Shooting Wet Plate Portraits with an affordable Large Format Bokeh Monster

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@I-SelfLordAndMaster 6 ай бұрын

You are an amazing craftsman if I was 20 years younger I would walk from my village in Spain so you could teach me everything you know.

@mhaustria 6 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot! you can still visit by train :)

@ChristianKlant 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see that you brought the camera back to life! Well done btw! Clever combination of old equipment and new possibilities.

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Christian! I may be oldschool, but I like to save time and try out new technologies;)

@SinaFarhat 3 жыл бұрын

Great job! Have a nice week!

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot - you have a wonderful week as well

@gbaharlia 3 жыл бұрын

Great video///Beautiful!!

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Gabriel!

@emobilityat 3 жыл бұрын

Ich finde es wirklich beeindruckend, wie Du an die Dinge herangehst und mit viel Sachverstand Lösungen entwickelst, um etwas für Deine Ambition zu nutzen. Mein höchster Respekt dafür! Was mich bei Deinen Dokumentation auch sehr beeindruckt sind die vielen Details, die Du herzeigst, Dein Wissen, Deine Erfahrungen teilst - und wie Du es schaffst mich zu entschleunigen, wenn ich Deine Videos ansehe. Das ist wohl das beste überhaupt. Obwohl: mit den vielen Halterungen bei diesem Neuzugang ist diese Fokusierung auf EIN Bild wohl auch Geschichte ;-)

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank - die unterschiedlichen Objektivplatinen haben einen Hintergrund, welchen ich wahrscheinlich auch in einem Video zeigen werde :)

@emobilityat 3 жыл бұрын

Mit den Halterungen habe ich die "Dinger" gemeint, wo Du die Nassplatte reinsteckst. Liebe Grüße, Martin

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

@@emobilityat Achso die Kassetten - verwende immer nur eine davon. Sind halt 5 dabei gewesen

@trevoroneill8131 Жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria can you buy this camera online & where to get the plates at & other stuff

@EdwardIglesias 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. You inspire me to try and fix my old 5x7 which needs some considerable repair.

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Fixing old cameras is mostly doable, because it’s mostly mechanical issues you are dealing with. What 5x7 do you have?

@EdwardIglesias 3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria I think it's an old Deardorf. All wood. Came with a bunch of wooden holders in a big case, like a suitcase.

@letmebereal 5 ай бұрын

Super dooper!

@mhaustria 5 ай бұрын

Thanks :)🙏

@SwitchAndLever 3 жыл бұрын

That is some gorgeous bokeh! 😍 I bought myself a nice Graflex camera some years ago, with a bunch of holders, even got some plates and such with the intent to start wetplate photography. Then found out that getting the chemicals in Sweden is insanely difficult. How do you manage in Austria? Is it easier there?

@ChristianKlant 3 жыл бұрын

You can ask Stefan from camera-obscura.photography/en/start He's is very helpful in sending stuff to other parts of the world.

@SwitchAndLever 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChristianKlant that's nice, though I fear that would be me committing a crime as the chemicals (especially the collodion) are not legal here for private citizens. May have to wait until I have my business up and running (not photo related) and can apply for proper permits.

3 жыл бұрын

Also the proud owner of a Mentor camera. Mine's an SLR, though (which is kinda helpful for portraits, sometimes). Still haven't done any wet plates on it, but it's on my to-do-list. Great content, as always :)

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot - these are such great cameras. I have also a SLR style Mentor (including a ad from back then) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r5aTlqefvd2dqHk.html - you should definitely try wet plate sooner than later. I am pretty sure you get hooked ;)

3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria I did already, a few years ago! Just never with this camera. Haven't done it for the past 4-5 years but will definitely go back to it as soon as life allows it. It's my favorite historical process, from all the ones I've tried :)

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

@ great! What processes did you try?

3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria A lot of them, actually. I was lucky enough to have Historical Processes as one of the subjects back in college. I did: Wet plate collodion Gum bichromate Cyanotype VanDyke Brown Carbon printing Platinum/Palladium printing Anthotype Silver gelatin emulsion (technically not a historical process, but still) Salt printing Albumen printing For Chrysotype and Daguerreotype, I only saw live demonstrations -- never actually tried them myself. I also played around with building giant room cameras (only video in my channel is actually one of those projects). Seeing your videos makes me want to ditch work and dedicate myself 100% to the analog life :D

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

@ wow 🤩 That sounds amazing - thx for sharing!

@flipflopsLF 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. I’ve always wondered on your use of a tray vs tank for the silver nitrate bath. Any particular reason? Thanks

@mhaustria 2 жыл бұрын

Great question! There are many reasons for me: It is easier to fill a tray and to pour it pack into the bottle. With ulf plates I had some issues with the tank: scratched, or dropped plates (maybe it is just me) With a tray, the alcohol and ether can evaporate easier than with a tank. When traveling, I mostly use tanks. Hope that makes sense

@sergeyk481 3 жыл бұрын

Mentor Studio. Nice camera!

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! Is that what the camera is called? I was looking for the exact name

@sergeyk481 3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria Yes, I have the same. Excellent machine

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

@@sergeyk481 It really is!

@anaraluca1181 2 жыл бұрын

Wenn du die Platte weghälst vom Rand der Kasette ("litle silver parts"), stimmt die Position der Emulsion überein mit dem Bild auf der Mattscheibe? (Sprich wird dein Bild nicht defokusiert?)

@mhaustria 2 жыл бұрын

Die Platte liegt ja genau dort auf wo auch der Film aufliegen würde (nach Unten) Der Abstand zu den Rändern hat damit nichts zu tun. der ist nur dazu da, damit die Platte durch die Kapliarwirkung weniger Staub ansaugt.

@jurajzahumensky6378 3 жыл бұрын

i also use Leitz Dimaron 150mm F2.8 on my graflex..Have Dimar 200mm F4 but that is bit soft for me :)

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds nice as well - do you do also portraits with it?

@jurajzahumensky6378 3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria not many, and to be honest i don't remember which ones

@kavemankameras 2 жыл бұрын

Good Job Fixing The Camera

@mhaustria 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot - love to work with it. It’s build like a Tank

@SaschaHirschner 3 жыл бұрын

Dammn, I need to get a 3D printer as well ;) I use a 150 mm Hektor on my Graflex and I've managed to shoot wet plates handheld with a 1/8 sec in the bright sunlight with a lot of UV ;)

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! These Hektor lenses are such great bargains!

@SaschaHirschner 3 жыл бұрын

@@mhaustria yeah, even the Leitz Epis lenses are great performers. I use a 600 f4.5 for 30x40 and 40x50 portrait work.

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

@@SaschaHirschner I have a Epis waiting for a comparison with another one :)

@blotafton 3 жыл бұрын

I've read that the projection Hektors are triplets, I'm not sure though.

@mhaustria 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds interesting, where did you read that. I discussed this with some others before and everybody was talking of a 4 part design.

@utekopka7920 7 ай бұрын

Vielen Dank für dieses großartige Video. Ich habe auch eine Mentor Studio, bin aber noch recht neu im Großformat. Die Mentor hat mein Vater kurz nach der Wende gerettet, als unser Nachbar seinen Keller entrümpelt hat und sie gerade in den Müll stellen wollte. Er hat ihm gesagt, was das ist, aber der Nachbar wollte sie trotzdem entsorgen. Und so ist sie dann zu uns gekommen. Ein 250mm Tessar f4.5 von Carl Zeiss Jena war auch dabei. Die Kamera ist über Jahre in Vergessenheit geraten, und irgendwann wollte ich Großformat lernen und habe mir dann die Planfilmkassetten und Filmhalter besorgt. Aber an Wet Plate habe ich mich noch nicht heran getraut. Meine Frage: Könnte ich die Planfilmkassetten für Wetplate nicht auch in der Form verwenden, wie sie sind, ohne sie zu zerschneiden? Ginge es, wenn man anstelle von Glas Aluplatten nimmt, die ja vermutlich dünner sind?

@mhaustria 7 ай бұрын

Es gibt unterschiedlichste Halter für die Kamera. Aber bei der Nassplattenfotografie ein „hineinschieben“ oft problematisch, deshalb lieber der Umbau. Viel Freude mit der Kamera!

@ejmphotodotcom 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video. What’s the name of the song?

@mhaustria 2 жыл бұрын

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