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It's a chilly, damp and rainy afternoon so I thought I bring out the "Big Boy" for a cleaning and a few wet plates this afternoon.
"Eastman View #2 Improved" an early 8x10 by the Kodak company. The lens is a projection petzval that renders lovely images on wet plate if you can get the light and focus correct. I've nicknamed the lens 'Satan". It has a custom built wet plate back that allows me to use 8x10, whole plate (8.5x 6.5) or 5x7. The coke can is there for reference.
"Eastman View #2 Improved" an early 8x10 by the Kodak company. The lens is a projection petzval that renders lovely images on wet plate if you can get the light and focus correct. I've nicknamed the lens 'Satan". It has a custom built wet plate back that allows me to use 8x10, whole plate (8.5x 6.5) or 5x7. The coke can is there for reference.
Category Photography / Still Life
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File Size 969.6 kB
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Yeah, It doesn't travel much. Heavy and kind of delicate. I pretty much just use it in the 'Studio' (my basement). I have a Raja 8x10 that's a clone of the Deardorff that I use if I'm feeling ambitious enough to do 8x10 in the field. The Raja is really a piece of crap but it gets the job done and I wouldn't be too upset if it were to be broken or stolen.
I spoke to a friend about a strobe setup for wet plates and a fast lens. I got a 2405 which we figured would just barely do it with the 35 degree reflectors. But 4800, wow, 2400 is already enough that you can feel it :)
I'm grateful I don't need so much, I shoot film and never plates, but I run up against 2400 between the modifiers, filters, and ratios pretty often.
I'm grateful I don't need so much, I shoot film and never plates, but I run up against 2400 between the modifiers, filters, and ratios pretty often.
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