My first 4x5 inch Silver Gelatin Print using the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger kit.

[@jaykey6307]

Martin, you are an absolute treasure. I watch every new video with my kids. In a time where every youtube video is cut like a fast-paced 5min action movie, your slow, long, and calm videos full of interesting facts, stories, and ideas are SO refreshing!

[@mauricemitchell4053]

I never got used to how the image would ‘magically’ appear…was hooked from the first time. I’ll get back into it again. Thanks.

[@fredlada1634]

Probably the coolest grandpa alive, it doesn’t get better than watching an old folk doing darkroom prints and being excited about it. I think this must come from my absolute love for Josef Sudek and his work. I suspect there might be some sort of fetish underlying to it but in the end I just wish I could end up doing the same thing in my old age, you’re really awesome Martin, much love from the other side of the channel

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thank you, when I die please let there be a camera in my hand 😀

[@andreaskuehl1365]

Hi Martin, I fallow you now 1,5 Year and I love your explanations. But today I was speekless this I have never seen before. Many thanks for this. Regards, Andreas

[@martinhensonphotography]

Your welcome

[@DESIGNISTASTY]

This is authentic true art

[@paulatterby7507]

Ive recently been looking at 5x4 enlargers as I used them as a photographers assistant 40 plus years ago. They are huge and expensive. Never did I imagine to use a large format camera as an enlarger. Gobsmacked!

[@cowboyyoga]

What a great video! Thank you Mr Henson! I bought my camera and enlarger kit from Intrepid. And your video is in perfect timing! )))

[@martinhensonphotography]

Glad it helped

[@cowboyyoga]

@@martinhensonphotography A bunch! All your videos have this effect on me! Thank you Sir! ))) Have a good weekend!

[@endrevestb895]

Great fun. I have the intrepid compact enlarger and enjoy using it a lot :) And nice pinhole image!

[@donovanadams1242]

Thank you for sharing! Thank you, especially, for teaching those of us with less experience how to use multiple filters on a single enlargement. And thanks to you, I will also try using a wetting agent on the final rinse of my prints. I have done so on my negatives for years, but not for my prints. I have used the Intrepid 35mm/120 enlarger for the past year for black and white enlargements and love it. Besides being able quickly change filter settings, a handy feature I use frequently use is the ability to precisely control light intensity to give you more control over enlarger lens aperture and exposure time. I currently have on order the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger. I am just now getting started in large format 4x5 and do not have a scanner that can accommodate 4x5 negatives. I plan to use the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger for both darkroom prints and for digitizing the negatives with a Nikon D850 and a 60mm macro lens. Cheers!

[@billbarraclough9653]

Wonderful video, Martin. Always a joy to watch 😀

[@markusklein6309]

What a great idea to make darkroom prints from a 4x5 negative! Thanks Martin!

[@graystray5652]

Really enjoyed the video, Martin. Thanks so much for posting.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@billhackley3540]

perfect timing i've been looking at doing darkroom printing for quite some time, for my space i'm better off with the intrepid offering but have been hesitant based on considerable negative views of their cameras, i'd watched a video recently that stated they had the wrong wavelength blue led to achieve grade 5 contrast your video is valuable to me. thank you for doing this video with as much detail as you did

[@martinhensonphotography]

I have not tested the grades yet, if I can’t achieve the full grades I’m all set for under the lens ilford filters

[@TristanColgate]

In a few months I'm going to end up buying an intrepid 4x5 pretty much just to use as an enlarger. I use a tripod for enlarging, a pretty solid one, but my current 4x5 camera is a MPP Technical that weighs > 3kg. My tripod is good an solid, but I tried mounting the MPP in the position for enlarging but had genuine worries that something was going to give out.

[@thetinmansheart]

I watch all your videos 😊 Starting into large format this month 😊

[@JimJacobsen-q1r]

Love your channel I have learned so much. My wife has agreed to a darkroom. I will be using the Intrepid 4x5 enlarger system. Cheers!

[@jganun]

This is a very old idea. After Graflex Inc invented the Graflok back, they invented the Graflarger to go with it. The graflarger mounts on the back of a Camera with a Graflok back and has an Aristo cold-light source. If you had a steady tripod, that and your graflarger equipped Press Camera could double as a portable enlarger, or you could buy a cheap baseboard with column like the old "watermellon on a stick" enlargers. As long as Aristo was in business they were still selling those fluorescent tubes, so there must have been a market. Linhof took up this idea when they began using Graflok (International) backs, and they added a condenser light source for color work. So this gadget from Intrepid has a lineage back to the earliest 1950s.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Very interesting, thanks

[@liveinaweorg]

Fabulous! Love to see you work and to see your work, Martin. I can't wait to clear the basement and set my darkroom up again.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thank and happy printing

[@alanhuntley55]

Great video, Martin! Glad to see you've ventured back to the dark side, too. Curious...what surface is that paper you used?

[@martinhensonphotography]

Its Ilford Deluxe RC gloss, in my previous video I said I preferred the pearl finish, however, this new gloss deluxe paper is really nice, much better then the previous incarnations

[@matthiassommer9317]

Hallo Martin, wieder ein sehr, sehr interessantes Video. Inspirierend und unterhaltsam. Viele Grüße aus Berlin Matthias

[@mickcookson8009]

Martin as you know I have used my 5x4 with my Intrepid, after some trial and error, its a great setup and the controller just makes it so much easier to do a print, I found I get better results with a dedicated 150mm enlarger lens, as it saves having to remember the shutter opening on the camera lens. I also used to let my kids see me developing prints when they was young, they enjoyed it, great informational video as usual.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks Mick, yea at some point I will get a dedicated enlarger lens, might go for 130mm lens height needed and maybe I can crop easier with it

[@JasonRenoux]

First hands-on review of the famous Intrepid 4x5 enlarger, great job Martin, thanks for sharing as usual. Now I want this Kaiser enlarger and the little adapter :)

[@tarquin1111]

This was a cracking insight into printing from a converted LF camera. Thank you. Keep up the great content.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thank you

[@stephenhenson8274]

Brilliant tutorial Martin, keep it going, thousands of subscribers would be upset, (keep Film Alive) Mick 📸

[@martinhensonphotography]

Thanks Mick

[@tgchism]

Very nice set up Martin! I have that very same grain focus and always loved using it!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Yes its really good

[@jonathanhotopf1823]

Must look out for that US focus finder as I’ve got an early version of the Intrepid head. Great to see it in action

[@utekopka7920]

Very inspiring video, and very helpful too! I have been thinking for a while about using my 5x7 Mentor Studio camera as an enlarger as well. I bought an LED panel at Aliexpress and a fitting frame. I have had an idea how to mount it on the camera but no idea how to connect everything with a filmholder. Your video shows me the perfect solution for my problem! Thank you so, so much Martin! Your print is beautiful.

[@jllanesphoto]

Very nice Martin, never cease to amaze. Thanks again for your videos and inspiration.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Many thanks

[@williamfalls5681]

Thank you Martin. Enlightening as always.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Very welcome

[@lowe_h_seger]

As mentioned many times over in the comment section, what a great video, thank you for sharing! There is no proper videos on the Intrepid 4x5 which are made by experienced photographers so I was hoping to get a point of view regarding the enlarger head. Do you like the intrepid kit, compared to other enlargers in the past? I considering the Heiland kit, it seems really good but it is a lot more expensive. I am printing B&W as well as Colour up to 20x24''. I would love to hear your or anyones thoughts on this or perhaps someone knows if there is anywhere I can compare them online?

[@franciscranfield2051]

Great video and information Martin!!!

[@martinhensonphotography]

Your welcome

[@cameronwilson8561]

I’m curious as to how high your column is to produce a 12x16 print, I normally print up to 16x20

[@martinhensonphotography]

From memory around 28 inch, I use a 135mm lens

[@frankanda2049]

Hi Martin, the connection you used between the camera and the enlarger. does it have a name, I'm in the exact same situation. thanks for a great video!!!

[@martin0reg756]

Very interesting .. the Intrepid enlarger and the Intrepid cameras too. My question: I am searching for this big focus loupe, how does it spell?

[@martinhensonphotography]

Its not an Intrepid camera, its a Chamonix, the focus loupe spells as Magna sight

[@martin0reg756]

@@martinhensonphotography Thabk you for your quick answer! I have no 4x5 camera yet, because I would miss an enlarger to make my own prints from such big negatives. If I want to go that road, I would probably buy camera and enlarger, both at Intrepid. Could you recommand the camera as much as the enlarger kit?

[@alexander.starbuck]

Martin, VERY, very nice and helpful video! I've been looking for a decent explanation on how to go about using the Intrepid enlarger and yours is definitely the best. A few short questions if you don't mind: what stand is this one that you're using, do you have any suggestions on which one to get? I plan to try 4x5 photography, zero experience so far so I don't know which one would work. Also, do you know if the 120 film holder could be used instead of the 4x5 one? (I'd love to use the enlarging setup both for my large format as well as for medium format work). Cheers from Croatia! :)

[@martinhensonphotography]

You can use any type of copy stand that allows you to connect a 4x5 camera, the camera has to have what’s called Grafloc back, you remove that back from the 4x5 camera and fit the Intrepid light source , with the set of negative holders you can fit under the light source covers from 35mm and all other popular formats up your 4x5 size , hope that helps

[@av8bvma513]

You may want to try a 135mm lens, to give you a shorter working distance and more magnification.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Last week I bought a brass vintage 130mm lens and the results are pretty good for a lens built around 1900

[@davideverz]

Hi Martin, nice video, thank's for sharin'! Where did you find the bracket? Please help me find it! Bye

[@martinhensonphotography]

I think I was just lucky to find one , I think Kaiser sell them but really expensive

[@spottydog3]

I have a darkroom set up for 4x5 also scan and print 4x5 ,but with an inkjet printer I can't get decent results I always have a colour cast in the white areas, I would love to see how you get the results you get on an inkjet printer and the equipment that you use

[@martinhensonphotography]

Its the inkset that gives the clour cast, I print through a software called imageprint, that gives me neutral tones with no colour shift, the downside, it will cost you as much as the printer.

[@thegroove2000]

True pro.

[@HeinzStockhammer]

Thank you for this video, Martin. Great as all your tutorials/videos. Could you help with a brand name of the magnifying corn viewer.

[@martinhensonphotography]

Its called a Magna Sight

[@HeinzStockhammer]

@@martinhensonphotography Thank you.

[@andrewfindlayphoto]

Where did you get the copy stand bracket? Is the tapered spigot universal? Will it fit an LPL enlarger? Great video that kit might be useful to to me in the future. 😁

[@martinhensonphotography]

I found it on eBay, not sure if it will fit the LPL enlarger, for your reference it is a Kaiser RA 3 copy arm adapter

[@andrewfindlayphoto]

@@martinhensonphotography Thanks Martin 😁

[@stevef2114]

cant you plug in a foot peddle with this kit? IF not, thats a bit poor. Nice vid though!

[@tedcrosby9361]

Great to see the Intrepid enlarger in action, and enjoyed your demonstration. Just wondered whether it would be possible to use a wide angle lens, which would make focussing a lot easier ?

[@martinhensonphotography]

I need to get a dedicated lens and was thinking of a 130mm lens, not sure if shorter focal lengths would work as the image circle wont cover the negative size

[@karthik7800]

I don't have a copy stand- so I'm trying to Jerry-rig a stand to do 12x16 prints. Could you help me with the approximate distance between the camera mount to the baseboard? and between the camera mount to the edge of the enlarger column?

[@martinhensonphotography]

30inch and 5 inch

[@adrianlong6701]

Hi Martin are there many cameras that have the Gravlex back ? When i search on eBay the gravlex camera comes up but I’m not sure if that’s a suitable camera for this. Love your channel

[@martinhensonphotography]

Its called a Graflok back, many LF cameras use it as its an international standard