RE: Sandy's new camera
Judy, There is a picture of Sandy inside the picture (in one of the photos) made by Sam Wang. Look carefully in the background if you didn't notice it before. Don -----Original Message----- From: Judy Seigel [mailto:jseigel@panix.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 11:35 PM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Sandy's new camera Thanks for the URL Don... that was an interesting website, but I was extremely disappointed in the "pictures of Sandy's new camera." I'd thought it would include a picture of Sandy... (sigh). It really should have of course.... Not least (but only partly) because a person in there would have helped to visualize the scale... Even a photo with your cell phone would be better than nothing, Sandy... J. On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, dsbryant@bellsouth.net wrote: > Folks can also see pictures of Sandy's new camera here: > > http://theonlinephotographer.com/the_online_photographer/blog_index.html > > No registration required. > > Don Bryant> > -------------- Original message from Sandy King <sanking@clemson.edu>: -------------- > > >> >> Just want to thank Dave Soemarko for his LC-1B formula, which I just >> used for the first time this evening in an attempt to do some BTZS >> type testing with a Kodak Ortho lith film. I had forgotten about this >> formula and did some initial tests with various other formulas, with >> very bad results. >> >> Then I remembered Dave's work on the formula that was published in >> Post Factory, and in the book by Christopher James. So I went to >> James, got the formula and mixed up the soup. It really worked great. >> You have to really test this lith film carefully because it is >> trigger happy in terms of contrast, but with a bit of work I was able >> to derive data that should allow me to expose the film in the field >> over a fairly wide range of SB R and develop for continuous tone. >> >> I might mention that the immediate reason for this testing lies in >> the fact that I just took delivery on a new Richard Ritter 20X24" >> camera. Very rigid, with a full range of movements, and weighs 23 >> lbs! I have some continuous tone film on hand but at the current >> price I thought it might be interesting to get used to the camera >> with lith film, which is much less expensive. And as luck would have >> it, I have a couple hundred sheets of Kodak Ortho lith film, so that >> is what I am experimenting with. With the very good success I have >> had with the Soemarko LC-1B formula I figure in a day or two I will >> be ready to load the new featherweight camera in the SUV and hit the >> trails. >> >> BTW, if anyone is interested in seeing pictures of the feather weight >> 20X24, go here, >> http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?t=31245 >> >> Also note the round photography in the background of all three >> pictures. That photograph is a portrait of me made by the famous >> photographer Sam Wang. >> >> >> >> Sandy King>
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