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[chrism]

I went and scouted another harbour this evening with the D810. If it doesn't rain tomorrow I'll go back with some film.

Crowded Harbour by chrism229, on Flickr

Chris

[Christo.Stankulov]

Contax G1
Planar T 35/2
HP5+@250 asa
1+100 Agfa Rodinal
70 minutes

[Christo.Stankulov]

[chrism]

Back to the wharf, but the boats were still out, except this one (F6, 28-300mm, Acros 100, HC-110, X1 scans):

Mast step by chrism229, on Flickr

Full keel by chrism229, on Flickr

Then I went on to a local beach to look at gulls in the rain:

Gull by chrism229, on Flickr

Chris

[RSalles]

Small old shed - EOS5DMkII, Leica-R Summicron 2/50

_MG_7464_bw3 by Renato Salles, no Flickr

[Scott Schroeder]

That's awesome renato. I love the light. Wow, you really caught the full tonal scale. I don't know any thing about Leica, but that's very cool that you married it to the 5DII.

[Corran]

Early Nikon lens/camera history is really fascinating to me, especially in the immediate post-WWII era and their shift from military optics to consumer lenses/cameras. Along those lines, I was delighted to find recently a Nikkor 5cm f/3.5 collapsible M39-mount lens for very little money. This lens was I believe their first camera lens, originally designed for the Hansa Kwanon, Canon's first foray into consumer 35mm cameras! The camera and lens were copies of the Leica screwmount camera of the era and the venerable Leica Elmar 5cm f/3.5 (Tessar design, or close to it).

It's an early model in the serial # block of the Canon J-mount era, but luckily for me has a Leica screwmount (the L vs. J mounts are simply the difference between a couple TPI on the machining). This lens was probably made around 1945.

Anyway, I had to try it, so I shot a roll in evening light. Here's a couple of boring shots but they show the character of the lens:

Leica III, Nikkor 5cm f/3.5, Tri-X, SPUR HRX:

[Barry Kirsten]

Bryan, they are stunning! There are some gems among older lenses. May I ask, what is Spur HRX? Is it your developer?

[RSalles]

Thanks Scott, that's certainly a wonderful lens. A took some more shots with the same combo a quarter mile down the same street


_MG_7470_bw2 by Renato Salles, no Flickr


_MG_7472-bw1 by Renato Salles, no Flickr


_MG_7473_bw1 by Renato Salles, no Flickr

Cheers,

Renato

[jcoldslabs]