative, or scan it and manipulate the reversal of tone and flipping of image in their photo processing programs.
It's also a legitimate fine-art medium, producing rather different effects than printing from a negative. I thought I'd give the process a try.
Shooting on enlarging paper means you're effectively using an ASA of about 4-6. In the case of my first attempts, I loaded some very old Ilfobrom Velvet Stipple into my holders, and developed the negatives in Dektol 1:3. Contrast control here is a problem, so the next batch I use I'll soup them in HC110 at 1:100. You'll clearly see, on looking at the prints, the velvet stipple pattern almost making the picture look like a graphic.
I have lots to learn about this, but I can tell you it's a lot of fun! Shown below is the camera I used, the Schneider 210mm f5.6 Symmar, Ifobrom Velvet Stipple Grade 1, the negative, and the reversed positive underneath that. I exposed at 1/2 second and f11, and also used a Cibachrome drum to process the paper.
The photo is of the same stump I posted before. I like it . . . it's a half mile max from where I live, bordering on the wilderness green, and there is a gravel parking area right there so I don't have to lug heavy cameras a country mile.
Thanks for looking in!
My Burke&James 5x7 Grover, Taken with a Pentax K10 and 35mm f2.8 Pentax Limited Macro
A scan of the paper negative:
And the final posiive, reversed and worked on a bit in GIMP
It's also a legitimate fine-art medium, producing rather different effects than printing from a negative. I thought I'd give the process a try.
Shooting on enlarging paper means you're effectively using an ASA of about 4-6. In the case of my first attempts, I loaded some very old Ilfobrom Velvet Stipple into my holders, and developed the negatives in Dektol 1:3. Contrast control here is a problem, so the next batch I use I'll soup them in HC110 at 1:100. You'll clearly see, on looking at the prints, the velvet stipple pattern almost making the picture look like a graphic.
I have lots to learn about this, but I can tell you it's a lot of fun! Shown below is the camera I used, the Schneider 210mm f5.6 Symmar, Ifobrom Velvet Stipple Grade 1, the negative, and the reversed positive underneath that. I exposed at 1/2 second and f11, and also used a Cibachrome drum to process the paper.
The photo is of the same stump I posted before. I like it . . . it's a half mile max from where I live, bordering on the wilderness green, and there is a gravel parking area right there so I don't have to lug heavy cameras a country mile.
Thanks for looking in!
My Burke&James 5x7 Grover, Taken with a Pentax K10 and 35mm f2.8 Pentax Limited Macro
A scan of the paper negative:
And the final posiive, reversed and worked on a bit in GIMP