Larger Format Photography

[knight84]

Will try and see one or 2 rolls.

 

[wootsk]

I happened to saw this and quite surprised that there are still good condition one around. (Petty acceptable price)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINAR-SINAR...ks_Holders&hash=item23126407ae#ht_9377wt_1185

While it is old tech and has only 6mp (If my memory is right), I personally find it useful for interior house shot. (Mounted on a LF gives lots of control) There isn't that much detail available nowadays about this back, a simple good search returns petty good review on it's reliability (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=16969)

I am hinting to some specified LF shoot who shoots commercial and has a Mamiya 645 at haw par villa. ;P (Who ah?)

 

[lkkang]

if this DB is able to hook to a portable mobile phone, ipad or tablet. I don't mind taking it as a light meter.

I happened to saw this and quite surprised that there are still good condition one around. (Petty acceptable price)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINAR-SINAR...ks_Holders&hash=item23126407ae#ht_9377wt_1185

While it is old tech and has only 6mp (If my memory is right), I personally find it useful for interior house shot. (Mounted on a LF gives lots of control) There isn't that much detail available nowadays about this back, a simple good search returns petty good review on it's reliability (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=16969)

I am hinting to some specified LF shoot who shoots commercial and has a Mamiya 645 at haw par villa. ;P (Who ah?)

 

[zguy]

if this DB is able to hook to a portable mobile phone, ipad or tablet. I don't mind taking it as a light meter.

too much ebaying is unhealthy to wallet...haha

 

[wootsk]

Please lah, those backs at made in the age when those smartphone are palm... I don't think there is even a color display smart phone out yet and laptops in their bag are like brick size...

The interest are more for the medium format sensor, 6mp and able to mount on a sinar.

 

[Nikkornos]

Wah lao you don't spill poison lah.....

 

[foxtwo]

I happened to saw this and quite surprised that there are still good condition one around. (Petty acceptable price)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SINAR-SINAR...ks_Holders&hash=item23126407ae#ht_9377wt_1185

While it is old tech and has only 6mp (If my memory is right), I personally find it useful for interior house shot. (Mounted on a LF gives lots of control) There isn't that much detail available nowadays about this back, a simple good search returns petty good review on it's reliability (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=16969)

I am hinting to some specified LF shoot who shoots commercial and has a Mamiya 645 at haw par villa. ;P (Who ah?)

woorrr who arh?

kakaka nope not poisoned... hahhaha

 

[wootsk]

Frankly speaking, I like the name Sinar as compared to those Ca,Ni,So,Pe,Ol,Le,Ha etc etc. (Not periodic table thought I have been dealing a lot with the names inside;P)

For those who doesn't knows,

Science
Industry
Nature
Art
Reproduction

So basically, you can be quite assured that their items are designed to reproduce images as close as possible to the actual object. That goes the same for their back which I have heard that the Sinar balances off of a complete Macbeth chart, not just the grey values.

 

[zguy]

Still life anyone ?
Another source of inspiration : Christopher Broadbent
He shoot in a studio but managed his lighting very well and particular on his backdrops.
he is on the LF forum using the nick "cjbroadbent"

his tearsheets :

https://picasaweb.google.com/105135631383831084913/TearSheets#

 

[wootsk]

I realised in the scanned of the shanghai 100 instruction that I got the materials to make the developer and some of it for the fixer except the acid.
:think: Should I try?

 

[wootsk]

I realised in the scanned of the shanghai 100 instruction that I got the materials to make the developer and some of it for the fixer except the acid.
:think: Should I try?

As the mixture compound seems familiar to me, I ran through my notes and it happens to be quite similar in ratio and exactly the same in chemical used compared to D-76.

D-76 MSDS Report:

85-90 water
5-10 sodium sulfite
1-5 sodium tetraborate --> Layman is Borax
< 1 Hydroquinone
< 1 p-(methylamino)phenol sulfate --> Layman is Metol

--------------------------------------------------------------

Listing copied from shanghai 100 scan:

Water 750ml
Metol 2gm
Sodium Sulphite 100gm
Hydroquinone 5gm
Borax 2gm

Mix with water till 1000ml

 

[Nikkornos]

Great! You going to do it?

 

[aquilaa]

As the mixture compound seems familiar to me, I ran through my notes and it happens to be quite similar in ratio and exactly the same in chemical used compared to D-76.

D-76 MSDS Report:

85-90 water
5-10 sodium sulfite
1-5 sodium tetraborate --> Layman is Borax
< 1 Hydroquinone
< 1 p-(methylamino)phenol sulfate --> Layman is Metol

--------------------------------------------------------------

Listing copied from shanghai 100 scan:

Water 750ml
Metol 2gm
Sodium Sulphite 100gm
Hydroquinone 5gm
Borax 2gm

Mix with water till 1000ml

The formula published by "Shanghai" is same as Kodak D-76
published by Kodak.

You may prepare D-76 from individual chemical now.

Do you have para-aminophenol (4-aminophenol)? This chemical is use for preparation of Rodinal.

 

[wootsk]

Nope, I don't have it.:embrass:

D-76 is good, I did alot of test with it by adding other chemical to "tune" the developer. Partially because the packet sold by ruby is a 3L mix which left me alot of spare which I don't know what to do with it ;P.

One of the DIY mix you can try is D-23. Though I PERSONALLY don't like the result, the level of details it can bring out is amazing (Low contrast and wide greyscale, but I don't like it as image will look a bit like it went through a unsharpen mask in photoshop leaving it unhealthy for portrait). The below image is a homescanned photo developed with D-23. (Bear in mind the level of D your monitor can display) You can see that the shadow area isn't lost even in the hash lighting while the floor texture is still there when the the sun is strong.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkadas/6167526848/in/pool-kodakd23

 

[Nikkornos]

Wootsk, when I did B&W many years ago, my only desired formula is Microdol X.
For a long time I cannot see anywhere selling Microdol X. I don't like D76, and because of time I slowly shot less.
Microdol X is similar to D23? Or also similar to Perceptol?

http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/j4027/j4027.pdf

Microdol-x:
3 cups water
2 teaspoons Metol
16 teaspoons Sodium Sulfite
1/8 teaspoon Potassium Bromide
water to make one quart

This is what is needed to get better contrast:

1. Everything 20 degree C. Easy for private house at night from tap.

2. Pour water into the development first, soak for 20 seconds and then pour out.
Will see the water turn purple-ish for some film.

3. Mix 1:3 and develop 11mins Kodak +X 125

4. Prepare a 10% fixer solution as stop bath
Shake for 3 seconds and discard stop bath

5. Fix the film with fixer

6. After fixation, use salt water to remove the fixer.
Water bath the film in tank.

That was the 135mm days. Superb results. super fine grain. Nice contrast.

 

[Nikkornos]

The formula published by "Shanghai" is same as Kodak D-76
published by Kodak.

Brother aquilaa

Do you have the precise formulation for Microdol-X?

Thank you.

 

[Shadowleong]

Its here!! Its here! Everything is working fine! Just the ground abit dirty, figured out roughy how to use it still cant do much wihout a loupe. Now i just need a tripod
And film holders and im good to go!!!

 

[zguy]

Its here!! Its here! Everything is working fine! Just the ground abit dirty, figured out roughy how to use it still cant do much wihout a loupe. Now i just need a tripod
And film holders and im good to go!!!

Finally..for now ..just focus at infinity and cover it with a black cloth and just admire what is on the ground glass
a good tripod will last you a long while so take yr time or save for a good one.

 

[lkkang]

cool...

Its here!! Its here! Everything is working fine! Just the ground abit dirty, figured out roughy how to use it still cant do much wihout a loupe. Now i just need a tripod
And film holders and im good to go!!!

 

[Shadowleong]

Hey guys Just wanna ask if anyone has more info on the lens.It just says carl zeiss jena Nr.68099 Tessar 1:4.5 f = 13,5cm.

So whats the focal length uh?