[rollei_list] Re: RPA, Efke 25, fixer with hardener?

  • From: Robert Lilley <54moggie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 21:48:30 -0400

Ah,  Carlos and Elias - two possible large format converts!

Rob
On Apr 1, 2009, at 9:23 PM, Elias Roustom wrote:
I also would like to experiment loading film sheets to the camera and developing them, these are new things to me.
You will have a very good time with the plate adapter Carlos - I can almost guarantee it. I like using it for landscape, still life, and portraits. With portraits, it is part of the act that captures the subject's attention. What I like most about it is that I don't always have the need to shoot all twelve frames from a given film. Having the plate adapter allows me to experiment with a subject, use different films for the same subject, or develop duplicate exposures differently, and have a print or scan within two or three hours. I'm actually proud of how slow that sounds these days.
If you're missing any of the plate inserts you can use a stiff cardboard, or have some aluminum sheets cut down for you somewhere. I remember finding some anodized black aluminum sheets that were just about the right thickness at a hardware store once. I use a double thick black cardboard I had scraps of at work - they work very well.
I bought a box of 4x5 ilford film that I cut to size. Scratched some of it up in the cutting process, but I know what I'll do next time. Bought the Efke for convenience, and I can't say the Efke 25 is any sharper the Delta Pro 100. Maybe it's in the way I've been developing.
My only problem with the plate adapter is keeping dust and other particles off the neg. Gets me every time. I've got to find a better routine, and buy a better dust brush.
Here's a couple of shots of the Efke 25 sheet film in Rodinal 1+50 (one of your favorites): 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2444628920/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2444878043/in/photostream/
I have some new shots with Efke 100 that I processed in DD-X that I took a couple weekends ago with Petr Dvorak (from this list) that I have yet to scan. I'm without a scanner for the time being... 

Elias

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