[pure-silver] APX400, flatness, old glass

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  • Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 10:51:03 -0500

> Just finished going over the results of a fun morning a couple weeks ago 
> doing pictures of a friend of mine in a "french postcard" style.  I used some 
> new things, so of course ended up learning things.  APX is really neat stuff. 
>  I developed it in my usual Gainer style P-C-antifreeze-KBR developer and 
> rated it at it's full asa 400.  Good shadow detail, nice tones, fine grain.  
> Lovely.  Going to buy a bunch of 120 while it's on sale.

I was using an old 3x4 RB Graflex with a graflex 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 rollfilm back.  
This back is unfortunately one without the extra flattening rollers and I've 
just learned the hard way that those are important.  Didn't ruin the pictures.  
We were going for "soft and dreamy" anyway.  But I didn't have sharp eyelashes 
and I had to know why.  The old back produced a film bulge all the way down the 
center of the frame of about 1mm.  I checked my other graflex 6x9 back with the 
rollers and it was about .1mm.  My Mamiya RB back was essentially dead flat.  I 
really like the camera, so I'm trying to figure out how to get the film 
flatter.  Might have to add my own rollers.

This is not new for me, but I love old glass for this kind of thing.  I was 
using a 7 inch Ross Xpres wide open at f4.5 and it sure makes pretty skin look 
like it is supposed to.  And those old barrel lenses have almost perfectly 
round apertures too. On 4x5 I get the same kind of results with a 12 inch Kodak 
anastigmat.

Be Just And Fear Not

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