Me, the Shen Hao 4x5 and an Auto Rally

[480sparky]

Fantastic day for an auto show, so I spent about 2 hours burning up some film in the Shen Hao.

Since the cars are all parked side-by-side, taking a shot of the entire car would merely be a snapshot from a terrible angle and have the busiest backgrounds imaginable. So I concentrated on details.

One car had a drive-in motif, replete with the window tray and speaker. I took this shot under the focus cloth with my cell phone to show you what it looks like 'under the cloth' to shoot large format.

First batch of 6 negs have been souped.

They look gorgeous! Waiting for the hardware to dry to soup up the next batch, so more to come! Stay tuned.

 

[tirediron]

Nice! Looking forward to seeing the scans.

 

[Rick50]

The drive-in motif is done here a lot too. Can't wait for 4x5 prints. I still have a 4x5 I'm looking to give to someone.

 

[Designer]

Personally, I'm waiting for the 8x10s.

 

[480sparky]

Negs 7-12 hanging up to dry!

 

[jcdeboever]

You big tease you!

 

[480sparky]

OK, one scan before I turn in for the night!

Shen Hao HZX 45 IIA
Calumet 210mm f/5.6
Ilford Delta 100 Professional N-1
1/30s
F/122
Developed in Ilfod DD-X @ 1+4, 68°F for 9 minutes/1 min agitations.

 

[Rick50]

Like it. The smoothness of 4x5.

 

[480sparky]

Like it. The smoothness of 4x5.

The original scan, even after cropping, is 128mp.

 

[480sparky]

Calumet 210/5.6
1/8s
F/16

Calumet 210/5.6
1/4s
f/32

 

[480sparky]

Calumet 210/5.6
1/4s
f/32

Calumet 210/5.6
1/15s
f/32

 

[Rick50]

Lovely images....

 

[480sparky]

Calumet 210/5.6
1/2s
F/32

Calumet 210/5.6
1/2s
F/32

 

[480sparky]

Calumet 210/5.6
1s
f/32



And the one you've been waiting for..........................

Calumet 210/5.6
1/4s
F/32

 

[Rick50]

Very nice. How are you converting the negatives to digital?
By the way, that camera is pretty cool. A lot lighter than my big rail camera.