I like film...(open thread)

[A miller]

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Continuing my theme of things that can be seen from the main highway connecting Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (40 minutes)

 

Some plump figs

Portra 160

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[A miller]

Definition, softness edges and color of these grapes are outstanding.

Great photo Adam

Thanks for the demonstration . I think you have  in dimension

when scanning something in longwise more than 7000 px like the new HD1

without the disadvantage of digital. In print it's comfortable !

Best

Henry

 

Sincere thanks, Henry.  

[A miller]

Here one to put the figs in context vis-a-vis the side of the main road beside which they grow...

Along the highway connecting Jerusalem and Tev Aviv

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[Doc Henry]

Slightly random photo from the summer. Brighstone, IOW.

 

 

Ian great "contre-jour" of this cemetery picture

Film is perfect nice black

Thanks for posting

Henry

[Doc Henry]

Here one to put the figs in context vis-a-vis the side of the main road beside which they grow...

Along the highway connecting Jerusalem and Tev Aviv

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Adam color is really natural . It's Portra I see

It makes you want to eat them, so it's true.

Thanks for posting

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

Most of the time I use Kodak 400Tri-X, sometimes Ilford HP5 plus , but I prefer the Kodak. Two Cameras I use, one of them is the Leica IIIf from 1955, with Elmar lens 3.5 / 50mm from 1936. The other one was my father's Voigtländer Bessa 1, from 1948. I love the 6x9 negatives. In the darkroom, I work with a vintage Krokus. No filter system - the pics as they are. I do not scan my negatives, I scan my photos,. All very primitive. Of course I have a digital camera for the job (Nikon S1) and souvenir pics - but that's a different way to make pictures. In my photos, I try to leave the picture as it comes when develloped. And I don't want to try out many lenses neither - I had that back in the 1980s, it is interesting, but not for what I intend to do now. Keep things as simple as can be and try to get some interesting pics that way.

Here is a picture I took from my grandson, ( beside his dad, my wife is in the front). Also Leica IIIf. Genuine silver print / Ilford Baryt Paper - I hope You enjoy.

Jean-Marie

 

web.Cédric Ramon et Gene 2016 - copie.jpg

 

And a recent Landscape I shot a couple of days ago with the Voigtländer Bessa 1 ( my dad's old camera from 1948, German, not the modern asian "Bessa" ) . The Bakelite box in that I developped the film cannot be turned - one can only move the film with a stick. And the problem is that the develloper ( Rodinal ) has to be filled up to the top. So one can see the problem I had on one side of the film. I had to "cut off" a small part of the picture. Hope to do that better next time.

 

Web.Paysage Basbellain Voigtländer Bessa1 - copie.jpg

B&W nice pictures.

Which scanner have you ?

Thanks for posting

Rg

Henry

[Doc Henry]

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Hi All,

 

Been a while, but believe me I never forget one of the best threads anywhere on the internet. And bonsoir Henry!

 

All taken with my Rolleiflex 2.8F, and with Ilford HP5+ film. F/8 and a 10 stop neutral density filter (and a red filter). Bright sunny day, so even with reciprocity failure it was "only" three minutes.

 

And where? Definitely not Switzerland, but Australia during our summer holiday there. The actual location is a place called Hamilton Island towards the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

 

Ric

 

Hi Ric very glad to see you back after a long time ....

Superb pictures with "soft" and "relaxing" impression 

Very nice series

Thanks for posting

More please

Regards

Henry

[Doc Henry]

one more from Wetzlar.

This time with the Rollei RPX 25 film.

 

Leitz Park by Dirk Raffel, auf Flickr

Dirk the Leica world

Great picture

Thanks

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

2 more from a studio shoot

 

 

Gary more please

Great model and great pictures

You're now an expert

Thanks for posting

Henry

[Doc Henry]

An attempt at a self-portrait in the window of a moving bus. I need to work on my pre-focusing skills but am pretty happy I managed to press the shutter at the right time. Pure luck of course.

 

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90 Elmarit-M Velvia 100

 

 

The autoportrait with nice reflection

Well done Philip

 

I was housebound part of this week due to a most annoying (man-)cold. With nothing else to photograph than what's lying about, I turned my Hasselblad to this old hard drive (I tend to take things apart to see what they look like in many pieces). It's a mid-90s Maxtor I used during my student days.

 

Hard drive platters are usually made of an aluminium alloy or a glass-ceramic mix. The key point is that the material needs to be non-magnetic. The latter type platters are quite fragile, but the former are very sturdy and excellent as travel shaving mirrors (a plus also that they don't scratch easily).

 

This was with the 16E extension ring and my 80 Planar at f/11 (!) at close to minimum focusing distance (Acros 100 in Diafine, wet mount).

 

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The definition of this picture is outstanding  with much details

Really nice b&w picture

Thanks Philip

Best

Henry

[Trev]

@blackandwhite Smashing picture and I love your approach. Keeping it simple is something I need to aspire to. Great post.

Edited October 16, 2016 by Trev

[philipus]

Hi Adam, I didn't compensate because my camera has a built-in through-the-lens meter. In terms of exposure I tweaked the image in Adobe Camera Raw because I always scan very flat. I'm not sure I understand the second question - I framed using the chimney finder which shows close to 100% of the view I believe. I think this was shot at about 25cm but the closest distance with the 16E is around 20cm (this is a rather large drive, 14x10cm). The tube changes max and min distances very much.

 

Stellar, Philip.  If you don't mind me asking a totally random question, (i)  did you provide yourself any extra exposure compensation, (i) was this entire subject in your viewfinder or did you have to guess as to what would be included and (iii) how much closer did this tube allow you to get, approximately??

 

Welcome back Ric. These are very nice photos. I particularly like the penultimate one. Hope to see more.

 

Hi All,

Been a while, but believe me I never forget one of the best threads anywhere on the internet. And bonsoir Henry!

All taken with my Rolleiflex 2.8F, and with Ilford HP5+ film. F/8 and a 10 stop neutral density filter (and a red filter). Bright sunny day, so even with reciprocity failure it was "only" three minutes.

And where? Definitely not Switzerland, but Australia during our summer holiday there. The actual location is a place called Hamilton Island towards the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Ric

[A miller]

Hi Adam, I didn't compensate because my camera has a built-in through-the-lens meter. In terms of exposure I tweaked the image in Adobe Camera Raw because I always scan very flat. I'm not sure I understand the second question - I framed using the chimney finder which shows close to 100% of the view I believe. I think this was shot at about 25cm but the closest distance with the 16E is around 20cm (this is a rather large drive, 14x10cm). The tube changes max and min distances very much.

 

 

 

Thanks, Philip - so you are saying that the 16E tube gets you as close as ~8"/20cm from your subject (from the native 36" or so min focus distance with the 80mm Planar)?  And the VF shows the DOF, I presume?  

Edited October 16, 2016 by A miller

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I know you all like comparisons.............well I will be able to deliver one with the Hasselblad 503CW shooting Elka 100, Fujifilm 100 and YES I managed to get one a CFV-50c back.........let the fun begin, pictures to follow

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The above is what I am taking to Rajistan on Wednesday, consisting of

 

Hasselblad 503CW

2 x A12 back
1 x CFV-50c
40mm Distagon
80mm f2.8
180mm f4
250mm f5.6 superachromat
45 Deg Prism

[EoinC]

Slightly random photo from the summer. Brighstone, IOW.

Very nice light, Ian. I like how it appears on the road.

[EoinC]

one more from Wetzlar.

This time with the Rollei RPX 25 film

Very nice, Dirk. Good choice of film for presenting the tonal detail of the globe.

[philipus]

Yes exactly, the tube cuts the min and max distances a lot (c.f. the Hasselblad close-up pdf). The DOF preview button on the lens works just as normal but since the DOF is so much narrower for any given f stop the effect of the DOF preview in the viewfinder is smaller, less easy to see. For instance I shot another version of this image at f/8 and then the text at the barcode at the top left is out of focus...

 

Thanks, Philip - so you are saying that the 16E tube gets you as close as ~8"/20cm from your subject (from the native 36" or so min focus distance with the 80mm Planar)?  And the VF shows the DOF, I presume?

 

[EoinC]

I was housebound part of this week due to a most annoying (man-)cold. With nothing else to photograph than what's lying about, I turned my Hasselblad to this old hard drive (I tend to take things apart to see what they look like in many pieces). It's a mid-90s Maxtor I used during my student days.

 

Hard drive platters are usually made of an aluminium alloy or a glass-ceramic mix. The key point is that the material needs to be non-magnetic. The latter type platters are quite fragile, but the former are very sturdy and excellent as travel shaving mirrors (a plus also that they don't scratch easily).

 

This was with the 16E extension ring and my 80 Planar at f/11 (!) at close to minimum focusing distance (Acros 100 in Diafine, wet mount).

I really like this one, Philip. The reflection  makes it appear like a window to another World. Good use of your man-cold...

[Doc Henry]

Adam , when I spoke of "sweet" or "soft" for one picture , I meant not hyper net side,
because in the long , it tires me to see sharp images all the time and all supernet
which also give a "flat" appearance to the image because everything is sharp everywhere
(Note that when viewing a digital image) !

Example conversely, blurring as in this picture, when you look there is something
who tells you that  "yes it is not supernet , but nice" and it changes  isn't ?

Anyway that's my opinion but I do not know if you understand me   Not easy the photography !

 

MP-MacroElmar 90

Ilford FP4

 

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Henry

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[EoinC]

Hi All,

Been a while, but believe me I never forget one of the best threads anywhere on the internet. And bonsoir Henry!

All taken with my Rolleiflex 2.8F, and with Ilford HP5+ film. F/8 and a 10 stop neutral density filter (and a red filter). Bright sunny day, so even with reciprocity failure it was "only" three minutes.

And where? Definitely not Switzerland, but Australia during our summer holiday there. The actual location is a place called Hamilton Island towards the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Ric

 

Excellent, Ric, and great to see you back on here.

Edited October 16, 2016 by EoinC