Large Format Photography Australia

lachlan, i would be interested in seeing the xpro setup you have... i will need the same when i get a 72 for my 617. my 500$ polarizer is the singh ray lb warming polarizer in a slim ring. its a linear polarizer, i may well sell my lee holder, and the 100mm filters for a x pro setup.. i only need a ...

i use my lee setup for everything. bw coloured filters, grads, polarizer, the lot. i find it easier this way as im usually using a grad, coloured filter and a polarizer at once and any system other than my lee setup vignettes. its also much easier to position a polarizer, meter through the filter st...

velvia 50 has been discontinued in all sheet film sizes. not only 8x10. i am sad to see it go and will miss 4*5 velvia 50.. velvia 100 is still available but we all know its not the same. luckily for me i generally only shoot black and white in 4*5 and bigger, reserving my colour work to my 120 roll...

Heres a fresh scan.. I've nearly caught up scanning all my slides and negs from the last few months.. Shelly Beach in Caloundra, Home made 4x5 with 90/8 SA.. 6x12 back loaded with Velvia 50. Developed in CPE-2 - Tetenal 3 bath. https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/258341_4584586742...

I've been doing quite a bit of BW work recently and have found that my negs never give me the dramatic contrast I expect... Firstly, I am still waiting on my Red, Orange and Yellow filters to arrive, and I know without them the contrast is always a little washed out, but is there anything I can do d...

Me too..

Can't upload pics either... Sucks a little.. Did some scanning today and have something I'm very proud of to show off..

thanks Shane, loving the 617. its beautifully simple and pumping out some quality frames. i have shot a couple of rolls of panf+ and intend to feed it some ektar 100 courtesy of lachlan this weekend. maybe some velvia too.. will have my first go at c41 processing. then i have done the lot. c41 e6 an...

Heres a few recent ones from my Gaoersi 6x17. Lens used is a Super Angulon 90mm F/8. I REALLY need a center filter. fall off is quite noticeable on BW, I can only imagine how horrible it would be on Velvia 50... Varying shutter speeds, all at F/32. All on Ilford Pan F+ Rodinal 50:1, 8min 15sec @ 24c.

looks to have awesome contrast and totality. i have been having trouble achieving that sort of contrast.. might be my agitation methods.. still new to black and white dev and having some success with regard to exposure and negative density. just not getting the real meaty contrast... nice shot indee...

I find rodinal with T-Max to be fantastic, great sharpness, although not as sharp as Ilford Pan F+.

To really take advantage of T-Max's SUPER fine grain, you need to use a staining developer like Pyrocat.. Having said that, the trade-off there (from my experience) is loss of resolution..