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Finally made a print from my "wee" roll, shot in 645 medium format using the Vivitar close-up filter set.

Also a first test/proof of concept for my planned LED diffusion conversion for the Beseler 23C. Awhile back I replaced the stock incandescent lamp holder with a red/green/blue LED array and custom controller, retaining the condenser setup. My goal now is to replace the entire lightsource assembly with a custom-build diffuser box using 2774 white translucent acrylic. For now, I'm testing with the LEDs mounted in the filter drawer, a white-walled matboard box in place of the condenser lenses, and a small off-cut of the acrylic taped to the top side of the negative holder.

Pentax 645 + A150/3.5 + orange filter + closeup diopter
Ilford Pan F+ in D76
Straight split-grade print on Ilford MGIV RC pearl, developed in Formulary Liquidol, untoned.

Description
Finally made a print from my "wee" roll, shot in 645 medium format using the Vivitar close-up filter set.

Also a first test/proof of concept for my planned LED diffusion conversion for the Beseler 23C. Awhile back I replaced the stock incandescent lamp holder with a red/green/blue LED array and custom controller, retaining the condenser setup. My goal now is to replace the entire lightsource assembly with a custom-build diffuser box using 2774 white translucent acrylic. For now, I'm testing with the LEDs mounted in the filter drawer, a white-walled matboard box in place of the condenser lenses, and a small off-cut of the acrylic taped to the top side of the negative holder.

Pentax 645 + A150/3.5 + orange filter + closeup diopter
Ilford Pan F+ in D76
Straight split-grade print on Ilford MGIV RC pearl, developed in Formulary Liquidol, untoned.