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Some photos I took recently with a "new" camera.

Kodak Bantam folder, Kodak Tri-X 400 35mm respooled as 828. I am very impressed with both the film and this lens. cadd083c1aeb5d6f9d9d95e07af28035.jpgdcfa8e47c794bb5edd2be502649316a6.jpgcbbee8ecd901fd321f2d82065d121dbc.jpg6bf030c2dc6c40276016d7e0201235ba.jpg

 

This may become my pocket camera. [emoji16] the only issue I have is that the frames are spaced a long way apart, you could easily get an extra 2 frames per roll if they were spaced closer.

 

 

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And by coincidence, I have been playing with Neopan 400 today, since it is my grainiest 400ASA film. I wanted to see if the motorised Rondinax would make Rodinal developed films even grainier, hence using a film I regard as dreadfully grainy. It was dark, and rained heavily this morning (welcome after two months with no rain, probably thanks to Trump in some way or another) so I wandered around the house using f1.4 and 1/8 second. This is cropped to about 40% of the area of the whole negative:

 

..., on Flickr (OM-2n, Zuiko 50mm/f1.4, Neopan 400, Rodinal 1+50, X1 scan.)

 

Conclusion: grain, yes, but no worse than usual. It appears that continuous agitation in the motorised Rondinax is giving results so close to the usual intermittent agitation that I can't tell the difference. And that means I can go ahead and use it pretty much all the time, although I'll have to build another base for the Rondinax 60 so I can develop 120 film the same way.

 

Chris

I like the grain structure, it works well with the organic forms.

 

Rgds

 

C.

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Coney Island boardwalk along the sea, Brooklyn, NYC

Linhof Technika Press 23, 53mm Zeiss Biogon, Fuji Pro 400h (pretty much wide open at f4.5)

Lovely, Adam. The theatrical setting and the profusion of details make this an interesting photograph with lots to discover. The subdued colors - compared to ektar at least - work quite well also. You make that old camera rock!

 

Rgds

 

C.

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Phil, thanks for your comment and appreciation. Yesterday a friend whom I showed the pictures commented on the sadness he saw in the pictures though it was not my intention to make sad or brooding pictures, rather I am searching for a certain, perhaps nostalgic, quality, that I first discovered when printing coloured bi-chromate pictures. In Europe the raw materials cannot be bought by hobbyists anymore, and I found that I can best achieve a similar expression using this film.

 

Christoph - these have a dark, brooding quality. Is that the weather, or a property of the film, or both? Whatever, it is very attractive.

 

Henry, thank you.

 

Christoph even "color implosion", color is great , I like much for the vintage side

Thank you for posting

Henry

 

Wayne,

 

The film is a bit of a primadonna, reacting erratically to different levels of light. Your photo nicely illustrates that it always retains its graininess, less pronounced in the bright light as shown on the red ball, and well pronounced with a unique colour rendering in the shadow parts, illustrated in your chairs on the right.

 

Christoph,

 

 

 

What Phil said. I am impressed with the way you have managed to retain some integrity of color with less light. My initial use of the film suggested that it was of little use in anything but the most intense lighting. I guess I was wrong.

 

I took the shot below very early in the morning. Daughter had headed back home, with her dogs, but had forgotten Remmy's (Golden Retriever...tireless) ball on patio. I was very sad, almost depressed, to see them go. I thought the shot would make a good momento.

 

Fetch remembered.

 

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ADOX Color Implosion, IIIA, Hektor 50mm 2.5

 

Thanks Dan, though I can assure you I did not move to other worlds - as far as I remember :)

 

I agree. That is probably why we all keep liking these shots by Christoph. The other-worldliness of it.

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Ran into the tricycle, again, today. I swear, I was not looking for it. Open sidewalk. The tiff is sharper.

 

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Leica R5, Schneider Kreuznach PA- Curtagon 35mm 4.0, Fuji Superia 800

Wayne, I do like your tricycle pics, better than Bill Eggleston's, IMO.

I notice with some of your recent images you appear to have scanning marks through the files. ie. vertical lines. Have you noticed them?

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Two Neopan 400 images (R5).

 

1) Sunlit woodland - 35mm Elmarit-R III

 

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2) Peacefully quiet but visually busy waterside scene. 60mm Macro Elmarit-R.

 

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You make great images with this R5 Keith and the choice of film

here Fuji is a good choice

Superb pitures

Best

Henry

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Canonet QL17 III

E100VS (B&W converted in LR)

 

GN like you are there ...

beautiful but a little too black on my screen, may be providing from the conversion in b&w.

Have you the original picture ?

Thank you for posting

Best

Henry

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Coney Island boardwalk along the sea, Brooklyn, NYC

Linhof Technika Press 23, 53mm Zeiss Biogon, Fuji Pro 400h (pretty much wide open at f4.5)

 

This camera gives nice color too a bit different the M-A in my opinion

Thank you Adam

Henry

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Where we shopped.

 

Vacant mall landscape

 

36276481861_976b5bcb89_b.jpgimage533348 by W P_, on Flickr

 

IID, 50mm 2.5 Hektor, Agfa Vista 200

 

Ran into the tricycle, again, today. I swear, I was not looking for it. Open sidewalk. The tiff is sharper.

 

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Leica R5, Schneider Kreuznach PA- Curtagon 35mm 4.0, Fuji Superia 800

 

Dying mall Landscape

 

35605473843_63792e4936_b.jpgimage533328 by W P_, on Flickr

 

IID, 50mm 2.5 Hektor, Svema 400

 

Wayne nice subjects for photography

... some vertical bands , may be your settings of the new scanner ?

Thank for posting

I like all your tricycle pictures ... atmosphere of abandoned city

Best

Henry

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And by coincidence, I have been playing with Neopan 400 today, since it is my grainiest 400ASA film. I wanted to see if the motorised Rondinax would make Rodinal developed films even grainier, hence using a film I regard as dreadfully grainy. It was dark, and rained heavily this morning (welcome after two months with no rain, probably thanks to Trump in some way or another) so I wandered around the house using f1.4 and 1/8 second. This is cropped to about 40% of the area of the whole negative:

 

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Roots by chrism229, on Flickr (OM-2n, Zuiko 50mm/f1.4, Neopan 400, Rodinal 1+50, X1 scan.)

 

Conclusion: grain, yes, but no worse than usual. It appears that continuous agitation in the motorised Rondinax is giving results so close to the usual intermittent agitation that I can't tell the difference. And that means I can go ahead and use it pretty much all the time, although I'll have to build another base for the Rondinax 60 so I can develop 120 film the same way.

 

Chris

 

Nice grain Chris the continuous rotation gives a better result ?

Have you some more loss of gelatin (white spots on negative) versus  intermittent rotation ?

Thank for posting

Best

Henry

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When I first posted shots from the R5 / 60mm Macro Elmarit combo someone (Chris, Gary?) asked if I had tried the macro function.  I do not have the macro add-ons, just the naked lens but even so it has a quite a close-focus capability.  Neither of these two photos are at the closest setting but nevertheless the results of 'getting in close' are pleasing (both hand-held).  Neopan 400.

 

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Nice macro photos Keith you can continue :)

Superb grains

Thank for posting

Rg Henry

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