How to load 4X5 Large format sheet film holders
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In this video we show how to load film in large format sheet film holders (4X5). Here are some more notes:
Clean your holders before loading
Use tape or a rubber band to make sure slides do not pull out in your bag by accident
If you can, prepare all the things you need to load before turning the light off, the more space you have the easier it will be to load
On modern holders there is a little cut out hole at the bottom of the holder. This hole is offset to one side, which is the side where the notches should be when the film is loaded correctly
Professional sheet film is designed to be handled with your hands and fingers, so it is OK to grab the sheets in order to load them. Most modern films will be fine and you do not have to worry about finger prints or other issues
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Great instructions. One thing that wasn't mentioned explicitly: this all has to be done in complete darkness. So either in a darkroom or a changing bag.
You beat me to it...For the newbies, DO NOT DO THIS IN DAYLIGHT...!!!!!
If you didn't know that then maybe stick to digital!
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Indeed :)
Thanks for cutting out all the filler and getting to the point
Much appreciated
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Thanks! I'm about to do a bunch of 4X5 B&W Ortho with some pinhole cameras. Gonna be fun!
I did buy some film in the end and loaded fine. Developed in trays and came out well. I always shoot 2 sheets and if first is underexposed you can adjust dev time. Ilforf HP5 is a very versatile film. I must admit to having packed the camera away again and haven't touched it for a year. Bought a Mamiya TLR, going back to my days in the 80's. Great camera. Another really amazing medium format is an Agfa Isolette. Its small, one lens and sharp. No focusing, just a distance setting. Highly recommend it but get a later model. Iff topic of loading 5x4 but may help someone out there!
I am about to try 4x5 again, and it's been a few years since I shot 4x5. Just wanted to be sure I had the notch thing right plus any other things I may have forgotten. I am busy getting ready to leave on our trip and saw most of the videos were 10 minutes or more! Glad I found your no-filler, to the point, excellent video! Thanks, and I subscribed for more info later.
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thank you! short and to the point. 2 minutes ago i didn't know how to load my film now i'm about to load it and shoot tmrw
Happy to help :)
Awesome video! Just started my large format adventure, today.
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I'm wanting to move up from Medium Format to Large Format. Your video was very helpful.
Thank You very much for your vid..
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Thanks for this! I just purchased a 4x5 Horseman and can't wait to get some exposures.
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Great video. I wish I had seen it before just had to sacrifice a sheet to see if I was doing it right, looks like I did :). first time shooting 4x5 gonna take the graflex for a spin.
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Intelligent, concise, succinct, helpful. good. Cheers.
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love your explanation, fast and useful! thx
rock on
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Brilliant instruction video. Thanks, Tim.
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Having a Sharpie and a roll of masking tape allows me to make notes and put them on the film holders regarding the ISO and exposure.
This is good advice to all!
Try to keep your fingers off the film surface.
And make sure your film holders are clean ahead of time. Spend a couple of dollars on a can of canned air and give them a quick blast before loading.
Thanks. Its not good to load them the wrong way round! I speak from experience. Refreshing after about 7 years from shooting with my Sinar. Ordered some HP5 and will give it a go. Created some stunning images on it in the pre digital age but will see if I really want to keep the camera anymore after shooting with it later this week!
If you follow our instructions, that should rarely happen :)
Very helpful thank you
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Do you have a video on how to develop these? My Great Aunt just gave me a box full that belonged to my great great great uncles and some show that a few were used. I'd love to try and develop them
You can find many 4X5 developing videos on Ebay, though if the film is very old, you might want to have a professional lab who specializes in old film do it for you.
I am shook. I do it the opposite way. To me black signifies that the film is “in the dark.” Once it has been exposed to light I flip it so the white side is outward. Some how that’s how it was explained to me in the 90s. I can see how you could do it either way. But I am finding that photogs are split on this.
My dark slide tabs have a series of raised dots on the white side, which to me, seems to indicate that they're intended to be felt in the dark. Personally I use the mnemonic: "white is ready for the light" and the dots help me know which side is white. While working in working in low light (e.g. astrophotography or darkroom) one can then easily distinguish by touch which film is ready to go!
Same! To me, having the dark side signifies the film hasn’t been exposed to light (which is white). Obviously, to each their own. Just glad to see I’m not the only one who does it this way 😄
Light turns the film black, so to me it makes more sense to use black for the film that has been exposed to the light.
Perfect. Sweet and to the point. Thank you.
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awesome! thanx
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Slow down - the point is to help views understanding what to do.
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Any time!
Just for a bit of logic fun, why are there notches at both ends? Why not just, e.g., upper right?
There are notches on one corner only - however, you can use either the upper right or lower left methods to load.
What about the film box, can it be unboxed in the dark?
yes.
How do you then unload ready to send away for development?
Most labs will take the holders directly or you can unload and put the film back into the box/bag it came in and use that to send it to the lab.
I did it with the Woodglut plans.
OK instruction, yet you talk too fast for a 64-year old beginner :)
Uh, but you need to do it in the dark...otherwise you have exposed the virgin film...
Talk a little slower. Good factoids.
you are not loading correctly the film Mann (you must pull the film inside the cassette a little bit more upper) and you don t say explicit that it must be done in the dark.
Done in a very superficial way! for the whole video the only thing has been underlined is "Upper right, lower left" .............
That's all I need to recall...haven't done it for a few years