Anderson Civic Center. Stitched from two scans on my V500

Arista EDU Ultra 100 4x5
Diafine (3+3)

Speed Graphic Anniversary (Borrowed, looking for my own)
127mm
The vignetting is caused by a slide-on lens hood I was trying out.

I'm not sure about the uneven development of the sky, I may have been too aggressive with my agitation. The film was in the tank, top down, so it's not because of low chemistry.

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Same picture as before, I just stitched together 2 scans to show the full frame. You can see that my paper background is very narrow.

This one was an experiment. The Speed Graphic I'm borrowing doesn't have a X-sync port on the shutter. So what I did was set the F-stop to 11 and the shutter speed to bulb. I opened the shutter with a cable release in my right hand then tripped my Alien Bee with a Cactus V4 in my left hand, then released the shutter. The Alien Bee is in a small octabox above and left.

This is a 4x5 negative, but my V500 only has a scan window of about 3 1/4" wide. So I scanned it in 2 pieces and stitched it together.

Arista EDU Ultra 4x5 film
Diafine developer (3+3)

I'm developing in trays since I don't have any hangers or daylight tanks for 4x5. I can't even use taco development because my JoBo is too short.

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This one was an experiment. The Speed Graphic I'm borrowing doesn't have a X-sync port on the shutter. So what I did was set the F-stop to 11 and the shutter speed to bulb. I opened the shutter with a cable release in my right hand then tripped my Alien Bee with a Cactus V4 in my left hand, then released the shutter. The Alien Bee is in a small octabox above and left.

This is a 4x5 negative, but my V500 only has a scan window of about 3 1/4" wide. So this is the crop I got when I scanned it.

Arista EDU Ultra 4x5 film
Diafine developer (3+3)

I'm developing in trays since I don't have any hangers or daylight tanks for 4x5. I can't even use taco development because my JoBo is too short.

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I used a DIY cardboard lens board to mount the 127mm lens from my friends Speed Graphic to my new Cambo SCII.

I used my Alien Bee at full power in a softbox (above and left of camera) and could only get the F-stop up to F16. So I opened up to F32 and popped the strobe 3-times while I held the shutter open in Bulb. I also had a white foam core board as a reflector on camera right.

AristaEDU Ultra 100 4x5 in Diafine. 1 minute presoak, then 5+4.

Edit: This didn't look quite this contrasty before I uploaded to Flickr. This is a two-part scan from my Epson V500. I'll try and get a wet print soon and see if it will scan better.

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Courthouse in Downtown Anderson SC. (I shoot this building a lot)

Cambo SCII 4x5
127mm Ektar 4.7 lens
Diafine 5+4 (2 min presoak)
Arista.EDU Ultra 100 4x5
Photomerged in Photoshop from 2 scans on an Epson V500


I didn't use any tilt/shift on this one, I wanted to make a test shot first. I'll have to go back another day and see what I can do with the movements.

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