While doomscrolling through Facebook one day in July, I came across someone in a film group selling a large-format lens. I already owned a Schneider 90mm lens that I used with my Tachihara and Graflex Pacemaker, but the lens for sale was a Schneider-Kreuznach Super-Angulon 90mm f/8 with a Copal shutter. I was drawn to […]
Read More Schneider Kreuznach Super-Angulon LensSometime within the last five years, I had the idea to experiment with Ilford Direct Positive Paper in the 4×5 format. It wasn’t until last March, while rummaging through my film fridge, that I stumbled upon the forgotten box of now expired paper. This rediscovery prompted me to pair the direct positive paper with my […]
Read More Ilford Direct Postive PaperLarge format photography using glass plates has a rich history dating back to the mid-19th century. Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor produced the first successful glass plate photograph in 1848, employing a plate coated with albumen derived from egg whites and treated with light-sensitive chemicals. Despite its early success, the popularity of glass plates waned in […]
Read More 4×5 Glass PlatesTachihara Camera Works was founded in 1925 by Maso Tachihara and based in Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The hand-crafted cameras are made of 300 to 500-year-old Hok-Zakura, a type of cherry wood that only grows in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido. This wood is meticulously dried for three years before being utilized in crafting the cameras. […]
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