June 2012 Portraits

[SergeiR]

Dont think you need any masks to do grain with Svema..

Ustas - very "character"-istic portrait.

[Roger Cole]

Dont think you need any masks to do grain with Svema..

Ustas - very "character"-istic portrait.

Ok, color me clueless but what the heck is "Svema?" Silly me was assuming it must be a brand of camera or something. Some alternative process I never heard of before?

[jcoldslabs]

Here you go Roger:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svema

Jonathan

[GIO]

Lydia by Lars Bryngelsson, on Flickr

Deardorff 810 with 4x5 back, symmar-s 240mm, portra.. colour is tricky (i don't think I like colour)

Well done!

[ustas]

Thanks for the comments, guys!
Sergei is right: Svema is a quite grainy film.

[austin granger]

Dave, Black Rock Desert, Nevada


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[Michael E]

Dave, Black Rock Desert, Nevada]

Looks like Dave drove his Unimog all the way from Germany (licence plate). At least he had a Bose sound system

Michael

[Roger Cole]

Here you go Roger:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svema

Jonathan

Wow. Just a normal black and white film with ubber grain (or I suppose it could be cropped to get more apparent grain.)

Is any of this stuff remaining for sale and available in the west? Might be fun to play with!

[austin granger]

Eggchairsteve, Black Rock Desert, Nevada


http://www.flickr.com/photos/austingranger/

[SergeiR]

Ok, color me clueless but what the heck is "Svema?" Silly me was assuming it must be a brand of camera or something. Some alternative process I never heard of before?

Its film name and also name of manufacturer. I remember it from ye old days of shooting 135mm.. Svema and Tasma used to be film manufacturers in old USSR. They made film for everything, from movie industry to aero-photography. I think at least one of them is still semi-alive (i was offered some freshly expired Tasma's 8x10 / 5x7 about year ago).