Introduction to the camera

Tuesday

So this week we have been shown how to set up both the field and monorail 5x4 cameras, at first during the introduction I was quite confused by the amount of dials and levers that needed to be sorted and arranged before even attaching a lens and inserting the film.

For this demonstration we loaded one film into the double dark slide using a light tent bag and then we went outside to find an interesting Landscape to photograph.

Using the field camera me and a partner saw an interesting landscape over by the train station so we went and set up the camera and took a light metering and set the aperture and f-stop on the lens. Then I checked the focus and closed the lens so I could insert my dark slide and remove the cover so I could expose the film.

I also found this website online which goes into detail about how to load a double dark slide.

http://photo-otaku.com/loading-4x5-sheet-film-holders/

Wednesday

Today the film sheet is being developed and I am going to be creating a contact sheet and an enlargement as long as I have not gone wrong somewhere and not exposed an image.

I'm feeling quite nervous about finding out if everything went right or not.

Thursday

Well I got my photograph back, and it had failed, from what I can work out I've has light leak onto the film from somewhere however I am unsure where from.