I'm not a beginner but i thought i would show you something

[gsgary]

Had a play with a 4X5 large format camera last night, instead of using a plastic negative i used photographic paper and this is what you get

This was shot at ISO3 yes ISO3

Then you process it like a print, when its dry you get a new piece of photographic paper shiny side up and place this paper negative shiny side down place a piece of glass on top and expose for 55 seconds and when it has been processed you get this

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

OK, that's pretty cool!

 

[iBats]

yeah that is pretty boss

 

[gsgary]

OK, that's pretty cool!

Cheers if you alter the bellows a bit

 

[SoonerBJJ]

Cool. Yet another reason film is so much cooler than digital.

 

[Derrel]

Awesome!!! Paper negatives!! How very 1841-ish of you!

Is that your mug Gary?

 

[gsgary]

Awesome!!! Paper negatives!! How very 1841-ish of you!

Is that your mug Gary?

Sorry it is, looks worse than it is

 

[AliasPros]

wow very cool! Love film.

 

[Iron Flatline]

You sir, are The Man.

 

[mdtusz]

Super cool. What was the shutter speed to expose ISO 3 paper haha?

 

[anm90]

I remember doing something like this in my B&W film photography class in high school. We took the negatives and made an exposure on normal photo paper then made another negative on another piece of photo paper with the same technique.

Another fun thing to do is to place objects on top of the photo paper and use their shadows to create interesting prints when exposing them with the enlarger.

 

[mrmacedonian]

I remember doing something like this in my B&W film photography class in high school

I too remember the exercise

 

[Trev Rich]

Oh I miss large format cameras !
The clarity from those 5" x 4" negs are superb. Wouldn't fany taking one to a motocross shoot though

Nice one Gary and well explained :thumbup:

 

[gsgary]

Cheers everyone, I think the shutter was 1/250 4 lights were used and it nearly blinded me i was only about 24" from the lens

 

[Iron Flatline]

Cheers everyone, I think the shutter was 1/250 4 lights were used and it nearly blinded me i was only about 24" from the lens

Even more awesome.