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Ilford Delta 400, MP and Summilux 400. I do not know exactly and it is a matter of taste but I prefer the Tmax 400 for portraits. Maybe just because I am used to it.

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Ilford Delta 400, MP and Summilux 400. I do not know exactly and it is a matter of taste but I prefer the Tmax 400 for portraits. Maybe just because I am used to it.

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Marc

I like this shot, Marc. I think the Delta 400 serves it well.

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F6, 105/2.8, Fuji Superia 400, Unicolor presskit, Hasselblad X1:

 

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Tansy by chrism229, on Flickr

 

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Queen Anne's Lace & friends by chrism229, on Flickr

 

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Bullrush by chrism229, on Flickr

 

Chris

Lovely colors, Chris

Out of curiosity, did the DOF come out exactly how you wanted it (based on the use of the DOF scale on the lens to measure the range of focus and then pinpointing a focus point to achieve max sharpness within the range) or would you have liked a little deeper DOF to capture more of the blossoms?

 

I have been doing some "macro" photography with my swc (i know it sounds oxymoronic but i dont have many other tools here in Israel, and in any case the swc can focus up to 12" and have been working with the dof scale to create a precise range of focus, but wont know it will work until September when i am able to develop the film!

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Did you take the ground glass back and hood/finder" Adam. By stopping down, (and squinting too, LOL) you "should" be able to see what is in focus and what isn't.

I've been waiting for better weather to try this myself, having sourced a C&N ground glass back from that auction site.

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Lovely colors, Chris

Out of curiosity, did the DOF come out exactly how you wanted it (based on the use of the DOF scale on the lens to measure the range of focus and then pinpointing a focus point to achieve max sharpness within the range) or would you have liked a little deeper DOF to capture more of the blossoms?

 

I have been doing some "macro" photography with my swc (i know it sounds oxymoronic but i dont have many other tools here in Israel, and in any case the swc can focus up to 12" and have been working with the dof scale to create a precise range of focus, but wont know it will work until September when i am able to develop the film!

 

You are quite correct to point out that a greater DOF would have been an advantage. Several factors came into play, including the fact there was some breeze and the flowers were moving, so I needed a faster shutter speed, the lens is a new one to me (it came in the post from KEH this morning), modern Nikon lenses have no useful DOF scale, and, finally, I am always hoping for a 'painterly' mess (no doubt the painter in question being the Great Smearer, Monet) with these kind of photos, and I will a post a couple of examples tomorrow.

 

I wasn't as happy with the colour, as I had a long phone call from the UK while I was actually developing, and I probably didn't pay as much attention as I ought to have done to time and temperature. Superia is a bit like that, prone to giving you surprises at the best of times, but it was about half the price of Portra and I do like using 24 exposure films.

 

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The vintage look, Leica IIIa, Summar 5.0cm. Fuji 200 Walmart grade film. I love the soft, colour shifted look.

 

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A 100% crop of the scan shows that under the grain the detail is there, you're just not going to get a lot of contrast with a 79 year old lens.

 

 

 

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Did you take the ground glass back and hood/finder" Adam. By stopping down, (and squinting too, LOL) you "should" be able to see what is in focus and what isn't.

I've been waiting for better weather to try this myself, having sourced a C&N ground glass back from that auction site.

Gary

  

You are quite correct to point out that a greater DOF would have been an advantage. Several factors came into play, including the fact there was some breeze and the flowers were moving, so I needed a faster shutter speed, the lens is a new one to me (it came in the post from KEH this morning), modern Nikon lenses have no useful DOF scale, and, finally, I am always hoping for a 'painterly' mess (no doubt the painter in question being the Great Smearer, Monet) with these kind of photos, and I will a post a couple of examples tomorrow.

 

I wasn't as happy with the colour, as I had a long phone call from the UK while I was actually developing, and I probably didn't pay as much attention as I ought to have done to time and temperature. Superia is a bit like that, prone to giving you surprises at the best of times, but it was about half the price of Portra and I do like using 24 exposure films.

 

Chris

 

 

Gary - yes, i did bring my ground glass and prism finder, and that is what i am relying on. I was surprised that at really close range i needed f22 most of the time to get the blossoms (or whatever it was) in the immediate foreground to be covered by the desired (limited) DOF, while still getting a good "painterly mess" for the background. This often necessitated a reasonable slow shutter of 1/30 or even a little slower. And it seemed as though just as i was about to snap the cable release the wind gust came to give me paused. But my instinct is that with a superwise wide angle abd very fine fuji slide film i should still get pretty good sharpness. We shall see...

 

Chris - yes, painterly messes can be ultra-sublime, so in a certain sense the precise dof doesnt matter if you hit the right precise focal point and get the right color scheme in the blurry background. I am not doing your photos justice on my crack iphone but they look really nice.

 

Can you please shoot some fuji velvia 50 with flowers as i would like to know what a top notch professional rendition is supposed to look like? :)

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The vintage look, Leica IIIa, Summar 5.0cm. Fuji 200 Walmart grade film. I love the soft, colour shifted look.

 

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A 100% crop of the scan shows that under the grain the detail is there, you're just not going to get a lot of contrast with a 79 year old lens.

 

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Exactly that's what I said above several times,  you have Summar lens effect (a very good lens still operational) and also film definition better than digital.

I also like this soft style for color , here by Fuji film , not possible in digital except use photo software like Color Effex

Thanks for posting

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Henry

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Gary - yes, i did bring my ground glass and prism finder, and that is what i am relying on. I was surprised that at really close range i needed f22 most of the time to get the blossoms (or whatever it was) in the immediate foreground to be covered by the desired (limited) DOF, while still getting a good "painterly mess" for the background. This often necessitated a reasonable slow shutter of 1/30 or even a little slower. And it seemed as though just as i was about to snap the cable release the wind gust came to give me paused. But my instinct is that with a superwise wide angle abd very fine fuji slide film i should still get pretty good sharpness. We shall see...

 

Chris - yes, painterly messes can be ultra-sublime, so in a certain sense the precise dof doesnt matter if you hit the right precise focal point and get the right color scheme in the blurry background. I am not doing your photos justice on my crack iphone but they look really nice.

 

Can you please shoot some fuji velvia 50 with flowers as i would like to know what a top notch professional rendition is supposed to look like? :)

 

Adam and with a tripod is it possible to go down with exposure speed ?  :)

I have some flowers macro examples with Vevia 50 but with M

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Lovely colors, Chris

Out of curiosity, did the DOF come out exactly how you wanted it (based on the use of the DOF scale on the lens to measure the range of focus and then pinpointing a focus point to achieve max sharpness within the range) or would you have liked a little deeper DOF to capture more of the blossoms?

 

I have been doing some "macro" photography with my swc (i know it sounds oxymoronic but i dont have many other tools here in Israel, and in any case the swc can focus up to 12" and have been working with the dof scale to create a precise range of focus, but wont know it will work until September when i am able to develop the film!

 

Chris I agree with Adam , really superb flowers pictures.

Only MF, film and your Hasselblad X1 scanner can have this result :)

Wonderful color. Chris, the volume in Mo must be enormous to store

all your pictures. You backups on an external hard drive ?

Thanks

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Henry

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Beautiful photographs, I use a IIIa and 50mm Summar, I love the soft, vintage look of the photos from these old lenses. Have you tried colour film in the IIIf yet?

Not yet Mike. Not sure I will until I get another body.

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For Adam just to see color of Velvia. I don't have MF

Here with M7-MacroElmar 90-Macroadpater-Tripod

focus at 0.8,aperture 4 or 5.6.Speed expos (not sunny)

1/60 I think

 

Fuji Velvia 50

Nikon Coolscan V

Scan in Tiff > directly Jpeg for post

no correction,uncropped :)

 

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The vintage look, Leica IIIa, Summar 5.0cm. Fuji 200 Walmart grade film. I love the soft, colour shifted look.

 

attachicon.gif57560007b.jpg

 

A 100% crop of the scan shows that under the grain the detail is there, you're just not going to get a lot of contrast with a 79 year old lens.

 

attachicon.gif57560007a.jpg

This photo does indeed have a nice atmosphere. Were it not for the modern buildings one would think it to be taken in the 30ies.

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

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Always Velvia 50 and another color for Adam

 

 

Fuji Velvia 50-M7-90ME-MA-Tripod

I think aperture 4 -expos speed 1/60  for this picture, almost in the dark,

taken just when I have a ray of sunshine

(in macro you must be patient , if no blur and sometimes you can have wind as said Chris) 

Plant and bee were in the shade.

 

Also no correction Tiff>Jpeg for posting :)

 

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I wait a moment for this butterfly  :)

 

 

 

Also taken with my M9 but the rendering aspect is different with digital picture type ie too much sharp and color is different . 

 

In conclusion, Adam finally you can go with the Velvia 50 , color is stunning and gorgeous , perhaps with a nicer rendering in MF.

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A few from the street ..... 35mm summicron ... M-A ... Fuji 400H

 

NY atitude selling ice cream ..

 

 

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your own caption would be fine here ...

 

 

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