The Flickr Chamonix810V Image Generatr

9:20am, 18th September 2022

Chamonix 810V

Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Fujichrome Velvia 50 10x8
2” f/45


Front standard vertical, front tilt to vertical, bed angled downwards, substantial front fall

Spot-metered +1.5 off courgette flower

Bellini E6 / Jobo 3005 on manual base / Epson V850

Original exposure and development:

Asham Meads BBOWT, Otmoor, Oxfordshire
11th May 2019 3:30pm

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-SW 150 f/8
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
¼" f/32
Rear and front tilts forward, down angle on Arca Cube head
No filters

Pyrocat HD 2:2:100 in BTZS tube
N, 10'30" (5min prewash in distilled water; 1min acetic acid stop bath; 10min fix in TF4; 1min sodium sulfite hypoclear; 30min wash)


Print:
7th May 2022 / 21.5ºC / 52% RH
10x8 contact print from Ilford FP4+ negative on 14x11 Bergger Cot320
3ml Fotospeed argyrotype sensitiver, 1 drop of tween20 solution (mix of 1 drop and 5 drops distilled water)
Paper dried 3hrs15mins, no prehumidification
8’30’ daylight exposure, full sun, 4pm

5mins wash in 1.5l distilled water with squeeze of lemon juice
5mins wash in 1.5l tap water
3mins fix in hypo
1hr final soak
Dried flat for 48hrs

Digitized with Nikon D800E/85PC-E, stitch of two shifted frames.

Just a phone grab for now. Will update this with a scan, and hopefully also post the consequent anthotype.

ORIGINAL EXPOSURE
2.30pm, 23/04/22
Subject on white baking parchment

Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock APO-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 10x8, EI 64
7" f/5.6, 440mm bellows extension, no movements
Metered +2EV off bright paper.


FILM REVERSAL DEVELOPMENT
26/04/22
DIY B&W Reversal Development to make a slide for anthotype contact-printing
Stearman SP810 daylight tray then white Paterson open tray

Ingredients:
FD: 500ml Ilford Multigrade 1+5 (no hypo addition for EI64), 12mins 20ºC
Second Dev: 500ml Ilford Multigrade 1+9
Bleach: 3% Hydrogen peroxide 500ml, 26.2g EDTA-4Na with 9.5g sodium bicarbonate, 18.33g Citric acid crystals.
Bleach lasts for 3 films only: now exhausted.
Clearing Bath: 500ml water, 12.5g sodium sulphite

Stage 1 in SP810
FD: 12mins 20ºC, standard agitation
First Wash: 5mins with 5 changes of water
Bleach: 20ºC 9mins, constant agitation
Remove lid from tray
Clearing Bath: 2mins, continuous agitation
Second Wash: 5mins with 5 changes of water (easier to put lid back on for this)

Transfer sheet to white Paterson tray.

Stage 2: Re-exposure: 60secs about 45cm with 100watt bulb in inspection lamp;

Stage 3 in Paterson Tray
Second Dev: 6mins 20ºC
Third Wash: 2x rinses with ±750ml water
Fix: 500ml Ilford Rapid Fixer 5mins
Final Wash : 10 changes of 750ml water, continuous agitation (back in SP810)
Final rinse in Ilfotol, 1 min, in Paterson tray.

Will attempt an anthotype soon, using a suitable colour of emulsion, perhaps blackberry.

ORIGINAL FILM EXPOSURE
Anglesey, Wales
9:55am, 11/04/22

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 10x8, EI 125
¼” f/45, front tilt
Lee 0.3 hard GND

FILM REVERSAL DEVELOPMENT
21/04/22
DIY B&W Reversal Development to make a slide for anthotype contact-printing
Stearman SP810 daylight tray then white Paterson open tray

Ingredients:
FD: 500ml Ilford Multigrade 1+5, 0.5g hypo, 12mins 20ºC
Second Dev: 500ml Ilford Multigrade 1+9
Bleach: 3% Hydrogen peroxide 500ml, 26.2g EDTA-4Na with 9.5g sodium bicarbonate, 18.33g Citric acid crystals.
Clearing Bath: 500ml water, 12.5g sodium sulphite

Stage 1 in SP810
FD: 12mins 20ºC, standard agitation
First Wash: 5mins with 5 changes of water
Bleach: 20ºC 9mins
Remove lid from tray
Clearing Bath: 2mins, continuous agitation
Second Wash: 5mins with 5 changes of water (easier to put lid back on for this)

Transfer sheet to white Paterson tray.

Stage 2: Re-exposure: 60secs about 45cm with 100watt bulb in inspection lamp;

Stage 3 in Paterson Tray
Second Dev: 6mins 20ºC
Third Wash: Ilford wash method
Fix: 500ml Ilford Rapid Fixer 5mins
Final Wash : 10 changes of water, continuous agitation (back in SP810)
Final rinse in Ilfotol, 1 min, in Paterson tray.

PRINT:

Emulsion:
Spinach leaves blitzed with some water, strained through muslin, 3 wet coats onto Bergger Cot320 paper, then left to dry for approx. 1 hour (still damp, but it didn’t really matter!)

Exposure:
4hrs in overcast conditions (1-5pm, 23/04/22), followed by 3hrs full sun 8-11am 24/04/22, Lotus 12x16 contact-printing frame; paper in Krystal seal A3 envelope to protect the sheet of film

Digitized with Nikon D800/85PC-E (stitch of three frames)

Anglesey, Wales
9:55am, 11/04/22


Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Fujichrome Provia 100F 10x8
¼” f/45, front tilt
Lee 0.3 hard GND


Home-developed in Bellini E6 (FD 7'10") with Jobo 3005 on manual roller base, chemistry starting temperature at 40ºC, with 1min water prewash at 40ºC.

(Roller base is not in water bath, but prewash and higher starting temperature of chemistry gives right development for first developer).

Silverfast/Epson V850

Cropped to panoramic; warmed up and selectively desaturated in post for a more wistful feel.

Anglesey, Wales
9:50am, 11/04/22


Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Fujichrome Velvia 50 10x8
½" f/45, front tilt
Lee 0.3 hard GND

Home-developed in Bellini E6 (FD 7'10") with Jobo 3005 on manual roller base, chemistry at 40ºC.

Silverfast/Epson V850

Anglesey, Wales
9:20am, 11/04/22

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-M 450mm f/9
Fujichrome Velvia 50 10x8
½" f/45, front tilt and front rise
Lee 0.3 hard GND

Home-developed in Bellini E6 (FD 7'10") with Jobo 3005 on manual roller base, chemistry at 40ºC.

Quick pop-up from a beautiful if rather windy Scotland. 10×8 photography outdoors on hold, but beach-combing and still-life macro a wonderful (fingers crossed) diversion.


Two days of beach-combing on three local beaches (one in walking distance from our sheep-farm holiday cottage): shells, glass, wood, feathers, nylon rope, odd bit of metal.


Sorted into labelled Tupperware and quickly washed to remove sand and air-dried.


Odds and ends sourced locally to produce solid still-life background – pound shop glass chopping board and two sheets of baking paper; natural light from upstairs windows.


Chamonix 810V with Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6, 440mm bellows extension, about 550mm working distance, some front tilt and front shift for focus and composition. (Setting up the camera, even with ballpark measurements for subject size, still took about 30mins).


2 sheets exposed at f/45, one on Fuji Velvia 50 for 54 seconds and one on Kodak Portra 160 for 20 seconds.

Exposure
Derbyshire Peak District
2nd May 2021, 7.10am

Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 125 (EI 64)
2” f/32⅔, 38mm front rise
Lee #23A red filter and 0.6 hard grad

Stearman Press SP810, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 6’50” for N-1
Acetic acid stop, TF4 Fix, Hypoclear

Print
5th June 2021
Chemistry:
3ml Fotospeed Argyrotype Sensitizer with 1 drop let-down Tween 20, applied with Daler Rowney Skyflow Aquafine 3" Synthetic Brush.
Paper:
Bergger Cot320 11x14", dried 15mins, 50%RH, 20ºC, then sandwiched in cut-down Crystal Clear envelope, with neg on top.
Exposure:
Lotus 12x16" contact-printing frame; full sun 3'40", 11:15am
Wash:
5mins wash in distilled water/squeeze of lemon juice
5mins wash in tap water
3mins wash in hypo
1hr final soak (30mins each side) in tap water

Dried flat between boards

Digitisation: Nikon D800E/85PC-E tilt-shift (two-frame stitch)

Magpie Mine Argyrotype º

Exposure and development:

Derbyshire Peak District
8th February 2020 3:50pm

Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-M 450 f/9
Ilford FP4+ 8x10 (EI 125)
¼” f/32
500mm bellows
50mm front rise

N development, Stearman SP810 tray, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 10’, 23ºC
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 15min wash, Ilfotol rinse

Print:
13th March 2021
21ºC / 44% relative humidity
14x11 Bergger Cot320, Fotospeed sensitiser
Paper dried 2hrs20mins, no prehumidification
2:45pm, 16mins daylight exposure in sun with cloud

2½mins wash in 1.5l rainwater with squeeze of lemon juice
2½mins wash in 1.5l distilled water
3mins fix in hypo (4 and a bit teaspoons crystals in 1.5l tap water)
1hr final soak in 3l tap water (30mins each side)
Dried Flat

Digitized with 2-frame stitch, D800E and 85mm tilt-shift

Exposure and development:

Enstone, Oxfordshire
1st August 2020, 6:55pm

Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 10x8 (EI 64)
1½” f/8, N-1
10mm front rise

Stearman SP810, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 22ºC, 6’13”, 5' Prewash, Acetic Acid Stop, TF4 Fix, Hypoclear, Wash, Ilfotol

Print:
13th March 2021
21ºC / 44% relative humidity
14x11 Bergger Cot320, Fotospeed sensitiser
Paper dried 2hr55mins, no prehumidification
3:20pm, 25mins daylight exposure in sun with cloud

2½mins wash in 1.5l rainwater with squeeze of lemon juice
2½mins wash in 1.5l distilled water
3mins fix in hypo (4 and a bit teaspoons crystals in 1.5l tap water)
1hr final soak in 3l tap water (30mins each side)
Dried Flat

Digitized with 2-frame stitch, D800E and 85mm tilt-shift

A slightly tweaked repost. A favourite image of the year, hopefully destined for the wall as a large framed print.

Isle of Bute, Scotland
14th August 2020, 8:20pm

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-M 450mm f/9
Fujichrome Velvia 50 10x8
3½” f/45
Lee 0.9 Hard Grad
Stearman SP810, Bellini E6 (FD 7’40”)
Epson V850, Silverfast

Isle of Bute, Scotland
14th August 2020, 7:23pm

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-M 450mm f/9
Fujichrome Provia 100F 10x8
½” f/45, 23mm front rise
Lee 0.6 Hard Grad
Stearman SP810, Bellini E6 (FD 7’40”)
Epson V850, Silverfast

Enstone, Oxfordshire
1st August 2020, 6:55pm

Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 10x8 @64
1½” f/8, N-1
10mm front rise

Stearman SP810, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 22ºC, 6’13”, 5' Prewash, Acetic Acid Stop, TF4 Fix, Hypoclear, Wash, Ilfotol
Epson V850, Silverfast, duotoned

Charlton-on-Otmoor
Oxfordshire
11th July 2020, 11:15am

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Kodak Portra 160 8x10 (@160; cloud)
1/8” f/32, rear swing, 15mm front fall

Stearman SP810 (Bellini C41 chemistry in 40ºC waterbath, with 1min 40ºC prewash)
Epson V850

New digital toning of previous image, which I found to be too blue and too lacking in contrast.
Intended to replicate a traditional selenium and gold split-toning process for shadows and highlights - following an absorbing read of John Blakemore!

As before, this is an 10x8 image obviously (!)

Otmoor, Oxfordshire

14th June 2020, 1:20pm

Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-W 300mm f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 10x8
1” f/32⅓, few degrees front tilt
Lee landscape polariser

Stearman SP810, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 10’55”, 22ºC, N-development

5k version of previous, for fun.

23rd August 2019 11:00am
Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
33” f/22
450mm bellows
large amount of front tilt, front shift for composition.

A new edit of an 8x10 negative of Sorbus leaves.
Initial intent was for a horizontal 4x10 crop, as previously posted. Now, vertical panoramic strips seem like a great idea, since the image has too much detail and chaos to take in as one single 8x10 image, but I wanted to show more.

23rd August 2019 11:00am
Chamonix 810V
Nikkor-W 300 f/5.6
Ilford FP4+ 8x10
33” f/22
450mm bellows
large amount of front tilt, front shift for composition

N+1 development for Argyrotype, BTZS tubes, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 20’48”, 21ºC (NB vastly overdeveloped for Argyrotype: but still scanned ok!)
Acetic acid stop, TF-4 Fix, Hypoclear, 30min wash