Photos tagged with “5x7”

Sandy Hook Lighthouse.

Shot on @pictoriographica Speed Plate (ISO 25) with my 1902 Century Studio No. 5. No-name Symmetric lens in a B&L pneumatic shutter, 1/5 second @ f/32. Developed by inspection in HC-110 Dilution B, 5 minutes or thereabouts. Really looking forward to the plate holders Jason and @chromacamera just completed a successful Kickstarter for so I (hopefully) don’t get light leaks like in this shot from a vintage plate holder. #dryplate #dryplatephotography #5x7 #5x7photography #film #filmphotography #filmphotographic #largeformat

Sat Sep 14 2019

Topo Gigio

A couple of months ago, I bought a vintage Petzval lens with the thought that I would mount it on the 1902 Century Studio No. 5 5x7 camera I bought in November. It took a couple of months, but I finally got it mounted. This was one of my first test shots. It’s on Ilford Direct Positive paper, and shot in a #foldio 3 portable studio. The focus is a bit off on this one. The first shot had better focus, but was underexposed at 2 seconds. This one was 4 seconds. The black background doesn’t really show off the Petzval lens. I’ll have to try something outside next.

#largeformat #5x7 #ilforddirectpositivepaper #film #filmphotography #petzval

Tue Mar 05 2019

Another still life from the Century Studio No. 5 on a J. Lane glass dry plate. This is a 25 second exposure.

#film #filmphotography #filmphotographic #dryplate #dryplatephotography #largeformat #5x7 #polaroid #polaroidcamera #centurycamera

Fri Dec 14 2018

Zenith

First shot on the Century No. 5 using a J. Lane dry plate. Exposed for 12 seconds inside a #foldio3 portable studio.

#filmphotography #filmphotographic #film #dryplate #largeformat #5x7 #antiquecamera #radio

Thu Dec 13 2018

Another shot from my 1902 Century Studio No. 5 #5x7 camera on #ilforddirectpositivepaper. As the name of the camera suggests, this is really intended to be an indoor camera, but I took it outside the other day and shot this view of my backyard. It’s a little overexposed I think. I exposed it for 10 seconds and maybe it really only wanted 5.

I got some J. Lane dry plates the other day for the dry plate holder I bought. I hope to give that a try in the next day or two.

#filmphotography #filmphotographic #film #largeformat #paper

Tue Dec 11 2018

Pedro and Enid

Another shot on #ilforddirectpositivepaper with the 1902 Century No. 5 #5x7camera and the #foldio. I wanted to see how narrow the depth of field was on the no-name brass lens that came with the camera, so I placed Enid slightly behind Pedro (the mascot of everyone’s favorite racist tourist trap, South of the Border). I probably should have placed her closer to Pedro so you could see that; this looks like they’re in the same plane, like this is a mistake. Also, it’s not framed great, as you can see the edge of the Foldio on the right. Notes for the next try.

I got a dry plate holder for the camera and some J. Lane dry plates, so I hope to give that a try sometime this week.

#film #filmphotography #filmphotographic #5x7 #largeformat #antiquecamera

Mon Dec 10 2018

Little Enid

This is the first really decent shot I’ve gotten out of the 1902 Century Studio No. 5 camera that I bought in Florida over Thanksgiving. I used a #Foldio 3 fold up studio with a black-ish backdrop and the included LED lighting to do this. I would have liked to get closer and have her fill more of the frame, but the camera only has so much bellows extension. This was shot with #ilforddirectpositivepaper at an ISO around 2, 5 seconds of exposure. It was probably underexposed at that, because it took several minutes to develop. I’m happy with this. The camera works.

#filmphotography #film #filmphotographic #largeformat #5x7 #5x7photography

Sun Dec 09 2018