Sunday, December 11, 2005

4x5 test



I cannot believe that it has taken me like two years to find time to experiment with my large format 4x5 camera. Sigh...

Anyway, this got my blood pumping. Type 55 polaroid film. A b/w polaroid that not only has a polaroid positive image, but also gives a negative that can be printed regularly!! I tested a few frames on some hanging clothes and got hot and bothered. I had to call Eadwine down to be my model.

The specs of the shoot are,
Sinar 4x5 rail mounted camera
210mm Schneider lens
Exposure was 1/4s at f4.0
Lighting was Cosmopro flourescent lighting

Anyone intereseted in being shot on large format?

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

hmm i have the "what a wonderful life" look =) haha.

Heng said...

Thanks for helping out Eadwine. I really appreciate. I will take you along when I go shoot models with the 4x5. ;p

Geoff said...

i'll be back in sg on the 19th of dec, so give me a shout if you need anyone.

Geoff said...

by the way john perkinson has a collection of portraits which i think you might like...both 35mm and large format.

for example:

http://orbit1.com/dailyphotos.aspx?a=prev&pid=1078

have a good weekend..

Heng said...

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the heads up on John Perkinson. Really nice. I will shoot you when you get back to Sg. Call me ok?

Geoff said...

yeah we should definitely hook up...see you soon!

ShutterBug said...

me me!!

RoFon said...

pity I am going back this weekend, looks like fun beeing shoot with a large format. Maybe after christmas... Merry Xmas and have a nice time in India.

Heng said...

Hi Ron, Will contact you about getting your shot done on 4x5.

Yo Jiazki. In the new year when I back from India K? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Anonymous said...

see its gonna be a hit!!! haha

Brooks said...

Welcome to the wonderful world of Type 55 Polaroid. Well, in the olden days it was called "Type" 55. Now it's just 55. That was way back when it was under $50 for a box. :-)

Brooks

Oh, you can see a bunch more 55 pics in the people section of my Flickr account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooksayola/

Heng said...

Thanks for dropping by Brooks. I really love your 4x5 work.