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If you can stand it, here are yet another two from last week's test roll of Tri-X in my 'new' Hasselblad 500C + Planar 80mm.

1) Old Coach Road  Up until the mid-18th Century the road between London and Bath crossed the Marlborough Downs.  The is photo shows that stage-coach route where it crosses Manton Down between Marlborough and Chippenham.  The copse is aptly named 'The Beeches'. Must have been an uncomfortable and slow journey!

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2) Rockley Down  viewed from the edge of Rockley village.  The village is in a valley bottom before the climb up onto the Downs.

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Keith very nice black grey and white tone

Nice composition

Rg

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Thanks, Gary.  Oh yes, there is schmootz, it is just well hidden with the camouflage of the bokeh.  I am beyond livid as even the replacement rolls that Cinestill gave me when I complained last Spring mostly had schmootz.  There is a back story that will come out in due course.  

In the meantime, I think the camo of the bokeh sufficiently masked the pain and produced a beautiful film rendering.

 

Adam and Gary, both of you speaking of what ? "schmootz" : how to pronounce ?

Is it "smooth" :) like digital pixels ? 

Henry

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Street photos at  Hôi An (VN) without car and motor bike my favorite place when retired ?

 

... and for Neil :)

 

 

Kodak Portra 160

Leica M7-35 Summilux Asph

 

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Gary and Henry, 

 

I am afraid to say that no one offers any polishing services in France anymore. it is very unfortunate. No one anymore in Brazil either.

 

I have just sent a lens yesterday to Focal Point Inc in Colorado as John Stelten still does cure uncementing, fungus and does polish and apply new coatings.

 

Gary, which Elmar do you have on your 1a? 

https://www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm

 

Cheers, JM, old lens freak.

Hi JM,

It's an Elmar. 5cm f3.5.

My rudimentary understanding was the first few had somewhat more rare lenses, "Elmax", and "Anistigmat" being two that spring to mind.

The Elmar is fine, I think the front element is less than pristine, which affords a distinct glow.

Having said that, it would be nice if it was better, I'd be tempted to carry the camera a lot more and use it as it simply is very pocket-able.

Pic shows what it looks like.

Gary

 

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Adam and Gary, both of you speaking of what ? "schmootz" : how to pronounce ?

Is it "smooth" :) like digital pixels ? 

Henry

 

Henry,

"schmootz" is a slang word invented by Adam I believe, I'll give him the credit anyway.

A selection of his early Cinestill rolls exhibited a random pattern of yellowy colour like sludge on the negs.

It was more noticeable against a uniform sky, his life is a Beach series especially.

Some shots it was very pronounced, others quite minimal or non-existent. It was definitely a defect and initial thoughts were development, but more latterly it appears it is film manufacture based. I think?

Gary

 

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Soho, NYC

 

MP, 50 mm, Tmax 400 (I think)

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Gary and Henry, 

 

I am afraid to say that no one offers any polishing services in France anymore. it is very unfortunate. No one anymore in Brazil either.

 

I have just sent a lens yesterday to Focal Point Inc in Colorado as John Stelten still does cure uncementing, fungus and does polish and apply new coatings.

 

Gary, which Elmar do you have on your 1a? 

https://www.cameraquest.com/leicaa.htm

 

Cheers, JM, old lens freak.

Gary and JM

If you pass in Paris next year you have these two addresses , I know someone

who has repaired a lens like you there :

https://www.photosuffren.com/content/6-sav-et-reparations

and Gérard Métrot (who also work at Photo Sufren 2 days/week)

http://www.ateliergms.com/home.html

They worked for Leica France after sales service before.

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Henry

You can send a message to ask them

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Hi JM,

It's an Elmar. 5cm f3.5.

My rudimentary understanding was the first few had somewhat more rare lenses, "Elmax", and "Anistigmat" being two that spring to mind.

The Elmar is fine, I think the front element is less than pristine, which affords a distinct glow.

Having said that, it would be nice if it was better, I'd be tempted to carry the camera a lot more and use it as it simply is very pocket-able.

Pic shows what it looks like.

Gary

Nice camera Gary

I sent you a post above for your lens

Henry

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You find locks of love in Paris on the Pont des Arts bridge

but also on Vietnamese bridge . It's universal !

 

 

Danang

September 2016

 

 

Kodak TMAX100

Leica MP

50 Summilux Asph

 

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Taken yesterday at open air Christmas market

 

 

Kodak Ektar 100

Leica M7

35 Summilux Asph

 

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Gary and JM

If you pass in Paris next year you have these two addresses , I know someone

who has repaired a lens like you there :

https://www.photosuffren.com/content/6-sav-et-reparations

and Gérard Métrot (who also work at Photo Sufren 2 days/week)

http://www.ateliergms.com/home.html

They worked for Leica France after sales service before.

Best

Henry

You can send a message to ask them

Thank you Henry.

I'll e mail you and discuss this, don't want to get the thread derailed with my lens issues.

Gary

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Hi JM,

It's an Elmar. 5cm f3.5.

My rudimentary understanding was the first few had somewhat more rare lenses, "Elmax", and "Anistigmat" being two that spring to mind.

The Elmar is fine, I think the front element is less than pristine, which affords a distinct glow.

Having said that, it would be nice if it was better, I'd be tempted to carry the camera a lot more and use it as it simply is very pocket-able.

Pic shows what it looks like.

Gary

 

Gary,

it could be haze also, have you had a look thru the lens against a bright light source ?!

 

Best, Jean-Marc.

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Gary and JM

If you pass in Paris next year you have these two addresses , I know someone

who has repaired a lens like you there :

https://www.photosuffren.com/content/6-sav-et-reparations

and Gérard Métrot (who also work at Photo Sufren 2 days/week)

http://www.ateliergms.com/home.html

They worked for Leica France after sales service before.

Best

Henry

You can send a message to ask them

 

 

Thanks, I also highly recommend Gérard and the lovely people at Photo Suffren !

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From the recent Lisbon trip with the Leica crowd.

 

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MP, 135, Cinestill 800 (schmootz-free), ns

 

Rgds

 

C. 

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Adam and Gary, both of you speaking of what ? "schmootz" : how to pronounce ?

Is it "smooth" :) like digital pixels ? 

Henry

 

 

Henry, 

 

Apparently it's a word derived from the German "Schmutz" (English translation: dirt) and used first in this thread by Adam to indicate the presence of disturbing black smudges or stains on Cinestill photos of his, stains that have a particular disturbing inclination to appear in bright blue skies. No idea how to pronounce it though, Adam should know.

 

Rgds

 

C.

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You find locks of love in Paris on the Pont des Arts bridge

but also on Vietnamese bridge . It's universal !

 

 

Danang

September 2016

 

 

Kodak TMAX100

Leica MP

50 Summilux Asph

 

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Henry

In my last visit to Paris earlier this year, I was a bit disappointed to see that all of the locks had been cut off the Pont de l'archevêché. I hadn't thought any more about it, but this morning engaged a Google researcher...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32960470

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In my last visit to Paris earlier this year, I was a bit disappointed to see that all of the locks had been cut off the Pont de l'archevêché. I hadn't thought any more about it, but this morning engaged a Google researcher...

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-32960470

Eoin yes you're right

The thousands of locks are very heavy and risk dropping the bridge

The town hall of Paris has recovered them and recycled for the environment.

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Henry

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