safe haven for tiny formats

[Shen45]

New Zealand with an Ixus and a couple of stitches.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c1JHEKkIhew/T8vgjocVEjI/AAAAAAAALEk/ngOWmiDVvj0/s800/nz241-001.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YBdzSNgahIM/T8vgkFuPb4I/AAAAAAAALEs/m6hFBP2j4sw/s800/pnz190-001.jpg

You have such a wonderful eye for classic composition. Very painterly.

Steve

[lbenac]

I took one of the few Pus-X roll left (only 14 now :() to shoot with my Kodak Medallist. I just love Plus-X in Diafine with this lens.

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s2/v52/p884568386-5.jpg

Cheers,

Luc

[Roger Cole]

Very nice Luc. I always liked Plus-X in Diafine. I have a few 24ex rolls of Arista branded Plux-X left. FP4+ never gave me as much effective speed.

[austin granger]

Derailed Gondola Car, Snow, Eastern Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7336744172_7d8ca91b63_z.jpg

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

[lbenac]

Very nice Luc. I always liked Plus-X in Diafine. I have a few 24ex rolls of Arista branded Plux-X left. FP4+ never gave me as much effective speed.

Thank you Roger. I do not thing that Plus-X still exist under any brand in 120.

More of the same

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v44/p128641315-4.jpg

Make a very decent print.

Cheers,

Luc

[austin granger]

I visited the Portland Art Museum the other day.

'Five Words in Orange Neon' (har har) by Joseph Kosuth.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8023/7157392425_a56ba5dd2b_z.jpg

'Dishwasher' by Duane Hanson
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7239/7342608600_3da37b11f6_z.jpg

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

[jcoldslabs]

I'm sorry, what was that? Lee Friedlander? Never heard of him.....:rolleyes:

Holga with HP5+


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Holga-%28MODIFIED-F19%29---Shad.jpg

Jonathan

[SamReeves]

Local model Lexi Raven (http://www.modelmayhem.com/1998501) had them fooled again. They never knew what was on the other side of the gate!

Canon Elan 7, EF 50mm ƒ1.8, Fomapan 400.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW35120602_22B.jpg

[austin granger]

Self portraits in cheap motel rooms.

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6015/5989751306_6f4ae54a90_z.jpg http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7163509793_b4b07b6602_z.jpg

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

[SamReeves]

Quit staring Austin! :D LOL.

[eddy pula]

74890
Kathleen burns one down.

[eddy pula]

74892
Dawns early light

[Kav]

I saw someone do this and I wanted to give it a shot. So after some planning and set up I took a self portrait on the head of a ball point pin:
http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-Vcsqzx8/0/XL/i-Vcsqzx8-XL.jpg
Shot with a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon 55mm macro with two 27.5mm Extension tubes @ f5.6

[Leigh]

They never knew what was on the other side of the gate!
Gate? What gate?

- Leigh

[Michael Cienfuegos]

Gate? What gate?

- Leigh

There was a gate???

[Brian C. Miller]

I saw someone do this and I wanted to give it a shot. So after some planning and set up I took a self portrait on the head of a ball point pin:

Shot with a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon 55mm macro with two 27.5mm Extension tubes @ f5.6

Nice! Now you've got me thinking about how to do this like a James Bond shot, with Bond reflected on a round-nose bullet.

[tuco]

There was a gate???

Yeah, all I saw was a cow - a Heifer with no tits.

[Leigh]

So after some planning and set up I took a self portrait on the head of a ball point pin:
Shot with a Nikon D7000 using a Nikon 55mm macro with two 27.5mm Extension tubes @ f5.6
OK. I'm confused.

If the desired subject was you ("self-portrait"), located some distance from the lens, why did you use extension tubes?

- Leigh

[Jim Jones]

It's a clever way to get both photographer and closeup of pen in focus.

[Leigh]

It's a clever way to get both photographer and closeup of pen in focus.
Except the photographer is not in focus, not by a long shot.

- Leigh

[Kav]

OK. I'm confused.

If the desired subject was you ("self-portrait"), located some distance from the lens, why did you use extension tubes?

- Leigh

Being that the reflection of myself is less then 1mm across I wanted to get the maximum magnification I could with the gear I currently own. A 55mm macro and the extension tubes seemed like the best way to go. Honestly I am only a few inches from the pin. The camera had a working distance of about three inches with this setup. I think the lack of focus is coming from the texture of the ball, and my limited lighting abilities. But if you have any ideas on how to improve the shot I'd be more then happy to listen, try, and learn. :)

[tuco]

More Oregon Sand Dunes

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7339354776_4918756a14_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7339354776/)

M7II, 100TMX, Y2 Yellow

[austin granger]

Nice one Tuco.
Bruno's Country Club, Gerlach, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7323206358_2968ea83c7_z.jpg

Gerlach, Nevada
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8148/7323215614_64ef292951_z.jpg

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

[tuco]

Nice one Tuco.

Bruno's Country Club, Gerlach, Nevada


Thanks.

Excellent tavern shot. I really think they look good in BW.

[Roger Cole]

Being that the reflection of myself is less then 1mm across I wanted to get the maximum magnification I could with the gear I currently own. A 55mm macro and the extension tubes seemed like the best way to go. Honestly I am only a few inches from the pin. The camera had a working distance of about three inches with this setup. I think the lack of focus is coming from the texture of the ball, and my limited lighting abilities. But if you have any ideas on how to improve the shot I'd be more then happy to listen, try, and learn. :)

I like it the way it is. The photographer looks in focus to the best of my ability to tell with the size of the photographer in the image, a view on my monitor, and the texture of the pen. In any case, getting him more in focus would require having the pen probably a LOT less in focus, and I think that would take away far more than it adds.

[Roger Cole]

More Oregon Sand Dunes

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/7339354776_4918756a14_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7339354776/)

M7II, 100TMX, Y2 Yellow




Nice one Tuco.
Bruno's Country Club, Gerlach, Nevada
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7096/7323206358_2968ea83c7_z.jpg

Gerlach, Nevada
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8148/7323215614_64ef292951_z.jpg

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

You guys are both great at getting those high values to separate. Good high key printing is far harder, in my experience, than getting good shadow separation. Plus they're really good photographs.

That's concerning Tuco's shot and Austin's outdoor one of course. I like the pub shot too. Somehow black and white gives such shots more of an air of timelessness.

[tuco]

You guys are both great at getting those high values to separate. Good high key printing is far harder, in my experience, than getting good shadow separation. Plus they're really good photographs.

That's concerning Tuco's shot and Austin's outdoor one of course. I like the pub shot too. Somehow black and white gives such shots more of an air of timelessness.

Why thanks.





And yet another one

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7352049826_c996be4c92_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7352049826/)

M7II, 43mm, 100TMX, Y2 Yellow

[Leigh]

Being that the reflection of myself is less then 1mm across I wanted to get the maximum magnification I could with the gear I currently own. A 55mm macro and the extension tubes seemed like the best way to go.
Hi Kev,

I'll try to set up a shot to explain what I mean.

I have considerable difficulty doing any kind of table top here. The cats insist on assisting.

Ever tried saying "no" to a herd of cats? It doesn't work.

BTW... nice shot.

- Leigh

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/Vermeer.jpg
Girl With Pitcher
Vermeer, 1664


http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/Headache.jpg
Woman With Headache
Lee, 2012

[Peter De Smidt]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/peterdesmidt/Meadow_girl.jpg
Lily, an Estrela Mountain Dog, just turned 1.

[jcoldslabs]

Hocus Pocus, our beloved Cairn Terrier, 1997-2011

Canon FTb, Canon 100mm f/2.8 S.S.C., expired Kodak Gold 200

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/PokeyEyeball%20SMALL.jpg

Jonathan

[lbenac]

[QUOTE=Peter J. De Smidt;897040
Lily, an Estrela Mountain Dog, just turned 1.[/QUOTE]

Beautiful dog. Is she going to be a working dog and does she has a green card. If she is truned down back to Portugal we can always adopt her here in Canada :-)

Cheers,

Luc

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks Luc. Lily does have an EU passport, and she's considering a career as a therapy dog, or she might just specialize in general naughtiness. She is in charge of the neighborhood watch.

Jonathan, that's a very nice picture of Hocus Pocus, and 14 years is terrific! We've had large dogs, and they've only lived 6.5, 4, and 7.5 years.

[jcoldslabs]

Peter,

Thanks. Your dog looks absolutely regal in that field. We still have one remaining Cairn left, Abracadabra (Hocus Pocus' sister). The breeder named them, not us. We called them Abby and Pokey for short. Abby just turned 15 and is still going strong. We are very lucky.

Jonathan

[tuco]

Tippy, RIP.

This was taken early 90s. I made a large print on nice warm tone FB paper for my dad (his dog) not long before the dog passed away. I remember putting a lot of work into the print. When I gave it to my dad, he barely looked at for even a second then gave me a curtsy thank you. About a year after the dog died I was there for visit. I found the picture that was stashed away. I gave it to my dad again. He looked at it all night.




http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2779/4113520381_48e0c075b7_z.jpg?zz=1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/4113520381/)

Plus-X

[Peter De Smidt]

Very nice, Tuco.

[lbenac]

Tippy, RIP.

This was taken early 90s. I made a large print on nice warm tone FB paper for my dad (his dog) not long before the dog passed away. I remember putting a lot of work into the print. When I gave it to my dad, he barely looked at for even a second then gave me a curtsy thank you. About a year after the dog died I was there for visit. I found the picture that was stashed away. I gave it to my dad again. He looked at it all night.





Plus-X




Beautiful. You always master lightning so well...


Cheers,


Luc

[lbenac]

I am obliged to put one of my own

Ruby

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s1/v46/p858542067-4.jpg

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s3/v45/p80260389-4.jpg

P67 90/5.6 TMY-2

[Peter De Smidt]

Nice work, lbenac, especially the 2nd one. What type of dog is Ruby?

[Jeicob]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/8198/dog14.jpg

[lbenac]

Nice work, lbenac, especially the 2nd one. What type of dog is Ruby?

She is a Shiloh Sheperd and loves the trails except when it turns 14:00 which is nap time :-)

Cheers,

Luc

[Peter De Smidt]

She is a Shiloh Sheperd and loves the trails except when it turns 14:00 which is nap time :-)

Cheers,

Luc

Neat! I had never heard of them. She looks like a very nice dog.

[lbenac]

She is my 110 lbs of goodness lap dog...

[tuco]

Very nice, Tuco.


Beautiful. You always master lightning so well...
Cheers,
Luc

Thanks

[austin granger]

No dogs I'm afraid, but here's a human doing tricks:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7353551924_03bf6ed949_z.jpg

The film's a little fried (overexposed, overdeveloped, frozen and cooked), but I decided I like it that way. :-)

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

[eddy pula]

7506475065
trying to keep out of the sun lately, been staying out all night breaking young girls hearts, I love being 25, both shot with a mamiya c330, 55mm lens and tri-x film

[Tony Evans]

Eddy,
She's fighting you off while to try to steal her beer! ;)

[chopsteeks]

Contax G2/45mm/Plus-x


75079

[eddy pula]

75080
Hope is a thing with feathers, Wendell MA last night

[buggz]

5DMkII, Contax/Yashica Zeiss 35mm f1.4:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/Hibiscus-01-resized.jpg

[Jay DeFehr]

Here's one on Adox CHS/Efke 25, developed in Obsidian Aqua:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/7363954910_b40851495b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7363954910/) Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7363954910/) by Jay DeFehr (http://www.flickr.com/people/jay_defehr/), on Flickr

[Roger Cole]

Here are scans of two prints of the same negative. This is one of my friends, shot available light at his apartment last year. Ricoh XR-7, Tri-X, EI 1600 in Diafine (a little thin - seems today's Tri-X isn't quite as fast with this combo as that of years ago, and I've since started rating it at EI1000 for tungsten light, 1250 for daylight) 50mm Pentax f/1.7 lens, exposure unrecorded but probably around f/2 and 1/30th or so.

Not the sharpest ever whether from focus issues wide open (or nearly so) in low light or camera shake, but I don't think it hurts this much. It captures Allen's personality. I got a pack of the new Arista Silver Artist Series paper, which is apparently Varycon VC emulsion on BFK Rives, 280 gsm, cotton fine art paper. I like it. It will certainly fit only a minority of my images but for some will be really nice.

Here for comparison is the same image on the Freestyle cotton paper and on Ilford MGWT FB. The Arista paper is about 1.5 stops slower than the Ilford. Both of these were printed with a grade 3 MG filter. The Arista is slightly more contrasty. When wet it looked like it was way more contrasty and overly so, but the pretty extreme dry down of the very matte paper moderated that a lot as the darker areas lighten a lot less than the lighter values.

Both of these were developed for three minutes in Ilford WT paper developer, then toned for 50-60 seconds in 1/8th strength Legacy Pro brown toner. MGWT responds extremely strongly to this toner. Drew Wiley recommended 1/4 strength and that works, but even that can be hard to control so I've gone down to 1/8 ounce concentrate per quart of water. Even so, 50 seconds with the MGWT did this. There was no noticeable change on the Arista paper, so I'm going to try it later in my stronger brown toner and also in selenium.

The Arista has a look that's hard to capture in a scan, something like a cross between 85% photograph and 15% charcoal, or perhaps a bit of old newsprint effect, and a wonderful tactile feel in the hand. It's hard to tell the emulsion from the back. Full sheets have just enough curl but once you cut strips it's almost impossible. Someone on APUG said they mark the back with a light pencil mark before cutting strips. I'll have to try that.

Arista:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5160/7363557616_d9d4febcd2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7363557616/)
T. Allen Greenfield 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7363557616/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

Ilford MGWT:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7091/7178727053_3ae7874891_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7178727053/)
T. Allen Greenfield 1 - MGIVWT+Brown Toner (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7178727053/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

[austin granger]

Table and Chairs, Portland
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7181471207_7c9f27db48_z.jpg

Old Volvo, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7217/7181475081_1381f5310a_z.jpg

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

[tgtaylor]

Day Room. Detention Barracks USIS Angel Island

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7369109988_797c3a6b21_z.jpg

Poetry on a Wall. Detention Barracks USIS Angel Island

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7083/7369131928_b60391039a_z.jpg

Taken with a Pentax 67II camera on Acros and printed on Oriental VCRC

Thomas

[Ari]

We found a photobooth in a shopping mall.

[Ramiro Elena]

Nice! Handsome family Ari :)

[Ari]

Gracias, Ramiro.
I'm very lucky to live with two beautiful women!

[austin granger]

Fence, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7238/7367526296_34abf1b664_z.jpg

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

[chy]

How about this - from a triple pinhole camera made from a 4x5 sheet film box. Film is 120, cut from the roll and taped on. 75335

[eddy pula]

chy I dig it, interesting, have you ever thought of doing a slightly more 3 dimensional one, like 8 pinholes projecting onto a 8x10 thats slightly curved, kinda like a spiders compound eye.

[eddy pula]

75347
washing a print, shot with some $100 canon hot pink point and shoot, picture is called dawns early light and was shot with a canon ae1, 50mm f1.4 lens on tri-x

[chy]

chy I dig it, interesting, have you ever thought of doing a slightly more 3 dimensional one, like 8 pinholes projecting onto a 8x10 thats slightly curved, kinda like a spiders compound eye.

That sounds like ye olde Quaker Oats box! Yes, I've done multiple pinholes with them, but the most fun was a cigarette box and a styrofoam burger box. I assiduously try not to make a "real" camera with pinholes. To me that takes the fun, spontaneity and serendipity out of it.

[eddy pula]

I was thinking of convex instead of concave, kind of that cool ball covered in cellphone camera units that took spherical super panoramas when it reached the apex of its arc (I saw it on petapixel a while back but am too lazy to find the link) this but analog and slower
here it is
http://www.pcworld.com/article/241960/throw_this_camera_ball_to_take_a_360degree_panorama.html

[buggz]

Cool!


How about this - from a triple pinhole camera made from a 4x5 sheet film box. Film is 120, cut from the roll and taped on. 75335

[jcoldslabs]

Mamiya 7, 80mm, Ektachrome 100.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/T-at-Carousel-Paris.jpg


What she's looking at is this:


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Carousel-Paris.jpg

Jonathan

[tuco]

Mamiya 7, 80mm, Ektachrome 100.

Jonathan

Love the color. Was the first one on a tripod?

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, tuco. No tripod. This was a trip to Paris about ten years ago so all I had was a little table top tripod with me. When I look at the transparency on a light box there is just a hint of motion blur (from me or her, not sure which) but at screen size it isn't all that apparent. I sure love that camera. I need to use it more.

You know, on second thought I may have been employing a trick I learned from my father. He used to set the legs of his little Leitz tripod pressed against his chest, long leg of the tripod pointing straight down and resting on his sternum with the other two legs tucked up under his collarbone. With the camera on the ball head tightened down for stabilization, he could still hold his eye to the viewfinder and fire away. If you press the shutter while holding your breath I find this works better than a monopod--it's almost second nature to me now. No so good if your heart is beating hard or fast, though. So a tripod may have been used (in a manner of speaking) after all!

Jonathan

[tgtaylor]

Sunday Afternoon on the San Joaquin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7375266482_287b53a5fe_z.jpg

Pentax 67II, Acros, Oriental VCRC.

Thomas

[bbarna]

Few weeks ago in New York...
Rolleiflex 2.8E
Kodak Tri-X 400 (cropped)
75461

[Ken Lee]

sunday afternoon on the san joaquin

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7094/7375266482_287b53a5fe_z.jpg

pentax 67ii, acros, oriental vcrc.

Thomas

Bravo !

[buggz]

5DMkII, C/Y Zeiss 35mm f1.4:

http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/Hibiscus-02-resized.jpg

[Frank Petronio]

Working 17-yr old model, 5-11, 107 lbs in heels, I swear no Photoshop or tricks other than her pose. Oh and she is healthy, active in sports, and a 4.0 student.

75474

Best part? Her prom date was 4" shorter than she was. Good kid.

[Peter De Smidt]

Wow, that's skinny! (Not that there's anything wrong with that. Being skinny does not entail having an eating disorder, as some people think.) The back-lighting is very effective.

[Frank Petronio]

Yeah the backlight probably slims her even more ;-p

I'm not a fan of idealizing that amount of skinniness because plenty of young women are anorexic, but I wouldn't go around assuming anyone who is skinny is unhealthy. Chances are quite the opposite. But yeah, a bad flu and that girl would be in the 90 lb range and that would be dangerous.

[Jay DeFehr]

Working 17-yr old model, 5-11, 107 lbs in heels, I swear no Photoshop or tricks other than her pose. Oh and she is healthy, active in sports, and a 4.0 student.

75474

Best part? Her prom date was 4" shorter than she was. Good kid.

She's certainly unusual, and I think it would be interesting to explore that unusual-ness --photographically, meaning; I think it's more interesting to exaggerate her naturally exaggerated physique than to try and normalize it. I'd like to see more.

[jcoldslabs]

Polaroid Spectra

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Roses-1-%28Dust%29.jpg

Jonathan

[sanchi heuser]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7092/7171511574_da87e9d0da_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/7171511574/)
Derendorf (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/7171511574/) von andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/) auf Flickr


Photo of a construction site at an ancient freight station.
Mamiya 7II with 65mm, Kodak TMAX 400

[Zaitz]

Palladium toned Kallitype print:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7378769250_97f9e9bc85_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/zboumeester/7378769250/in/photostream)

[Peter De Smidt]

Neat photo, and a great choice of stylish neck wear.

[tgtaylor]

Bravo !

Many thanks Ken!

Thomas

[Jay DeFehr]

Another on the Adox:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7091/7363956408_c9e2b5553c_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7363956408/) Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7363956408/) by Jay DeFehr (http://www.flickr.com/people/jay_defehr/), on Flickr

[eddy pula]

75569
A picture of yours truly by my oldest friend Jeremiah Burbank, he's a filmmaker and we are collaborating on a project about local (pioneer valley Mass) farm csa shares, you can check out the pictures here http://pvfsp.tumblr.com/ we were out all morning meeting the coolest people and my basement is full of drying 35mm and 120 tri-x! The focus won't budge closer than 3 meters but its such a sweet camera! I picked it up for free from MassArt, they are remodeling and getting rid of the hundreds of cameras people donate all the time, I also picked up a jammed rz67 II body, gave it to Joe Seward, he's a MIT dropout and I knew he could do something cool with it, I'm hoping lazers are involved.

[eddy pula]

I once gave a waitress in need a k1000 some one donated to MassArt (it was in a box of dozens of other well worn pentaxes) and I got free Reuben sandwiches for a month! Spread the analog love my friends and reap the tasty rewards

[jcoldslabs]

Shot this with an Anscoflex II 620 fixed lens TLR. The camera is pretty goofy looking even though it was designed by Raymond Loewy. I had a roll of Tri-X 620 that expired in 1969 which I thought was fitting for use with this camera. Amazing that you can get any images at all with film that old.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Anscoflex---Bridge-Underbel.jpg



Here's the camera itself (image courtesy of Camerapedia):

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Anscoflex.jpg

Jonathan

[tuco]

Shot this with an Anscoflex II 620 fixed lens TLR. The camera is pretty goofy looking even though it was designed by Raymond Loewy. I had a roll of Tri-X 620 that expired in 1969 which I thought was fitting for use with this camera. Amazing that you can get any images at all with film that old.


Here's the camera itself (image courtesy of Camerapedia):

Jonathan

Is the camera housing metal? I know someone who would love that camera.

I've been wanting to try this Bell & Howell Electric Eye 127 I found stashed away at my parents house. It takes 127 film which has slowed me down from taking it for a spin. On the bottom of the camera is a placard giving the names of the films to use and if a flash bulb is required. The dial you see on the top selects the "film setting" from one of two positions with a color coded dot given on the placard with the film brands. The films listed on the placard include:

• All Weather Pan
• Verichrome Pan
• Ektachrome Daylight
• Anscochrome Daylight
• Kodacolor
• Super Anscochrome

There is no focus control and the aperture is automatic. When there is not enough light, you see the top of that red flag in the view finder blocking the otherwise "green light", green plastic illuminated by the light in the view finder, indicating good-to-go I guess. I looked up Super Ansochrome and it appears to be ASA 100 but regular Ansochrome was 32? Funny, it becomes a research project in old film just to put a substitute in the camera.




http://farm2.staticflickr.com/1115/5135091472_f99c1bff69_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/5135091472/)

[vinny]

"all weather pan" I wish we had that now.
Here's one from my digital camera, aka iphone 4.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8020/7386574398_dc871e1e62_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/7386574398/)
leaf on pavement (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62218065@N00/7386574398/) by vinnywalsh.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/62218065@N00/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

Is the camera housing metal? I know someone who would love that camera.

Yep, the housing is all metal, with some smaller bits of plastic here and there (knobs and such). That was the first roll I shot with it. Perfectly fine overall, but not quite as crappy as Holgas and Dianas. There is a built-in yellow filter and a built-in close-up lens. The internal close-up diopter allows for objects at six feet or so to be in focus. This must have been for portraits. These go pretty cheap on Eb@y.

I have a few 127 cameras akin to your Bell & Howell, but like you the film is the hold up. I have read that you can use a sharp cigar cutter to cut down a 120 roll to 127 size, but I'm not sure about frame numbers. You'd have to guess at that point, I think. I've thought about cutting down some 120 backing paper and spooling up some 35mm for fun. It might be worth buying one roll of proper Efke 127 simply to have the backing paper and frame number spacing as a template, unless anyone out there has some old 127 backing paper they'd like to donate to the cause?

Jonathan

[Michael Cienfuegos]

Yep, the housing is all metal, with some smaller bits of plastic here and there (knobs and such). That was the first roll I shot with it. Perfectly fine overall, but not quite as crappy as Holgas and Dianas. There is a built-in yellow filter and a built-in close-up lens. The internal close-up diopter allows for objects at six feet or so to be in focus. This must have been for portraits. These go pretty cheap on Eb@y.

I have a few 127 cameras akin to your Bell & Howell, but like you the film is the hold up. I have read that you can use a sharp cigar cutter to cut down a 120 roll to 127 size, but I'm not sure about frame numbers. You'd have to guess at that point, I think. I've thought about cutting down some 120 backing paper and spooling up some 35mm for fun. It might be worth buying one roll of proper Efke 127 simply to have the backing paper and frame number spacing as a template, unless anyone out there has some old 127 backing paper they'd like to donate to the cause?

Jonathan


Efke film isn't all that bad. I just don't like the fact that there is only one emulsion. I have a little Yashica 44 TLR and use it every now and then. I get a lot of looks when I bring it out. Today I will have my Kodak Brownie Hawkeye. I found that I can use 120 film if I have a 620 spool in the take up end.

PM me, I think I still have the backing paper from a few old rolls of the Efke.

:)

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks for the offer, Michael. PM sent.

Jonathan

[eddy pula]

75613
let us now praise ethical tomato harvesting, sunderland mass, yesterday with a texas leica and tri-x, I heard this amazing fresh air interview a while back, evil florida tomato farmers go down to latin america, trick indios who don't even speak spanish into moving out to reclaimed swamp land in the everglades and then its 16 tons and what do they get another day older and deeper in debt, apparently Florida has the highest rate of enslavement in the union and we get shitty tasting pink styrofoam tomatos in the middle of winter.... well these guys do it right!

[Jay DeFehr]

Very nice, Eddy. Many years ago I became interested in hydroponics, and decided to give it a go, in a very low-fi way. I filled a 5 gallon bucket with rocks and gravel from my driveway, a nice mix from fist-sized down to pea-sized, and started a single tomato plant with some home-brew nutrient solution. had a leaky spigot outside my kitchen window, and placed the pail beneath it, so the media had a more or less constant supply of water -- just enough to keep the stones moist. To my great surprise, the little tomato plant took off! I stung a line to the peak of my roof and down to the pail, and pruned the tomato to a single vine. Every few days, another cluster of perfect, vine-ripened tomatoes was ready to eat, until at the end of the growing season, the vine had reached the peak of my roof, 25' above the pail. I grew tomatoes every year after that-- more varieties than I can list here -- and I've not been able to buy them without holding my nose until I moved to Seattle. We are very lucky to have numerous local organic growers to choose from, year-round. The pink styrofoam tomatoes sold in most grocery stores are an abomination, and bear only a superficial resemblance to the real thing.

[eddy pula]

Jay have you ever read a Day in the Life Of Ivan something russian by Solzhenezin (horrible russian memory) its terrifying to think that similar things are going on in the orange state... They don't need fences when they have 20 miles of swamp surrounding their farms, just like there was no escaping Siberia, except in a coffin. How can we let this happen in the 21st century, in America in every supermarket in the country....... Well what did Woody Guthrie do? Make a big stink wrote amazing songs and joined every union and paid his dues! I don't want to glorify myself, I just try and do a little bit of free promotion for the farmers who are doing the right thing, some of them even have huge contracts $100k with whole foods, the long term goal is to shame walmart and target into investing in it, cause they have the greatest distribution on earth, or so the old farmers tell me.

[mdm]

You are a wuss. Take your Texas Leica to the swamps.

[Ari]

Jay have you ever read a Day in the Life Of Ivan something russian by Solzhenezin (horrible russian memory) its terrifying to think that similar things are going on in the orange state... They don't need fences when they have 20 miles of swamp surrounding their farms, just like there was no escaping Siberia, except in a coffin. How can we let this happen in the 21st century, in America in every supermarket in the country....... Well what did Woody Guthrie do? Make a big stink wrote amazing songs and joined every union and paid his dues! I don't want to glorify myself, I just try and do a little bit of free promotion for the farmers who are doing the right thing, some of them even have huge contracts $100k with whole foods, the long term goal is to shame walmart and target into investing in it, cause they have the greatest distribution on earth, or so the old farmers tell me.

Eddy, you're thinking of The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, about the forced labour camps; the other book is The Death of Ivan Ilyich, by Tolstoy, and very different in subject matter.
Both are very much worth reading.

[Jay DeFehr]

Eddy,

I think social activism via photography is an honorable tradition, and I commend you for your efforts on behalf of the exploited laborers in Florida. How about a book?

Ari,

I haven't read either book, but I'm sure they're both very interesting. I love Russian literature.

[eddy pula]

hate to disagree, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_in_the_Life_of_Ivan_Denisovich
We had an amazing russian literature teacher at MassArt, was an illustrator and made amazing limited edition illustrated versions of Gogol and stuff. Its kind of the animal farm version of Gulag Archipeligo, a fictionlized account of one composite political prisoner

[eddy pula]

also Jay, I wish I was that hard core, I've just been working on a documentary (I take stills, my budy does video) about local farms, from 3 dudes and a tractor all the way up to big new england regional farms, the Connecticut river valley (where I was born and raised and have returned, Amherst Mass) is full of intellectuals (5 colleges and all) and great fertile land (we still grow the finest cigar wrapping tobbacco leaves!) so its full of alternative food supply people, and some of these people live right next door, you drive past them all the time, instead of focusing on the negative parts of the status quo we are trying to broadcast how easy and fun being a conscious consumer can be, families love going to the farms and picking their own stuff, or even just trading recipes or taking cooking classes on the farms. Plus aggie chicks are hawt dude!

[eddy pula]

Also the simplest reason is, they have the worst pictures on their websites and I need more commercial portraiture in my portfolio if I want to be a sell out and move out of my parents house! check out the tumblr I made to try and get the pictures out to the farmers, they are good people but a little slow in the way of internet picture distribution http://pvfsp.tumblr.com/ I'm gonna put a bunch of the new stuff up tonight so check it and spread the word

[eddy pula]

7562775628
We've been going to like 4-5 farms a day, the filmmaker Jeremiah Burbank is the brains he keeps track of where the heck we go, I'm the eyes and voice that gets all the young girls and old grumpy men to talk to us! Check out his vimeo page, mostly videos of me right now (too many editing projects for that kid, he's backed up like 3 months deep, he really needs an assistant) https://vimeo.com/user6277012

[Michael Cienfuegos]

Very nice, Eddy. Many years ago I became interested in hydroponics, and decided to give it a go, in a very low-fi way. I filled a 5 gallon bucket with rocks and gravel from my driveway, a nice mix from fist-sized down to pea-sized, and started a single tomato plant with some home-brew nutrient solution. had a leaky spigot outside my kitchen window, and placed the pail beneath it, so the media had a more or less constant supply of water -- just enough to keep the stones moist. To my great surprise, the little tomato plant took off! I stung a line to the peak of my roof and down to the pail, and pruned the tomato to a single vine. Every few days, another cluster of perfect, vine-ripened tomatoes was ready to eat, until at the end of the growing season, the vine had reached the peak of my roof, 25' above the pail. I grew tomatoes every year after that-- more varieties than I can list here -- and I've not been able to buy them without holding my nose until I moved to Seattle. We are very lucky to have numerous local organic growers to choose from, year-round. The pink styrofoam tomatoes sold in most grocery stores are an abomination, and bear only a superficial resemblance to the real thing.

Pink styrofoam? That's a new one for me. I always looked at them as kind of a red mealy thing. I managed to grow some wonderful tomatoes last summer, they were wonderful, my GF and I ate tomatoes until they finally died out. I have some started again, but they aren't near ready yet. That's what I get for procrastinating. :(

[jcoldslabs]

Me behind the wheel of a 1964 Olds F-85, taken with a Holga. And no, I was NOT driving at the time!


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Behind-The-Wheel.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

This one I DID take while driving. Shot with a 'Coronet 4-4' 127 camera with a roll of 35mm Kodak Gold 200 jammed inside. Processing courtesy of my local Costco.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Coronet%20-%20Road%20and%20Fence.jpg

Jonathan

[Jay DeFehr]

Pink styrofoam? That's a new one for me. I always looked at them as kind of a red mealy thing. I managed to grow some wonderful tomatoes last summer, they were wonderful, my GF and I ate tomatoes until they finally died out. I have some started again, but they aren't near ready yet. That's what I get for procrastinating. :(

Well, with the El Cajon sun, you should have tomatoes in no time! I hope they're shaded. Nothing compares to tomatoes fresh from the vine!

[eddy pula]

j cold slabs, nice self portrait! Reminds me of dr. strangelove mixed with Lolita, maybe some hitchcock thrown in for good measure. NAW thats wrong, its a weird 60's low budget thriller, something written by a brilliant alcoholic shut in and called, He Kissed me with his Revolver and wore White to my funereal!

[eddy pula]

75645
I love how me and my filmmaker buddy go to all these "artistic" events and we are the only ones making any art! Western Mass Born and Bred!!! Chicadee's sing me to sleep every nite!

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Eddy. The "Coldslabs" part of my username is a nickname given to me by a friend years and years ago. It's a play on my actual last name.

Speaking of dime store crime novels, I did come across a book once called "Hot Dames on Cold Slabs."

Jonathan

[sanchi heuser]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7235/7354396586_70ed61bb4d_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/7354396586/)
Grosser Strommast (http://www.flickr.com/photos/58013730@N08/7354396586/) von andi_heuser (http://www.flickr.com/people/58013730@N08/) auf Flickr

[eddy pula]

The "Coldslabs" part of my username is a nickname given to me by a friend years and years ago. It's a play on my actual last name.

Speaking of dime store crime novels, I did come across a book once called "Hot Dames on Cold Slabs."

AWESOME!!! Hey if you are ever in Cambridge check out Rodneys book store in central they have old pulp stacked to the ceilings, and killer photo books, I once turned down a $5 1955 graphic camera catalog.... I've never forgiven myself, everytime I see a 'new' photo device or adapter I remember all the crazy things that press cameras could do, graphlargers, the crazy faux proto lazer rangefinder you could plug into the side and side by side passport film holders.... god I wish was born in 1930... heck graphmatic backs are the greatest card trick off all time! Keep your eyes on the exposed sheet of film... is this your film, nah its a fresh sheet!

[jcoldslabs]

Eddy,

I lived in Boston years ago when attending the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. I miss it sometimes. A great city. My apartment was in Kenmore square. With my windows open I could hear the cheering from Fenway during games. The neon from the giant Citgo sign used to flash into my room all night. Luckily I'm a sound sleeper.

Jonathan

[eddy pula]

hey did you know Bill Burke? He's my hero! He teaches there now, I met him at a event where we both had work, I worked up the nerve to talk to him and asked him how he paid for his Kentucky travels, he told me to either learn how to write a grant proposal or sleep with some one who did! Great advice

[mdm]

75708
Another one of my dodgy carbon transfers. 10x14 print, digital neg, 35mm APX100 original.

[eddy pula]

mdm I bet thats a beaut in person, I always wanted to try alternative process but I have a hard enuff time getting regular prints outa the fix, and i have super padd Picture attention deficit disorder so no dice

[Peter De Smidt]

75708
Another one of my dodgy carbon transfers. 10x14 print, digital neg, 35mm APX100 original.

Morocco?

[austin granger]

Stand, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7072/7398265950_0113c5b322_z.jpg

Ticket Booths, Portland
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5467/7398377572_48f24a3a2f_z.jpg

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

[mdm]

Morocco?

Chitral before the Shandur Polo Festival. In a graveyard of all places. Far from perfect print but nice anyway.

[cjbroadbent]

A hassaroid. Hoping to get it done on 4x5 before it falls to pieces.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nysvAVYAZ6A/T-CKXSQUBdI/AAAAAAAALMQ/F6kx1xkOS4I/s800/eggCupHB.jpg

[SamReeves]

The Permanente Local rumbling past College Park on a dreary day in February of 1996. Lest we never thought the Southern Pacific would vanish from the map, but it did.

Canon TL-QL, Canon FD 28mm ƒ3.5 lens, Kodak T-Max 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW35960125_9post.jpg

[lee nadel]

75845

[jcoldslabs]

A shot of my step-grandfather taken many years ago at his home in Cape Cod. He used to write me letters on that typewriter. It had a cursive font that seemed so strange and foreign to me back then. A machine that typed cursive? It was like magic.

Nikon F3, either Kodachrome or Ektachrome (can't recall).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Bud-Cape-Cod-1986.jpg

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

A portrait of a good friend on her wedding day.

Mamiya 7, Delta 400

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Corinne05.jpg

Jonathan

[Corran]

Lovely portraits Jonathan

[Frank Petronio]

75908

Last day of school, arm reach shot with the $200 Panasonic G1.

[Roger Cole]

A shot of my step-grandfather taken many years ago at his home in Cape Cod. He used to write me letters on that typewriter. It had a cursive font that seemed so strange and foreign to me back then. A machine that typed cursive? It was like magic.

Nikon F3, either Kodachrome or Ektachrome (can't recall).

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Bud-Cape-Cod-1986.jpg


Jonathan

That looks much more Kodachrome than Ektachrome, which would also fit with the lack of fading and the age.

[tuco]

A portrait of a good friend on her wedding day.

Mamiya 7, Delta 400

Jonathan

Nice whites. Her expression looks like it could be both one of joy or frustration.

[jcoldslabs]

Nice whites. Her expression looks like it could be both one of joy or frustration.

She was caught mid-laugh, but you're right--without context it can be hard to tell. As for the whites, this is a scan of a print which I much prefer to negative scans, in part because I still don't have the hang of it yet. (You and Austin G. produce some stunning scans from negatives!) But since my darkroom is still very much under construction, wet printing is not an option as yet.

Jonathan

[austin granger]

Chair, Abandoned Farmhouse, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7417366598_366d4df780_z.jpg

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

[SamReeves]

Nice whites. Her expression looks like it could be both one of joy or frustration.

It almost looks like the latter! LOL.

Yes, gratuitous bikini by Merrique. She looks good where ever you stick her!

Canon D60, Canon EF 17-40mm ƒ4L lens, ASA 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/CRW12_2293.jpg

[Leigh]

She looks good where ever you stick her!
I beg your pardon! This is a family board. :D

- Leigh

[goamules]

Wow, that's a sharp picture Steve! Here is one I took while on vacation in Portsmouth, NH the past 2 weeks. All with a Canon 35mm/1.8 rangefinder lens:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8163/7417091146_637eb8026d_c.jpg

more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettsphotos/sets/72157630229091602/detail/

[austin granger]

Cell Cross, Salem, Oregon
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/7417742828_9d6bbb207b_z.jpg

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

[SamReeves]

I beg your pardon! This is a family board. :D

- Leigh

Ha! The FCC sez otherwise. :D

[Leigh]

OK. Ya got me. What does the FCC have to do with it???

- Leigh

[SamReeves]

OK. Ya got me. What does the FCC have to do with it???

- Leigh

Oh just in light of the recent news. The Supreme court threw out the FCC's fines for nipplegate, and NYPD Blue.

[Frank Petronio]

NYPD Blue is recent?

[Leigh]

Oh. OK. I hadn't heard about that one.

- Leigh

[Jeicob]

http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=75964&d=1340444942

[austin granger]

School Bus Stop, Philomath, Oregon
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5312/7422692386_fdbe20876f_z.jpg

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

[buggz]

Heavy crop, Canon 5DMkII, Minolta Rokkor 58mm f1.2, wide open, of course:
http://www.cornbread.com/~buggz/_MG_9431-resized.jpg

[mdm]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xPAKgkHWh2Q/T-fJbucywGI/AAAAAAAABPU/KstjrnFOyZk/s1600/justmad.jpg
Fujica GW690 and Portra 160.

[lbenac]

not much to do on Saturday afternoon so decided to scout the garden

Hasselblad 500CM 120 Makro Efke 25 510-Pyro Stand
Yellow filter on yellow flower...

http://www.lucbenacphoto.com/img/s2/v53/p52636022-4.jpg


Cheers,

Luc

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kJ57ZWqWT94/T-f3vBEJj3I/AAAAAAAABPk/KxvDB1JkRPc/s1600/diggers.jpg
Fujica GW690, Portra 160.

[jcoldslabs]

Fuji GSW690II, Velvia 50


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firemen-Shadows.jpg

Jonathan

[mdm]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1DUnMkk9iE/T-gEbasBNyI/AAAAAAAABP0/mQSLIIzDjIU/s1600/cows.jpg
For the cow fans.

[SamReeves]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q1DUnMkk9iE/T-gEbasBNyI/AAAAAAAABP0/mQSLIIzDjIU/s1600/cows.jpg
For the cow fans.

I suddenly have the urge for ice cream and cheese. Like it!

[Nguss]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7127/7441091336_2abd174c0d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7441091336/)
stms1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7441091336/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

A lighthouse at the coast.

[Brian C. Miller]

A lighthouse at the coast.

Love it! Are you going to try it with LF at some point?

[Nguss]

Thank you. I would love to, this was when I first got into digital but I am itching to get back with the LF camera now I have a (slightly) better idea of what I am doing.

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fnfa2AF3mp8/T-jF-UBXgUI/AAAAAAAABQE/4B0yCv9q7rs/s1600/tree.jpg
Yes, we really get light and colour like that. Portra 160, Fujica GW690.

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-V8q-WsyH54I/T-jKVfM3SBI/AAAAAAAABQU/NeOfVLrevmk/s1600/stpats.jpg
I feel green now.

[SamReeves]

The living space at the Pigeon Point lighthouse a few hours north of here. I doubt that tours will ever be given inside due to its seismic stability. Enjoy the rust for now!

Canon Elan 7, Canon EF 17-40mm f4L lens, Agfapan 100.

http://www.samreevesphoto.com/posts/BW35120620_11.jpg

[Kav]

Some more from Thailand.

The first one was a goof off shot. My friend was posing for her fight photo before her match. I took a few photos for her and she ribbed me for cutting her at the hips in an unflattering way. She told me that I knew better. So I thought, composed and fired off this one photo. She got a good laugh out of it and then told me to take a good photo.

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-39w7ZBW/0/XL/i-39w7ZBW-XL.jpg

And one more of my friend after she won with a knock out in the second round.

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/photos/i-LKvzDG7/0/XL/i-LKvzDG7-XL.jpg

Both taken with a Nikon D7000

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DCMR-4svyYQ/T-kS1X9mzqI/AAAAAAAABQk/UnolCb9II_E/s1600/mavora1.jpg

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2vycw_O1nVQ/T-lDVngVm9I/AAAAAAAABQ0/YJVX4X0RCIM/s1600/MF22-1.jpg
Fujica GW690 and Portra 160 converted to B&W.

[jcoldslabs]

I didn't notice until afterwards that you can see the reflection of my knees in the edge of the counter top.

Mamiya 7, Delta 100


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---Sink-01.jpg

Jonathan

[tuco]

A lighthouse at the coast.

Nice shot. Where is that lighthouse?

[Ed Bray]

I had a bit of a break from my 4x5 last weekend, shot on one of my Pentax LX cameras with an SMC 35mm f2.8 on my cheapie Ultrafine 100 film deved as usual Semi-Stand in Caffenol CL. A little manipulation in Nik Silver Efex Pro2.

Amongst the trees:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7446748246_f1fe45e13a_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7446748246/)
Amongst the trees (http://www.flickr.com/photos/edbray/7446748246/) by Ed Bray (http://www.flickr.com/people/edbray/), on Flickr

[Nguss]

Nice shot. Where is that lighthouse?

Thanks Tuco, it is St Mary's in North East England. As soon as the weather perks up and the tide is right I am planning to head off again with the LF camera. Here is another one from the same day

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2451/4030096144_8ba0eb411d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/4030096144/)
St marys 3 - D200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/4030096144/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[jcoldslabs]

From a series I did a few years ago with a Diana camera on an unusually icy evening here in Portland. If you detect the influence of James Fee, you'd be correct.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Slow-Children.jpg


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Rose-Bush-in-Snow.jpg


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Diana---Street-Signs-in-Ice.jpg

Jonathan

[thicktheo]

Greece is really hot this time of the year, the sunlight kills everything during daytime, so the only solution is to go out really early in the morning (or late in the evening). Fuji GW690III loaded with Portra 400, driving around at 07:30 in the morning:

http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12_046-01_800_thmarkou.jpg

http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12_046-06b_800_thmarkou.jpg

http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12_046-07_800_thmarkou.jpg

...you can read the story and see more images here: http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/2012/06/35-minutes/ :)

[thicktheo]

...and a shooting for a book cover, more photos and the story here: http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/2012/06/shoot-me-loukas-mexis/

http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12_038_1-01_750_thmarkou.jpg (http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/2012/06/shoot-me-loukas-mexis/)

Bronica SQ-A | 80mm/f2.8 with extension ring | Kodak Ektachrome 64T cross-processed

[mdm]

Cool story. Hope the book is as good as its cover.

[thicktheo]

Cool story. Hope the book is as good as its cover.

Haven't read it yet, the first "promo" copies flew off the shelves... will probably get my hands on it in the upcoming days.

I wanted the photo be full-cover and full-colour but the publisher had different ideas.

[cjbroadbent]

Trying out Ken's suggestion for stronger edges on a hassaroid.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-lgbnZKb8FOM/T-rTQ-zoDUI/AAAAAAAALPE/rVjPyskZHzM/s800/egCpHBNewDefinitive.jpg

[Evin]

Sorry for dumping these all here but didn't really know where else to put them. All of these are from my recent trip to India.

All are shot on a Yashica Electro GTN I borrowed from a friend, and that I have never shot before. B&W is on Tmax 100 and the slide film is velvia 100. I got those two rolls through it and then the battery that my friend said would be good for the whole trip died....oh well.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7115/7448844828_0dcf2fe6eb.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/7448844828/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8156/7448838490_a7576db72f.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/7448838490/)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7448842546_8fce90b96c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/7448842546/)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7448842208_edb9ccf517.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/7448842208/)

[Nguss]

Cjbroadbent, I love your still lifes, beautifully arranged.

Evin, I like the last one of the person with the umbrella.

[Evin]

Cjbroadbent, I love your still lifes, beautifully arranged.

Evin, I like the last one of the person with the umbrella.

Thanks! Me too, that is probably the one shot of the two rolls I took that I was hoping and praying the whole way home would turn out. I only took one shot then he stood up, and went in the water to wash.

[Pfiltz]

A poor RB67 w/50mm Sekor shot. Portra 160. Excuse the size. They were on the my site, and didn't take the time to resize. Shot on the streets in Nashville Tn. 2012.

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman7.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman6.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris.

Mamiya 7, Velvia 50, 35mm panoramic adapter


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---LuxGar-01.jpg



http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---LuxGar02.jpg

Jonathan

[Evin]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7448839906_06bb995f16.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/atimelyexposure/7448839906/)

[thicktheo]

I don't like to post digital stuff, but here is a portrait I did in order to test the new Fujifilm X-pro1 rangefinder camera & the Fujinon 35mm/f1.4 lens:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8002/7466820476_1d5502f4cf_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/thicktheo/7466820476/)

I will certainly repeat the whole photoshoot with medium/large format. :-)

[Jay DeFehr]

Theo,

Why the anti-digital apology? Is this a non-digital forum? Clearly you consider digital imaging worth experimenting with, having invested in a nice kit and produced this lovely image. I can't see where digital has failed you here, or how this could have been improved by using film or a larger format. I can imagine several ways it might look different, but that's not the same thing as better. In any case, I like the image, and I'd like to see more.

[Jay DeFehr]

Luxembourg Gardens, Paris.

Mamiya 7, Velvia 50, 35mm panoramic adapter


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---LuxGar-01.jpg



http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---LuxGar02.jpg

Jonathan

Jonathan, I like this very much! I had to look twice to understand it's two separate images. I like them together.

[Jay DeFehr]

pfiltz,

These are great! I commented in your original post that was deleted, and wanted to re-comment here. These are great examples of wide angle portraiture, and that lens is amazing! I'm off to ebay!

[jcoldslabs]

Theo,

I agree with Jay, very nice work. One of the best things about this thread is the "anything goes" aspect.


****

Jay,

Thanks. It never occurred to me that they would be seen as one image, but I could have been clearer about that from the start.

Jonathan

[jcoldslabs]

A number of years ago I was asked to take some shots at a fireman's training facility in San Luis Obispo, CA.

Canon FTb, Velvia 50


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firefighting-Practice-06a.jpg




http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firefighting-Practice-05a.jpg




http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firefighting-Practice-02.jpg

Jonathan

[Nguss]

Excellent but the first is the stand out for me.

[Pfiltz]

pfiltz,

These are great! I commented in your original post that was deleted, and wanted to re-comment here. These are great examples of wide angle portraiture, and that lens is amazing! I'm off to ebay!

Hello Jay. Thanks. I'm new to film. Been shooting with the RB for 5 months off and on. I'd like to shoot some with my 180mm but that freak'n RB is heavy enough as it is. Anyway, a few more from that series in Nashville. Now I'm trying to cut my teeth with a Speed Graphic ;)

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman2.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman3.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Filmman5.jpg

[Jay DeFehr]

These look great, too! The cigarette in the top one ( my favorite) looks like it was added in PS! Don't be too disappointed if your Speed Graphic shots don't match these, they set a high standard.

[tuco]

Test shot in my backyard of this backlight fern working out the development time for Delta3200 at EI400. The grain looks much less than shooting it normally. And the image has more scale in the blacks than presented here for aesthetics. I'm looking for something to give me good handhold shutter speeds with colored filter options while trying to compress the highlights in the contrasty summer sun for walking around type shooting.




http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7465348394_5ff5b11914_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7465348394/)

Zeiss Makro-Planar CF T* 120mm, Delta3200 @ EI400, PMK Pyro - Minus-X


Closer look at the grain

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7465348428_56f9ed8df1_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7465348428/)

[tuco]

Hello Jay. Thanks. I'm new to film. Been shooting with the RB for 5 months off and on. I'd like to shoot some with my 180mm but that freak'n RB is heavy enough as it is. Anyway, a few more from that series in Nashville. Now I'm trying to cut my teeth with a Speed Graphic ;)



Really sweet series. That's what it's all about.

[tuco]

I don't like to post digital stuff, but here is a portrait I did in order to test the new Fujifilm X-pro1 rangefinder camera & the Fujinon 35mm/f1.4 lens:

I will certainly repeat the whole photoshoot with medium/large format. :-)

Hope you have a flame suit. ;) I'll give you a quote from Nick Devlin's Luminous Landscape Review (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/.shtml) of the XP1:


"In the first part of this review, I made undifferentiated reference to the camera as a "rangefinder". The Guardians of the League of Rangefinder Snobbery were thus unleashed upon me, decrying my slander of the sacred term."

[Pfiltz]

These look great, too! The cigarette in the top one ( my favorite) looks like it was added in PS! Don't be too disappointed if your Speed Graphic shots don't match these, they set a high standard.

Thanks Jay... & Tuco....

I'm dig'n my RB, but I hope my SG will shoot something close to this. Of course, until I get a better lens [stronger] than 127mm, it will have to do. I'll quit being a board hog. I need to look over myself others work.

Be well.



These 2 in Memphis....

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/MemphisMan.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/trolly.jpg

One of my H.S. Seniors...

Ektra, 550ex off camera on a stand

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Film6442-9-Aubree.jpg
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http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FILM/Film6442-Aubree.jpg

[Jay DeFehr]

Very nice, pfiltz. The Speed Graphic is a fine camera, but not the best choice for portraits, as the RF is not very accurate/ useful at close working distances. I don't think it can compete with the RB for this kind of work. A Graflex SLR would be a better choice in 4x5.

[Vaughn]

Two recent images from a backpack trip into the Trinity Alps over the Memorial Weekend.
Chickened out and took the little camera (Rolleiflex) instead of the 5x7. Just as well -- had big feet problems (but not Bigfoot problems). Just 8 miles in to camp -- and another five miles up the valley to a lake as a dayhike.

Two views of an Aspen above Morrison Meadow.
TMax 100
Printed on Portriga Rapid 111, grade 3, light selenium toning (to get rid of the green).
Images are 8.25x8.25 (scanned prints)

I have not done much silver gelatin printing lately -- a lot of fun. I did tone a couple copies a lot more -- first to a serious split tone, which I did not like, so I toned those all the way to a red.

Vaughn

[thicktheo]

Theo,

Why the anti-digital apology? Is this a non-digital forum? Clearly you consider digital imaging worth experimenting with, having invested in a nice kit and produced this lovely image. I can't see where digital has failed you here, or how this could have been improved by using film or a larger format. I can imagine several ways it might look different, but that's not the same thing as better. In any case, I like the image, and I'd like to see more.

I consider digital imaging worth working with - I do a lot of photojournalistic stuff, therefore I need digital (high ISO, instant delivery of images). When it comes to personal work, portraiture, etc, I very much prefer working with medium/large format cameras. It's one of these things, you know? When I think about my presence in this forum, I like to keep it analog (I could flood you with digital images - hell, I am shooting Ozzy Osbourne tomorrow).


Hope you have a flame suit. ;) I'll give you a quote from Nick Devlin's Luminous Landscape Review (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/.shtml) of the XP1:


"In the first part of this review, I made undifferentiated reference to the camera as a "rangefinder". The Guardians of the League of Rangefinder Snobbery were thus unleashed upon me, decrying my slander of the sacred term."

I got the new Fuji RF for a magazine review, I won't be keeping it. Really nice camera, if it ever comes out with a full-frame sensor I'd think about it. I wouldn't care less about how people name it, maybe "hybrid viewfinder camera with certain rangefinder qualities". :) I've spent the last years working on photography, teaching photography, discussing photography - bottom line is, the best camera is the one that fits your photographic purposes, and the line above the bottom line is, there are always people who'll discuss more about the equipment than they'll do about the image.

Anyway, one more portrait with the Fuji X-pro1:


http://thodorismarkou.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/DSCF7285_750_thmarkou.jpg

[jcoldslabs]

A couple more of the fire brigade.

http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firefighting-Practice-16.jpg


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Firefighting-Practice-18.jpg

Jonathan

[tgtaylor]

Here's a landscape that I arbitrarily selected yesterday to scan, convert to B&W in Photoshop, and print as a Digital Negative:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7275/7472563108_450a56095c_z.jpg

Although I need a better scanner this seems to have worked out well. I have thousands of small format color and B&W negatives and slides and some of which have suitable subject matter for an alternative interpretation.

Pentax 67II, 75mm Lens, Fuji Provia 100F.

Thomas

[tuco]

I got the new Fuji RF for a magazine review, I won't be keeping it. Really nice camera, if it ever comes out with a full-frame sensor I'd think about it.

I have the XP1. I was hoping I could put M-mount lenses on it. A FF would be ideal in this situation so, for example, a 85mm is an 85 and not a infrequently (for me) used telephoto on a cropped factored camera. But it totally blows me away that Fuji makes a manual lens adapter for this camera but yet there is no good way to manually focus the camera. I mean, wtf, a 50 year old camera manually focuses better than what they could pull off in this modern era. Talk about not standing on the shoulders of the people that came before you.

And don't get me started on processing the RAW files. What a disaster that has become.

[mdm]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DCmv21DCano/T-_GKKPlcAI/AAAAAAAABRE/W2AxYlnd9qI/s1600/rupalfaceK3onMontval.jpg
A 6x9 K3 inkjet print on hand sized Canson Montval. I have been having a go at this one because soon I will be printing with K7 carbon inks and wanted to see what I could do, as a comaprison. I have printed this on a number of papers and with different curves/sharpening etc. This is the one that didnt make it onto the wall. The print is a lot sharper and less comperessed in the mid tones, not much good at scanning.

[jcoldslabs]

Looks like a movie set but was shot at night on the streets of Paris.

Rollei 35, Velvia


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Paris---R35---Cafe-8-Bit-RG.jpg

Jonathan

[mdm]

Whew I'm glad I dont have to see that muddy print again. Thanks for turning the page.

[Jim Jones]

Whew I'm glad I dont have to see that muddy print again. Thanks for turning the page.

David, a fine subtle print needs all the help we can give it to look good as a small web image. Adjusting the histogram end points to block a very few highlights and shadows makes it look better on my cheap uncalibrated monitor.

[Jay DeFehr]

Jim, you make a good point. This image looks very good on my iPad, but not so good on my work monitor. This is from my first roll of 35mm Kodak Technical Pan film developed in Obsidian Aqua. Dilution was 1:1000, development was 15:00, 68F, 10 seconds agitation/ 3:00. The edge effects border on excessive, but I'm not sure it will be apparent on all monitors, and it's more apparent in some images than in others.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8007/7476276460_49d404631b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7476276460/) Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7476276460/) by Jay DeFehr (http://www.flickr.com/people/jay_defehr/), on Flickr

And another from the same roll:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8146/7476315930_46ee61706e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7476315930/) Juliet in sweater (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jay_defehr/7476315930/) by Jay DeFehr (http://www.flickr.com/people/jay_defehr/), on Flickr

[mdm]

That may be true, but mine is not a fine print yet. You can go to platinum or carbon printing workshops as much as you like, but in the end a good print is not good because of the process used to make it, but because of the way it is. Printing skills are process independant. I think it is better to go to a workshop with the best printers around, irrespective of their print process. Who are the best printers around?

[Jay DeFehr]

We have some very good printers in Seattle, working in various processes. Tod Gangler's color carbon prints are perhaps the best made --ever, and Tyler Boley makes digital prints that completely marginalize the chemical v digital printing debate. Lots of others, too. Seattle is a great place to be a photographer.

[Pfiltz]

Jay, I see your from the NW territory...

I'm actually heading up that way in sept'sh for 5 days to shoot landscapes with my 4x5 and RB... Leaving my digital at home.. ;)

[Roger Cole]

One member of a sidewalk jazz band that was playing at the Cafe DuMond while my wife (then fiance) and I drank our coffee. They didn't seem to know what to think about the Yashicamat. One other guy looked distinctly uncomfortable, not with having his photo taken but with the old camera, as if he was so completely puzzled it was a huge distraction. This one didn't seem to mind at all.

Yaschicamat 124, exposure unrecorded, Fomapan 400, developed in D76 1+1. Print is on Arista Silver Artist series paper, grade 2 filter, developed in Ethol LPD print developer.

The Yaschia is prone to flare in some backlit situations, normally a nasty surprise, but in this case I thought it looked a bit like light was blaring right out of the sousaphone. ;)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7117/7483084520_97eeaba3b4_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7483084520/)
JazzMusician1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rogercole/7483084520/) by Roger Cole (http://www.flickr.com/people/rogercole/), on Flickr

[Jay DeFehr]

Jay, I see your from the NW territory...

I'm actually heading up that way in sept'sh for 5 days to shoot landscapes with my 4x5 and RB... Leaving my digital at home.. ;)

Hi pfiltz,

I work a rotation schedule in Alaska, so there's a 50/50 chance I'll be home on any given date, but if I am, it would be great to meet up. I'm not much of a landscaper, but I know where to get a good meal/beer/coffee/etc., and I can show you where to get film and other supplies, if you need them, and a rental darkroom, in case you want to do some processing or printing. Contact me anytime at:

jdefehr@gmail.com

[Pfiltz]

Hi pfiltz,

I work a rotation schedule in Alaska, so there's a 50/50 chance I'll be home on any given date, but if I am, it would be great to meet up. I'm not much of a landscaper, but I know where to get a good meal/beer/coffee/etc., and I can show you where to get film and other supplies, if you need them, and a rental darkroom, in case you want to do some processing or printing. Contact me anytime at:

jdefehr@gmail.com

Thanks man. I have a buddy up there that has come down here for some training in the past, and I've gone up there. It's been like 4 years, so I'm coming back up. He's well acquainted with area within 4 hours in all directions, so I'm going to lean on him for input. I'm not much on landscapes just because we don't have any here unless I drive 4 hours to East. Tn.

I figure with all that great looking country up there, I should be able to get something. I will however; let you know when my plans are finalized, and maybe we can have a drink and swap lies... ;)

[mdm]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-401w6ZWYCQ4/T_EYIwLTPBI/AAAAAAAABRg/kdjwxPsVoew/s1600/rupalfaceK3onHahnPR-1.JPG
Printed on Hahnmule Photo Rag with QTR and K3 inks. Still not there but okish in person anyway.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EcBMR7m-z30/T_EYIiLYqPI/AAAAAAAABRU/n7DZTG4YhM8/s1600/Capture.jpg
Screenshot of softproof for print. Looks crunchy but thats the snipping tools fault.

[jcoldslabs]

Sunset Drive-In, San Luis Obispo, CA. A bit underexposed, but the mood suits the image, I think.

Rollei 35, Velvia


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Sunset-Drive-In.jpg

Jonathan

[thicktheo]

Sunset Drive-In, San Luis Obispo, CA. A bit underexposed, but the mood suits the image, I think.

Jonathan

the mood certainly fits the image. nice one.

[jcoldslabs]

^ Thanks, Theo!

Jonathan

[mdm]

76541 76542
Comparing prints. First on Hahn Photo Rag at 2880 with stock QTR K3 profile, 2nd same file on Daler Rowney The Langton heavily hand sized with custom QTR K3 profile, 3rd is HPR, custom QTR curve with contrast added and some HIRLOAM and edge sharpening in patches of the foreground in an attempt to create volume. Tree is a matte Leanord Metcalf print from the print ex used for comparison, a warm epson ABW print, below is a matte carbon transfer 5x7 contact. I think the problem with pure K3 is the drift in tone from the highlights to the mid tones to the shadows, which my carbons do not have.

[jcoldslabs]

Shot candidly in an elevator not looking through the viewfinder.

Mamiya 7, 80mm, Delta 3200 @ 1600.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/In-Elevator.jpg

Jonathan

[Jay DeFehr]

Jonathan,

I shot the same way in Russia, and improved with practice. It's a very good way to shoot on the sly. Nice job with the focus.

[jcoldslabs]

Thanks, Jay. I agree, although the M7 is far more conspicuous due to its size than a 35mm rangefinder would be. The Rollei 35 is good for this, too. When I was younger I had a Nikon F3 with the waist level finder (this is what got me hooked on waist level viewing and helped me graduate to a Rolleiflex). I lived in Boston then and shot people on the subway all the time like that. No one thinks an SLR in your lap is an "active" camera. I'll see if I can't dig up some of the images from that time. "That time" being, well, 1986!

Jonathan

[Jay DeFehr]

I briefly had a camera around 1983/84 -- it was a Pentax K1000 with a standard lens, probably a 50 1.8 -- and I wish I still had my negatives from that time. More than that, I wish I'd used the camera more. I had several older friends who were taking photography in college, and I was intimidated by all their tech jargon. I learned to process film and make prints in Jr. High (1978/79), but I felt very inferior to the college kids, and didn't want anyone to think I considered myself a photographer, so I didn't use my camera as much as I would have liked. I didn't get another camera until around 1995/6, when I bought a Canon AE1 for my little sister-in-law, for her high school photography course. As soon as it was over, she returned the camera to me, and I started using it, and I've been making photos since then. I really wish I'd been more confident, and made photos of all those people, some who are no longer around.

[Corran]

At one of the local places I like to hike there is a large open field that is leased out to local farmers. I've never seen anything actually growing, just the remains of cotton plants occasionally. Well finally there was a crop this time of what I think are tobacco plants. I took a roll of 35mm with my Nikon SP to try out some Tri-X in Rodinal, which I've never done. Rated at 200 and developed in Rodinal in 1:50 for 9 minutes, 68 degrees. I think I'll try rating it at 250 or 320 next time with a bit more development, the shadows were a little bit too hot. I would use 200 and 9 minutes for an N-1 though.

A few minutes after this I actually saw an alligator that was AT LEAST 8-feet long. There's a swamp right by this field. So I left! Anyway, here's a shot of the plants, with a 50mm:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/tob01.jpg

[jp]

With my Rolleiflex automat mx tessar a couple weeks ago. Tmy2 film.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8168/7491583768_bef7c6695b_c.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13759696@N02/7491583768/

[jcoldslabs]

"Seamstress Is In Today"

Rolleiflex 3.5F, film not noted.


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Seamstress-Shop-2v2r2.jpg

Jonathan

[mdm]

For anyone who may be interested here is the data for Piezography K7 carbon inks. The canned profile is close to linear and has a distinctly brown tone on Hahnmule Photo Rag. Dmax is similar but very slightly lower than epson K3. Of course you have to pay them to linearise your curve if you are fussy.

76548 76549

[jmooney]

These are all from the dreaded iPhone/Instagram combo (I'm turning into such a hipster....):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7179970311_1afc3b776f_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/7179970311/)
Bye bye tonsils and adenoids. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/7179970311/) by jmooney776 (http://www.flickr.com/people/27216990@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7090/7323700856_fb6a3a9c84_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/7323700856/)
Moon, palms, and kite over the ocean (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/7323700856/) by jmooney776 (http://www.flickr.com/people/27216990@N02/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6697960847_a83c29b73a_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/6697960847/)
Black gold made even better in the glasses me mum gave me at Christmas (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/6697960847/) by jmooney776 (http://www.flickr.com/people/27216990@N02/), on Flickr

Nikon P7000 handheld out the car window with kids asking if we can go yet:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7158/6640984901_caf724f1e9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/6640984901/)
number40atnight (http://www.flickr.com/photos/27216990@N02/6640984901/) by jmooney776 (http://www.flickr.com/people/27216990@N02/), on Flickr

[mdm]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LeMz8B8npKc/T_pGar8uccI/AAAAAAAABSc/r7lKgGb3E7U/s1600/high.jpg
Inspired by Kertesz's tiny early contact prints. 6x9cm print in K7 carbon. Looking at a small print is an intersting experience.

[Corran]

Nikon F2, 85mm f/1.8 AF-D wide-open, T-Max 400 in XTOL 1:1

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/010084s.jpg

[Pfiltz]

RB67 w/180mm Sekor

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/FultonGuy.jpg

[Jay DeFehr]

Peter,

That's fantastic!

[Corran]

I needed to get some air to think about some important things so I took a walk with my Nikon SP. Here's a random shot - I used the 85mm f/2 @ f/8, 1/250, on T-Max 3200 shot at 1000 and dev'd in straight XTOL for 8:30:

http://www.oceanstarproductions.com/photosharing/f01.jpg

[andreios]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LeMz8B8npKc/T_pGar8uccI/AAAAAAAABSc/r7lKgGb3E7U/s1600/high.jpg
Inspired by Kertesz's tiny early contact prints. 6x9cm print in K7 carbon. Looking at a small print is an intersting experience.

Nice indeed! Sudek did it, too!

[jcoldslabs]

Fuji GSW690II, Ektachrome 100


http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Fuji-6x9---SLO-Front-Room-I.jpg

Jonathan

[chassis]

Pfiltz, great shot.

[Frank Petronio]

77026770277702877029

Just a few recent random digis from the Panasonic G1 w 20/1.7 lens.

[Alan Gales]

OK Frank, I understand the portraits. The polar bear's ass and the closet escapes me but who cares?

What I'm curious about is the G1. I know you recently sold your D7000. Why the G1?

[Pfiltz]

Pfiltz, great shot.

Thank you Chassis...

[Frank Petronio]

OK Frank, I understand the portraits. The polar bear's ass and the closet escapes me but who cares?

What I'm curious about is the G1. I know you recently sold your D7000. Why the G1?

No, that was the other guy, Darrin, (he was also selling his Technika, he went all in for a D800) ;-p I've had several Nikon DX cameras over the years but none for over a year or so now. I don't like digital cameras much in general - they all have usability issues, stupid tiny buttons, illogical menus, too many features - but of the smaller cameras I still think the 2009-ish G1 got more right than even their subsequent "improved" models. I particularly like the electronic viewfinder compared to a DX optical finder - the G1 feels larger. And it is sweet to be able to access the controls and see the histogram and playback from the finder in bright sun. It doesn't hurt that they sell for under $200 now. I own two plus a slew of batteries and the 20/1.7 and 14/2.5. My only major gripe is that my hand can cramp because it is so small.

Once Panasonic gets off their butt and releases a G4 or whatever with metal body, vertical grip, and the latest chip I may upgrade but I almost consider the G1 to be like an additional metering device for large format and carry it along with the spot and flash meter to use it in that capacity - you know, so I can test with digital before wasting a precious sheet of Polaroid ;-)

I tried the new Olympus and Fuji digitals that were supposed to be the bees' knees and was underwhelmed so I remain skeptical. I think those might be nice cameras next year when their prices fall by half. For any digital, just pretend it is two years earlier and buy state-of-the-art from 2010 and you'll save a ton of money and make pictures that are at least as awesome as anything anyone else did back in that primitive era two years ago ;-)

I might be swayed by the rumored new Nikon D600 full frame digital with their 50/1.8 G if Nikon doesn't try to pack it full of too many features. It is supposed to be the more consumer friendly, less expensive alternative to the D800 and I bet it sells like hotcakes whether it sucks or not. But more likely than not I will wait and buy yours in 2015.

As far as usability goes, only the Leica digital Ms I've tried get it right but I refuse to wear $10K around my neck even if I can afford it. It is just too much to invest in something that I could break so easily and being worried about your gear really is a stifling experience. I also like to have backups and buying two M9s with lenses is ridiculous....

That's my digital philosophy ~ I still shoot a lot of 35mm and enjoy the crunchy grain so I want to keep shooting Portra while I still can for another few years I hope... I'll have plenty of time with digital later in life once they stop making color film.

[Ken Lee]

http://www.kenleegallery.com/images/forum/paris4.jpg
Louvre Museum, Paris, 2012
Sony NEX-7, 18-55 E

[goamules]

I've got to agree with you Frank, the G1 is a great camera that me and my daughter both have and use all the time. It's with me almost every time I go out. But I use legacy glass on mine, since I already had it. Leica Thread Mount rangefinder and now PEN-F lenses. From my Portsmouth, NH vacation last month:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7417088760_879db442a3_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7447805372_0570147420_c.jpg

[tuco]

First "street" test shots of Delta3200 at EI400 (EI200 with yellow filter) at the 39th annual Butte to Butte run in Eugene, OR. I guess my lens hood was not on square in the first shot.




http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7550503598_5bc5425bfb_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7550503598/)



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8151/7550504580_d9d733850e_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7550504580/)

Delta3200 @ EI400, Y2 Yellow

[Corran]

Wow, cool shots, I like the clear disk of the sun in the second shot. What was your development strategy for such a dramatic pull?

[tuco]

Wow, cool shots, I like the clear disk of the sun in the second shot. What was your development strategy for such a dramatic pull?

Thanks. I followed the directions for Minus-X development with PMK. Namely, meter and place the low values, add 3 stops of exposure and cut your normal development time by half. But I add an additional 30 seconds to that time so far.

[Corran]

Cool thanks, I need to try out Pyrocat again...

[austin granger]

Mailboxes, Eastern Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7554337780_6ba0673318_z.jpg

Books, Portland
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7262/7554332124_8718b30762_z.jpg

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

[austin granger]

Juniper, Oregon
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8428/7557235090_74a8300cb2_z.jpg

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

[tuco]

Juniper, Oregon


Nice stuff. Did you just get back from a photo excursion?

[austin granger]

Nice stuff. Did you just get back from a photo excursion?

Thanks Tuco. Yeah, I ventured out to the Southeast corner of Oregon, an area I'd never explored. Though I only scratched the surface, I saw some fantastically beautiful places. The landscape there (Leslie Gulch, Jordan Valley, Pillars of Rome) actually reminded me a lot of Utah. I have a couple of LF negatives I'm going to try and get to soon, though I have to admit, I made an embarrassing amount of rookie mistakes this trip, ruining more than a few promising shots. I'll blame it on the heat-it was scorching and the air conditioner in my car is broken. I think it affected my brain. :)

[lbenac]

Well I went crazy on the auction site and got a Mamiya 7 body, 150mm and 65mm all at very good price. The meter in the body does not work hence paying only 60% of the usual price and the rangefinder is not aligned vertically but that can all be fixed sometime.
I intent to keep only that kit for my MF needs (likely along with a couple of oldies that I have spent some money to put back into top shape) inasmuch I am shooting the Saber most of the time and otherwise the 45N2.
I will put my Hasselblad 500CM (60/120 Makro/150) and P67 (55/75SHIFT/90/200) on sale soon.
I am getting a little bit more Zen and try to keep only what I use often. The P67 would have perfectly fit the bill and is more flexible than the Mamiya but not for hiking...

Cheers,

Luc





73771

Sorry for the duplication. This is the shot with the new Mamiya 7.
Thanks,
Dave

[tuco]

Well I went crazy on the auction site and got a Mamiya 7 body, 150mm and 65mm all at very good price. The meter in the body does not work hence paying only 60% of the usual price and the rangefinder is not aligned vertically but that can all be fixed sometime.
I intent to keep only that kit for my MF needs (likely along with a couple of oldies that I have spent some money to put back into top shape) inasmuch I am shooting the Saber most of the time and otherwise the 45N2.
I will put my Hasselblad 500CM (60/120 Makro/150) and P67 (55/75SHIFT/90/200) on sale soon.
I am getting a little bit more Zen and try to keep only what I use often. The P67 would have perfectly fit the bill and is more flexible than the Mamiya but not for hiking...

Cheers,

Luc

I hardly use the built in meter on my M7II anyway. You can get by pretty easy with that not working. If you put a WLF on the Pentax 6x7, you'll find it weights about as much as your 500C/M. The 43mm and 50mm for the M7 can get pretty pricy. No doubt you'll be faced with the decision of which one to get for that camera if you start using it regularly. It's definitely a good street and backpacking camera.

[lbenac]

I hardly use the built in meter on my M7II anyway. You can get by pretty easy with that not working. If you put a WLF on the Pentax 6x7, you'll find it weights about as much as your 500C/M. The 43mm and 50mm for the M7 can get pretty pricy. No doubt you'll be faced with the decision of which one to get for that camera if you start using it regularly. It's definitely a good street and backpacking camera.

I plan to stick with the 65mm and the 150mm to keep things simple and both cost and weight down as it is the main purpose of using MF.
At the price I got these I do not feel too bad.
I was considering 50+80 instead of 65 but then it become very $$$. I got by with the 75mm on the P67 pretty well so actually 65mm should be just fine.
Now if there was a 90 or 100mm that might tempt me.

I don't thing that i will have the meter fixed but the RF adjusted most likley. I found the vertical misalignment to be a bother for focussing even if using only the horizontal and re-composing.

Cheers,

Luc

[Frank Petronio]

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35mm Portra 400 in either the Leica/35 VC or F3/85 combos. 19-year old Southerners sure smoke a lot, her voice will be shot by 21.

[tuco]

More from the Butte to Butte Run or Walk. The banner says Pedal Power Music. It appears they have 5 people on stationary bikes to power that gig. The drummer must really be sucking up the amps! :cool:




http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7133/7561167772_cd4205f703_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7561167772/)


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7561168044_e68a8d20ee_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/yo_tuco/7561168044/)

M7II, 43mm, Delta3200, EI400, Y2 Yellow Filter

[Nguss]

Really nice. An old one from the lakes.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7441091630_6271859509_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7441091630/)
Lakes d200 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nguss/7441091630/) by NGUSS (http://www.flickr.com/people/nguss/), on Flickr

[SpeedGraphicMan]

About 5 years ago...

On 35mm Agfapan APX 100... The reason I moved up to LF!

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[tuco]

771237712477125

35mm Portra 400 in either the Leica/35 VC or F3/85 combos. 19-year old Southerners sure smoke a lot, her voice will be shot by 21.

As well as her age. She looks much older than 19 to me already. Nice shots.

[Frank Petronio]

Yeah there is a huge difference between the professional models who (are not anorexic) work out and eat healthy and age very beautifully and the average college girl who drinks, smokes, and eats her way into looking quite haggard by the time she is 23.

Not that I judge or should talk myself, just making an observation from shooting with so many, in some cases the changes over 4-5 years are dramatic - while the health nuts still look like 19 at 25.

[Alan Gales]

Also you have to add overexposure to tanning beds or just baking in the sun. By the time they are thirty they look to be in their mid 40's.

[mdm]

Its a special picture and a special film but I know well why you moved to large format. Grain thats stops any attempt at enlargement. I once bought a bulk roll to take on a trip after the camera store asked me if I wanted APX 100, Tmax or Ilford, so I flipped a mental coin and ended up with APX 100. It was the right film for the job but I have never used 35mm since. I would love some for my 5x7 and others beat me to the 4x5 that recently sold. Grain is not a bad thing in LF and the film has a chiseled granite sculptural look.

[Frank Petronio]

They're called Oompa Loompas and they demand dignity too!

[lbenac]

If you put a WLF on the Pentax 6x7, you'll find it weights about as much as your 500C/M.

I put together before a quick weight reference for my different kits.

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[tuco]

I put together before a quick weight reference for my different kits.

77158

The P67 with a WLF and no lens is about 1380 grams-force (note grams is a unit of mass not weight in the SI system). And since you're into landscapes, that is the only way to shoot a P67 for that scenario, IMHO.

[Kav]

A few from the zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand with a D7000 and a 50mm f1.4:

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Chiang-Mai-Zoo/i-X8MJkjn/0/XL/MPK6257-XL.jpg

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Chiang-Mai-Zoo/i-wx956zk/0/XL/MPK6832-XL.jpg

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Chiang-Mai-Zoo/i-cvhpc5h/0/XL/MPK6245-XL.jpg

http://kavanaughmp.smugmug.com/OverseasTravels/Thailand-2012/Chiang-Mai-Zoo/i-xChMXMz/0/XL/MPK6243-XL.jpg