9 Locks

Ian Grant

Ian Grant

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Wista 45DX 65mm f8 Super Angulon, Tmax 100, Rodinal 3:100, Record Rapid ID-78 Selenium tones

From "In Search of Agenoria", this is the original top lock in the 9 Locks flight, the flight of locks collapsed due to mining subsidence and replaced by a new flight.

Ian
 
Hi Ian,

The angles are really interesting; for my learning, what movements were used and what effect did the super wide angle lens make.

Robert
 
Robert, I guess I used a little front tilt. The 65mm isn't the easiest lens to use on a Wista 45DX, I use maximum rear tilt (backwards) then the same with the front tilt using front rise to centre the lens - otherwise you get the front of the focus bed in the image. It sounds difficult but actually it's quick and easy in practice.

It's a very tight location I'm about 2 ft from the nearest edge of the lock, so using the 65mm has exaggerated perspective, plus tere's no way I could control the diverging verticals of the tower bocks and a tree (top right). The old 65mm f8 Super Angulon only just cover 5x4 so movements are very restricted. As it is I've always thought the image works well so it's printed on 24x20 in paper in the exhibition set, actual image is about 20x16.

With any extreme wide angle lens the effect of exaggerated perspective depends how much fore ground detail you're including as well as the angle you're shooting at, this image made with the same lens doesn't appear to have been taken with such a wide lens.

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So it's how you use your lenses, I'm actually not a big user of extreme wide angle lenses in any format, I've used the 65mm I'd guess less than a dozen times since I bought it around 1989. However when I have it's meant I've been able to make images that would be impossible with longer lenses.

Ian
 
The Delph !

The Bull and Bladder's worth a visit :D

Ian
 
I 'believe' that wide angle lenses on large format cameras are the probably least used. When I first 'invested' in my 75mm Grandagon I was more than pleased that I already had the required 'leather bag' bellows. It does not get used nearly as often as it probably 'could' or 'should' be used because my 'favourite/most used' lens is my 240mm Sironar.. as long as I have enough distance between the lens and the subject matter.

Ken
 
It's probably more to do with what and where you photograph. I had my 210mm Dymmar S for a few years before I eventually first used it, I've never used my 240mm Nikon W on my 5x4 cameras I should, its main use is on my 7x5 camera.

It's rare I shoot in wide open spaces with the room to use anything longer than a 150mm and I probably use my 90mm lenses between 25%-30% of the time. As I said above the 65mm is rarely used but I am using my 75mm more.

I bought my first 75mm f8 Super Angulon for my 617 camera, I regard it as my standard lens for the format, I actually found my 90mm a touch too long. It's what suits the way you work.

More recently I've begun using a 360mm Tele Xenar also a 17" (420mm) Dallmeyer Telephoto for a specific project, and the 240mm Nikon W will also get used (for 5x4).

Ian
 
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