Feed Mill in Atchison, KS - a photo on Flickriver

            I acquired an Improved Conley Magazine camera recently and had it out last weekend for a test run.  I originally found this same camera at an estate sale last summer, but it didn't have any of the plate holders and was relegated to a display piece.  At first I didn't know what the camera was because it was unmarked, but after some research I discovered that it was a Conley.  I was really intrigued by the camera's massive size so I picked it up.  In the months following I kept searching online for another similar Conley that had the plate holders.  As luck would have it, one popped up on Ebay recently for a decent price and I bought it.  The camera came with 9 plate holders though it was originally equipped with 12.  The camera is a falling plate design, that was originally intended to use glass plate negatives.  I know glass plate negatives are still available, but I decided to run 4x5 sheet film through it for the initial test run.  The plate holders fit in a channel inside the camera and are held secure by two metal rods and a wire spring is attached to the back of the camera to move the plates forward after each exposure.  After you expose an negative you crank a lever on the side of the camera and the exposed negative falls forward into the front of the camera and a new negative is pushed in to position.  All in all I was really pleased with how the images from my first test turned out...the sharpness and clarity are truly amazing for a 100 plus year old box camera.  This image is a feed mill in the industrial district of Atchison, KS.  Image captured using Foma 200 film and developed with Xtol at 1:1.   
   

Taken on: January 26, 2025

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/11.0, 1/125 sec, 100mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 26.4 (20250115.m.2943 f9de926) (Windows)
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