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I have to ask, do you by any chance reside to the west of the church ?!!!
South (though not beneath).
I have to ask, do you by any chance reside to the west of the church ?!!!
Hello all.
Can anyone tell me who, if anyone, is still manufacturing large format slide film?
Not a lot wrong with them Nige!I devved another four sheets of Fomapan 100 today. Three turned out fine, but one had a nasty light leak, which I'm putting down as some sort of user error. I'm getting better at focusing now (athough f/32 is perhaps a bit of a crutch ). What I now need to get better at is composing on the ground-glass. I'm fine at composing with my 35mm or medium format cameras, but I'm finding it more difficult with large format. Slowing down will help (not that I'm rushing in any real sense of the word), and maybe a fresnel for the GG so I can see what is actually inside the bounds of the frame better.
Here are a couple I've scanned and uploaded today:
Chroma 4x5
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Fomapan 100
Fomadon R09 1+50 9 mins @ 20°
1/8sec @ f/32
Graveyard crucifixes by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
This old school has been renovated since I last passed by and now looks to be a fancy house (or possibly apartments). While this is great, it kinda looked more interesting when it was a bit run down.
1/15sec @ f/32
The old school by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
Not a lot wrong with them Nige!
You’re getting to grips with LF quite well tbh .
As for fresnels.
At the risk of opening a can of worms , i would neither recommend nor dismiss them.
Out of six field cameras that I possess, two have them as standard from the manufacturer, three don’t but can have them installed and one ( the canham) , I don’t think has one .
That last line sort of sums up how much of a difference I actually notice with them installed or not.
From what I understand they can be beneficial for wide angle lenses , so on 54 I would say 90mm or wider.
I actually have a 90mm f/8 and assuming that the canham doesnt have a fresnel , I’ve managed just fine using that lens.
I really don’t know for sure that you will gain much when using it on a 135mm….. i can’t say that I have using a 150mm which on 54 format is practically the same focal length.
Perhaps @stevelmx5 can advise you better concerning the chroma ground glass.
Send it out to me cos I’ll give it a whirl with an 820 back!Not yet, but I can get an 8x20 back for my Canham 10x8 camera if I decide to
Although I think it's unlikely....
I know the feeling!Annoyingly, now I'm back at work this week, the weather looks like if will be brighter, at least on some of the days.
You look to be getting on really well.Yesterday's developing session was the first to produce four images without any issues at all (yay!) - no film defects, no light leaks, and the compositions and focusing on point. A shame the weather was so bland and overcast when I took them, but that's the UK for you - beggars can't be choosers on that front. Annoyingly, now I'm back at work this week, the weather looks like if will be brighter, at least on some of the days.
I used a guy in the uk called Miles for repairs and CLAs but he has now retired .Where do people get their large format shutters and lenses serviced? I just had a quote from Sendean in London and what they were asking was more than I paid for some of the lenses!
Where do people get their large format shutters and lenses serviced? I just had a quote from Sendean in London and what they were asking was more than I paid for some of the lenses!
Yeah Linhoff look to be good and only in Essex. While I'm here Asha, do you know of any c41 colour labs in France, still planning my Alpe dhuez trip although the tour doesnt go up it this yearI used a guy in the uk called Miles for repairs and CLAs but he has now retired .
Tbh since Brexit, I wouldn’t now send to the uk as the whole postal system is a performance with paperwork and the potential to be stuffed on taxes and fees on items that I’ve already paid taxes on!
No doubt there are suitable services available more locally ( Paris without a doubt), though I suspect prices to be substantial.
I may do a little searching of neighboring countries such as Germany out of curiousity .
It may even be worth your worthwhile too if uk charges are extortionate
though as mentioned there’s the customs pantomime to take into account and I believe that there are numerous companies based on the continent that are now ceasing their trading with the uk.
Yeah they seem to be the sensible choice, £97 for a basic shutter service with slow speedsI used Linhof Studio to sort out a lens I dropped back in 2019, they straightened out the filter ring and checked for decentering. Total was £65+VAT. I believe they charge per hour of labour so that was the minimum.
Yeah Linhoff look to be good and only in Essex. While I'm here Asha, do you know of any c41 colour labs in France, still planning my Alpe dhuez trip although the tour doesnt go up it this year
Ill be staying in Le Bourg-d'Oisans and so flying out of Grenoble/Geneve or Leon depending on flight prices haha, if I can really be bothered ( and ive done it before) ill drive down from Paris and then I can just take it all back to London a la Eurotunnel or maybe even TGVI haven’t used a lab out here in nearly twenty years and that was in Toulon .
I recall costs for c41 Dev from 35mm film were very elevated ( although 5x4 prints were part of the package )
When I moved further east to where i am now i was more into monochrome and home deving so never used labs again.
I have noticed that the few locations ( notably in Nice) that did offer processing, no longer exist and the one store that does still stock a small amount of film related gear and consumables likely sends any film deving out to contract.
If you let me know exactly where you will be based and what film formats you will need souping , im happy to make some enquiries for you.
Ok I’ll ask around and see what I can come up with.Ill be staying in Le Bourg-d'Oisans and so flying out of Grenoble/Geneve or Leon depending on flight prices haha, if I can really be bothered ( and ive done it before) ill drive down from Paris and then I can just take it all back to London a la Eurotunnel or maybe even TGV
Hero thanks!Ok I’ll ask around and see what I can come up with.
Briefly going off topic, as for the TGV , I realise there is a little time yet before the tour but there are serious disruptions out here this year following the govt pension reforms so strikes are a regular occurrence atm , many of which being announced with very little notice .
SNCF ( who of course incorporate the TGV services) in particular , has caused huge disruption on several occasions ( as it is there are no trains passing through my village tomorrow nor Wednesday, possibly additional days too !!)
Other secteurs are also sometimes concerned including air traffic controllers.
I believe many services are affected tomorrow.
Unless the situation calms down ( unlikely to happen anytime soon!) , driving down may prove to be your better option.
I’ll get back to you with any info I come up with concerning labs ……
Love the Sprotbrough Lock shot
Haven’t you figured out yet that I just wingtas a fellow Chamonix user @Asha what is your Tilt/Scheimpflug procedure? Focus near, tilt far or vice versa? I see you have rear standard focus on the h1, my n2 only has front standard focus, for landscape I read this doest matter but for close ups rear is better as it doesnt not change the subject perspective
Anyone please chime in with your method as well!
as a fellow Chamonix user @Asha what is your Tilt/Scheimpflug procedure? Focus near, tilt far or vice versa? I see you have rear standard focus on the h1, my n2 only has front standard focus, for landscape I read this doest matter but for close ups rear is better as it doesnt not change the subject perspective
Anyone please chime in with your method as well!
Spotted you over at Large Format Forum, nice to see you there!We got some brighter weather on a day I actually wasn't at work yesterday, so I managed to get out and shoot four sheets of 4x5. I was able to dev them this lunchtime and the results look good, but the image below suffered a light leak (I think I'm either still having trouble when removing the dark-slide, or this particular film-holder is not woking quite as it should somehow). Whatever the case, I think it still works nicely even after a significant crop (anbout 40% off the left-hand side of the frame), and there's still a ton of detail in there.
Whats your metering technique? Seems you have all the tones here, is that the scanning? Or are you a master of the negative?Chroma 4x5
Fujinon NW 135mm f/5.6
Fomapan 100
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 12 mins @ 20°
1/30sec @ f/32
School Room by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
Whats your metering technique? Seems you have all the tones here, is that the scanning? Or are you a master of the negative?