Recent content by Maris

The concept of digital information being the basis of photography has become so loosely indulgent that any picture you care to make based on what you have ever seen could be a photograph. Consider the front end of a common creative process: Firstly, there needs to be illuminated subject matter...

My heavily used, heavily replenished Xtol that was first mixed in 2021 delivers quasi-linear results from: 25 minutes at 12 Celcius to 2minutes 45 seconds at 34 Celcius. I haven't tested outside those limits. All black and white films, whatever the type (ok, not lith), whatever the speed, go...

Noosa River, 37mm Fisheye, #006 Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford Classic VC FB photographic paper, image size about 16cm diameter, from a 4x5 Fomapan 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF field view camera fitted with a Mamiya 37mm f4.5 fisheye lens and red filter. The Mamiya 37mm...

Greetings all The number of submissions is a surprise considering the truncated month and the challenge offering plenty of rhyme but no guaranteed reason. I'll pick post #19 as the OLD selection. The four picture sequence by jeffreyg is remarkably adherent to the loopy theme and the technical...

Here's a re-post from some time ago: A while back I shot six full face portraits with a 8x10 Tachihara 810HD view camera and the process went smoothly because almost all the work had been done before the sitter arrived. I used a stand-in seated in a posing chair to set exact focus. Then I ran...

I use an old Velbon Sherpa tripod with its two way head and quick release plate.The tripod is very light but completely adequate because I leave the RB67 prism at home and go out with the Waist Level Finder. The WLF is much lighter than the prism but the key thing is the camera can be set about...

Hiking with the 8x10 Digital picture illustrating field work with an 8x10 view camera. The complete outfit weighs about 22kg so climbing at altitude can be tiring. Searching for pictures while carrying a 8x10 outfit is daft. I always lightly walk the ground the day before and mark the exact...

Not rocks which don't actually rock but things that are much less steady. A fine and quirky theme borrowed from a witty encounter with @chuckroast. This months assignment is "Boats, Floats, and Moats" MSA Guidelines For first-timers, the following summary of standard procedures should help (we...

Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain, Tasmania Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC111 VC FB, image area 16.4cm x 21.2cm, from a Kodak Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Mamiya RB67 camera fitted with a 50mm f4.5 lens and #25 red filter. The tree group was downright picturesque and it would enhance...

Thanks for all the kudos on Rock Mills. In a sense it was an easy shot. Photographing in the 8X10 format is slow but the rocks are not going anywhere this side of geological time. The anxious part was setting the camera up over an unforgiving void, then accessing the ground glass for focussing...

I do large and small bellows repair with 3M Type 850 black polyester tape alias "bellows repair tape". This ultra-thin tape is stronger and more durable than any bellows it is applied to. Expensive.

Vine Forest Gelatin-silver photograph on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper exposed in contact with an 8x10 Efke IR820 infrared negative from a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 121mm f8 lens and a IR680 filter. The film...

Old-2010 Rock Mills, Tea Tree Bay Gelatin-silver photograph on Agfa Classic MCC 111VC FB, image area 24.7cm X 19.6cm, from a 8X10 Tri-x Pan Professional negative exposed in a Plaubel Profia monorail view camera fitted with a 300mm Schneider Symmar lens. These hard quartzite rock mills...

In high accuracy analytical chemistry there are two types of precision pipettes; those calibrated to "contain" a volume and those calibrated to "deliver" a volume. I'm sure the same constraints apply to droppers and syringes when dispensing exact volumes of liquid. The answer to the problem is...

I've had spots like that when making grey values on photographic paper with no negative in my Omega D2V condenser enlarger. Because there was no negative present the raw enlarger light was very bright and required the enlarging lens to be stopped right down even to f45. At f45 the depth of focus...