Landscape photography with my 8x10 view camera and old brass lens.
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- In a film test I rate Ilford Delta 100 at 10 iso to get a slower shutter speed for my old brass Kodak 12" lens on my KB Canham 8x10 camera.
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Cant wait to see what a person portrait would look like with that.
A front mounted Packard shutter would give you more flexibility. Then you get at least 1/5th and 1/25th. I've been using them for a variety of brass lenses over the last year. Mounted to a lens board with a hole the same size as the lens hood or front barrel. Just a friction fit. It works quite well.
Perfect, thanks for this, I will look into one and check them out. Cheers
Mr Korol does things the way they should be done. A true craftsman flying the flag for slow photography and the creative process.
That warms my heart, thank you!!!
Great video! I love the images that the old Kodak lens produces. Really nice images....though I'm not sure about the Rattle Snakes 😂
Thanks. The snakes and I have an agreement, I do my thing, I let them do the theirs, they can watch if they want :-)
Hi Todd, would be so great if you could do a video on shooting self portraits on 4x5 or 8x10 by yourself with no external help to focus. You explain everything so well thanks for the videos!
Hmmm I like that idea! Let me think about how to do that. Avedon did a lot of self portraits with his 8x10. Stay tuned!👍
Amazing results, I never thought to rate Delta 100 that slow, I may have to try that now! Also, seconded that First Aid kit, I always keep one on me or in my car. Ever since slicing open my hands on broken glass and used Kleenex, Whiskey, and Duct tape to close up the wounds before getting to a drug store for proper equipment.
Thanks, the results work for this lens combo, not sure how it would look with a modern day lens, you might see some flaws in the development, it's getting to be a pretty short time. I am going to try D76 at 1:3 and extend the development a bit.
Great video Todd, and beautiful dreamlike images produced.
Many thanks, can't wait to do some portraits with it.
Great video Mr.Todd!! Your videos really helping me to overcome my current situation of being forced to stay at home. Also thank you for the great reminder that we should always be ready and have a First Aid kit.
So glad you liked the videos and thanks for watching.
@@toddkorolphoto I really respect your dedication and commitment to traditional photography processes. you doing great work.
I really enjoyed this video. The landscape is beautiful, and you got som very nice pictures.
Many thanks, and thanks for watching.
I love this old lens 😍
It’s fantastic!
I don't know if your Kodak lens has front threads, but in case not, I was able to jury rig an 82mm ND filter on an Aero Ektar with one of those stretchy rubber lens hoods. It was from @kuvrdcamera
I appreciate this video of a good experiment and Alberta wilderness. A Speed Graphic with the focal plane shutter could be a good choice also for 4x5 barrel/petzval lenses.
I have one of those as well, it's a better look on 8x10.
Great video Todd
Thank you....
Todd, have you considered a Sinar shutter for this lens? The Canham already uses a Sinar lens board, adapting a Sinar shutter should be relatively easy. If you need any special modifications S.K. Grimes would be your man. I am enjoying your videos, and am inspired to get back into large format photography again, thanks for your efforts.
Yes that has come up, I might look into that a bit more. Thanks!
Todd, which loupe are you using and would recommend for a hobby shooter? :) Thanks!
I use a Canon loupe, you can buy therm used on eBay.
Hi Todd, can you tell me what tripod you use with your 8 x 10 camera? Your videos are wonderful, thank you.
Thank you. I use a Gitzo GT3541XLS for the 8x10.
Thanks for taking us with you on this journey. Curious as to the advantage of pulling the ISO to 10? Was it just so you had more control with your hand shutter? BTW I love the music in this video.
Yes by using a much slower ISO, I could get the exposure time closer to where I wanted it, and the negatives wouldn't be as over exposed as they were in the first test. Such short development times creates a few other problems, but if I go to 1:3 on D76 I think it will be great. But with this lens and look, I am not too worried about any seen flaws.
I have a somewhat related scanning question for you. I'm assuming you are scanning your 8 X 10 negatives on a flatbed scanner. The emulsion side must face the light source, which means the negative is plastic backing side down on the scanner glass, so how do you prevent Newton's Rings from showing up on your scans?
Rattle snakes and photography? Hmmmm, perhaps not for me. Good results.
They don’t like people and get away pretty much as fast as they can. ;-)
ND filters! Although you'd need a monster one for that beast
Of course, as I was typing that, your video got to the point where you said you were looking for one....mea culpa
Yes for sure.
at this point just use welding glass
@@fandyus4125 🤣
@@toddkorolphoto You're laughing but it's actually possible. Mathieu Stern has successfully used welding glass as a replacement for an ND filter. I get how you'd find my remark funny though, it takes quite a lot of stops away so I don't think it's what you need.
HI Todd Great video as always thanks! I want to ask wich mode of Gitzo you have in this video? Looks a Great one, Thanks! Ivan
For my 8x10 I use the Gitzo GT3541XLS.
I am really interested to see how a portrait will look with this lens and film combo. I Noticed that the tripod head seems to have quite a lot of height, would something lower profile like a big linhof ball head help to reduce shake ? I think you can also get larger plates that allow you to adjust fore and aft balance with a heavy lens. I am personally thinking of the the linhof 90mm levelling head (lower than ball) for my half plate work.
The head is pretty solid, but I have used a big Arca Swiss head in the past, might pull that out again. Those Linhof heads are really nice.
How do you like to decide when you will go with the 810 over the 45 and even your 57 format? I see you bounce between all formats pretty fluidly
The more the merrier. Why choose one?
Well the one thing that helps me a lot is I only work with one format at a time, so there are not too many choices in the truck. Also, I tend to gravitate towards a format for a project. So if I decide on a format to shoot a certain project I generally always stick with that format. 4x5 tends to be people and culture. 5x7 leans towards nature and landscapes, and 8x10 when I want a really distinctive look for a project. But there are times when I really think I should settle on one format and just work with that. Thanks for watching.
Thanks Todd, always Curious about others workflows. Really enjoyed all your videos- thanks for posting the vid
Todd, have you tried the "Jim Galli Shutter?"
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www.photrio.com/forum/threads/the-jim-galli-shutter-for-barrel-lenses-drum-roll-please.13953/
Jim showing it in action on RUclips:
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Maybe this could help you get a faster shutter for the brass lens?
No but another guy pointed that out as well, I plan on looking into one, thanks.
how do you put this old brass lens onto a dashboard ?
I had a machinist drill the lens into the board.
@@toddkorolphoto Im very appealed by those old brass lenses.
@@chriscard6544 yes you can get some really interesting results. They are all a little different.
I don't get it. Why using this lens, it is a 5x7 lens that does not cover the frame. But I don't need to get it, guess people do what they want.
Because I wanted to see how it work and how much of the frame I would loose. I like the fall off, but you have to try it first to see what will happen.
no worries, I was just wondering if you are better served with a fully covered lens, as you have mentioned in the video that each sheet of film costs.
@@PatAcct Yes probably, and this is something I am not going to be doing all the time. I also think it will work better for close up portraits, I won't loose as much of the frame.
@@toddkorolphoto to gain more precise exposure, have you considered acquiring a Sinar shutter? With some adapting fixture, it helps.
@@PatAcct yes I am looking into a few shutter options and ND filters right now. Stay tuned.
Why do you use that lens with the 8x10? As you've seen at your first try, it's simply not a 8x10 lens, it's even barely a 5x7 lens, seeing the expanse of vignetting and blurring. That's just a waste of material, energy and effort (and blood in this case), since only approx. 50% of the paper is exposed and reasonably sharp, and the results are more or less unusable as pictures.
You make the images you want
I think it's an interesting look for some work, it's different. For some subjects it works really well, I also wanted to see how much drop off I get when I shoot at infinity and I also wanted to see how ISO 10 works which was the point of the video. It's about having a lot of different tools in the tool box as it were.
Agreed, Luudite! I really love the results too! They're not "normal" but that's why I love them! The vignetting and blurring is a really really cool look and it pulls my eye to the subject. It's not something I would have thought to do, nor would I have thought to pull Delta 100 3+ stops. But it works and I think is a good reminder that photography need not always be about "rules" like the previous comment seems to imply. It's not sensitometry, it's photography - it's a creative endeavor and I think these last few videos are a great example of that.
I love the results, Todd, keep up the great work! And thanks for sharing the 10 ISO results in particular. Something I'll have to try sometime!
@@m00dawg Many thanks Tim!
@@toddkorolphoto I have to agree with Rabert, the off-center hard vignette is unappealing-- if it was a centered, soft vignette it would be fine. Are you still using f/4 on this lens? I'd like to see that on close-up macro shots where the bellows extension makes up more for the drop-off. The dinosaur was my favorite of this video, but I'd like to see it with the max aperture (f/45? f/64?) to see how that solves the drop-off problem.
Really, how many shots of you walking around aimlessly can we tolerate? And then you give us one second of a very bad photograph.