Another shot with the Canon EOS 300. I am very impressed by the IS in the old 28-135mm, wouldn't have bet this image to be sharp at roughly 100mm and 1/30s if I remember correctly....
Canon 300 | 28-135mm IS | handheld | Kentmere 400 | HC110 B
Great pic. I’ll also point out that this was taken on Kentmere 400 which not only is a superb film (and pushes amazingly well), but is also the cheapest b&w film you can buy!
Desmolicious wrote:
Impressive how the metering handled the snow.
I've been surprised at that: normally you'd want to add 1 to 2 stops when shooting a snowy landscape with reflective metering otherwise it comes out gray. But you can't do that with this camera and yet the snow still comes out fairly white. I did have to adjust contrast and brightness a bit to make it closer to white but not as much as expected. XP2 is still the best B&W film for snow when using a point-and-shoot since its highlights are mostly free of grain, but even this Rollei Retro wasn't bad!
About half our freezer has been filled with film since 1990. I decided to start shooting some of the oldest stuff. I have a baggie with a weird collection of 120 (Kodacolor 400-exp '86, Kodacolor 100 exp '87, Ektachrome 100-exp '87, Reala-exp '88, some Vericolor-exp '81&'86, Tri-X-exp '88, and some TMY-exp'90.) I think all of this came as cast offs from customers when I was a rep. The exception was the Reala. I bought a 500 cm, and the store owner gave me a roll because he loved it. (The guy is now in prison for murder, but that's another story.)
So, I grabbed a roll of Tmax 400 and shot it in Duluth/Superior. 500CM, 80mm.
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Before developing the 120 (shot at 200 ISO), I ran a test roll of bulk loaded 35 (also expired 1990) and it showed fog. For the 120, I added a bit of benzo (6 drops of 1%). The base still had fog, but maybe a bit less. D-23, 68F, 10 min.
This camera is well built, has cool design/own character
Anyway meter is dead. It is fine so I used sunny 16 and Sekonic meter.
The thing I'm not used to is adjusting the shutter speed and aperture on this camera, this is the camera really slow you down.
This camera is well built, has cool design/own character
Anyway meter is dead. It is fine so I used sunny 16 and Sekonic meter.
The thing I'm not used to is adjusting the shutter speed and aperture on this camera, this is the camera really slow you down.
The bottom winder Retinas use an EV scale for setting exposure.so the shutter speed and aperture are linked. It's been a while since I owned one but there is a way to adjust the aperture independently, it's just kind of fiddly. They're fun cameras to use, fit in a pocket and have great lenses. Paul Barden in Corvallis, Oregon is the go to for Retina service but check with him first.
