James PaulJul 30, 2025

Test shot in a Baby Speed Graphic: it appears I haven’t got the rangefinder quite calibrated yet.

Graphlex Baby Spped Graphic
Zeiss Jena Tessar 10.5cm/f4.5 f4.5 @ 1/25s
Ilford FP4+

#BeNiceShootFilm #TheFilmCommunity #BelieveInFilm #GrainIsGood #SheetFilm #Ilford #IlfordFilm #IlfordFP4 #Graphlex #SpeedGraphic #Monochrome

Gerald FigalMar 23, 2025
Oneiromancy.
Taken with 4x5 Foma 400 film and Russian cinema lens on a Speed Graphic.
#film #filmphotography #4x5 #vintagelens #speedgraphic #portrait #skin #vignette #dream #bedroom #sleep #bw #bnw #blackandwhite #noiretblanc
Gerald FigalMar 20, 2025
Lit Lily.
4x5 taken with Speed Graphic, Aero-Ektar lens, Efke 25 film.
#4x5 #film #filmphotography #speedgraphic #aeroektar #botanical #shallowdepthoffield #glow #minimalism #bnw #blackandwhite #bw
Gerald FigalFeb 18, 2025
Beauty is in the Eye of the Broken III
Hay Bales at Sunset. 4x5 Efke 50 film, taken with a "junk" Darlot No. 4 Hémispherique Rapide lens with a mismatched lens element, thus the glowing aberrations and swirl.
#film #filmphotography #vintagelens #4x5 #speedgraphic #floral #flower #glow #aberration #swirl #swirly #hay #glowing
Gerald FigalFeb 17, 2025
Beauty is in the Eye of the Broken II
4x5 Efke 50 film, taken with a "junk" Darlot No. 4 Hémispherique Rapide lens with a mismatched lens element, thus the glowing aberrations and swirl.
#film #filmphotography #vintagelens #4x5 #speedgraphic #floral #flower #glow #aberration #swirl #swirly
Gerald FigalFeb 17, 2025
Beauty is in the Eye of the Broken
4x5 Efke 50 film, taken with a "junk" Darlot No. 4 Hémispherique Rapide lens with a mismatched lens element, thus the glowing aberrations.
#film #filmphotography #vintagelens #4x5 #speedgraphic #floral #flower #glow #aberration
Gerald FigalFeb 16, 2025
Dogwood à la Aero Ektar
4x5 Efke 25 film with a 7" Aero Ektar lens wide open on a Speed Graphic.
#aeroektar #4x5 #speedgraphic #film #filmphotography #dogwood #blossom #tree #shallowdepthoffield #bokeh #bokehlicious #dof #largeformat #largeformatphotography
Gerald FigalFeb 15, 2025
Dogwood à la Petzval
4x5 with Efke 50 film + Petzval formula lens from 1880s mounted on a Speed Graphic.
#film #4x5 #petzval #speedgraphic #graflexspeedgraphic4x5 #dogwood #swirling #swirl #vintagelens #vintagelenses #flowers #blossom #trees
Gerald FigalFeb 8, 2025
Post-Civilization.
Taken with Speed Graphic fitted with Aero Ektar lens. 4x5 Efke IR820 film w/ infrared filter, stand-developed one hour in Caffenol C-M.
#infrared #film #filmphotography #4x5 #largeformat #largeformatphotography #silo #speedgraphic #aeroektar #postapocalyptic #overgrown #caffenol
T Masz PhotoMay 22, 2024

Old Vines/Wall/Flowers

Next to Velvia, my favorite color film is Kodak's Ektar. This is the last of this series. I'm going to be sharing some of my large format work next.

#roc #rochesterny #rochesternewyork #flm #ektar100 #kodakfilm #speedgraphic