adnan76 wrote:
A few photos from Turkey - Gold and Ektar on an old SWC
The last one reminded me of some photos I took (most likely on Kodachrome 64) at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in the mid 1980s on a Pentax ME Super with kit 50mm lens. These were shot from a balloon; I volunteered at the fiesta and helped a pilot get his balloon ready each morning; after four days or so he pointed to me and said, "it's your turn, get in the gondola." An unforgettable experience.
bjhurley wrote:
The last one reminded me of some photos I took (most likely on Kodachrome 64) at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in the mid 1980s on a Pentax ME Super with kit 50mm lens. These were shot from a balloon; I volunteered at the fiesta and helped a pilot get his balloon ready each morning; after four days or so he pointed to me and said, "it's your turn, get in the gondola." An unforgettable experience.
Love these pics, especially the first one. The last one - are you tethered into the gondola?
The Pentax kit lens - 50 f2 or 1.7 - are great. I couldn't tell the difference between them and my Crons in real use.
I could tell the difference in price!
Desmolicious wrote:
Love these pics, especially the first one. The last one - are you tethered into the gondola?
Hah, no tethering. I screwed up my courage and leaned out. I think we were well over a mile up at that point; in my memory I hear him saying we got to 10,000 feet but I can't vouch for that...I certainly didn't feel any need for oxygen. We were flying for an hour and a half. When the gas jet wasn't burning it was unbelivably quiet. And on takeoff he told me that sound travels upward; I could hear a jackrabbit's feet hitting the ground before I spotted it and we could hear people's conversations below us.
The takeoff was smooth but the landing was bumpy because we hit the side of a hill that he hadn't quite noticed until the last minute. He told me to crouch inside the gondola and hold on and we went bumpity-bump down the side of the hill, coming to rest about 50 feet from the chase truck.
The thing he didn't warn me about was that it's a tradition for the pilot to put a handful of dirt in your hair after your first balloon flight, and then pour some champagne over the dirt on your head. And then we drank the rest of the champagne, which made up for the indignity.
bjhurley wrote:
Hah, no tethering. I screwed up my courage and leaned out. I think we were well over a mile up at that point; in my memory I hear him saying we got to 10,000 feet but I can't vouch for that...I certainly didn't feel any need for oxygen. We were flying for an hour and a half. When the gas jet wasn't burning it was unbelivably quiet. And on takeoff he told me that sound travels upward; I could hear a jackrabbit's feet hitting the ground before I spotted it and we could hear people's conversations below us.
The takeoff was smooth but the landing was bumpy because we hit the side of a hill that he hadn't quite noticed until the last minute. He told me to crouch inside the gondola and hold on and we went bumpity-bump down the side of the hill, coming to rest about 50 feet from the chase truck.
The thing he didn't warn me about was that it's a tradition for the pilot to put a handful of dirt in your hair after your first balloon flight, and then pour some champagne over the dirt on your head. And then we drank the rest of the champagne, which made up for the indignity....Show more →
Ok, first off now I know if the pilot says 'is this your first flight?' I will say NO!
I hadn"t used TMax in a few years and had thought about switching from Tri-X but I like the Tri-X better and may even give HP5 another chance now that I know what I was doing wrong when scanning it.
I hadn"t used TMax in a few years and had thought about switching from Tri-X but I like the Tri-X better and may even give HP5 another chance now that I know what I was doing wrong when scanning it.
I recently shot a roll of Ilford FP4 and whoa does that film look good! Once I am out of my current stock of Acros, I'll most probably stock up on that.
Desmolicious wrote:
I recently shot a roll of Ilford FP4 and whoa does that film look good! Once I am out of my current stock of Acros, I'll most probably stock up on that.
When I was wandering around last weekend, I bought four rolls of TMax 400 mostly to help film sales at Pro Photo Supply. I have ten rolls of Acros in the refrigerator which will be the next up once the other roll of TMax is finished. The TMax gave good results but I have no idea of why the live view of some of the negatives had a sepia tone. I’m really happy with the results from the XT-3 and all of the posted images are Linear Gamma NLP conversion with no other adjustments. Maybe I’ll order a mixed batch of FP-4 and HP-5 just to try something different.
bjhurley wrote:
The last one reminded me of some photos I took (most likely on Kodachrome 64) at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in the mid 1980s on a Pentax ME Super with kit 50mm lens. These were shot from a balloon; I volunteered at the fiesta and helped a pilot get his balloon ready each morning; after four days or so he pointed to me and said, "it's your turn, get in the gondola." An unforgettable experience.
madNbad wrote:
When I was wandering around last weekend, I bought four rolls of TMax 400 mostly to help film sales at Pro Photo Supply. I have ten rolls of Acros in the refrigerator which will be the next up once the other roll of TMax is finished. The TMax gave good results but I have no idea of why the live view of some of the negatives had a sepia tone. I’m really happy with the results from the XT-3 and all of the posted images are Linear Gamma NLP conversion with no other adjustments. Maybe I’ll order a mixed batch of FP-4 and HP-5 just to try something different....Show more →
re. the sepia tone - make sure in NLP you used B&W before you convert. And in LR when you import it from NLP make sure it also shows B&W. For some reason a couple of times LR defaults to colour and that creates the sepia tone.
The more I use the Reto, the more I am impressed with it. The lens really is remarkable given the price point/market placement of that camera. Everyone should have one.
Can’t embed properly from my phone. Desmolicious wrote:
re. the sepia tone - make sure in NLP you used B&W before you convert. And in LR when you import it from NLP make sure it also shows B&W. For some reason a couple of times LR defaults to colour and that creates the sepia tone.
Desmolicious wrote:
re. the sepia tone - make sure in NLP you used B&W before you convert. And in LR when you import it from NLP make sure it also shows B&W. For some reason a couple of times LR defaults to colour and that creates the sepia tone.
I scanned the same negatives trying for an image I could post. None of them exhibited any of the sepia tone. All of the NLP setting were for B&W and I hadn't made any changes. When I was cutting the negatives for storage, I examined them for any residual traces of anti-halation backing but didn't find any. Maybe NLP read them as color negatives or maybe it was a one time glitch. They all converted just fine, so I can't complain.
Negative from Roll 1 that never showed any sepia tone:
Negative from Roll 2 that initially showed a sepia tone but now it's gone:
I've still been playing around with Vision 3 films and perfecting the process. I'm pretty much there on 35mm. Thought I'd try a few rolls of it in 120 also and see how it performs.
lifeandmylens wrote:
I've still been playing around with Vision 3 films and perfecting the process. I'm pretty much there on 35mm. Thought I'd try a few rolls of it in 120 also and see how it performs.
