mike_mahoney Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Some of the previous threads have got me thinking just how digital are we here. I�d like this thread to be a small survey of our processes and markets. <p> I�ll jump first � I use a LF camera for transparencies which I then scan myself and either size for client web use, or work the file in PS to outsource for digital printing. I e-mail proofs to clients, webmasters, and print house, with final file burned to CD. <p> We�ve already been treated to a number of digital vs. traditional threads recently, so as that famous inspector said � Just the facts, please� . Thanks in advance to all respondents - traditional, digital, and hybrids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrey_scott Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I shoot black & white 4x5 film exclusively and do all traditional processing and printing to both RC and Fiberbase paper. Labwork is a custom b&w lab that I run in Cleveland, Ohio. We do quite a bit of work for clients internationally so I do see that there is a demand for traditional processes. <p> Labwork 216/621-7567 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echard_wheeler Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 no digital C1 8x10 with Ilford HP5 processed with a Jobo CPA for contact prints on Azo #2 and pt/pd <p> I pay for this by shooting weddings and a few portraits. I use Canon Eos's mostly and some Bronica 6x6. <p> and of course, my trusty and beloved fleet of Holgas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric_boutilier_brown1 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Toy 8x10G, B+W all the way, RC proofs and fibre prints. Some 120 colour, 35mm B+W IR. Scan the work for the web, sell from the net, and through local galleries. Will someday (I am sure) end up printing digitally, but hold out small hope that companies like Berger will fill the niche when the big-boys (Kodak, Agfa, Ilford) pack it in for the digital dollar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnanian Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 habs/haer work, japanese bound books of streetscapes and portraiture all in 4x5 and 5x7. i do custom b/w processing and printing mostly on rc and fiber paper. i do have a scanner & digital camera 35mm and it is pretty much only used for family snapshots or when i sell some junque on ebay. - - - john Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_oulman Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 4x5, 6x7, 35mm B&W neg and Color transparencies - roller processed. Scanned, stored and printed - all with Epson's best. I guess that makes me a hybrid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_buckels Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 5x7s and 8x10s with Deardorff. Mostly portraits and still lifes. Ilford FP4+ in pyro. Silver contact prints on Azo in amidol. Platinum and palladium prints on Arches Platine.... I use a little Sony digital camera sometimes to capture an object I want to sell on ebay and, very rarely, to make a picture of one of my traditional prints to email to somebody. -jeff buckels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellis_vener_photography Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 i make photographs for advertising, architectural, industrial, and editorial clients. For large format work I shoot film and have it scanned on a high end scanner.<P>If I shot catalogs, there is no question it would mostly if not totally be on digital media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_hall6 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 4x5 and 6x7 work. Velvia for color. HP5+, Acros in XTOL or Pyro, then scanned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedharris Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Color landscapes are shot on film (usually Velvia or Provia) ranginf rom 6x9 through 8x10 and then most usually drum scanned and printed 16 x20 on an iris Giclee printer by my fine art lab, ej arts. Some are also scanned and printed as lightjet prints, depends ont eh subject matter. <p> B&W is processed conventionally in my lab and printed on fiber paper. <p> Animal portraits are shot both 6x9 and digital and printed on lightjet printer. <p> Catalogue work for craftsmen is done digitally for their website use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abiggs Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 4x5 Canham, shooting primarily landscapes for personal pleasure. Color work is either Velvia or Provia, drum scanned, and LightJet output up to 20"x30". Few sales so far, only my own walls have my work on them. B&W is Tri-X, Jobo processor, HC-110 developer. Still learning, but getting better..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andre_noble4 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Bear in mind that respondants here will not be a representative sample of all LF photographers. Why? Most pertinent to the survey topic is the fact that by finding this question and responding to it online, we are all significant for a likely predisposition to computer usage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_chinn Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Older 8x10 and 4x5 Calumets, and a Speed Graphic, for large format with 8x10 B&W printed with both contact printed for platinum and silver. Traditional developers, Pyro, D-23, Xtol, HC-110. Traditional papers, Ilford VC, Forte, and Oriental. Traditional post printing techniques with Ferri, Thiocarbamide, selenium and gold toners. Print sizes range from 8x10 to 20x24. Market is myself, and any prints sold from those I provide to local businesses for art work on the walls and some architectural and interior consignments. I also work with all other formats , with my latest rebellion to technology being the use of a HOLGA camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian2 Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 I shoot 8x10s with a Deardorff and aerial 8x10s with a Gowland. Mostly landscapes and whatever else strikes my interest. I use Tri-x and tray develop in HC110 or D-76. Mostly contact prints or enlargements on an old,old Elwood using fiber based graded paper--- I'm currently experimenting with different brands. Ilford seems the easiest to obtain. Kodak AZO for contacts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychophoto Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 Color and B&W using 2 Nikons, 35mm Canon VT (rangefinder), Mamiya RB67, Linhof Kardan 4x5, and Deardorff 8x10. Much of my work is scanned for various web, manipulative, and digital output purposes. HP5, Bergger BPF, TMX, RDP III, Polaroid 54 & 79, PMK, Azo, etc. Still doing all analog as a starting point, but doing progressively more with digital as a second part of the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel_turner Posted January 10, 2002 Share Posted January 10, 2002 8x10 and 4x5 transparencies... both Velvia and 100VS. Landscapes only. Drum scanned on a Heidelberg Tango and output to Lightjet on Fuji Crystal Archive. Sole purpose is fine prints for the gallery market. 'RIP' Ilfochrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin_kolosky Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 I shoot a few weddings each year on the hasselblad 503cw so that I don't have to raid the regular bank account in order to have fun with the Sinar F1 8 x 10 with 300 and 480 lenses. Process black and white with a Jobo. No digital yet. As an attorney I know how to use word processors but other than that I am computer illiterate. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil_poulsen1 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Photography for personal pleasure. Shoot 2.25 (old Bronica S2a & 6x9 on 4x5 Arca-Swiss camera) B&W and color 4x5. Getting stronger into 4x5 black and white. Just starting 8x10 B&W contact and enlarging. <p> Totally traditional silver media. I want to enjoy silver now and get more into digital later. (By that time, prices will have come down a lot.) I think I'm more the settler than the explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_jones2 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Exclusively 4x5 B&W, Toyo VX125 w/ 90SAXL, 150APO, 240 APO, folding Horseman viewer, Tri-x @ EI 160, Hc110, JOBO film development, all prints (proofs and final) on Ilford MGIV FB paper processed in a JOBO CPP-2 processor (yes, really!), selenium toned. Scan final print on flat bed for web use on personal site or for personal web-based projects for fun. Use Photoshop for any tweeking of these simple web only images. No plans for any digital output. Committed to silver based photography for one reason only, I love it and the hand skills that go with it. <p> Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karnezis Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 All film, then scanned. 4x5, 35mm, and until recently, MF. Landscape and macro with Velvia, sometimes Provia or E100VS. Scan with SprintScan or flatbed, print on Epson 870 or 1280. Occasional Ilfochrome. Starting 8x10 B&W. I shoot as a hobby with an occasional sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riaan_lombard1 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Landscapes/portraits in 6x6(old hass MF) and 5x7 techIII, FP4 and HP5 in id11 or HC, FB(some RC) selenium toned. I work enough every day in software def. to believe that art isn't art if it is too easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholas_f._jones Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Tachihara 8x10 triple extension with 5x7 back, 150/300/450 Nikkor lenses, b/w only. Landscape, exterior architecture, still lifes, portraits in tradition of Group f/64. Tray processing in wet darkroom. Tri-X @EI200/D-76 or HC-110 contact printed on enlarger on Oriental Seagull graded fiber dw papers/Dektol. Toning with RST. Looking at Beseler MXT 810 enlarger for prints to 20x24, maybe larger. For personal satisfaction only but would sell a mounted and matted print when the time is right. Continuing 35mm with Nikon N60 (some b/w darkroom), F3 for copy stand work, trusty old Nikkormat FTN as LF light meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.ryder Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 Kodak film loaded in old 8x10 and 4x5 cameras, wet dark room using kodak chemistry, contact prints and small enlargements. beautiful fiber based prints very small fine art market. I don't even scan for the web and our christmas cards have tipped in silver prints. the only thing digital is this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fw1 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 4x5 and 6x17 ; <p> Black and white ; mainly TMX, Delta 100 and Pan F+, developed in PMK Pyro or Rodinal, scanned using an Agfa Duoscan HiD, and printed on an Epson 1160 with Lyson inks on Lyson soft fine art paper. Still working on getting decent 6x17 scans.<p> Colour ; mainly Astia and sometimes Velvia, normally sent to a lab for enlargements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chad_jarvis1 Posted January 11, 2002 Share Posted January 11, 2002 8x10 and 5x7, black and white only, using Kodak Plus-X developed in open trays in D-76 and printed (straight) on either Agfa MC Classic FB, Chicago Albumen Works Centennial POP or handmade albumen. I scan prints using an HP desktop scanner for reference, web display and email purposes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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