Large Format Photography Australia

Those are very informative observations Mick. I live and learn! It wouldn't be a surprise if the original research on emulsion chemistry was done at convenient European room temperatures and tap water temperatures; maybe 20 Celcius or thereabouts. And the commercial products of those times, plates, ...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/777/21639461566_ea993425e4_c.jpg Snow Gums in Ice #2 Gelatin-silver photograph on Arista Edu.Ultra VC FB photographic paper, image size 16.3cm X 21.4cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tmax 100 negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Schn...

No Tachi for this one. I'm down to eight view cameras about the house but not including the Plaubel 8x10 monorail which is sold. I hope it doesn't hurt its new owner. Plaubels are a typically over-engineered heavy metal European design best used on a studio stand.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/271/19620916093_587b75eaf3_c.jpg Myles, Marcus Beach Villa. Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford Multigrade VC FB photographic paper, image size 24.5cm X 19.4cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Plaubel monorail view camera fitted with a 10 inch Commerci...

Sometimes I reckon it's ok to let a photograph go the way it wants to go. This photograph has deep shadows and gleaming white wood in brilliant sunshine. I could have metered the whites and the shadows and controlled the zones by giving N-2 development but the result might be mild rather than wild. ...

Walter, there was no perfect place to stand. The 8x10 full format contact photograph means no cropping. The framing is a compromise. Too far forward and the camera and tripod (and photographer) sink in the muddy sand. Too far back and the bunch of leaves doesn't line up with the bright patch in the ...

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8053/8426339464_29ef22b762_c.jpg Elegant Mangrove, Lake Weyba, Evening. Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV RC photographic paper, image size 24.7cm X 19.5cm, from a 8x10 Kodak Tmax 400 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fit...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/336/20241708145_08d3e6ca29_c.jpg Silver Gull Lake, Noosa Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford MG IV photographic paper, image size 19.5cm X 24.7cm, from a Kodak Tmax 400 8x10 negative exposed in a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Schneid...

Don't forget the smallest, lightest (mine's 380g with lens board), cheapest, wide angle for the 8x10 format: the Wollensak Velostigmat Wide Angle Ser. III f9.5 8x10 6 1/4" Focus. This 159mm lens also comes in a f12.5 version. Coated and uncoated versions exist. I got mine for $120 off eBay. Sto...

Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. And you are right, I've been quiet but I plead photographic necessity: Six weeks of blizzards, snow, and ice, in the high country with a 4x5 camera. Days and days of darkroom work turning exposures into negatives. The f11 thing; lots of text, lots of editi...