Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I spent New Year's Eve processing some 4x5 FP4 that I shot in December with my home made camera and Darlot lens; the first time I've developed film since 2012, before I retired. And because I don't have a darkroom I waited until dark and used the basement washtubs. Even though I have a bakelite daylight tank for 4x5, it turned out that to agitate without losing fluid I had to take the top off each minute to shake the holders. As usual, I used a #3 green safelight with a foot switch to develop by inspection. This is my favorite window shot that I took at a friend's tintype studio in an old industrial building. Margaret Muza uses formats up to 24"x24" to produce one of a kind portrait tintypes. She inspired me to do a little with my paltry 4x5 ;~) The exposure was made with a Packard pneumatic shutter that fits over the lens hood of the 1870's Darlot and has a rubber squeeze-bulb. I used the smallest stop my uncle made for me years ago, which works out to f/55.6. Shutter was open about seven seconds. Yesterday the negatives were digitized on my basement copy set-up. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Miscellaneous/20181204_MR_Darlot_Window.jpg.html > The copy set-up. < http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/20181214_MR_CopyStand.jpg.html > Both can be viewed large. -- Alan Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Photo Services (Retired) UPAA Photographer of the Year 1978 UPAA Master of the Profession 2014 amr3 at uwm.edu http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ "All the technique in the world doesn't compensate for an inability to notice. " - Elliott Erwitt