8x10 Self Portrait

In this short Alastair runs through the steps he took to try to get himself properly framed in an 8x10 camera for a self-portrait.
The focus was off just a bit, but otherwise it worked out pretty well.

[@brianjames1233]

Light stand is always the best stand-in model for eye level.👍🏻

[@TOSI21]

good luck man film photographers need that

[@_stefkas_]

At least once a year !

[@janradtke8318]

I have seen in another video a nice trick, using a string fixed to the camera to measure the distance to the test object and then using the same length of string to get the same distance to your eyeball.

[@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird]

I think that’s a smarter way to do it. My technique is more prone to error (as evidenced by the face that the shot wasn’t tack-sharp - the hardest thing to do with a self portrait). Thanks for the suggestion

[@user-kj5en4hz6c]

awesome. what tripod, lens and camera?

[@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird]

Thanks. Tripod is an old Really Right Stuff carbon tripod with a BH-55 head, lens is a Nikkor 300mm f9 and the Camera is a Toyo 810M.

[@tima-mr_lindex264]

What is the image quality? How much is this approximately in megapixels?

[@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird]

It is film, so the quality is quite different than digital. The quality is incredible but only if everything is in focus and properly exposed. There is a lot of discussion about how many megapixels in the image and it's impossible to know exactly how many megapixels, but people think it's about 100MP.

[@tima-mr_lindex264]

@@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird People usually define the number of megapixels by the number of lines per millimeter.

[@sbills]

Are you using the 300MM lens for the portrait?

[@UnderexposedwithAlastairBird]

Yes, the 300 was in use here. The 450 is a lovely lens but it was hard to figure out where to go in the field of view.