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Botanical Gardens, Sydney

 

Hasselblad, 50mm FLE, Fujifilm NPC160

 

 

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Thanks, J.  Means a lot as Garry is really the only photographer I have ever studied in depth and with whom I have the strongest connection... :)

It was my first reaction to the photo. Tilted horizons ...

 

Having said that, I think you have a very distinct style of your own.

 

J :)

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This is one of my favourite street photos from Italy.  One of those rare moments when I got in close (like Adam  :) )

 

Taken with Leica M6, 35mm Summicron, Tri-X pushed to 800 (or maybe 1600), HC-110 (dilution H) 

 

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Now for something completely different....

 

Photography isn't always about pin sharp perfectly exposed images, I recently restored a 101 year old Kodak Brownie to working condition.

 

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I loaded this camera up with some Portra 160 and took it on a trip to Springfield Illinois. The weather that day was not good, it was foggy, but here is the first of 5 photos I took that day with this Centenarian:

 

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Another photograph from the same day:

 

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The lens is already low contrast and the fog doesn't help, I'm going to run some black and white film through this camera on a sunny day next.

 

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Now for something completely different....

 

Photography isn't always about pin sharp perfectly exposed images, I recently restored a 101 year old Kodak Brownie to working condition.

 

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I loaded this camera up with some Portra 160 and took it on a trip to Springfield Illinois. The weather that day was not good, it was foggy, but here is the first of 5 photos I took that day with this Centenarian:

 

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Hey Mike, great photos from a seminal photographic apparatus. Now that's really a coincidence, as I was given a Kodak Brownie earlier this month for my birthday - exactly the same as the one I started my photographic journey on more than 50 years ago. It takes 8 6 X 9cm pictures on a roll of 120 film, but you have to either rethread the film onto the slim 620 spools or carve off a bit of the plastic 120 spools then file them to make them round enough and small enough to fit in the camera. Here's a picture from the first roll I've used with it (on Fuji Acros 100):

 

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New York being NY, big crowds are always an opportunity to sell, sometimes its furs ....... 90mm Elmarit M Alford HP5 Leica MA --

 

 

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Hey Mike, great photos from a seminal photographic apparatus. Now that's really a coincidence, as I was given a Kodak Brownie earlier this month for my birthday - exactly the same as the one I started my photographic journey on more than 50 years ago. It takes 8 6 X 9cm pictures on a roll of 120 film, but you have to either rethread the film onto the slim 620 spools or carve off a bit of the plastic 120 spools then file them to make them round enough and small enough to fit in the camera. Here's a picture from the first roll I've used with it (on Fuji Acros 100):

 

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Nice photograph! I'm fortunate my Brownie takes 120, I do have a few 620 cameras I use though. Plus I have some 127 cameras I just bought some film for. My next challenge is to modify some 120 to fit a 116 Kodak I have.

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Nice photograph! I'm fortunate my Brownie takes 120, I do have a few 620 cameras I use though. Plus I have some 127 cameras I just bought some film for. My next challenge is to modify some 120 to fit a 116 Kodak I have.

I hope the mods for the 116 aren't too challenging. Where do you get 127 film from? It's a great feeling, isn't it, that these beautiful pieces can keep producing such beautiful work, so full of character?

 

BTW your colour photos have inspired me to trya roll of Portra 400 next!

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I hope the mods for the 116 aren't too challenging. Where do you get 127 film from? It's a great feeling, isn't it, that these beautiful pieces can keep producing such beautiful work, so full of character?

 

BTW your colour photos have inspired me to trya roll of Portra 400 next!

 

B&H carry 127, as well as a few other places, it is expensive though.

 

116 isn't too bad, you need some spacers in the camera for the 120 reels to sit against and you need to unload the camera in a darkroom or changing bag.

 

I love using these old cameras, I try to put a roll through every one I own, no matter how obscure.

 

Porta 400 may be too fast, these cameras were designed to use 32 ASA flm, the slower you use the better the results will be.

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