[Leica] IMG: First Film Developed in Six Years

[Alan Magayne-Roshak]

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.

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The copy set-up.
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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/

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