My very first 8x10

[soupdragon]

Here it is.
My first 8x10 from my Tachihara field standard.
Processed in a Stearman tank (which I don't like) and home scanned.
Notice the uneven processing blemishes, Grrrrrrrr!

 

[soupdragon]

OK, in real life and not uploaded, the image is very much crisper than you are seeing here.
Sorry for the so so subject.

 

[MartyNL]

Well done, all the same, especially for the first attempt!
Hopefully, you'll be able to pin down and overcome your processing woes.

 

[soupdragon]

Well done, all the same, especially for the first attempt!
Hopefully, you'll be able to pin down and overcome your processing woes.

Thank you.
I have other problems, the main one being the front and rear standards do no look parrallel (I cannot spell that word) to each other.

 

[MartyNL]

Hmm?
Doesn't sound too good...

Try focusing/shooting a flat textured surface, such as a wall and check all of the edges and corners for focus misalignment with a good loupe.

Who knows, it may not manifest itself on the glass or negative?

 

[soupdragon]

I'll grab a tape measure/square and check it out later.

 

[soupdragon]

Repeated in another thread.

After much head scratching the problem transpires to be operator error.

I could not find the correct manual for my camera so just unfolded it in the same manner as my Toyo 45.
On closer inspection I found there is a slot in the verticals of the front standard. Looking at the brass assembly that holds the lens board, there is a tang that should be fitted to the slot before cenetring the rise.

This is what was causing the front and rear standards to be not parallel.

I feel like and idiot now.

 

[James T]

Thank you.
I have other problems, the main one being the front and rear standards do no look parrallel (I cannot spell that word) to each other.

The mnemonic I was taught too many years ago is that there are parallel lines in the middle (and no other doubles).

 

[Nas]

Here it is.
My first 8x10 from my Tachihara field standard.
Processed in a Stearman tank (which I don't like) and home scanned.
Notice the uneven processing blemishes, Grrrrrrrr!

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This is a great start. Which film and developer did you use? If it's E6 I bet this looks great on a Lightbox. Thanks.

 

[soupdragon]

This is a great start. Which film and developer did you use? If it's E6 I bet this looks great on a Lightbox. Thanks.

Thanks.
It's Cinestill CS41 using a Stearman tank.

 

[David M]

The critical thing about the standards is that the back should be vertical for this kind of image. Almost certainly, a little bit of swing or tilt will be helpful.
Having said that, in the neutral position, you’d expect them to be parallel. Sometimes, if the bellows are stiff, perhaps from not being used for a while, they can push the standards out of line.
Despite your reservations, a very nice shot. Wish I’d done as well with my first effort.