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A little whole back I posted about an experiment I tried using 35mm film in my SINAR Zoom 6x12 film back on my large format camera. The idea was a success however I really wanted to print and mount a photo from this to discern the real impact. I do like to photograph and scan my work but I get the most satisfaction from printing the work and making it presentable. In this case I got to combine a few different ideas I have had over the years. Printing I started out with one of my test images. The first one I chose did not have enough interest for me when I made a test print. First Choice I went to the other version which was taken with a wider angle lens and held more interest in the foreground. Apologies for these scans as they are not the best. In particular the shadows are blocked up. (The print is much better!) Final Selection The largest easel I have is 16x20 and I chose Adox MCC 110 paper. It is a variable contrast fiber-based paper. I have only recently begun ...

I really enjoy my Fuji G617 camera where I get a 6x17cm image for a 3:1 image ratio. I have recently bought a 6x12 film back for my 4x5 Intrepid camera though this is only 2:1 aspect ratio. Since I bought the G617 I have toyed with idea of putting 35mm film into it. My idea was to tape the film to some old backing paper and re-spooling it and loading it into the camera. There are some challenges however. 35mm film has a 24mm wide image area between the sprocket holes. With my 6x12 back this is 120/24mm or 5:1 aspect ratio. If I load into my Fuji G617 I get to 7: I could crop from 120 film of course and this may be the best answer. I do have a bulk roll of FP4+ so it could be cheaper. An extreme thought is to break out my roll of 16mm film and use that. That would give 7.5:1 and 10.5:1 aspect ratios. I suspect this would be extremely difficult to compose with little margin for error in terms of level horizon. I started by using an expired 120 film for comparison and measurement...