[LargeFormat] the largeformat list

[Clive Warren]

At 1:21 pm -0500 5/12/02, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>Hello Clive:
>
>Thanks for the reply.  I used Kodalith about 40 years ago, developed in
>a mixture of one half Dektol and one half Kodalith developer, to make
>continuous tone shots with a lot of extra contrast.
>
>I thought about it for this mini-project but I've found that lith film,
>(and any B&W film) is still more expensive than enlarging paper is on
>ebay. And, since this isn't something where I'm looking to produce
>anything that I want to print as a positive, the paper should do fine.
>If serendipity gives me a really good shot or two then I can scan the
>paper negative and reverse it in Photoshop
>
>The whole idea of this effort is to save some of the money that I've
>been WASTING by testing with 11x14 chrome stock and the resulting $15.00
>each for processing.
>
>Not a complete waste though, because I've been able to cut some of them
>down to 8x10 when I've encountered unanticipated vignetting.

Ah Jim,

I thought you may be an old hand..... Your point is taken about the 
potential of Ebay to deliver paper bargains. I hope that your holders 
can take the thickness of the paper.

Popped over to your web site to have a quick look at your photos - 
which are excellent btw. Korona cameras have long been a favourite of 
mine and its great to have someone on the list using a 11x14 banquet 
camera, particularly loaded with chromes!

You may find coverage information a lot more easily than testing by 
asking about your lenses here. Having said that, nothing will beat 
the real live test..... I haven't used any of the lenses you describe 
but I would guess that some of them will cover 11x14 when stopped 
right down. I use an 8x10 series 183mm Series V Protar that covers 
8x10 with a lots of movement running at f32 and smaller (listed at 
100 degrees coverage). It would probably cover 11x14 stopped down to 
f45.

The Bavarian Staeble 210 Ultragon f9 lens is a process lens and may 
cover 8x10 stopped down. The 305mm APO Kyvytar is a process lens made 
by Kowa and that will probably  cover 11x14 when stopped down. I have 
no idea about the 305mm CZJ Protar - an f9 Series 3a has 97 degrees 
coverage and will do the job. If it's an earlier version then 
possibly not!

Cheers,
        Clive