cibachrome ilfrachrome in camera

[robinb]

Hi

I was reading about cibachrome shot in camera

anybody done this or have a link to how i would go about this

thanks

robin

[Dave Dawson]

Many years ago I gave a demonstration at a local camera club using a whole plate monorail loaded with a sheet of Cibachrome. I took a portraite of a member and then processed it.....From my failing memory I think I treated Ciba as 3 asa.

Try it.

Cheers Dave

[Emmanuel Bigler]

Two remarks about the direct use of Ciba/Ilfochrome in a cut film holder, in addition to the low sensitivity
- the image will be left-right reversed;
- the Ciba/Ilfochrome paper is balanced for tungsten light, so you'll have to find the proper filter and filtering factor in order to get a good colour balance in daylight.

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Emmanuel from France

[Steve Smith]

- the image will be left-right reversed

Unless you include a mirror in the camera: http://www.timhunkin.com/61_cameras.htm


Steve.

[Emmanuel Bigler]

Unless you include a mirror in the camera

Yes, Steve, and this is not a big deal in real photographic life.
A good "first-surface" mirror is required (not a bathroom mirror) this is available from companies selling optical componants like Edmund Optics. The cheapest grade of first-surface mirror is sufficient, like "First Surface Mirrors- 4-6 Wave" in Edmund's catalogue (4-6 wave means that the flatness is about 4-6 times the wavelength of light ; this is enough for reversing a photographic image without any noticeable loss of quality)

If you make the portrait of somebody, the correct left-right symmetry is required.
For a landscape, in fact a left-right reversed image is usually not an isssue.

In the good old days, there were some process cameras permanently fitted with a 45° mirror in front of the lens. I've seen such an accessory in the decription of Voigtländer view camera lenses.
This simple device allowed to take a picture either flat on ground or on a vertical wall without need for rotating the heavy camera assembly.