Interesting that your filter stack is very close to base-film color. Have you tried using processed unexposed film as a filter? Kinda like using processed unexposed E6 as an infrared filter.
When I used to shoot 4x5, I could never shoot without people talking to me. For every one of my film exposures I’d say 20 cell phone pictures of my camera were taken.
Just ventured into 8x10 and it’s so nice to see someone using a monorail in the “field” Helps me to know I’m not all that crazy . Have a lightweight 4x5 for backpacking
Mat good show and good to see the Mummy reviewed. I have used FFP's Frankenstein a lot and also at your encoruage, the X-ray film which price can't be beat! This all said your reminder on reciprocity was explained well for large format on this show. Anyhow I jockey disciplines and not visited your channel in a while. I'm in a reinspiration with the large format (4x5) mainly doing pinhole. Thanks for sharing all the info you do!
Thank you so much for this informative video, and for linking to the 3d files. I just bought an Arri 16S so it was a perfect run down for me. I am actually going to have one of these plugs 3d printed for me today, but I was wondering: what material did you select when you had yours printed? PLA, ABS, etc? Thanks!
@@MatMarrashMay I ask what are the pieces of metal you used inside your 3d-printed plug? You call them banana plug adapters but I can’t find anything anywhere that looks correct by that name. Any way to link to these?
Are they literally sensitive to x-ray? Specifically, are they exposed by x-rays in airports? Hoping that they are not as standard cheap silver emulsions are not sensitive far beyond UV. Some friend told me that they are used with another layer to create images with x-rays
No these are othrochromatic sensitive films that use a specialized cassette in radiography to make an exposure using x-rays. That being said, airport x-rays will still impact these films just as much as any other low speed emulsion.
I'm finally catching up on LFF after having recently gotten back into large format with a 4x5 monorail. I largely blame Mat and his great presentation in the Soo for reigniting my desire to get back into LF after twenty years away from it. The view camera scratches a really nerdy process itch for me, and I do find "the dance" meditative. I've tried some environmental portraits with it (I loved Mat's barbershop series) but I haven't been happy with the results at all. Partly composition, but mostly lighting. It's a journey. So a belated thanks for this video, and I can't wait to see the rest of the series.
It’s cool as hell but if I can’t scan the negative I’m not tempted to go larger than 8x10. It would be cool if drum scanners made a comeback. The Schneider 210 lens made me gasp when you showed it. I’ve lusted after it after seeing its bananas specs on the Schneider coverage chart. But I’ve never seen it in video. My god, it’s got its own case too. Hoooaahh…
There are many versions of x-ray film out there, none stating an ISO speed outright, meaning you're going to need to test. In general if it is listed as a blue sensitive film, test between 25 and 50 ISO, and if it is green sensitive, test between 100 and 200 ISO. Good luck!
@@MatMarrash ok so i can stop It with wáter ? And so expose at White light...+ Reversal + blinx .? I have a filter that i think work for flash light ..i Hope hahaha.
@@rahandulcaspatal5276 every single one of these questions is answered in the follow-up video in the series: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R4DYaHxo7fc.html
Congratulations! I'm 64 years old, and used to make Super 8mm movies back in the day. I was never fortunate enough to have worked in 16mm, although I always dreamed about it. There is NOTHING, and I'll repeat this once...NOTHING...like PHYSICALLY HOLDING a movie film reel (with the movie you made) in your hands. This is something that most of today's younger filmmakers will never experience. The best part about small scale (8mm/Super 8mm/16mm) film making is having to set up the shot, making sure you get the most out of each take, and then waiting for the film to be processed. It's that wait time, and wondering how the final image will look, that made the whole film making process the awesome experience it was for me! Good luck to you, and thank you for sharing this great video!
@@MatMarrash If you're interested in watching what one of the Super 8mm movies I worked on, looks like today (after I had it digitally transferred, and I digitally edited it a few years ago), you may want to check out this short film I worked on 44 years ago! You might be amazed at how nice the colors of Super 8 Kodachrome look when transferred to digital. In some scenes you could actually think it was 16mm. Anyway, here's the link to the movie, should you want to see it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2hS61RZt7QU.html
Great video, I’m glad I kept my large format cameras and lenses with my roll film backs as well. I actually like the 5x7 format the best but unfortunately there’s not a lot of film made for that format. Regards Gerry
i'd like to see a comparison of different scanning methods after the images have been color corrected to look very similar. Really hard to compare images (especially in a youtube video) that have completely different color and contrast.
I've seen thinner, paint-able rubber used for patching older bellows, don't see why it wouldn't work in a darkroom. Also back in college I worked for an auto dealer that offerred rhino liner spray coating, not stuff that you'd want to be breathing in an enclosed space.
In this video, you put the opaque sticker on the non-emulsion side(shiny side) and you placed it in the holder with the non-emulsion side facing up. I wonder if the direction of Stouffer Step Wedge doesn't matter.
Very interesting. Never heard of this before. I am wondering is there diy for the film or the printing. Reminds me of something I have heard of but have not tried yet. Doing a water color painting using coffee. Thanks
It is a pretty weird thing to do. Detail in macro photography caught in a vise between diffraction and depth of field. It is very difficult to achieve high resolution and still have enough depth of field to make that high resolution worthwhile with some composition that could make sense. There is a long-standing dispute among product and macro photographers about resolution, like, does it make sense to buy a FF сcamera with 45 megapixels? And the answer is usually "well, if you do stacking - then, maybe ???". Because without stacking it is a choice between killing resolution via difraction and getting in focus just tiny amount of object.... Sooo I don't see how the large format can show its advantage here with it's....large format.
I keep doing this but there’s only one problem,I have to use a kettle to make the coffee dissolve and then I add the soda crystals and then vitamin c tablet crushed but here’s the error. I leave it in there for around 10 -15 minutes then I use lots of salt in a tub and mix it in that for 30 but then only one exposure come out very lightly. Anyone got tips????
I love also my Sinar! I have a p1 with the rails from the norma, the rail holder from a p2 and the frames of the p3 with a newly adapter plate for a Nikon Z… everything works well together 😊
A good honest review. I’ve played with a friends Intrepid and I hated it. I think the positive things are that it’s light weight and cheap. Photographers on a budget might be better off buying an old 8x10 such as a Burke and James, heavier but tried a tested. My first 8x10 was a B and J monorail which cost me £200 shipped from the USA to the U.K. years ago. Really bulky but very lightweight. I recommend my students look at the used market, with some patience a good used camera can be found at a reasonable price.
That is all based on the diameter of the threads of the lens elements. Those will typically correspond to a Shutter size like a Copal #0, #1, or #3. Cheers!
25 years ago I was a scanner operator. We used to scan larger and then reduce down. That gave us a great result. One thing you didn't touch on was wet scanning on the Epson. I would have liked to know how that compared.
