More Fun with Large Format Film Images!

[Nokton48]

Old Man's Cave Falls by Nokton48, on Flickr

Old Man's Cave Falls 8x10 Sinar Norma 240mm Norma Symmar, 8x10 HP5 (not +) D76 1:1 fibre 8x10 print Fortezo Dektol

 

[Nokton48]

Alice 1995 by Nokton48, on Flickr

• 8x10 Sinar Norma 480mm Rodenstock F11 at F22. 8x10 HP5+ D76 developed in 8x10 Unidrum. 4x8' softbox at 90 degrees left, 3x4' softbox at 45 degree left, 4x8' white foamcore at 45 degree camera right. Had a straight 16x20 print made on RC paper, at local commercial lab. Everybody enjoyed the session and they liked this one

 

[Nokton48]

Makiflex TMX100 Kodak Readyload 545 D23 by Nokton48, on Flickr

TMAX100 4x5 Readyload 545 Back Makiflex D23. Omega DII with Omegalite laser aligned Arista RC #2 paper Multigrade dev. Digital background shot by Tim Layton and enlarged at Cosco. Studio overhead lighting. 150mm f5.6 chrome barrel Schneider Xenar. Great lens I bought for fifty bucks.

 

[Nokton48]

Reprint DII Rock Bridge 3 by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is the 58mm Rodenstock Graflex XL Grandagon, mounted in a very deeply recessed homemade custom Norma board. I was doing a lot of wide photography and needed something wider than 65mm for 4x5. The front and back standards of the Sinar Norma can be made to touch each other, without a board or bellows attached. That in my mind is about as good as you can get. A Biogon design that covers 9x12cm, or 4x5 if focused hyperfocally. But you can see all four corners of the image circle in this shot

 

[darr]

18x24 Mammo Shortie Sawed Off Norma by Nokton48, on Flickr

This is a test shot (my Shorty Norma) French Kodak 18x24cm Mammo Film, processed in D23 1:1. Taking camera is my new Annie/Avedon inspired 8x10 Norma. I applied 30 degrees of front and rear swing, the Norma original recessed lensboard is sharp all the way across the field. I like how the DOF drops off with the 360mm f5.6 Norma Symmar. There appears to be highlight blooming, which I find kind of attractive. Best thing about this film was that it was not at all expensive. And I have a lot of it. My "Shorty Sawed-Off Norma" has a basic rail cut down, to just accomodate a 120mm lens. Here it is shown with the 47mm f8 Super Angulon, which I am looking forward to using a lot with 2x3 and 6x9. This is not a telephoto camera, but I can easily lift and carry it with one hand without strain. The lowly Star-D tripod is sturdy enough with this setup, given proper time to settle down. I cut both ends off a basic Norma rail with my Lil Machine Shop Bandsaw. So it is now simply a hollow tube perfect length for Field and Architecture. I'd take this rig over a wooden field camera IMO. Radical camera movements are easily possible. Accessories are abundant. Weight cut down to bare minimum. Really shines with 2x3 and 6x9. Does all I need to do with 4x5 wide. Really light to carry around, can carry it one-handed. Normas are priced across the board, I paid a lot for my first one. Bargains are around too

I have two 4x5 Normas, one for parts and one that shines. Love it in the studio for all kinds of creativity. She sits on a studio stand and is ready to go for film or digital. My other 4x5 is a Linhof MT and what I take into the field. Even that gets a bit heavy for me nowadays. Every time I think about getting back into a wood field camera, I pause and remember the heavy Linhof 6x12 magazine I like to use for landscapes and stay with the MT. I am not as young as when I started photography and being a petite female I know my limits on carrying gear, so Norma stays at home. I always enjoy reading about your Norma adventures here and over at the LFF.

 

[Nokton48]

Darr,
How do you like the Norma for digital? I am uber new here, I am looking at digital backs for V Hasselblad, and to go on Normas, maybe even Plaubel monorails. I think the 907X would be nice, but too expensive. Everybody seems to like the original CFV16, and the PhaseOne P21 on up. Leaf Aptus look good too. Any ideas?

 

[darr]

Darr,
How do you like the Norma for digital? I am uber new here, I am looking at digital backs for V Hasselblad, and to go on Normas, maybe even Plaubel monorails. I think the 907X would be nice, but too expensive. Everybody seems to like the original CFV16, and the PhaseOne P21 on up. Leaf Aptus look good too. Any ideas?

I like it for digital. I have used it with the CFV 50c and currently use the CFV II (907x). I shoot the “digital Norma“ with a Rodenstock 210 for products and an old 1880s brass lens for tabletop fine art “fun” stuff. No need for a sliding back if you get a digital back with Live View. I also shoot Fujifilm Instax with it. It is just a fun and versatile camera.

 

[jotloob]

Birches in B/W . ARCASWISS F-LINE METRIC + Rodenstock Apo-Sironar-S 135mm + 4x5" Ilford Delta 100 .

 

[Nokton48]

SONY DSC by Nokton48, on Flickr

Sinar Norma Handy ready to go. On the back is the rare Sinar Norma Monocular Rubber Bellows, with the Norma Monocular Viewer. With a short locking cable release, I can view through the lens if I need to. I can also insert Sinar Norma 4x5 Meter Cassette, with Sinarsix, deadly accurate TTL metering eliminates a lot of exposure variables, some of which can compound. So uber versatile. The strap is a 1.5" Domke Black Gripper, the strap lugs are Pentax 6x7, I drilled and taped the Norma Auxiliary Frame. Devil Cal on RFF kindly supplied the stainless steel bolts holding the strap lugs. I bought the Graflex XL Grip (Norma used this) from Glenn Evans, I'm not using the Grip for now. I can nicely handhold this all day long

 

[Nokton48]

OSU Library of Geology Atrium 1989 by Nokton48, on Flickr

Ohio State University Library of Geology 1989. 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm F8 Norma Schneider Super Angulon, Yellow Norma Glass Disc, Ilford HP5 (not +) Four Minutes at F22. D76 1:1 8x10 Fortezo fibre print Dektol Omegalite 4x5 DII 180mm black Rodagon.
I always liked this one alot. The mineral stratification on the walls in the lobby, are identical to the stacking of mineral deposits in this area. I like the various fossil imprints which influenced the overall architecture of the space.

 

[Nokton48]

SINAR AD 03-1964 by Nokton48, on Flickr

 

[jotloob]

Zweribach Waterfalls in the black forest in the southwest of Germany .
A very difficult terrain , no footpath , a very steep slope in the forest .

ARCA SWISS F-Line Metric , 4x5 inch , Rodenstock APO-SIRONAR-S 135mm , ILFORD Delta 100 .

 

[P. Chong]

Sinar X, Nikkor W 5.6/180mm. Shanghai GP3 4x5 film developed with Ilford ID-11. Scanned with Fujifilm GFX 50S II with Hasselblad HC 4/120.

The location is Mapeltree, an industrial building with multiple tenants, including Google Singapore. This was photographed on Christmas evening, 2022, hence most of the offices were not occupied as workers have left for the holidays. Long exposure, metered at 60s at ISO 50 at f/16, but after reciprocity failure compensation, the film was exposed at 3m 26s. Developed at ISO 100 box speed.

 

[MartinN]

I need to get a few holders loaded and a find some new location. But many cameras and little time…

 

[Nokton48]

Frozen Cypress Swamp Dawes Arbor by Nokton48, on Flickr

Frozen Cypress Swamp Dawes Arbor 4x5 Sinar Norma 90mm Norma Super Angulon HP5 D76 1:1 8x10 fibre print Fortezo #2 Dektol.

 

[anyone]

Austria



Toyo 45A, Apo Symmar 210, RPX 25 @ DD-X, Scan with Flextight

 

[4x5Australian]

Austria

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Toyo 45A, Apo Symmar 210, RPX 25 @ DD-X, Scan with Flextight

What a fabulous photograph. The tones are so gracious and balanced.

Your photograph evokes an invigorating sense of airiness, of being above it all.

Where is this location? Are you at a noted lookout? Or beside a road? Or did you find this viewpoint after long hours of walking?

 

[anyone]

What a fabulous photograph. The tones are so gracious and balanced.

Your photograph evokes an invigorating sense of airiness, of being above it all.

Where is this location? Are you at a noted lookout? Or beside a road? Or did you find this viewpoint after long hours of walking?

Thank you so much! The location is in the Austrian Alps, Vorarlberg, and was easily accessible after a cable car ride and short snow shoe walk. I'm quite pleased how the RPX 25 came out, it was my first trial of the film.