Camera works. Brain, not so much.

[Dr Croubie]

Well, the foamcore 19x28" camera that I was building for WPPD works, at least. Took it for a spin today with some 12x16" MGiv.
1mm pinhole, about 470mm FL so about f/470. 10 mins in brightish sunshine with a tiny bit of diffusing cloud around.
One of my favourite spots I keep driving past (if anyone was in the Aus/NL picture exchange, I took that in near enough to the same place, about 500m away)
Got home, loaded it in the Jobo, and despite the label on the side saying "100ml", I just tip in the whole 1 Litre of dev that I've got mixed up.
So as it dribbles down the side, I get some nice drip marks all the way down an otherwise good photo, instead of filling the cup-in-lid thingy that you're meant to do with Jobo drums.

But besides that, the camera works, and I've got another 49 sheets of 12x16" to play with (and will definitely have to try some 16x20" or 18x24" if I can find some, no vignetting whatsoever.)

 

[kier]

Very cool! I look forward to seeing the results!

 

[SMBooth]

I'm surprised the dribbles didn't develop out over time in the tank.

 

[Dr Croubie]

Yeah, me too. I've always thought that 'to completion' means exactly 'to completion'. I guess not. For the record, it was Ilford Multigrade Dev, but I think I mixed it a few months ago (sitting in an airtight bottle since, I haven't printed this year yet I think). Maybe time to ditch it and mix some fresh.

Here's what it looks like in positive, taken with the 7D. I've never inverted from a dslr before, so it's not the best, but should give some idea of how well it'll look if I printed it properly.

(As weird as it is shrinking 16" down to 1200 pixels, too).
The drips aren't too offensive in positive, actually, certainly adds to the 'rusticness' of it. Maybe if I ever get around to mixing my own emulsions and printing on canvas, this one would be perfect to try.

Definitely a good spot, there are a few more than these buildings on the block, each more ruined than the last. I'll have to bring more than just the pinhole next time...