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Post by Greg Woodward » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:24 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi All,

My name is Greg, I am a third year student studying photography at University College Falmouth.

I am currently embarking on a project where I am building a camera to my own custom specification,

The camera is to shoot onto 20" x 16" plates, however I intend to create darkslides which will allow for 10 x 8 film and 5 x 4 film also.

I am just wandering if anyone has any advice on lenses or chemicals or anything in which they could give me a helping hand?

At the moment the plan is to use glass plates coated in Silver Gelatin Emulsion and to then contact print onto 20" x 16" Kentmere FINEPRINT FB.

I hear good things about it (Almost no green in the shadows and very pure whites and a good tonal range between) and at a very low cost however I will be interested if anybody has any suggestions otherwise?

Alternatively has anyone ever made there own silver emulsion? I looked a while back but recalled something about having to grow your own crystals?

I have also looked at the callodian process after meeting Joni Sternbach, I love her work and think the process is fantastic but I find it to be quite expensive relative to silver gelatin.

I'd be greatly appreciative of any feedback I can get.

Greg :D

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Post by Andrew Plume » Wed Aug 10, 2011 6:20 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi Greg

Welcome to this forum :lol: :lol:

I've just posted a reply to your enquiry for suitable lenses to cover 16 x 20"

Although it's not the same format size, I have a camera which will produce 14" sq images - typically bought by me as a project camera but looking unlikely to proceed, it's an old Marion & Co Studio Camera without a lens but with a very good quality base, front and rear standard but needs a new bellows and c/w a half plate reducing back - send me a pm if you're interested, please

regards

andrew

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Post by John Hamlen » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Welcome to the forum Greg.

You are in the right place as Andrew and other folks here have lots of knowledge in the dark arts of ULF photography.

Wow - you're not starting small are you!! It will be fun to see a 20x16 camera with a 5x4 reducing back :D. You must post pics here as your build progresses...

All the best, John

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Post by Greg Woodward » Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:34 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I sure will, but I shant be posting my rig on here for the time being, believe me. It sure ain't pretty...

But the build will be starting on Wednesday so I will be reporting from then on, maybe a summary of progress each day.

Sorry for the late replies, only just getting to grips with this forum, I didn't actually realise people had replied to me ! :D


Greg

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Post by Andrew Plume » Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:08 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Greg

it's the image taken that counts and matters..................not the beauty of your design

andrew

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Post by Greg Woodward » Sun Aug 14, 2011 11:58 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I know,

Just got to get the camera to take them with first and is a pretty difficult thing to design and source I am finding. So think is quite important to get it right in the first place.

Greg

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Post by Neil Barnes » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:08 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Greg Woodward wrote:I sure will, but I shant be posting my rig on here for the time being, believe me. It sure ain't pretty...
Greg
Aw, go on, I posted my 4x5 homebrew and that one causes women to faint and strong men to clench their teeth and go pale. Small children run screaming...

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Post by Greg Woodward » Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:38 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Oh I don't know. It is just a rig made at 5 x 4 scale so far but looks more like a massacred piece of MDF nailed to some hardboard.


Really really not good...

HA

Greg

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Post by Greg Woodward » Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:06 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hey guys,

How is everyone?

Just an update on progress http://gregwoodward.co.uk/blog/. (Sorry don't want to plug but this is where I have been updating my progress)

Working on stitching my bellows today. A long one ahead but exiting none the less!

Let me know what you think, the feedback would be particularly useful!

All the best,

Greg :D

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Post by Valerio Trigari » Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:07 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi Greg,

welcome to the forum! :)

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Post by Greg Woodward » Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:17 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hello Valerio,

Cheers, Nice to cyber meet you!

All the best,

Greg

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