Dark Room Session 1

In todays darkroom session we use a Cambo 4"by5" camera (basic model) to capture images to then process ourselves.

To set the camera up we used a 7ft studio stand clamped to the floor, a manfroto head and a monorail (bar mounted underneath the camera) to help support the movement of the cambo.

The red consatine bellows move back and forth and up and down to focus of the subject. Film plates face each other and slot into the back of the camera. We are using black and white film

The bellow when extended gives you a cose frame and when its at its most distance away from the subject it gives you a wide focus. Another name for ths camera is a direct view because the view of the subject goes straight through to the film plate and same with the light, it goes straight through the camera. Lens is mounted on a metal plate and the shutter release is manual. The Cambo has a leaf shutter (opens into a circle then closes)

The camera is all set to capture images. The bottle is lite by a continuous fluorscent light underneath the table. The light is being defusses by a soft top box and the table and a reflector is infront to stop the light leeking into the lens causing flare.

This is the plate where you put your film into.