Photographer's Final Report 1998 Donna Alberico During
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Photographer's Final Report 1998 Donna Alberico During the 1998 season 108 black & white film rolls and 98 color slide film rolls were exposed. All black & white film has been developed, sleeved, and contact printed. Color slide film remained cool in the fridge until departure back to Cambridge where it will be developed. 1 color print film roll for general use will also be developed in cambridge. Kodachrome color slide film ASA25 was brought and labeled a bit later in the season so roll #'s 69,71,73,75,77,81, 83,85,87,89,91,93,95,97,99 don't exist. Black & white and color polaroid film was purchased in Izmir during the season. 12 sheets were used for passport photos, the rest remains for the 1999 season. All mid-season newsletter prints, end-of-season prints for the commissioner, and general directorate of monuments and museum prints were printed here. Extra prints are provided for future use. Field photography went well. Have continued with the old ways of leaving a field camera bag and meter stick in the çardak for excavators to take their own record shots during the work day when it's too time consuming to come find me. The low contrast/high contrast system for black & white film is also being continued, it's a great way to get the most out of different lighting situations. At the end of everyday the camera bag was returned and film was replenished and all cameras and lenses were cleaned. For we all know how much dirt flies around. A substantial amount of monopod shooting took place. During the season the connection on the MD12 motor drive for the quickrelease cable broke and was taken into Izmir to be repaired. Pieces that had broken off had been replaced and is once again working fine, but needs to be handled delicately. It would be wise to try and find the real replacement piece (for the MD12 nikon motor drive) to have on site incase the new added pieces come loose. This can be found by either asking in a camera repair shop or calling nikon. A new project was started in PN, rebuilding the walls that have been slowly deteriorating over the years. All have been documented before reconstruction and only the most destroyed walls have been photographed after. A bit of shooting also took place in church E for the church publication that Kathy Kiefer is working on. The trench photography: things to consider manual has been updated and printed out and put in the field camera bag for the excavators to review when needed (see attached). Also the meter sticks have been repainted and are looking better. It would be great if we could make some sort of cloth or plastic carrying/protective case for the meter sticks, this way they won't get damaged as fast. Object photography in 1998 included the rest of 1997 cats., publication shots for Churches volume, record shots for hellenistic pottery and gold refinery, and the before and after treatment shots of the 2 vases from Manisa museum(P59.412 & P59.414). Also 1998 cats. were photographed except the items listed in the recorders final report. These objects should try and be photographed at the beginning of the 1999 season so we can make more room and time for the new objects. Equipment Had a couple of minor problems that were all taken care of in Izmir by Huseyin Sayar (Tel# 484 37 71). The rewind mechanism on FE2 camera body #2293864 was repaired and is working perfect. As mentioned earlier the MD12 motor drive connection for the quickrelease cable was also fixed, has been working great to date. The cost of this was 750 million Lira ($1.00=T.L.267,500). The M2 extension ring is being brought back to cambridge to be fixed, unfortunately when attached to the camera the apeture leaves don't open and close. Darkroom/processing Enjoying the new renovated darkroom (thank you Eliza). Still having some problems with sediment, not too bad though. Instead of squeegeing the film with a photowipe (I find it to risky, easy to scratch the film), I wash for 5 minutes after fixing, permawash for 1 minute, wash again for 10 minutes, then photoflo for 30 seconds and hold the film at an angle so the photoflo drips off. This way of washing film seems to be working well. Photolist Final printouts for the excavators were printed and returned to me. All records have been entered and updated(after development). It's fairly convenient entering on data base. Thank you Laura for all your help and patience with me. Was a fast, enjoyable, & productive season EQUIPMENT in the darkroom at the end of 1998 season Equipment & Miscellaneous Nikkormat camera body serial #FT 3551098 Nikkormat camera body serial #FT 36089200 Nikkormat camera body serial #FT 4398990 Nikon FE2 camera body serial #2293864 Nikon FE2 camera body serial #2297083 Nikon FE2 chrome body serial #2280023 Nikon FE2 camera body serial #2395514 20mm lens serial #221026 28mm lens serial #609429 35mm lens serial #355108 50mm lens serial #2011992 55mm Micro Nikkor lens #639313 135mm lens serial #815344 PK13 extension ring Gossen Lunapro lightmeter serial #5D50037 Gossen Lunapro SBC lightmeter serial #7C88112 Vivitar Flash unit Sony cassette player 2 quickrelease cables for monopod (manual & electronic) 2+ 12" quickrelease cables stepdown transformer for enlarger, timer and safelights Gralab 600 enlarging timer(currently not working, repairable?) Gralab 500 enlarging timer Durst 609 enlarger with film carrier 1 new and 1 used lightbulb for Durst enlarger Saunders LPL C6600 condenser enlarger Nikkor enlarging lens for Saunders enlarger 3 lightbulbs (1 in use) for Saunders enlarger 1 big Saunders 4-blade easel 3 safelights 5 7W safelight bulbs 1 desklight, 3 scoop-lights 2 working meter sticks 1 Benbo tripod & 3 clip-mounts for cameras 1 Bogen tripod w/ sidearm & 3 clip-mounts for cameras 3 Tiltall tripods 2 4-reel metal developing tank (with non-leaking black plastic lids) 3 4-reel metal developing tanks (with leaky metal lids) 2 1-reel metal tanks 16 metal reels 1 5-reel plastic tank(inc. reels)(needs new top and core cylinder) 1 2-reel plastic tank(inc. reels)(needs new core cylinder) 2 metal reel for processing 120 format film 3 thermometers plenty of funnels, caps, tongs, graduated cylinders, stirrers, clips 2 8"x10" trays(metal) 4 9"x12" trays(plastic) 2 16"x20" tray(enamel) 1 insulated Tamrac camera bag for field 1 insulated Tamrac camera bag for compound 1 canvas camera carrying bag 1 small bottle lens cleaner and 1 packet lens paper 1 set Ilford multigrade filters 1 loupe 1 focusing sight (out-of-alignment?) 1 Bestwell minisight 10x focusing aid 1 sheet glass for contact printing 1 print file pressure glass contact printer 1 small clock for printing and developing 1 lead film pouche scissors protection mask + 2 filters assorted bottles of Spotone sqeeze bottle for photo flo 80 8"x10" contact sheet sleeves 1 plastic clamshell 3-ring binder for negative storage during season, 6x6 sleeve size 4 8"x10" and 1 4"x6" greycards assorted UV & other filters for lenses: 67mm 80B blue 52mm Series 7 green Series 7 polarizer circular polarizer #8 yellow (2 of these) red 7 light stands 2 silver fabric reflector panels - homemade, not collapsible - approx. 50"x35" - approx. 40"x20" 1 photoflex 32" litedisc reflector battery tester backdrop fabric: black, light blue, dark blue, white, dark orange,bright orange packages of extra contact prints from 1988,89,91, 93 through 98 package of coin cards and photos from 1958(Cambridge office is aware of these) Suggested purchases for 1999 - 5 thin cloth neck straps for camera bodies - 2 52mm UV filters - 1 62mm snap in lens cap - 2 52mm snap in lens caps - 2 caps for lens opening of Nikon FE2/Nikkormat bodies - 10 thick sheets of 30x36 white paper (give or take a couple of inches, see attached sample) - 2 8oz. cans of dust off (even though we have the new air compressor it still seems worthy having extra cans handy). - 2 sets of cartridge gasket filters (R25) for the Willson AR700 chemical mask. Willson Safety products, Reading, PA USA - Instruction booklet for the Willson AR700 chemical mask Photo Equipment to take to Sardis: - M2 extension ring - MD12 nikon motor drive - 109 used 35mm negative sleeves To buy in Turkey: - small plastic clothespins - can opener - cheap and simple(for film can opening) To do in Turkey: - a onceover check & lub on all 3 Nikkormats in Izmir (see black binder in darkroom for address etc.) - 135mm lens serial #815344 seems to need repair, take along for gen. cleaning in Izmir then see(aperture leaves not closing down) - new object shooting table (see '96 report) - Darkroom renovation final details: - rack on darkroom wall for all backdrop fabric - small shelf unit for wall above darkroom sink (coated wire type) to dry tanks, reels, etc. - get better lighting for workdesk - install a lower shelf under sink - restring drying cabinet with coated/plastic line - establish additional space in library for forthcoming contacts - wash and iron lt. blue and white backdrop fabric To do in U.S.: - M2 extension ring needs to be fixed (when attached to the camera aperture leaves don't open and close). - Look for 30x36in. sheets of colored paper for photographing small objects on (color aid paper that we have scratches too easily and is a bit too small) - Look for the extra piece to the MD12 nikon motor drive (for quick release cable) SUPPLIES purchased started left w/ used TO ORDER NEXT this season w/ this @ end this YEAR season season Paper Ilford Multigrade 500 sheets 625 100 525 500 sheets IV RC deluxe - (2 boxes) (2 boxes) 8.5"x11" Ilford Multigrade 0 70 sheets 0 70 0 IV RC deluxe - sheets 8"x10" Chemistry