Camera Talk

I just cropped this. I did shoot it on the iPhone first though using an app called 65x24 to check the composition first. So, shot with the crop in mind.

I'd like to see some shots from your 4x10!

Well, this time I managed to remember to take the focussing aid, made easier by the fact that there is a) room in the bag, and b) the focussing screen on the MPP is waaay brighter than the one on the old 9x12cm Zeca. The downside is that the MPP weighs a wee bit more than the Zeca. I headed north fr...

I scan the 9x12 negs by taping them to a 4x5" sheet of anti-reflective picture framing glass, then drop that, film side down into the Epson V700's 4x5 holder.

Sometimes, something just has to go wrong, no matter how hard you try... I decided to explore some of the nearby hills with my 9x12cm Zeh Zeca and a newly acquired travel tripod that I bought for when I pootle around on the e-bike. The 055 is a bit too big and heavy to easily carry. I drove down one...

Looks like a solid result.

Can you get any good viewpoints of the industrial "stuff" in the background of the first shot?

Great job! What did you finish the outside of the lens board with?

Are you going to try and make your own bellows, or buy some off Aliexpress or similar?

And lastly some supporting structures. Raw concrete gives lovely shapes and textures.

Next up, some building shots.

I've been shooting a reasonable amount of film the last couple of years, in a number of different formats. I've been less good about posting anything though. So I might have some posting to catch up on. I decided I needed to go out and shoot with the Certo Six, as it's been a while. It's a solid chu...

Good work there.

Have you asked over on the Large Format Photography forum? Is there a possibility this is a "bitsa" that someone has previously modified for their own purpose?