THANKYOU ROBERT!!! hahahaha.... I'm just learning the process and have started by trying Zebra Dry Tintypes. And exactly like you say...I listened to they hype of "how slow the format is..." and have been over exposing with very fast LF lense....and have gotten nothing short of an FN mess...ha! THANKYOU! for suggesting a starting point of Sunny 16. I immediately went and tested this 'guide'...and viola...I was a bit UNDER but was finally in the neighborhood. THANKYOU! I'm going to try your Strobe guide next.
Hi @Robert Bieber, does the law of reciprocity applies in the same way as film if we use long exposures? If we use apertures like 32 or 45 we'll need to increase the exposure...Thanks in advance Robert.
I couldn't tell you for sure because I've never done a particularly long exposure on wet plate. I've never heard of anyone experiencing reciprocity failure, and the fact that the plate dries out does put a limit on just how long of an exposure you can make. Off the top of my head I would guess that you're less likely to run into reciprocity failure because the particles of silver iodide and silver bromide you're exposing are much smaller than film grains, but that's just a guess
@@tehbieber thanks for replying. Yeah it makes sense as we are not dealing with silver cristals... Now I'm taking the chance for one more opinion: I just bought a full plate camera. I don't want to spend a lot on a lens and I'm thinking about a industar 37 (300mm F4.5) or industar 51 (210mm F4.5). I want to shoot mainly landscapes however I would try occasionally portraits. What do you think it could be the better option?
Personally I'd take the longer lens if you want to be able to do portraits as well, it'll give you a better perspective if you can get a little farther away
Thank you so much for your great tutorials. My first plate turned out very well. Many thanks for your fantastic help!!!
THANKYOU ROBERT!!!
hahahaha.... I'm just learning the process and have started by trying Zebra Dry Tintypes. And exactly like you say...I listened to they hype of "how slow the format is..." and have been over exposing with very fast LF lense....and have gotten nothing short of an FN mess...ha!
THANKYOU! for suggesting a starting point of Sunny 16. I immediately went and tested this 'guide'...and viola...I was a bit UNDER but was finally in the neighborhood. THANKYOU!
I'm going to try your Strobe guide next.
Great explanation, and Yes make a video with strobes
I'd love to see that as well!
What do you do with the developer and water once its been rinsed off the plate? Pour it down the drain?
Nice explination without getting too detailed. Are you going to do a video on developing next?
Yep, that's the next one
Hi @Robert Bieber, does the law of reciprocity applies in the same way as film if we use long exposures? If we use apertures like 32 or 45 we'll need to increase the exposure...Thanks in advance Robert.
I couldn't tell you for sure because I've never done a particularly long exposure on wet plate. I've never heard of anyone experiencing reciprocity failure, and the fact that the plate dries out does put a limit on just how long of an exposure you can make. Off the top of my head I would guess that you're less likely to run into reciprocity failure because the particles of silver iodide and silver bromide you're exposing are much smaller than film grains, but that's just a guess
@@tehbieber thanks for replying. Yeah it makes sense as we are not dealing with silver cristals... Now I'm taking the chance for one more opinion: I just bought a full plate camera. I don't want to spend a lot on a lens and I'm thinking about a industar 37 (300mm F4.5) or industar 51 (210mm F4.5). I want to shoot mainly landscapes however I would try occasionally portraits. What do you think it could be the better option?
Personally I'd take the longer lens if you want to be able to do portraits as well, it'll give you a better perspective if you can get a little farther away
@@tehbieber yeah that's what I thought! Thank you so much Robert.