4x5 for 365 project (7/365)
Diana baby 110, venturing into a bad neighborhood.
In the photo:
Diana Baby 110
Rolleiflex Automat (1939 model)
Yashica Mat 124G
Lubitel 166B
Ricohflex VI
All but the Ricohflex VI are in perfect working order.
Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.
Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.
Film: Fuji Super HR-T 30 medium speed green sensitive X-Ray film. Purchased as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5" using a rotary trimmer under 11w red bulb safelight.
Exposure: 1/60th second @ F45.
Lighting: Single Alien Bees B800 studio strobe @ 3/4 power in 22" soft white beauty dish with diffusion sock, positioned above and slightly in front of camera position. A second B800 @ 1/4 power just to camera right with 7" reflector positioned to give a little more front fill. A 30" silver reflector on reflector stand psitioned to camera left to bounce some light back onto the subject. Strobes triggered with PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers.
Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert. 6 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung on shower curtain to dry on film clips.
Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.