A horse trail meanders through part of the battlefield behind the 134 acre Trostle Farm at Gettysburg National Military Park. Union Army Major General Daniel Sickles used the farm as his headquarters after he advanced his Third Army Corps to the line of the Emmitsburg Road during the Civil War battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd, 1863.
Technical details:
Burke & James 5x7 large format field camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 film shot at ISO 160.
Exposure was 1/15th second at F45.
Film developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4 dilution for 6 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Beseler 8x10 print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.
5x7" negative scanned with Epson V600 in three pieces then merged in post. Cropped on the bottom to remove light leak I had with this particular holder (Grrrrrrr).
Tags: Tree Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania Burke & James 5x7 Large Format 5x7 Field Camera Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens Arista EDU Ultra 200 B&W Film Rotary Development Uniroller 352 Self Developed Ilford DD-X 1+4 Gregg Obst 2015
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Last month I purchased 300 sheets of 5x7" Thermo Scientific CL-Xposure blue base X-Ray Film (mystery film) on eBay for a total of $30 and Monday was the day to test some out. My Wife's birthday was on Friday and she received these flowers from a family member so I decided to test out the film with the flowers and my Burke and James 5x7.
There were several goals I had in mind for this test including making sure the film was good, figuring out what the film's ISO was, trying out development of X-Ray film using glass lined trays under red safelight instead of my usual daylight tank processing and finally to try developing X-Ray film with Pyrocat HD instead of my usual Rodinal. I think I succeeded on all counts. I'm a happy camper with 299 more sheets of 5x7 to shoot.
Technical details:
Burke and James 5x7 large format film camera.
210mm Commercial Komura F6.3 lens, of a Tessar design, in Copal 1 shutter.
5x7" Thermo Scientific CL-Xposure blue base X-Ray Film rated at 100 ISO.
2 seconds at F32.
Lighting via two large fluorescent bulbs placed camera left and white bounce card camera right.
Developed in Pyrocat HD 1:1:100 @ 20 degrees Celsius in trays using development by inspection under red safelight. Development time about 5 minutes.
5x7" negative scanned with Epson V600 in three passes and merged together in Photoshop using Photomerge function.
Tags: Flower Burke And James 5x7 210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens Copal 1 shutter Fluorescent Lights Large Format Film View Camera Thermo Scientific CL-Xposure X-Ray Film B&W Tray Development Gregg Obst 2015
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A tree stands guard at the end of the path leading to the Mumma Cemetery on the Anietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. On September 17, 1862, Antietam was the scene of the bloodiest one day battle in American history.
Technical details:
Burke & James 5x7 large format field camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 film shot at ISO 160.
Exposure was 1/15th second at F45.
Film developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4 dilution for 6 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Beseler 8x10 print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.
5x7" negative scanned with Epson V600 in three pieces then merged in post.
Tags: Tree Cemetery Sharpsburg Washington County Maryland Burke & James 5x7 Large Format 5x7 Field Camera Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens Arista EDU Ultra 200 B&W Film Rotary Development Uniroller 352 Self Developed Ilford DD-X 1+4 Gregg Obst 2015
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After waiting several months to gather up all the parts, get film holders, etc I finally got my early 1960s era Burke and James 5x7 large format field camera out in the wild. I took it to Grings Mill just outside Reading, Pennsylvania as its maiden voyage. It was very cold and I struggled with numb hands trying to get the film holder into and out of the back of the camera which I think caused the focus to shift enough so that it locked on the little bridge instead of the mill. Still, I'm pretty happy with the first result. I have a 5x7" contact print drying in the darkroom and I may post a scan of that later.
Technical details:
Burke And James 5x7 large format field camera.
210mm Commercial Komura F6.3 lens, of a Tessar design, in Copal 1 shutter.
Arista EDU Ulta 200 ISO film shot at 160 ISO.
1/2 second at F45.
Developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4 dilution for 6 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Beseler 8x10 print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.
5x7" negative scanned with Epson V600 in three parts on the long side and merged in Photoshop CS5.
Tags: Mill Water Reflection Berks County Pennsylvania Burke And James Large Format 5x7 Film 210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens Arista EDU Ultra 200 B&W Rotary Development Uniroller 352 Self Developed Ilford DD-X 1+4 Gregg Obst 2014
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White roses shot in the studio just before I disassembled the 5x7 for stripping, sanding and refinishing.
Technical details:
Burke and James 5x7" large format field camera.
300 mm Commercial-Astragon f6.3 Lens in Copal 3 shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 B&W film (re-branded Fomapan), shot at ISO 160.
Exposure was 4 seconds at F32.
Lit by four fluorescent 80 watt bulbs inside a 28" Westcott Apollo softbox placed camera left and a 30" white reflector bouncing light back onto the flowers from camera right.
Developed in Ilford DD-X 1+4 dilution for 6 minutes and 50 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Beseler 8x10 print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.
5x7" negative scanned with Epson V600 in three pieces then merged together using PhotoMerge in Photoshop.
Slightly warm-toned in post.
Tags: Flower Still life Burke And James 5x7 300 mm Commercial-Astragon f6.3 Lens Large Format Film View Camera Arista EDU 200 B&W Rotary Development Uniroller 352 Ilford Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 Gregg Obst 2015
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