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Silent Street (Gary)-- I have seen most of the work that you posted here, on other forums, with the exception of the boulders and small waterfall. Very nice work. Good eye.

 

Thanks Steve. Production has been severely impacted here this year, first from the catastrophic bushfires, and then, amazingly, from the pandemic and the infuriatingly extended quazzie — we're still not allowed to go camping or use amenities etc!! I have 34 images lined up for scanning and printing when restrictions on travel are further released around 22nd June. This is all very frustrating!!

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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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If you're shooting transparency film regularly it's worth getting a decent color corrected small lightbox and a good loupe to really see what is there on the film.

 

Indeed. Probably the single most important first-step for anybody setting out on long-term consumption of transparency. My first lightbox, back in 1980, was built by Dad from a desklamp positioned under a white frosted glass table top. The 100 watt (!) globe cooked my face and warped my first endeavours with Kodachrome and Ektachrome. Subsequent endeavours were much improved after researching just what the term "light box" meant!

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Garyh | AUS

Pentax 67 w/ ME | Swiss ALPA SWA12 A/D | ZeroImage 69 multiformat pinhole | Canon EOS 1N+PDB E1

Kodachrome, Ektachrome, Fujichrome E6 user since 1977.

Ilfochrome Classic Master print technician (2003-2010) | Hybridised RA-4 print production from Heidelberg Tango scans

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More trees.

 

This is my very first exposure and development of a 4x5 film sheet. The camera is a recently acquired Kodak red bellows No4 with a Cooke Anastigmat lens with cemented glass in Volute shutter. Unfortunately the Cooke has haze so I swapped it with one of those ordinary everyday early 20th century Kodak 3A Anastigmats and shutter. I won't give up on the Cooke lens, I just need to take some pics with it and see how the hazing affects the sharpness and contrast. I drove around looking for a contrasty scene in the afternoon light and chose this one to test not only the camera but myself as well, I wasn't real sure of anything and had my fingers crossed when I pressed the cable release at f32 1/8sec, indicated by a hand held meter. I'm fascinated by these old folders and I'm making film holders out of black craft cardboard thin enough so the back still clips onto the camera.

 

Delta 100 4x5, ID 11 1:1 mix, 12mins, V800 scanner. The image needed sharpening

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^^ So "Cameragary" you still have that S2a :) ,i

that is off the first roll of film i ever shot in medium format.it was ilford xp2 super and this is before i replaced foams in the camera.i have more rolls of xp2 and just finished a roll of ektar 100 in it , but this covid stuff is really killing me as i dont develop myself ( yet ) and everybody seems to be in limbo.

so yes i have the s2a still as i am waiting on the party with the etrs to get back to me.

keep you posted.

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this is the pic that led me on my mirror / ground glass nightmare.foam was like dust under mirror and like glue under ground glass,between all that and losing the mirror frame screw for 2 days i believe all is well now.owning this camera is an excersise in determination,to say the least. 1167309694_myfirstmfphotobronicas2a2019_0002.thumb.jpg.81d95ced751dc9466fcebcbd3463c44e.jpg
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Farm House - Kodak 2A Hawkeye with Tominon 105mm lens, Delta 100, ID 11 1:1, Epson V800. This is an early test shot from the modified Hawkeye, which hasn't reached it's full potential yet, neither have I in how to use it. Scale focusing has been a real pain, but a tripod, f32 or f22 with consequent slow shutter speeds are proving to be the answer.

 

 

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