Large Format Photography Australia

A little film testing of some old RVP 50 Quickloads. The original is about half life size.




Arca Swiss Universalis 4x5, Schneider Makro Symmar 120mm, Fujichrome Velvia RVP 50 4x5

Those few labs that are still processing E-6 have made a commitment to maintaining their chemistry etc and, as professional labs, stand or fall by the quality of there work. Anecdotally, the two labs here in Melbourne processing E-6 seem to be running good volumes, which helps to maintain the stabil...

+ 1 Vision Image Lab

I send my E-6 8x10 to them and 4x5 if I have a large amount. I can highly recommend their service.

Thank you all for your kind comments. This is one those images that very nearly didn’t happen and committing it to a sheet of Tech Pan required rather a leap of faith. What the final image doesn’t hint at is the half hour of precarious balancing by both photographer and camera on an adjacent rock ou...

Old growth Snow gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora), Cobberas Wilderness Area, Victoria, Australia SnowGum_Cobberas_Techpan_wm.jpg Arca Swiss Universalis 4x5, Schneider Super Symmar XL 80mm, Kodak Technical Pan 4x5 rated at 25 Developed 510 pyro for 18 minutes at 21˚C, initial agitation for 1 min, 10 sec at...

Great work, Shane.

We are very fortunate to live in a country which has such an amazing variety of tree species but you are right Barry, there is a presence that Snow Gums have that seem to draw us to them. Perhaps it's because the diverse habit (form) and colour the trees exhibit lend them to a great range of composi...

Well one Snow gum anyway.......
Detail of Snow gum bark, Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania



Arca Swiss F Line Field, Schneider Makro Symmar 120mm, Fujichrome Velvia RVP 50 4x5

Some of the first fruits. Unfortunately is looks like the Plus-X sheets are fogged along one edge. You were spot on with your suggestion for EI, Maris. Apologies for the terrible quality of the jpegs.

Kodak Plus-x Pan rated at 50


By way of comparison FP4+ rated at 125

Thanks for your advice Maris. I've shot a few sheets of TRI-X of similar age and ended up rating that at 50. Your suggestion of 25 for the Plus-X sounds like an excellent staring point. Hopefully I might have something worthwhile to post in due course.