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11 hours ago, stray cat said:

Here's one for Wayne and all you dog lovers out there:

working class dog 1991

bronica 6X7, Tmax 100

Thanks for the smile. Looks like he is ready for a long walk. I do love them; can feel my blood pressure dropping every time I see a photo of one.

 

Best,

Wayne

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More Ektachrome 100

 

Au Gaou by JM__, on Flickr

Au Gaou by JM__, on Flickr

Au Gaou by JM__, on Flickr

50 Angénieux S21 on a 1954 Leica M3

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Nikon L35 AW AF, VistaPlus 200

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This is why I have a couple of Nikon L35 AW AFs!
New recruits trying to find their way on a training exercise.

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Nikon L35 AW AF, VistaPlus 200

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Jumping back to Montpellier, this is from the Antigone area of town. 

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40/4 Ektar X1
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Au Jardin du Palais Royal by JM__, on Flickr

Ektachrome 100 - M3 - 2 inch Cooke f2 Anastigmat LTM

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1 hour ago, stray cat said:

tuileries, paris 1980

F1, 50mm, plus-x

You don't see many examples of Plus X but when you do you're reminded of what a lovely film it was. I wonder if they'll consider bringing it back.

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25 minutes ago, Stealth3kpl said:

You don't see many examples of Plus X but when you do you're reminded of what a lovely film it was. I wonder if they'll consider bringing it back.

Pete

I completely agree, Pete. It had such a beautiful silvery luminescence that I haven't found in any other film.

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22 hours ago, Sparkassenkunde said:

 

Very impressive results. Do you mind showing the gear you used, esp. the panorama camera? The sharpness in the second shot is stunning, I assume the pinhole was drilled with a lot of care and precision.

So here is a picture of my self-made pinhole camera (I think I posted it once, some thousand entries before). Basically a wooden box. You are watching the front side. The pinhole is hidden behind a metal plate that sticks out at the top, serves as a shutter and can be lifted for exposure. The pinhole itself is made from a thin brass plate, perhaps 0,3mm thick. I first used a ball-bearing ball to indent the surface from one side, then sanded the backside flat, then used an etching needle to prick a small hole, which I again sanded from the back. Finally I used some soot from a burning candle to blacken it all, and glued it into place. The film-plane is curved, so the 120 film rolls are positioned under the right knob and the equivalent side on the other side on the front of the camera. The film curves , around, 120 degrees to the back of the box and back to the front. The right knob is used to advance the film, I made a small hole covered with a red transparent plastic on the back to see the film number during film advance. The Knob in the middle is to open the camera. The top plate can be lifted off, as can be the back. An occasional problem - occurring approximately with every film - is the fact that the friction along the 120 degree curve is getting too large after exposure 4 or 5, and the film is then escaping its guidance and folding inside making further advance impossible...

The pinhole has an approximate f number of 200. While there are different theories and formulas how to calculate the optimal pinhole diameter for your pinhole camera, it seems that for a given film format there is one optimal pinhole size and "focal length" (distance from pinhole to film), and that is rather wide-angle stuff. Below some data on this from a little gem of a book called "Die Lochkamera" written by Ulrich Clamor Schmidt-Ploch (It's in German and for the mathematically inclined). 

Film format                                         24x36            6x6            4x5 inch

optimal distance pinhole to film     2,7 mm          10,5 mm   38,5mm

optimal pinhole size @ infinity        0,06 mm        0,12 mm   0,23 mm

Now it is obvious that for my 6x12 format camera with a curved back that cover's 120 degree viewing angle the optimal distance from pinhole to film is impossible to achieve, but then, Pinhole photography is all about fun anyway, and deviation from the perfect does not really matter for the creative mind. For inspiration on this topic please also check out Eric Renner's book "Pinhole Photography" - it is brilliant. The author unfortunately died recently. And if you really want to descent into the abyss of alternative and obscure photography you will find many other ways of lensless photography - photograms and lumen prints for example - all of those, by the way, may also qualify for being published at the next worldwide pinhole photography day.

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A picture to lure Henry back into the fold.

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FM2, Petzlomo 2/85, Portra 160

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Ruined landscapes - horrible pylons!

MP Ultron 35/2 Delta 400 DDX

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