@itnewsbot interesting. The pictures look good, but to me they look more like 35mm film with a wide open lens than a #LargeFormat image. (At the end of the day they are just 20MP, the dynamic range is cut down to that of the sensor, the screen adds loads of grain.) Also, the cost of a DSLR and the requisite fast lens rebalances the finances quite a bit, if this is about saving money.

Large Format Photos Without The Large Price Tag - There’s a good reason that the go-to format for most film photographers is 35 mm, ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/09/large-format-photos-without-the-large-price-tag/ #digitalcamerashacks #digitalconversion #largeformat #film

Been trying to rationalise my #LargeFormat camera bag for weight, and the spot meter is a fairly significant contributor I can’t do without. So after months of dithering I decided to give the Reveni Labs spot meter a go, we will see. https://www.reveni-labs.com

#BelieveInFiIm

Beinn Ghlas, Ben Lawers Nature Reserve

Sunday was far too windy for the #LargeFormat camera (more of a Rolleiflex day), my usual 125/210mm lens combo turned out a poor choice for this compact location and the greenery this time of the year (clue in the name) means very little local contrast. I managed to separate the grass from the rocks a bit with an O22 filter, but had to apply steep contract curve in C1, probably too steep to make this #darkroom printable.

#BelieveInFilm #VisitScotland

This guy is cool, he's Adam Welch and is living by and largely in his converted Toyota 4-Runner pick up named 'Bruce' and various AirBnB's as he traverses the States taking photographs.

Worthy of a subscribe if you're on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/@AdamWelch

#Photography #BelieveInFilm #AdamWelch #35mm #MediumFormat #LargeFormat #UltraLargeFormat #YouTuber #YouTube

I'll put down a wager that I have a 4x5 camera by this time next year, I got the itch! I blame @jeremycalow for this!

#Photography #BelieveInFilm #LargeFormat

The SP-645 tank arrived a while back just after I developed my holiday sheets, but today I was sufficiently motivated to clear some backlog of undeveloped negatives (mostly secondaries), and the tank is superb, I’d say even better than the SP-445, it seals better, no leaking at all.

#LargeFormat #BelieveInFiIm

Stacanan Neideaclibh, #Lewis, #Scotland

16x12 #darkroom print, taken with a #LargeFormat (4x5) camera.

Orange filter to get bit of a separation into the orange granite and LinPol to control water reflections.

#BelieveInFilm

It’s been a lean summer photography wise, I haven’t really taken any photos since our June holidays on Lewis, but that doesn’t mean I no longer #BelieveInFilm 🙂! Spent lot of July in the #darkroom (making most of not having to heat it) printing photos from the May trip to St Kilda, and then from Lewis, still some of that to do. But have some plans for the #LargeFormat camera in September, and beginning to plan for a winter return to Lewis, that place really got under my skin.

Some details from my cleaning of a portrait lens from 1850.

The glass is in great shape, with only a few tiny bubbles and faint scratches, both of which are very normal for a lens of this age.

More interesting to me are the graphite inscription on the back of the flange which appears to read "Top", and a fingerprint etched into the shellac at the edge of the lens hood.

#largeFormat #photography #FilmIsNotDead

Should you buy a scratched lens? And can you spot on which plate was exposed with the scratched lens? Check out my video about this topic: https://youtu.be/ZnBFGaBcXTc And see the highres scans on my blog: https://blog.markus-hofstaetter.at/?p=10003 #wetplate #scratchedlenses #scratched #damagedlens #fungus #lensfungus #projectionlens #tintype #experiment #handmade #myths #brokenlens #largeformat #analogphotograpy #analog

Railroad bridge above the Brazos River in between Sealy and Brookshire, Texas.

Photo taken using the Darkr app, which simulates a #LargeFormat 4 x 5 camera and dark room printing.

#SilentSunday #BlackAndWhitePhoto
#photography #bridge

Monday. #intreprid #largeformat #photography

This is what happens when I run out of ideas.

#film #photography #largeformat

Large Format Photography Update

Some examples of my large format work taken with my Toyo 4x5 view camera using three different types of film.

https://www.tommasz.net/2023/07/09/large-format-photography-update/

#Photography #filmphotography #largeformat #Photo #photoblog #Photography #Rochester

This tintype of a pear that I found last winter goes to Nolan. Thanks a lot for supporting me on patreon for a whole year. Link for making of video I can't believe I have to let them go
https://youtu.be/MN1nibijK34 #wetplate #pear #driedfruit #tintype #analogphotography #handmade #nassplatte #collodion #keepfilmalive #largeformat #petzval #stillife #historicprocess #Monochrome

Picked up this antique magic lantern glass slide projector, mostly for the lens on the front. The projector itself was a nice model made by a subsidiary of Sears, Roebuck, & Co. between 1899 and 1930 (not sure when this particular example was made). It originally would have run on acetylene lamps, but was converted to electric light at some point in the 1920's by its owner, likely when they exchanged its original lens for the one you see attached.

#antique #photography #largeFormat #projector

This beautiful plates goes to Peter. Thanks a lot for supporting me on Patreon for a whole year. Link for making of video https://youtu.be/MN1nibijK34 #wetplate #magnifier #lupe #tintype #analogphotography #handmade #nassplatte #collodion #keepfilmalive #largeformat #petzval #stillife #historicprocess

Back home (ugh), but here are a couple of looks through the ground glass from a few days ago with the Rittreck 5x7. #largeformat #believeinfilm

Shadow selfie with the Rittreck. #largeformat #believeinfilm