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Hello my friends,

after shooting for many years 35mm it was the right time to go large.

So I got this lady!

I hope to share with you some photos very soon (I don't have. A scanner for medium format).

Cheers

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Molto bene, Massimo! Bravo!!

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Bonjour Henri,   I still prefer black and white film (I use almost no colour). The advantages of digital don’t mean much to me. Seeing instant results is not so useful, since what comes out of a cam

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Edward,

this are very lovely and great street shots. Congratulations!

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Hello my friends,

after shooting for many years 35mm it was the right time to go large.

So I got this lady!

I hope to share with you some photos very soon (I don't have. A scanner for medium format).

Cheers

Massimo

 

 

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uhiii ... Congratulations!!! You will love it ... to be on the king's side of the photo-world!

 

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near Freiburg (Breisgau)

 

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M7, TRIX400, red or orange filter, XTOL, Nikon CoolScan V

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Very nice, James.  I think I like one even better than the one you posted yesterday due to the stronger geometry in the foreground.  Both are really nice, though.

 

Thanks, Adam! I am glad that this shot came out as it was planned in the making. With the tiny "viewfinder" of the Minilux it is not that easy to take control over the shots, in many cases the pictures have to be leveled for a straight horizon. 

 

Sharing a little pride and joy. Made a visit to my plexi-mounting company in Brooklyn to inspect a few of my Fuji Flex high gloss prints of Central Park that I had mounted on 1/4" plexi-glass with a 1/8" aluminum backing. This company adds the bit of tender loving care needed to properly mount the Fiji Flex paper (as it is very tricky). The results are completely gorgeous!! All three photos (20x20, 40x24 and 40x40) were shared on this thread as they were taken :)

 

Fantastic results. May the pictures be spectacular on screen, they are on a higher sphere in print. 

 

Very nice series, James! Please continue :)

 

I surely will :)

 

Lovely colours in this one and really enjoyed the second of your big vistas towards the Abbey.

 

 

Thank you. I hope you will enjoy the continuation of my series.

 

Here comes an interior detail from within the Abbay Le Mont-Saint-Michel. White balance was adjusted in post processing:

 

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Minilux -Agfa CT 100 Precisa

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Morning Prayer in Sacre Coeur - Montmartre:

 

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One more from within Sacre Coeur:

 

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Thanks for asking.  A while back I purchased, on Ebay, a simple slitter that allows you to cut one roll of 24 exposure, 35mm film into two strips of Minox sub-miniature width film. These strips are then each cut in half to form two 36 exposure length strips of film, for a total of four 36 exposure films. The Minox film cassettes can be disassembled with no special tools, allowing manual reloading, in total darkness, by simply rolling the film, taping one end of the film to the tiny take-up spool,  placing film roll and take-up spool into the appropriate film chambers, and snapping the two caps into place. As the Minox sub miniature cameras have a constant aperture of 3.5, it is best to use film rated at 200 ISO, or less. I did use Ilford Delta 400 for this shot, but had to expose the entire roll indoors; shooting in daylight, even under overcast sky, was impossible. 

 

This photograph was processed using a vintage, Minox brand daylight developing tank. Loading the tank is a fairly easy process and requires simply clipping the end of the roll to a rotating element that forms part of the tank lid assembly, fitting the film cartridge to a molded chamber (also in the tank lid,) installing the lid onto the tank, and then rotating the element to draw the film from the cartridge and into the developing tank. It is a quite ingenious set-up, is much easier than loading standard 35mm film rolls onto reels, and requires no dark bag. Once the film is rolled into the tank, processing chemstry is simply poured into the top opening until overflow is seen in a small sink that extends from the side of of the tank ( the sink sits above the chamber where the film cartridge resides.) It is my experience that the tank accepts  only 50 or 60 ML of chemistry  before overflow is seen in the sink. I used a 1/50 dilution of Rodinal....IOW, I used slightly more than 1ML of Rodinal to develop the entire roll.

 

Problems associated use of the tank reside in the fact that there is no good way to agitate. The overflow opening, as well as the fact that there is no cap for opening through which chemistry is poured, make it impossible to invert the tank during processing. Minox instructions state that simply placing the thermometer (supplied with tank) in the top hole and vigorously lifting and lowering the thermometer throughout the process time will provide adequate agitation in the developing chamber. It is my experience that this is not true, as I have had some trouble with even development of all images on the roll: the 7 to 10 images at the top of the tank ( the last to be withdrawn from the cartridge- the first images taken) are underdeveloped. I assume this is because agitation of chemistry in the top of the tank is inadequate.

 

I am presently trying out a second method, seen on WWW, whereby you cut a 6cm wide strip of thin plastic, roll the plastic sheet into a stainless steel 120 film reel, and then tape the minox film strip (emulsion side out) onto the plastic. The film must be taped at both ends with electrical tape and wound around the plastic strip at an angle because the length of the film encircles the plastic slightly more than two times. So far, I am having some difficulty as the film strip will move, allowing some portions of the film to overlap during the process. Overlapping does not allow proper processing. I suppose I need to use greater tension as I wind the film around the plastic. This second process does require a dark bag.

 

I am having a bunch of fun with this, even though there has been some disappointment related to difficulty in processing the film. I am confident I will somehow overcome.  It is unbelievable how stealthy the Minox is. Frequently I have pointed the camera right at folks, with the result that they did not even recognize the fact that it is a camera.

 

 

RPX 400 is the resurrected old Agfa APX 400, manufactored at the original Agfa-Gevaert factory in Belgium. The current Agfa of the same name is just a rebranded Kentmere. The old APX was a very well liked film due to its high silver content and rich tonality. Due to its classic grain structure, it is more comparable to Tri-X 400 and HP5+. I'm not sure how these three compare in rendering but I feel the Tri-X is a bit more contrasty, and has a narrower tonality.

 

These two responses exemplify - even typify - why this is such a great spot to hang out. Detailed, well-thought-out and helpful advice like these from Wayne and Edward enrich us all, and everyone here is so willing to share. Film is a glorious and rich medium, and there is always something new to learn and to assimilate - such as the dramatic effect of the use of filters in Gregor's dynamic forest scene (below). Or looking at the wonderful prints Adam's spectacular photographs produce - and, as Adam says, reminding ourselves that our photography can be about so much more than posting on the forums. It is always so rewarding to come here - thank you all!

 

 

near Freiburg (Breisgau)

 

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A wonderful picture, Gregor, and dramatic use of filters (please see above).

 

With photo's like this Phil you can fill all the pages!

 

You are too kind, Charles. The brilliant reality here is that there are so many really great photographers visiting this site (you very much included) that are sharing outstanding work from their own unique perspectives on the world. 2004 pages and rapidly counting - it just gets better and better.

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Another sunrise over the Dead Sea  :p

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Adam, I hope I'm not sounding like a scratched record, but these (Dead Sea series) are exemplary - seriously wonderful work. It is always a privilege and a joy to see the next one popping up on the screen.

 

And you really, really need to contact Kodak to see if they might feel any need to promote Ektar, because your pictures would do that for them in spades.

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A rare trip to Walmart yesterday resulted in a  a new furry friend.....Pedro, a "rescue" chihuahua. I was making a quick dash for the check-out, came around a corner, and there he was. Took a few minutes to pet and scratch, and had to say a regretful farewell. Here he is motoring off to the toy department.

 

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Minox B, Delta 100, Rodinal 1/50

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