I had another go at the Tasman Bridge today. I shot two plates. The first being pretty clean but sadly about a stop or more overexposed. You can see in the iphone pic that it looks pretty good but it is still wet, when it dries it will fade considerably and I don't think even varnish could save it (as varnish darkens the image a bit)
The second plate was not as cleanly developed, and I lost some detail in the shadows. I should probably have tried to overexpose and underdevelop. Nevertheless here are the images.
This was my first time using the Nikkor SW 120mm f/8 lens thankyou Maris for the recommendation. It is definitely a very wide lens and I can see it being limited for use considering how wide it is... And I'm pretty sure I can notice the light falloff with it?
I need to tilt the front standard of my Tachi 8x10 back a fair bit and then tilt the lens forward on the focal axis to get it close enough to the rear standard for focusing. Camera has never been this squished up before. Perhaps a recessed lens board would be a good idea.
Unvarnished 8x10 Black glass ambrotype
120mm lens @ f/32
25 seconds
and here was the first shot I did... bit disappointed because it was pretty clean.
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