Komura-210mm-F6.3

4x5 for 365 project (324/365)

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The upper most section of our backyard waterfall that leads down to our small pond.  I decided to haul out the somewhat neglected Calumet 45NX monorail for this shot.  Now that things are getting much colder around here and I'll be driven back inside the home studio I'll be using that camera a lot more for portraits and still-life work.

Technical details:
Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail camera.
210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 11 minutes, 20 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A simple Hibiscus flower, it's petals still wet with rain drops from the night before and pollen clinging to its center.  Found next to our backyard pond.

Technical details:
Calumet 45NX large format 4x5 monorail camera.
210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.
Circular polarizer on the lens to control exposure a bit.
30" white diffusion panel held over the flower and camera to soften and diffuse the direct sun coming from above.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/15th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

Setting up the camera for the shot...

4x5 for 365 project (157/365)

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A poolside portrait of the matriarch of our family, my ninety one year old Grandmother, Emily Patricia Giammanco.  Forever young.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
210mm Komura F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.   
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30th second @ F22. Natural light.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.


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A quick portrait of my Brother, Chris taken during a weekend barbeque at my Parent's house.  I wanted to try a natural light portrait with the 4x5 using X-Ray film to test out a few exposure and developing settings so this wasn't setup to be perfect but rather more of a quick experiment.

Technical details:

Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
210mm Komura F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter. 
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film. 
Exposure was 1/15 second @ F22.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank. 
Negative scanned with Epson V600.