Chesapeake Bay at 4 seconds
Yesterday after a shoot, I walked onto the beach near the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. I was testing out my old 5×7 wood field camera (read about it 2 posts down). I had one film holder which holds two sheets of film. I shot one photo of the bridge and another of a nice couple that was curious about the camera. They did this spontaneous piggy-back thing. I’ll do a few more tests before I decide to try some color film. Only Kodak still makes 5×7 color film and it costs $4.00/sheet + developing. This is Efke 100 film which costs $.70/sheet and I can develop it myself. It’s not cheap, but I like that I have to slow down and that I only get a couple shots. It’s the opposite of digital SLR which is fast and unlimited.
These are great! Does the shadow I see along the bottom and right side of the water picture happen as part of the camera, the developing, or something you added?
Comment by Claudia — May 28, 2009 @ 2:26 pm
I am pretty sure that happened during exposure. I believe that is a result of a loose black slide. It’s hard to explain, but the way this camera works is, you have two pieces of film divided by a piece of black metal. You lift a door to expose the film, then flip the holder and lift the other door to expose the 2nd sheet. I believe a little bit of light is leaking through the divider and acting like a 2nd exposure.
Comment by admin — May 28, 2009 @ 2:34 pm