4x5 Handheld in the City

[dazedgonebye]

Gran View w/75mm Super Angulon
TXP in Barry's 2 bath developer

Cheese-n-Stuff

Sunday Morning at the Bikini

City Center

How Free?

 

[Pickett Wilson]

Nothing beats a big negative for tonality.

 

[Rogrund]

Beautiful!

 

[mbisc]

Great Shots!

 

[morgan]

I love the shot of the motel. And such great tonality.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Thanks guys.

I'm starting to get the hang of that Gran View camera, and large format in general. I only lost 1 shot to mistakes this time (badly loaded film).
On the down side, I dropped the camera from about 3 feet up. It broke off a piece of the elbow that holds the handle to the camera. The lens popped off as well.
I put the lens back on and was careful with it and it made it through another 3 shots till I was done for the day. I think a little super glue will keep me in business.

Thank God I didn't drop it on the lens.

 

[FPjohn]

Very good!

yours
FPJ

 

[Al Kaplan]

Now you have me regretting selling my Graphic view II. I still have an old Speed Graphic with a Wollensack 90/6.8 Raptar Wide-Angle. I actually took it out a couple of years ago, complete with the side mount 3-cell flash. It attracted a lot of attention but carrying one all day would sure be an arm breaking chore.

 

[dazedgonebye]

Really nice shots Steve.

I would echo what the others say about the great tonality, wonderful.

Glad to see you got your internal flare problem sorted out.

Heh...I used so much black foam material in that camera, it's a wonder it doesn't suck all the light up before it gets to the film! 😀

 

[Todd.Hanz]

beautiful results, love the look on that motel shot!

 

[Trius]

Steve: I missed it and didn't see it on your site, so forgive me if this is a repeat, but what is the VF you are using? This whole thing has me thinking (again) about shooting my Toyo 45A field handheld. I have a 90 and a 150, both would be good focal lengths for some "large on the street" work. So I'd need a finder or two that covered those two focal lengths. I don't want to fiddle with something like a Kalart rangefinder, just use scale focus or use DOF.

Love this series!

 

[dazedgonebye]

Steve: I missed it and didn't see it on your site, so forgive me if this is a repeat, but what is the VF you are using? This whole thing has me thinking (again) about shooting my Toyo 45A field handheld. I have a 90 and a 150, both would be good focal lengths for some "large on the street" work. So I'd need a finder or two that covered those two focal lengths. I don't want to fiddle with something like a Kalart rangefinder, just use scale focus or use DOF.

Love this series!

I have a CV21mm finder and CV angle finder w/21mm attachment.
They're fairly accurate on the long side, and I'm learning to estimate the additional coverage on the short side. The camera is, of course, scale focus. It does have a little magnifying glass on the back though that allows you to confirm focus through the ground glass without all the darkcloth/loupe effort. That has worked very well and is much handier than I guessed it would be.

 

[dazedgonebye]

One more grafiti shot.

 

[charjohncarter]

Nice shots Steve. I thought they were going to be of San Francisco, the natives call SF 'the City' like it is the only one in the world.

 

[venchka]

Nice 50s-60s feeling. You're making me want to forgo Xtol and Rodinal in favor of Barry's. Does Barry's 2 bath care what film you throw in? How is it on box speed?

Where's that GPS guy who said you and your camera were doomed?

 

[dazedgonebye]

Nice 50s-60s feeling. You're making me want to forgo Xtol and Rodinal in favor of Barry's. Does Barry's 2 bath care what film you throw in? How is it on box speed?

Where's that GPS guy who said you and your camera were doomed?

Barry's mostly doesn't care. Actually, that "How Free" wall was on FP4. I just process the TXP and FP4 in the same tank at the same time and all is well.
4:30 seconds in my jobo on the rotating developing thingie for each bath.
I rate everything at box speed and it seems very good. I've developed PanF, FP4, Tri-x, TPX, Efke 25 and Efke 50...all at box speed.
I'm not very anal about that sort of thing though, so perhaps the results could be tweaked by a smart person.

GPS actually chimed in helpfuly when I was working out an internal reflection problem. Other than that, I've not heard from him. In any case, it doesn't seem to me that the $175 was wasted.

 

[Trius]

Wayne: Too many choices are not good, my friend. 😉

There's no reason Rodinal and Xtol can't give equally pleasing results. Personally I would be working more with Xtol were it not for starting an assignment away from home. So Rodinal would be a better choice -- the small bottle of concentrate is much easier to transport and use as one shot.

 

[venchka]

True enough. The Xtol & Rodinal are already in the cupboard.

I think there are operator issues getting in the way.

 

[Trius]

Wayne: Every time I think of not exercising the XTol, I think of Robert's (Honus) photos.

BTW, I bought two pristine Toyo 4x5 holders for the ... Toyo(!) today ... $15 each. They are well made, better than the others I have.

Steve: Thanks for the info on the finder. I have a Leitz 21mm finder, which would work for the 90. That leaves me a finder for the 150, i.e. 50mm equivalent. Should be easy enough.

 

[ruben]

One more grafiti shot.

The one I like most. It could make an extraordinary looking great enlargement in anyone's living room.

Thanks for sharing,
Ruben