Hi to all

[SiT4]

Hi i have just renewed my Membership here, although i used the site for years.
I work with large format - 5x4 and 10x8 in wet plate / alt processes.

Its great to have a UK based resource with such knowledgeable people here.

Thanks and chat to you all soon.

Si

 

[David M]

Welcome. Thank you for the kind remarks.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Welcome back ... alt processes are fascinating

 

[Soulstar89]

Welcome back Simon. Wet plate?….. I just picked up my 8x10 back for my sinar to explore this world.

 

[Ian Grant]

Welcome back, from North Worcestershire.

Ian

 

[SiT4]

thanks all

 

[YorkshireBloke]

Hi i have just renewed my Membership here, although i used the site for years.
I work with large format - 5x4 and 10x8 in wet plate / alt processes.

Its great to have a UK based resource with such knowledgeable people here.

Thanks and chat to you all soon.

Si

Do you a need a lot of light for all alt processes or just some?

 

[Ian Grant]

Do you a need a lot of light for all alt processes or just some?

Yes, but using fast lenses also helps. Something like a Dallmeyer B series Petzval or equivalent is ideal, these are f3 lenses deigned before Silver Gelatin plates were introduced. Dallmeyer actually made f1.1 Petzval lenses in the early 1860s, these were for very small formats, and photographing children.




This is a small contact print and there's probably some hidden bracing to keep my grandfather still.

Ian

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Yes, but using fast lenses also helps. Something like a Dallmeyer B series Petzval or equivalent is ideal, these are f3 lenses deigned before Silver Gelatin plates were introduced. Dallmeyer actually made f1.1 Petzval lenses in the early 1860s, these were for very small formats, and photographing children.

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This is a small contact print and there's probably some hidden bracing to keep my grandfather still.

Ian

To his dying day my grandfather need bracing to keep him still!
He was a massively keen photographer and while serving in the RAF between the wars shot loads of large format in what was then Mesopotamia. He helped and encouraged me as a teenager by allowing me to build a darkroom in his and my grandmother's coal cellar!