It's funny to me that you mentioned the podcast. I just happened to be listening to it in parts on the way to work. Beautiful shots. Thanks for sharing.
For large format, 1 lens & 1 camera is all I have :) The good thing is that it's a Crown Graphic with a 150mm Nikon lens that can fold up nicely inside it, so I never have to take the lens off.
Excellent video, Todd! I'm also shooting 8x10 Delta 100, and ISO 50 seems to be working for me, but lighting conditions are quite different here in Southern California from what you have up there. I develop in HC-110 dil:B and usually get a reasonably dense negative, at least in my "sweet spot" for contact printing. These antique lenses are quite fun to explore, although they can present a challenge when lacking a shutter. I've managed to adapt Packard shutters to a 12" Ilex lens (mounted to the rear of the lens board), and to a 15.5" Wollensak portrait lens (almost the size of your Kodak lens) which needed a shutter larger than the lens board itself, so I adapted the shutter to mount to the front of the lens. The Packards give the option of 1/20 or B, and are very consistent in use. Cheers, and hope your weather improves!
love the idea of bringing back to life the old lenses and cameras. at 76 years age i am so pumped to getting out and about with my 1955 vintage medium format camera. .... what a joy it must be to have your 100 year old lens ! zen billings
Nice to see you using this vintage equipment. One suggestion when exposing the film - in this video, with your card in hand, you used a "down & up" motion, which would expose the bottom part of the film more than the top. Instead, I would suggest moving the card around the lens in a complete circular motion - down to 6 o'clock, then...circle the card upwards to 12 o'clock without covering the lens, and then drop the card back down to cover the lens, ending the exposure. That way you should get a more even exposure over the entire sheet of film. You could do this quickly with a 1/2 sec exposure, but it would be easier when you use at least a full 1 second exposure, moving the card a complete circle around the lens.
wow now that is a solid lens. looks like it was a forgotten canon from a old scandinavian war ship. the Images remind me of sally mann's photo of the south, which also have a serious vignetting at times. looking forward to the portraits you might show us! interesting podcast btw. cheers from germany.
Thank you for reaching out, hope all is well there, my wife and I were supposed to spend some time this year in the south of France, but still no travel, maybe next year!
Those are some really awesome images. Love that stuff. As soon as I saw that tree I knew the images were going to be good. My first thoughts were heavy vignetting, but the image circle looks way cool. Some of my favorite photo walks are in inclement weather, when no one else is around.
Great job Mr.Todd. I have been waiting for you to use this lens since you originally posted info about it. I know this is a Kodak lens but it almost looks like it has some elements of Petzval lens design. As always thank you for taking the time to produce another great video.
Todd, even though these are not my cup of tea, I appreciate all your work and absolutely love the production value of your videos. So relaxed, informative with no fluff n puff - very well done!
Thank you. It’s an interesting look and to be honest I would not want to take photos using only this lens and technique but for some things it’s fun. Thanks for watching, I appreciate the feed back. More coming son. Cheers!
I've recently discovered your channel and I just wanted to say that you've made my evenings quieter after a stressful day doing the "professional job." Your slower approach to photography reminds me of my father and -- hopefully without sounding ominous -- gives me a glimpse of the future I'm aiming for later on. You seem to embody the trope of Canadian hospitality. Thanks.
Beautiful images--hope to see more from that lens. I use a metronome app on my phone to help me time exposures & can get down to a quarter second with reasonable accuracy.
Great episode Todd! It was also nice to hear you on the LFPP. That brass lens sure delivers! My favorite is the one at 8:45, truly beautiful! I recently acquired a 210mm 4.5 Industar lens for my 4x5. Can't wait to probably try it out this week ! Cheers from Montreal!
Hey Todd, thanks for the shoutout! Great to see old glass seeing "new light" once again. These older lenses certainly have a definitive character that more modern glass doesn't exude. Cheers, Dan
Those old lenses are like fingerprints. They are all unique. It's been a very cold spring here in Ohio as well. Still getting frost here and it's quite late for that.
Great video Tod, love the look of the vintage lens. I have been mulling about getting an 8x10 for some time but I know how cumbersome the equipment can be. Too bad you don't have a lens cap. Sometimes the dark slides can be sticky to re-insert back into the film holder. Doing it with one hand must be a challenge. Thanks for the link to Stone photo gear. I have been wanting to get a good bag for my lenses.
First, I loved your episode on LFFP. It was great to learn more about you and of course your interactions with the guys. It was one of my favorite.. Second, love that you are back. It's like a breath of fresh air.. Third, I am so envious of hat lens. It looks wonderful. Last, when are you going to do another book review? thank you so much for what you do
Thank you. Actually since we are in a major lock down right now, and it's been a year since my last book chat, and I have a whole bunch of new books, I was just thinking today that it's time for another round of book talks. ;-)
Sir! Have you no shame carrying that lovely old camera in the snow! Please cover it! I use my very old Leica-M in any kind of weather. Sigh! I am always amazed with 8x10 format! It has a fullness and a 'spirit' of so much beauty. It cannot be duplicated. The lens is wonderful but the vigenetting may grow tired. The ONE format (oh and 5x7) i have never tried. I'm 77 years old so it won't happen. Great informative video and stunning images, Stay safe. jason .
Thanks for sharing. I am using a Mamiya 645 now and already thinking about something bigger :) Are these photos from your camera black & white only, or color slides are also available?
BEAUTIFUL Photos Todd! Yeah that lens seems awesome! Curious, do you have a reference on rating Delta 100 at 10? I'm interesting in reading up on that. That's quite a pull! (3 stops-ish?). Does make me wish something like CMS 20 was in 8x10. I suppose another option is to consider glass plates? I've been having a lot of fun with J Lane's low speed plates on my 4x5 and will probably try them in 5x7 and perhaps eventually 8x10. Anyways, even with the 1 stop pull, my goodness those results were gorgeous!
@@toddkorolphoto Very much looking forward to your results there! It will be great knowing Delta 100 can be pulled that much and in fact I was wondering how one would solve for wide apertures on these sorts of lenses while getting something remotely close to a human shutter - I never thought about pulling the film but that's one way to go about it yep! I'm particularly interested since I expect a barrel lens may be in my future at some point too.
@@toddkorolphoto Indeed that's more like what I was thinking though I know some barrel lenses don't have threads. That's not something some 3D printing or even just some tape can't fix ;)
Oooh and another thing I was going to try myself that might be worth a look-see here - as I recall some Pyro based developers have a speed loss? This might be desirable in this particular case. I plan on trying Pyrocat-HD (I'm normally an Xtol, most recently Adox XT-3 kinda dude) once I start doing 5x7 or 8x10 "soon" since I heard it's good for contact prints and, in particular, alt process. I was kinda scared away from Pyro but since you can get Pyrocat-HD in liquid solutions I decided I'm going to give it a try (at some point anyway)
Great lens. Love the result. If you don’t mind me asking, what scanner are you using for your 4x5s? I’m looking at the Epson V600 but it appears 4x5s need to be tiled, which I want to avoid. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for another great video Todd, I am certainly inspired ! May I ask the make and model of your tripod and head on the 8x10? It looks beefy ! I currently use an old linfof tripod with a 90mm head but it is too heavy to drag much distance from the car.
