Recent content by Marvin d martian

Sometimes they come up on here. I have bought and sold a couple of LF cameras and lenses on the forum, but they dont apear that often. I started off with a monorail that was great to learn with, and it was cheap (£250 camera+lens+darkslides) It was not realy suitable for taking outside, so I got...

Learn on Foma 100. £35 for 50 sheets, which for LF film is very reasonable. You can make mistakes with Foma and not feel too bad. Making a mistake with 8x10 slide film hurts!!! Mart

My answer would be don't wait, jump in and try it. I did and it's great. Beware it's addictive and warps your mind. I'm no expert, but would be willing to bring kit along if someone wants to organise a LF day in the north west. I now have 3 5x4 cameras, and could let people try them, with a...

Bugger, missed this. I'd be up for it if anyone drops out. Mart

A few more church doors from me, bit of a project and I've been printing them. marble2-1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr marble1-1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr and a bit more of this church marble church 1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

A lovely set of images, they realy envoque The feeling of Paris. Mart

I wet print these days, got lucky on here and picked up a nice 5x4 LPL Enlarger for very little. Took me a while but I'm getting the hang of it after a few years. Best thing is to see if you have a collage or a commercial dark room you can rent, or be taught. Doing it from books and guess work...

And a great WW1 statue inside the cathedral, only there till the end of the month. liverpool-cathedral5 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

Liverpool Cathedral, Outside, liverpool-cathedral2 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Inside, liverpool-cathedral1 by Marvin d martian100, on Flickr Mart

Not going to make it as I can't get out of my road! Mart

No Now that's a beautiful image

Thanks Steve, Yes the steam mill looks odd, that's one of the problems using such wide angle lenses (65mm) on 5x4. No vignette added to the last image, just did not fit the centre filter so as to illuminate the centre of the image a little more. Cheers, Mart

Cheers Andy, Was hoping for clouds in the sky rather than blank whiteness, but you can't have everything. Mart

Thanks, all 5x4 large format taken on a Cambo 650 wide. All on Kodak TMax 100, developed in HC110 dilution H. Mart

Ooh now that's nice. Mart