Bro, why not post in a new thread? This thread is for sharing of LF pictures. Thanks!
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Bro, why not post in a new thread? This thread is for sharing of LF pictures. Thanks!
Tiredofallthese
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mamypoko said:
ohh sorry bros
Shadowleong
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When you rotate your back, the slot faces the sky? that should be the cause,
i always put the darkslide halfway back into the holder before taking, in case the felt seal fails
bro, if the light leak should be from top down when u are doing portrait orientation, then its not the felt cos that part of the grafloc back has no felt. that part of the camera and the film holder has a design that caters to block stray light from going into the sheet film. check your film holder and grafloc back for nicks and chips.
wootsk
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It shouldn't - or at least the chance of that happening should be very low. There's a strip of felt to guard against light leak. I found out about that strip when I soaked my holders to wash, and found that it took a hell of long time for those felt to dry
The strip is to block light. But there is a quite high chance of failing against direct strong light. That is why old lf shooter has a habit of clipping the dark cloth to the rear or bellow and keep it covered till the dark slide is inserted back into the holder.
Nikkornos
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Good practice. Let me do a Design of Experiment and prove the point. Need to sacrifice some sheet film.
Anyway, 8 gone.
Nikkornos
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Its the Fidelity Deluxe I have
Riteway vs Lisco/Fidelity
Older Riteway Cut Film Holders (the ones with the metal handles on the darkslides) are more highly regarded than say older Lisco. The Riteway holders seem to hold up better. When I worked in a studio about 15 years ago, my boss had over 100 holders all of which he had bought used. Probably all but about 5 were this style Riteway and none of them leaked light. Of the Lisco holders he bought, the failure rate (of used holders) was high enough that he quickly stopped getting them (maybe 50% of the ones he got leaked).
The current Riteway holders are made by the same company as current Lisco and Fidelity holders (these three companies merged probably 20 years ago). The Lisco and Fidelity holders are identical except for the name and slight differeneces in the pattern embossed in the plastic. The Riteway holders also appear identical except for the automatic locking built into the darkslides, and the very cheezey number wheels for marking negatives. I have 2 of the current Riteways and lots of the current Lisco and Fidelity holders. I can't stand the Riteways. The lock on the darkslides takes quite some effort to unlock on my wooden camera and make it very easy to move the camera when removing the slide. The number wheels turn way too easily and the numbers extend into the image area. The different handles on the slides make the holders too large to fit in the quart size Ziplock bags I use to keep dust out of my holders. None of my holders (all bought new) have ever had light leaks (except the one slide I managed to crack, the holder itself was fine once I replaced the slide).
If I were were buying used holders, I'd look for the older plastic Riteways with the metal slides. They seem to hold up much better than other holders of the same age. If buying new holders (or used current style holders), I'd avoid Riteways for the reasons mentioned above. John Sparks
Hi John, My experience with old holders (4x5) is the same. The Riteway holders all are fine, the film plane is in the right place etc. I have a box full of Lisco and Fidelity holders most of which have warped, or maybe were just not accurately made, and are not useable. This is a matter of the film plane rather than light leakage. I started measuring holders after getting unexplained mis-focussed pictures. I found the film-plane to vary all over the place in all but the Riteway holders. OTOH, later 8x10 Fidelity's seem to be ok. Richard Knoppow.
How to isolate a bad 4x5 film holder giving unsharp images ?
You can measure them using a depth micrometer (one good enough is about $30 US) and a plate of sheet aluminum with some holes drilled in it to clear the micrometer. Measure with a sheet of scrap film in the holder. The distance from the reference surface of the holder to the film plane should be 0.187 inches (I think this is the right value). check the corners and center. It should be very accurate and should show no signs of warping. If your holders are reasonably new you may find they are all OK and the problem came from mis-loading the film. Its all too easy to miss getting one edge under the rail. If you find a bad one keep it for spare parts, especially the dark slides and end flap. Richard Knoppow
Tiredofallthese
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lkkang said:
nice brigde
Tiredofallthese
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lkkang said:
punggol....nice
Nikkornos
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Confirmed with a LED torch light . Light leaked from the sides.... :angry:
No wonder some of my night photos have one side contaminated by light.
Nikkornos
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Brother, call me next time please..... Kam Sia.
Shadowleong
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Tried my hands on portraits with large format, after about 50 sheets of film, I still have much to learn
Shot on Speed Graphic, Illford FP4+, Carl Zeiss Jena 135
Shot on Speed Graphic, Illford FP4+, Carl Zeiss Jena 135
knight84
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exact location is here...
SG & Singapore Map - Singapura, Singapur, Singapore Information
you can drop off at PUNGGOL MRT station and then transfer to LRT ,
alight at RIVIERA station. It is about 10mins walk from the RIVIERA station..
once you step out of the train, you should be able to see the bridge from the LRT platform.
good luck bro,
Billy
SG & Singapore Map - Singapura, Singapur, Singapore Information
you can drop off at PUNGGOL MRT station and then transfer to LRT ,
alight at RIVIERA station. It is about 10mins walk from the RIVIERA station..
once you step out of the train, you should be able to see the bridge from the LRT platform.
good luck bro,
Billy
Verticoastro
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Seletar reserviour with Speed Graflex 04.04.2012
Graflex Speed Graphic Camera | Carl Ziess Jana Tessar 135mm f4.5 | 612 format roll film back | Kodak Tmax 100 developed with Iford developer for 6 1/2 minutes.
Graflex Speed Graphic Camera | Carl Ziess Jana Tessar 135mm f4.5 | 612 format roll film back | Kodak Tmax 100 developed with Iford developer for 6 1/2 minutes.
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Hi Master B,
Mind sharing the chemistry u are using?
Mind sharing the chemistry u are using?
thanks...
last one to share...
Billy
1 sec exposure, F45 with RED + GREEN filter
lucky shot actually, didn't expect such mood when I was shooting....
arga arga only..
lucky shot actually, didn't expect such mood when I was shooting....
arga arga only..
Nikkornos
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Seletar reserviour. Nice.
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