Five massive vintage Carl Zeiss Jena large-format lenses arranged on a light wooden table. The collection includes four Apo-Tessars with focal lengths of 60cm, 75cm, 90cm (which has a small dent on the outer rim), and a giant 120cm f/11. In the center sits a smaller Tessar 300mm f/3.5. The lenses are black with white engravings showing their technical specifications and serial numbers, with the glass reflecting the overhead light.

Collected a few CZJ Tessars over the years. The 90cm has a small dent, call it a battle scar, but at this scale, it’s basically a rounding error. I call it 'character,' as they’ve always been workhorses, not just collector items.

#GearPorn #JenaGlass #Tessar #CarlZeissJena #czj #UltraLargeFormat

24x20” wet plate collodion.
#somewhereinfinland #wetplate #ulf #ultralargeformat #wetplatecollodion #landscape

Very inspiring video about Ultra Large Format photography

youtu.be/-lBDVhLMLAc?...

#believeinfilm #ultralargeformat

Handbuilt by me. The Yama a 20x24 ultra Large format camera.

#ultralargeformat #filmphotography #analog #photography

Building of my Ultra Large Format camera 20x24 named "Yama" Japanese for Mountain.
#photography #ultralargeformat #filmphotography #alternativeprocess

The Figurehead by James Wigger https://www.artlimit
#nudity #believeinfilm #plexitype #filmcamerasinternational #people #naked #portrait #photographylovers #largeformat #ultralargeformat #film #16x20 #contemporaryphotography #female #blackandwhite #nudeportrait #wetplate…

East Amana Barn, #Iowa c1860
Still in use, community built
#photography #rural
#classicmono #historic
#barn #barns #panorama
#ultralargeformat 8x20 neg scanned to #digital

Yes. Those are episcope lenses. (Obsolete when the world moved to "overhead projectors" w fresnel, and then to powerpoint.)

But they can be repurposed for their special quality:
the image ⌀ is huge. I use it for 40x40cm #UltraLargeFormat.

This epic video explains it all: youtu.be/9cT0jXI7l4E?...

This massive camera is almost ready to take its first image.

I feel like it needs a name that's better than the 20x24

#20x24camera #tintype #dryplate #whereismymind #ultralargeformat #ulfphotography

Lila & Bo
Amsterdam, 01.03.16
16”x20” #tintype

It was very hard to get the right focus but managed it with the #scheimpflug focusing technique amd exposure time of 12 seconds

#wetplate #wetplatephotography #largeformat #collodionhumide #analoguephotography #ultralargeformat #wetplatecollodion

Deardorff 8x10 V8 ca 1923

1. Jena Tessar 300mm f/4.5
2. Hermagis Petzval 300mm f/3.9

Fomapan 100
HC-110
#film
#filmphotography
#analog
#ultralargeformat
#8x10

Temporary bellows gave me a chance to get my first look on the ground glass.

#20x24camera #tintype #dryplate #whereismymind #ultralargeformat #ulfphotography

Ghost advertising in Clinton Iowa
8x20 negative contact printed
#photography
#panorama
#monochrome
#ultralargeformat
#largeformat

This foundation I found abandoned, with no signs of continuing work anticipated.
8x20 negative contact printed
#photography
#monochrome
#panorama
#ultralargeformat
#architecture
#engineering
#minisalism

20x24 camera build continues. Thinking about doing a build video..

#diy #ultralargeformat #largeformatphotography #tintypes #r4a

Abandoned church complex in Gary Indiana. 8x20 ULF capture, carbon transfer print. The print shows much better than this extreme reduction in size
#photography
#monochrome
#altprocess
#ultralargeformat
#abandoned

A vertical monochrome panoramic (vertorama) photograph of the trunk of a horse chestnut tree. The trunk is twisted and with splayed branches looks like a dancer.

I love a good #vertorama and thankfully the Ritter 7x17" can be reconfigured to do it quite easily (it's all relative). My muse, my favourite tree, like a twisted dancer. Walk past it everyday walking the dogs.

Maybe needs a click to see it 🤷

#believeinfilm #photography #ultralargeformat