First 4x5

[Barney]

first 4x5 shot

Fomapan 100 Ei 100 in R09 1+100 for 18 mins

PP 1 clock auto, I can make it significantly better but there is still a fair bit of halation around rhs of deck chair.
It was so much of a faf I forgot to take multiple readings of highlight and shadow areas Used incident meter.

 

[Ian Grant]

Soot and whitewash.

Fomapan 100 is only a 100EI film in ID-68/Microphen, that's according to Foma's own datasheet, I've always shot it at 50EI developed in Pyrocat HD with excellent results.

You need to realise LF lenses have vert shallow DOF, lenses need stopping down well, and movements like front tilt would help here.

Ian

 

[Ian Grant]

OK a harsh but pertinent comment, just stop shooting multiple formats for a short spell. You bare flailing around getting nowhere, you are just wasting time and film, and money, with no improvements.

You have to go right back to the basics of using film, it really is not difficult. At the moment it's like you are trying to sprint before you have barely learnt to walk, and you are just constantly falling over, helplessly.

Use a 35mm camera, really nail exposure, effective EI, and development, tightly, you can quickly see a huge increase in image quality. It's a no-brainer.

Ian