My first 4x5 inch Silver Gelatin Print using the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger kit.
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Жыл бұрынOver the years I have made prints in the darkroom from all format sizes other than large format, this video shows how I convert my 4x5 field camera into a large format enlarger, plus the resultant print is for sale on eBay to help support my channel.
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@jaykey6307 Жыл бұрын
Martin, you are an absolute treasure. I watch every new video with my kids. In a time where every youtube video is cut like a fast-paced 5min action movie, your slow, long, and calm videos full of interesting facts, stories, and ideas are SO refreshing!
@mauricemitchell4053 Жыл бұрын
I never got used to how the image would ‘magically’ appear…was hooked from the first time. I’ll get back into it again. Thanks.
@fredlada1634 Жыл бұрын
Probably the coolest grandpa alive, it doesn’t get better than watching an old folk doing darkroom prints and being excited about it. I think this must come from my absolute love for Josef Sudek and his work. I suspect there might be some sort of fetish underlying to it but in the end I just wish I could end up doing the same thing in my old age, you’re really awesome Martin, much love from the other side of the channel
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Thank you, when I die please let there be a camera in my hand 😀
@andreaskuehl1365 Жыл бұрын
Hi Martin, I fallow you now 1,5 Year and I love your explanations. But today I was speekless this I have never seen before. Many thanks for this. Regards, Andreas
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Your welcome
@jganun Жыл бұрын
This is a very old idea. After Graflex Inc invented the Graflok back, they invented the Graflarger to go with it. The graflarger mounts on the back of a Camera with a Graflok back and has an Aristo cold-light source. If you had a steady tripod, that and your graflarger equipped Press Camera could double as a portable enlarger, or you could buy a cheap baseboard with column like the old "watermellon on a stick" enlargers. As long as Aristo was in business they were still selling those fluorescent tubes, so there must have been a market. Linhof took up this idea when they began using Graflok (International) backs, and they added a condenser light source for color work. So this gadget from Intrepid has a lineage back to the earliest 1950s.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thanks
@thetinmansheart 8 ай бұрын
I watch all your videos 😊 Starting into large format this month 😊
@cowboyyoga Жыл бұрын
What a great video! Thank you Mr Henson! I bought my camera and enlarger kit from Intrepid. And your video is in perfect timing! )))
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
@cowboyyoga Жыл бұрын
@@martinhensonphotography A bunch! All your videos have this effect on me! Thank you Sir! ))) Have a good weekend!
@paulatterby7507 Жыл бұрын
Ive recently been looking at 5x4 enlargers as I used them as a photographers assistant 40 plus years ago. They are huge and expensive. Never did I imagine to use a large format camera as an enlarger. Gobsmacked!
@DESIGNISTASTY Жыл бұрын
This is authentic true art
@endrevestb895 Жыл бұрын
Great fun. I have the intrepid compact enlarger and enjoy using it a lot :) And nice pinhole image!
@TristanColgate 3 ай бұрын
In a few months I'm going to end up buying an intrepid 4x5 pretty much just to use as an enlarger. I use a tripod for enlarging, a pretty solid one, but my current 4x5 camera is a MPP Technical that weighs > 3kg. My tripod is good an solid, but I tried mounting the MPP in the position for enlarging but had genuine worries that something was going to give out.
@williamfalls5681 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Martin. Enlightening as always.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Very welcome
@alanhuntley55 Жыл бұрын
Great video, Martin! Glad to see you've ventured back to the dark side, too. Curious...what surface is that paper you used?
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Its Ilford Deluxe RC gloss, in my previous video I said I preferred the pearl finish, however, this new gloss deluxe paper is really nice, much better then the previous incarnations
@billbarraclough9653 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, Martin. Always a joy to watch 😀
@jllanesphoto Жыл бұрын
Very nice Martin, never cease to amaze. Thanks again for your videos and inspiration.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Many thanks
@markusklein6309 4 ай бұрын
What a great idea to make darkroom prints from a 4x5 negative! Thanks Martin!
@JasonRenoux Жыл бұрын
First hands-on review of the famous Intrepid 4x5 enlarger, great job Martin, thanks for sharing as usual. Now I want this Kaiser enlarger and the little adapter :)
@donovanadams1242 7 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing! Thank you, especially, for teaching those of us with less experience how to use multiple filters on a single enlargement. And thanks to you, I will also try using a wetting agent on the final rinse of my prints. I have done so on my negatives for years, but not for my prints. I have used the Intrepid 35mm/120 enlarger for the past year for black and white enlargements and love it. Besides being able quickly change filter settings, a handy feature I use frequently use is the ability to precisely control light intensity to give you more control over enlarger lens aperture and exposure time. I currently have on order the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger. I am just now getting started in large format 4x5 and do not have a scanner that can accommodate 4x5 negatives. I plan to use the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger for both darkroom prints and for digitizing the negatives with a Nikon D850 and a 60mm macro lens. Cheers!
@thegroove2000 Жыл бұрын
True pro.
@tarquin1111 Жыл бұрын
This was a cracking insight into printing from a converted LF camera. Thank you. Keep up the great content.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@utekopka7920 Жыл бұрын
Very inspiring video, and very helpful too! I have been thinking for a while about using my 5x7 Mentor Studio camera as an enlarger as well. I bought an LED panel at Aliexpress and a fitting frame. I have had an idea how to mount it on the camera but no idea how to connect everything with a filmholder. Your video shows me the perfect solution for my problem! Thank you so, so much Martin! Your print is beautiful.
@franciscranfield2051 Жыл бұрын
Great video and information Martin!!!
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Your welcome
@graystray5652 Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video, Martin. Thanks so much for posting.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@liveinaweorg Жыл бұрын
Fabulous! Love to see you work and to see your work, Martin. I can't wait to clear the basement and set my darkroom up again.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Thank and happy printing
@user-ch6hz4vk9x 6 ай бұрын
Love your channel I have learned so much. My wife has agreed to a darkroom. I will be using the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger system. Cheers!
@billhackley3540 Жыл бұрын
perfect timing i've been looking at doing darkroom printing for quite some time, for my space i'm better off with the intrepid offering but have been hesitant based on considerable negative views of their cameras, i'd watched a video recently that stated they had the wrong wavelength blue led to achieve grade 5 contrast your video is valuable to me. thank you for doing this video with as much detail as you did
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
I have not tested the grades yet, if I can’t achieve the full grades I’m all set for under the lens ilford filters
@tgchism Жыл бұрын
Very nice set up Martin! I have that very same grain focus and always loved using it!
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Yes its really good
@jonathanhotopf1823 Жыл бұрын
Must look out for that US focus finder as I’ve got an early version of the Intrepid head. Great to see it in action
@matthiassommer9317 Жыл бұрын
Hallo Martin, wieder ein sehr, sehr interessantes Video. Inspirierend und unterhaltsam. Viele Grüße aus Berlin Matthias
@stephenhenson8274 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant tutorial Martin, keep it going, thousands of subscribers would be upset, (keep Film Alive) Mick 📸
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mick
@mickcookson8009 Жыл бұрын
Martin as you know I have used my 5x4 with my Intrepid, after some trial and error, its a great setup and the controller just makes it so much easier to do a print, I found I get better results with a dedicated 150mm enlarger lens, as it saves having to remember the shutter opening on the camera lens. I also used to let my kids see me developing prints when they was young, they enjoyed it, great informational video as usual.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Thanks Mick, yea at some point I will get a dedicated enlarger lens, might go for 130mm lens height needed and maybe I can crop easier with it
@tedcrosby9361 Жыл бұрын
Great to see the Intrepid enlarger in action, and enjoyed your demonstration. Just wondered whether it would be possible to use a wide angle lens, which would make focussing a lot easier ?
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
I need to get a dedicated lens and was thinking of a 130mm lens, not sure if shorter focal lengths would work as the image circle wont cover the negative size
@alexander.starbuck 6 ай бұрын
Martin, VERY, very nice and helpful video! I've been looking for a decent explanation on how to go about using the Intrepid enlarger and yours is definitely the best. A few short questions if you don't mind: what stand is this one that you're using, do you have any suggestions on which one to get? I plan to try 4x5 photography, zero experience so far so I don't know which one would work. Also, do you know if the 120 film holder could be used instead of the 4x5 one? (I'd love to use the enlarging setup both for my large format as well as for medium format work). Cheers from Croatia! :)
@martinhensonphotography 6 ай бұрын
You can use any type of copy stand that allows you to connect a 4x5 camera, the camera has to have what’s called Grafloc back, you remove that back from the 4x5 camera and fit the Intrepid light source , with the set of negative holders you can fit under the light source covers from 35mm and all other popular formats up your 4x5 size , hope that helps
@av8bvma513 Жыл бұрын
You may want to try a 135mm lens, to give you a shorter working distance and more magnification.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Last week I bought a brass vintage 130mm lens and the results are pretty good for a lens built around 1900
@HeinzStockhammer Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video, Martin. Great as all your tutorials/videos. Could you help with a brand name of the magnifying corn viewer.
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Its called a Magna Sight
@HeinzStockhammer Жыл бұрын
@@martinhensonphotography Thank you.
@lowe_h_seger Жыл бұрын
As mentioned many times over in the comment section, what a great video, thank you for sharing! There is no proper videos on the Intrepid 4x5 which are made by experienced photographers so I was hoping to get a point of view regarding the enlarger head. Do you like the intrepid kit, compared to other enlargers in the past? I considering the Heiland kit, it seems really good but it is a lot more expensive. I am printing B&W as well as Colour up to 20x24''. I would love to hear your or anyones thoughts on this or perhaps someone knows if there is anywhere I can compare them online?
@martin0reg756 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting .. the Intrepid enlarger and the Intrepid cameras too. My question: I am searching for this big focus loupe, how does it spell?
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Its not an Intrepid camera, its a Chamonix, the focus loupe spells as Magna sight
@martin0reg756 Жыл бұрын
@@martinhensonphotography Thabk you for your quick answer! I have no 4x5 camera yet, because I would miss an enlarger to make my own prints from such big negatives. If I want to go that road, I would probably buy camera and enlarger, both at Intrepid. Could you recommand the camera as much as the enlarger kit?
@davideverz 7 ай бұрын
Hi Martin, nice video, thank's for sharin'! Where did you find the bracket? Please help me find it! Bye
@martinhensonphotography 7 ай бұрын
I think I was just lucky to find one , I think Kaiser sell them but really expensive
@frankanda2049 6 ай бұрын
Hi Martin, the connection you used between the camera and the enlarger. does it have a name, I'm in the exact same situation. thanks for a great video!!!
@user-ng1pr5lj1m Жыл бұрын
I have a darkroom set up for 4x5 also scan and print 4x5 ,but with an inkjet printer I can't get decent results I always have a colour cast in the white areas, I would love to see how you get the results you get on an inkjet printer and the equipment that you use
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Its the inkset that gives the clour cast, I print through a software called imageprint, that gives me neutral tones with no colour shift, the downside, it will cost you as much as the printer.
@andrewfindlayphoto Жыл бұрын
Where did you get the copy stand bracket? Is the tapered spigot universal? Will it fit an LPL enlarger? Great video that kit might be useful to to me in the future. 😁
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
I found it on eBay, not sure if it will fit the LPL enlarger, for your reference it is a Kaiser RA 3 copy arm adapter
@andrewfindlayphoto Жыл бұрын
@@martinhensonphotography Thanks Martin 😁
@adrianlong6701 Жыл бұрын
Hi Martin are there many cameras that have the Gravlex back ? When i search on eBay the gravlex camera comes up but I’m not sure if that’s a suitable camera for this. Love your channel
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
Its called a Graflok back, many LF cameras use it as its an international standard
@cameronwilson8561 8 ай бұрын
I’m curious as to how high your column is to produce a 12x16 print, I normally print up to 16x20
@martinhensonphotography 8 ай бұрын
From memory around 28 inch, I use a 135mm lens
@karthik7800 Жыл бұрын
I don't have a copy stand- so I'm trying to Jerry-rig a stand to do 12x16 prints. Could you help me with the approximate distance between the camera mount to the baseboard? and between the camera mount to the edge of the enlarger column?
@martinhensonphotography Жыл бұрын
30inch and 5 inch
@stevef2114 Ай бұрын
cant you plug in a foot peddle with this kit? IF not, thats a bit poor. Nice vid though!
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