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Oxford: 10×8 street portraits with Darlot lens

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026

Testing a Darlot petzval lens for portraiture on 10×8 film. The lens is fixed aperture (which I’ve calculated as f4) and most likely from a magic lantern projector. It has a distinctive sweet spot of sharpness and then falls off dramatically which is a characteristic of this lens brand. The vignetting in the bottom corners is from the opening of the Sinar shutter which is smaller than the rear element of the lens. I think using this on 10×8 is pushing it a bit far and I will try it on 5×7 next. I like the results but it’s a shame the family group shot has so little in focus. You can’t learn these things without testing. Thanks to everyone who stopped for a portrait. I enjoyed our conversation.

[Tech info:] Sinar 10×8, Jamin Darlot, Paris lens, FP4 (very expired) film, developed in HC110 1+31.

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Oxford: Beard Festival 2022 – part 3

Saturday, September 17th, 2022

The last few portraits I made at the Oxford Beard Festival 2022. Thank you to everyone that stood very still for me. I’m pleased with how the portraits turned out.

[Tech info:] Sinar P 10×8, Dallmeyer 3A lens, f8 3D printed Waterhouse stop. Fomapan 100 (expired 2017) ISO 50, Kodak HC110 1+63 10mins.

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Oxford: Beard Festival 2022 – part 1

Sunday, September 11th, 2022

The first and only time I photographed the Oxford Beard Festival was in 2015 – you can see those pictures here. Ever since then I have been thinking about and this year I finally managed to make it there again. This time I wanted to use a 10×8 large format camera but the slight hiccup being the weight of my kit was far too much for me to carry on my back and the venue for the event was a pub on the river without any access by car. I decided the only way to do it was to transport my kit in a borrowed wheelbarrow and it worked like a charm albeit leaving my arms feeling 3 inches longer by the end of it.

[Tech info:] Sinar P 10×8, Dallmeyer 3A lens, f8 3D printed Waterhouse stop. Fomapan 100 (expired 2017) ISO 50, Kodak HC110 1+31 6mins.

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Gear: testing large format brass lenses

Friday, May 5th, 2017

I’ve recently been testing some very old brass camera lenses that I’ve had for a while and by old I mean over one hundred years old. Some have the manufacturer engraved on them, some don’t. Some of them have aperture blades inside, some don’t and none of them have built in shutters which is why I was testing them on a Sinar monorail camera (below) with a Sinar behind the lens shutter. The downside is the maximum shutter speed is 1/60th which makes it difficult on a sunny day. More testing to come with more detailed results.

[Tech info:] Sinar P 5×4 camera, Watson & Sons No. 3 portrait lens, Ilford Delta 100 film developed in Kodak HC110 1+31.

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