Closing the loop on my latest restoration project and since I know there are some gear heads on here, thought I would post this of the finished product.
The bellows that I had made for the Vest Pocket Camera came and I was able to get them installed one evening this week. Also added light seals to the film loading base and verified that the two shutter speeds are accurate within 1/3 - 2/3 stops.
So should be good to go for another 100 years
I have had a local group ask me for an exhibit of images from areas in western NC using this camera. So I am back off next weekend for some more shooting. Hope to have it done by the fall.
George
Shot with Hasselblad DB and Nikkor-SW 65mm/4, tilt and swing applied.
Siphiwe, What are you going on about? - that's a killer shot. Love the OOF area, and the central violet flower sharpness.
SiMuMe wrote:
James is such a tough act to follow. I love all of them, James.
There are technical words that can describe how the 55mm paints backgrounds from certain distances. I'll just stick to "I shot this, and I liked it". The wider view of this scene is in my recent post in the "D3/D700 is still a joy to shoot" thread .
GeorgeBo wrote:
Closing the loop on my latest restoration project and since I know there are some gear heads on here, thought I would post this of the finished product.
The bellows that I had made for the Vest Pocket Camera came and I was able to get them installed one evening this week. Also added light seals to the film loading base and verified that the two shutter speeds are accurate within 1/3 - 2/3 stops.
So should be good to go for another 100 years
I have had a local group ask me for an exhibit of images from areas in western NC using this camera. So I am back off next weekend for some more shooting. Hope to have it done by the fall.
George
Shot with Hasselblad DB and Nikkor-SW 65mm/4, tilt and swing applied.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Closing the loop on my latest restoration project and since I know there are some gear heads on here, thought I would post this of the finished product.
The bellows that I had made for the Vest Pocket Camera came and I was able to get them installed one evening this week. Also added light seals to the film loading base and verified that the two shutter speeds are accurate within 1/3 - 2/3 stops.
So should be good to go for another 100 years
I have had a local group ask me for an exhibit of images from areas in western NC using this camera. So I am back off next weekend for some more shooting. Hope to have it done by the fall.
George
Shot with Hasselblad DB and Nikkor-SW 65mm/4, tilt and swing applied.
George, this is masterfully thought out, captured and post processed! Your workmanship on the repair/restoration is awesome! WOW! I keep going back and looking again.
George, you could give some competition to KEH's repair and CLA business. Seriously, that's outstanding work, and great that now you get to do a whole assignment with the century old camera!
GeorgeBo wrote:
Closing the loop on my latest restoration project and since I know there are some gear heads on here, thought I would post this of the finished product.
The bellows that I had made for the Vest Pocket Camera came and I was able to get them installed one evening this week. Also added light seals to the film loading base and verified that the two shutter speeds are accurate within 1/3 - 2/3 stops.
So should be good to go for another 100 years
I have had a local group ask me for an exhibit of images from areas in western NC using this camera. So I am back off next weekend for some more shooting. Hope to have it done by the fall.
George
Shot with Hasselblad DB and Nikkor-SW 65mm/4, tilt and swing applied.
George, Congratulations on finishing the restoration. Maybe you can link your latest photos with the group.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Closing the loop on my latest restoration project and since I know there are some gear heads on here, thought I would post this of the finished product.
The bellows that I had made for the Vest Pocket Camera came and I was able to get them installed one evening this week. Also added light seals to the film loading base and verified that the two shutter speeds are accurate within 1/3 - 2/3 stops.
So should be good to go for another 100 years
I have had a local group ask me for an exhibit of images from areas in western NC using this camera. So I am back off next weekend for some more shooting. Hope to have it done by the fall.
George
Shot with Hasselblad DB and Nikkor-SW 65mm/4, tilt and swing applied.
Finally was able to elicit heavy purple fringing. I’ve seen traces and you can see a bit in the shot of the gator, but wide open, mid distance against heavy contract and it was very evident. Still good performance, especially from a lens of this vintage plus it cleaned up at f/2.8. Bokeh here isn’t perfect but still an attractive rendering to me.
Does anybody know to which Nikkor lens this quotation refers:
"An anecdote back from the era of the Nikkor Auto lenses. There was a lens that delivered incredibly sharp resolution, but the defocus image (blur) was not so good. particular lens branded the whole Nikkor Auto family with a reputation of having bad defocus images, especially in Japan."
Ballard wrote:
Does anybody know to which Nikkor lens this quotation refers:
"An anecdote back from the era of the Nikkor Auto lenses. There was a lens that delivered incredibly sharp resolution, but the defocus image (blur) was not so good. particular lens branded the whole Nikkor Auto family with a reputation of having bad defocus images, especially in Japan."
I have wondered about this for a long time. The only lens I can think of that was sharp, but had very nervous bokeh (and in the approximate date range) is the initial 50/2. That lens and the 35/1.4 drove me nuts. I never shined to either of those, even though others can do wonderful things with them.
Finally was able to elicit heavy purple fringing. I’ve seen traces and you can see a bit in the shot of the gator, but wide open, mid distance against heavy contract and it was very evident. Still good performance, especially from a lens of this vintage plus it cleaned up at f/2.8. Bokeh here isn’t perfect but still an attractive rendering to me.
Another nice set with Nippi, especially the Spanish Moss and the flowers.
