Huh, so that's a thing. I'll have to fiddle around with it.

Most people usually leave me alone. It's other photographers and people who used to shoot film that asks questions. Actually on my last attempt an older gentleman approached me and was stoaked to see someone shooting film. He talked about how his dad used to be a photographer and shot with Hasselblads. It was neat.

absolute food lad

this entire thing is bananas

I'm not sure what the sensitivities are for liquid emulsions or cyanotypes, but that's something I'm definitely interested in trying.

Thanks!

That's awesome, glad to hear it!

I actually tried that for my first attempt. While it was more efficient, I ended up losing track of where I was. You can see where I doubled up frames and that's where I was on autopilot and forgot if I was going RGB or BGR. It does work, but requires more attention.

@@atticdarkroom Its does sound like a nightmare to keep track of, probably something you would have to do alot of to get it intuitively

Yeah, maybe after some practice or some diligent note taking. For myself I'll probably stick with RGB because for me its tried and true, and with so many other variables in the mix, it's one less thing I need to worry about in the field.

Thanks. Someone told me about auto align shortly after I posted this video and I feel like I wasted so much time. I've since used it for trichrome contact sheets, but I still manually align for the occasional trichromes.

I also know you can reel the film in base to base. I wonder if you can develop 4 rolls on 120 in a single reel 🤔

@@atticdarkroom that's a little far, even for me. You may have some fixing problems, but you can totally fix the film properly after

Thank you so much. I really appreciate it!

They're Manfrotto Xume adapters. I think they're discontinued now which sucks.

CMY doesn't really work because it's subtractive, you get random muddy colors. With that said you can totally mix and match colors filters and it'll give you wacky colors.

I really like this idea. It won't happen anytime soon, but I'll definitely try this someday.

Depending on the scene I'll use either the 80mm or the 150mm. The amount of movement required depends from scene to scene. How I figure that out is looking straight into the viewfinder, take a note of where one edge is, and move it one frames worth. Not really scientific and not super accurate. But it sort of works.

@@atticdarkroom thank you so much for responding, I can’t wait to try, I also plan to try trichrome soon, what magnetic filter system do you use

I use Manfrotto Xume adapters. I think they're discontinued now which is a real shame because they work so well.

For everyday use? No. It's first and foremost a monopod head, which comes with its own set of hurdles. For example, I find myself needing to adjust my tripod legs just to get a level scene. A simple ball head is far more convenient for everyday use. But if you're looking for a specific set of movements, the L20S is well made. It also uses the standard 3/8 thread, so it can mount to pretty much most tripod legs.

Thanks. I currently don't sell prints, and any files would be on my website, which is broken. I just haven't gotten around to fixing it yet.

@@atticdarkroom heya, any chance you could upload the resulting images now that your website is fine? Really love the results

I haven't yet. In theory it should work, but I need to learn up on RA-4 printing. I do want to try it though.

I haven't, but it's high on the list of things I want to try. In theory it should be possible. I'd imagine you'd have to do a triple exposure with each negative and their corresponding color filter. Alignment sounds like a nightmare though.

@@atticdarkroom omg! Thank you for the quick reply! 😃 I was thinking the same things, maybe there's a way to work out the alignment before I turn off the lights? I guess it's just about testing it and finding out as I go along. 🤓🤓 I'll be honest I just binged watched your entire channel I think... Can't wait for the next "uninspired" thing.

Regarding the alignment, here's the best I could come up with: First print one of the negatives. This will be a reference print. Place the reference print in the easel. Align the negative to the reference print. Remove reference print and place RA4 paper. Make your exposure, and then put the RA4 paper in a paper safe. And repeat for the other two channels. This is very clunky and there's probably an easier way, but that's what I got so far.

@@atticdarkroom ok, I'm going to share with you my experience with trying to print a trichromatic photograph in the darkroom. be advised, it's not a happy ending. Also, this might be a very long comment. I apologize in advance. so, in theory if I did a triple exposure with each negative and their corresponding color filter, I would have a beautiful trichromatic photograph. here's what happened: the red filter printed a brownish print, the green filter printed a red print, and the blue filter printed an orange print. now you may think: ok, so it prints out the complimentary color of the filter (aka red-green, blue-orange, green-red), lets try using a complimentary filter in the first place. But then how come the red filter printed a brownish print and not a green print?? so after some thinking, and consulting, I thought of another theory: use the enlarger color filters CYM to create the colors I need. that way the print will come out the color I want and not the complimentary color. and that's what I did: tested each negative to find its corresponding filter color through the filters in the enlarger. I now had 3 separate prints, one was red, one was green and one was blue. ok, time to put it all together right? triple exposure, three negatives, each one with its corresponding filters to create the correct colors. and....it didn't work. all I got was a dark reddish brownish print. as if no filters were used. so I'm at a loss, don't even know what else to try. and I couldn't find any useful information online. so I'm gonna hit the books! not giving up yet, just wanted to share my frustration.

That sounds really frustrating. I'm not sure what went wrong, but I'm glad to hear you're not giving up on this. Thanks for the update.

You certainly can! Its actually easier to do as 35mm has more exposures per roll. For example, a single trichrome image takes 3 exposures, on a standard 35mm 36 exposure film that means you can do 12 trichrome pictures

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That is what he did for the first attempt, Rollei Retro 400, Ilford HP5, Kodak Tri-X :)