New (to me) camera !

[gliderbee]

Well,

I thought 4x5 is big (I have a Shen-Hao) ..

Today I could buy a Toyo 810M for a very reasonable price in very good condition, including 80 sheets of Fuji Provia 100F and a Fujinon 250/6.3mm ... THAT's BIG !

I hope to develop my first try tomorrow ...

Stefan.

 

[oftheherd]

Have you used it yet? Please post a photo. I have an old Calumet with very bad bellows that I bought some years ago, with a convertable lens I bought some years later. I don't have time to properly experiment with 4x5, much less repair the bellows and try 8x10. Someday, sigh.

 

[gliderbee]

Not yet: I first have those containers made from windows screen to be able to develop these big sheets. I brought them to a friend with a sewing machine that will make them for me and I'll probabl have them tomorrow or Wednesday. Then I'll make my first Provia slide and develop it 🙂.

I'll try to make a nice picture to post here.

Stefan.

 

[oftheherd]

I'm not sure what you mean by containers made from window screen for development. Can you explain that further?

As to using provia slide first, I envy you your confidence. I doubt I would try that as my first 8x10. But it sure will make a dazzleing slide! I once heard of a man who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home. The man who told me about it said it was totally impressive.

 

[gliderbee]

I'm not sure what you mean by containers made from window screen for development. Can you explain that further?

As to using provia slide first, I envy you your confidence. I doubt I would try that as my first 8x10. But it sure will make a dazzleing slide! I once heard of a man who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home. The man who told me about it said it was totally impressive.

Well, I still have this Kodak E-6 solutions standing, and they should get used or will be to old in a few months, so I'm going to risk it.

The "containers" I talked about is for so-called "tortilla-development"; have a look here: http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=69611&highlight=tortilla+development

and this one for "window screen": http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=30099&highlight=window+screen

>who made his own backlighted frames and displayed 8x10 slides in his home

That's exactly the idea I have in my head 🙂 !

Since I don't have the containers yet (hopefully tonight), and I'll be busy Wednesday, I hope for Thursday afternoon (I took the afternoon off for this). I don't have a good tripod yet (meaning heavy enough for this camera), but I'll make do with a lighter one if there's not too much wind.

Come to think of it: I could of course use a piece of printing paper instead of film, use that to take a picture and then scan it. Fastest way to get a picture in this format, me thinks (except of course going digital, but where's the fun then 🙂.

Stefan.

 

[oftheherd]

I have successfully use a light but fairly substantial Velbon tripod for LF photography when I didn't want to take out my Mamiya tripod. Another trick I understand many photographers have used is an umbrella to shield the camera and bellows from wind.