ICA Ideal 225 | Shooting Fomapan 100 | Large Format Landscape Photography
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- The ICA ideal 225 is a 9x12cm plate camera. In this video, I'm exploring the landscape at Holland Haven Nature reserve in Essex, testing out Fomapan 100 in the ICA Ideal 225.
Developed in Adox FX-39 II for 7 minutes at 1:7.
Gear Used:
ICA Ideal 225
Fomapan 100
Pentax Spotmeter V
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That old Tessar lens surely does a great job…. Dense, rich, and crisp…., I am impressed! The Fomopan also renders very nicely…. Of course it’s in the hands of a capable photographer!
I appreciate your using period vintage cameras, which I collect and love! Thanks
Thank you for the kind comments! Thanks for watching!
Your "old school photography" is fantastic! Its nice to see a "new generation" artist carry on a forgotten art of image making. Thank you for carrying it on.. beautiful
work!
Hi again, I have notice that your camera is able to tilt the back standard, unfortunately mine have only rise-fall and shift side to side on the front standard. Cheers mate
Thank you so much!
Nothing beats large format photography when it is done the way it should. Lovely photographs.
Thank you for your kind words and thanks for watching!
The Tessar (and copies of it, like the Voigtlander Skopar) were very capable lenses from their introduction in the 1890s until the present. Modern glass compositions and recomputation to take advantage of those have made the newer takes (like the one in the SX-70 SLR cameras and the new Rollei 35 AF) even a little better -- and of course the films we have now blow away what was available in the early 1920s when your Ideal was made.
I haven't used my own Ideals (one Ica, the other a Zeiss-Ikon) in a while (since I got my Speed Graphic) because there are more choices in 4x5 film in the USA and my plate holders leak light at the dark slide slot (decades idle with the dark slide in has deformed the velvet), but they're capable of this kind of work any time. It's unfortunate that there are only four emulsions available in 9x12 cm (two Fomapan and two Ilford), but these are no longer front line press cameras as they were when new. There are also a couple sources of modern dry plates -- Zebra in EU and J. Lane in the US (though J. Lane is on hiatus after a house move; takes a while to rebuild the lab). The emulsions on those are slow and either blue-sensitive (like 1880 all over again) or ortho (up to date for 1920), but they produce good images, for those who want to use these cameras the original way.
Just acquired an ICA Ideal 385 (13x18cm glass plate)and look forward to my efforts in a few weeks.
I'd love to see the results you get!
Nice images. I shoot 4x5, typically CatLabs 80 or FP4. I love a good contrasty black & white photo. 👍
Thanks for watching! I'm yet to try out CatLabs film.
At first I thought: what a crap camera, what a crappy tripod… But the pictures - oh boy, breathtaking!!! Guys like You can make good pics with a kelloggs-box…
Nice video and photos!
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Excellent video mate. I really enjoyed watching your photography process. I will use what I learned here in future endeavors.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the video! Cheers!
Last 2 photos were SPECTACULAR, Thank you for this series, i shoot with a CHAMONIX 45 F-2 and LOVE IT.
Thank you Mark! glad you enjoyed the photographs.
I don't shoot anything but 35mm, but I do enjoy watching those with the skills and equipment to do so. Thanks for sharing. Look forward to more videos.
Glad you're enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching!
Nice work Hayden. Well considered. I'm enjoying the stroll.
Thanks Peter.
I enjoyed all three images, particularly the second. I would find the flat landscape a challenge but you managed to make it work.
Thanks Kevin! It can be struggle sometimes with finding scenes to photograph in this particular location, sometimes I head out and come back with complete rubbish. Persistence seems to be key and eventually you'll see things you didn't quite notice before. Thanks for watching!
Solid, mate, solid.
Thanks for watching!
thank you for sharing and showing true photography where quality comes long before quantity . It's one film camera I have not used ---- not sure I was ever good enough for the discipline required . I often say photography as photography has not changed since the very start ; although it has become easier learners still make the same mistake I made ---- worrying too much about gear and not real photography
Beautiful images
Thanks Ian. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks for the Video, TH-cam Algo worked today, look forward to more content from you.
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Very nice shots in what looked like a bland area. The vignette on the first one was a bit heavy for my taste but otherwise really good.
Thank you. It's quite a featureless place but, it forces you to be more vigilant and observant to find compositions. Thanks for watching!
Beautiful images.
Thank you very much!
These are some really good photos! But, as an audio nerd, may I suggest getting a lav mic so you're talking comes across better. Also another mic so you can record the ambient sound of where you took the pic? That stitched with some music would make for a cohesive photo journey 🙏
Yeah that's something I was looking into actually. Planning to pick one up soon! Thanks for the feedback!
A nice and sleek little viewcamera. If only all 4x5 cams would be this small 😅 Every now and then I do use a quite similar 6x9,5 cam. Nice experience every time. Oh, and beautiful photos Hayden!
It's amazing how compact plate cameras can be. Thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching!
Very nice photos of this format. I've just got hold of exactly the same camera. Question: were did you find the 9x12 film sheaths to hold the film in the plate holder?
Very nice!
Thank you very much!
Beautiful photographs, editing are very good. What is your tripod ?
Thank you very much. The tripod is a Hakuba EV.
I just picked up one of these cameras, can you tell me which plate holder you’re using?
ICA 726/6 are the plate holders you'll need, Others wont fit due to the snap on design.