So, remembering back to my photography student days I successfully (I think) loaded the darkslides with Kodak Porta 160 (colour neg). Then it was off for a picnic in the local park with my young daughter and her friends and my MPP. On such a lovely sunny day I was expecting great things of myself and the camera... so what did I learn?
I had forgotten how difficult it can be to compose through the camera (difficult to see and upside down), with most of the composing work having to be done at concept. And working with kids and a 5x4??!!! OMG, it takes far too long to hold their attention for the duration. So preparation is everything, don't even try to rush it, at least not until I've streamlined my system a little.
I did manage 2 shots of the kids, followed by two test shots of colour charts for calibration purposes. The negs are now in the hands of the Royal Mail en-route to my lab (Dunns Imaging in the Midlands). The lab are new to me too, as I haven't processed any 5x4 for many years. So I'll see in a few days how the experiment went, watch this space...
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