Who doesn’t love the gear acquisition bug?? May have treated myself to a #Linhof Technika to save lugging the heavier thing around for some quicker shots. So far I love it but the lens it came with has a few limitations and some really nice quirks.
Test photos on expired film and it’s come out nice. The Carisbrooke castle photo is on my trusty but heavy AF monorail Toyo. Must. Develop. The. Slide. Film. I keep blaming the delay in processing on needing a million bottles for the chemicals (it’s not cheap, doesn’t keep and mixes in the wrong final amount for me). That’s my excuse, and I’m sticking with it, and it’s nothing to do with a total loss of confidence in myself on that front.
Must remember focussing loupe though. That’s essential. 🤦
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#pureislandhappiness
My heart! I tried to do a hasty contact print of this last night in the toilet (shh) which was a total disaster. There are three shots of this, two black and white and one colour on expired slide film, which I am yet to develop. In the cramped downstairs loo with the enlarger propped up on the toilet seat, I spilled some developer on the two B&W negs. One is a write-off and this one has some damage I’ve been able to cover up a little with the canner and some fun smelling chemicals.
Here’s the salvage effort of Totland Bay, Isle of Wight.
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Jollife’s cowes. Scrappy photo and scan of this Art Nouveau gem. Hit the limit of movements available with a wide angle lens on the large format and metered the exposure forgetting the polariser 🤦.
Toyo 45gii, Schneider angulon 90mm, Fomapan 200.
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Toyo 45gii, Schneider angulon 90mm, Fomapan 200.
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First test actual film photo from the large format. I'd hoped to have a more interesting photo but the tide was high and too rough to get to where I wanted with the intention of getting some halation effect on the film.
It's also the first lunch break I've been able to take in a long while, so it is what it is. Loving it so far and need to learn more, make some adjustments to the bellows frame as I accidentally knocked the front standard giving a little wierd dpeth of field when it should have been locked.
Oh, and developing. No more sloppy habits! clean fingers and clear dust before scanning in. 🤦
Nerdy stuff:
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Fomapan 200 4x5 sheet film shot at box speed
1/10
f8
Rodinal 1:50 for 10 mins @ 20c
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Another glorious week-end on the Isle of Wight.
It almost felt like summer on Appley Beach
And YOU, have you also been enjoying the beach before the cold sets in?
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