Developing my Minolta photos after the Holga ones is a bit of a letdown; they seem ordinary in comparison. But I still have two rolls left from the Minolta to develop from our mini-vacation next week.
Minolta SR-T 202, MD Rokkor 24/2.8 lens, Fomapan 400 (at EI 200, developed in BW&G for 12.5 minutes).
I resurrected my Yashica GX (1st cousin to the more popular "Electro" GSN, but smaller, lighter and without the electronics board issues.) I scored this beauty for $35 about 7 years ago when Precision Camera (Austin, TX) was selling off gear that had been dropped off for service, but was never picked up. The silver GX is a 9.5/10 cosmetically and had been CLA'ed by Precision, so it's a cherry example. I shot a few rolls when I got it, then it sat on a shelf for the last 5 years. (I "exercised" it regularly!) A couple of weeks ago, I got some new batteries (hearing aid batts) and a machined brass adaptor set so I don't have to use an aluminum foil shim to make solid contact in the battery compartment. The internal meter works PERFECTLY.
All images shot wide open at f/1.7 (I consider lenses to be a single f-stop. Whatever the largest aperture is! :-)) I used a 3 stop ND. TMax 100 developed in DF96 (mixed 7 months ago!) for 15 minutes to assure the TMax purple dye is removed. I learned that DF96 (and all monobaths) are self-stopping, so you can't over-develop the film.
Recent film scans.
Beacon Hill in Boston.
My Italian uncle sitting in the shade under a grape vine in his usual arms resting on his belly position. Taken with my first 4x5 Crown Graphic and HP5
Activatedfx wrote:
I resurrected my Yashica GX (1st cousin to the more popular "Electro" GSN, but smaller, lighter and without the electronics board issues.) I scored this beauty for $35 about 7 years ago when Precision Camera (Austin, TX) was selling off gear that had been dropped off for service, but was never picked up. The silver GX is a 9.5/10 cosmetically and had been CLA'ed by Precision, so it's a cherry example. I shot a few rolls when I got it, then it sat on a shelf for the last 5 years. (I "exercised" it regularly!) A couple of weeks ago, I got some new batteries (hearing aid batts) and a machined brass adaptor set so I don't have to use an aluminum foil shim to make solid contact in the battery compartment. The internal meter works PERFECTLY.
All images shot wide open at f/1.7 (I consider lenses to be a single f-stop. Whatever the largest aperture is! :-)) I used a 3 stop ND. TMax 100 developed in DF96 (mixed 7 months ago!) for 15 minutes to assure the TMax purple dye is removed. I learned that DF96 (and all monobaths) are self-stopping, so you can't over-develop the film.
Waiting on my eyes to finish recovering. Some more of the $4 a roll Arista that Huss mentioned days ago. Haven't had any weird artifacts in the emulsion. Tried adapting some Deckel München (DKL mount) lenses to the Pen FT using a Nikon AI - DKL adapter stacked with a Pen FT to Nikon ai adapter. It works great, and the German lenses (made for Kodak's Retina Reflex SLRs of the same 1960s period as the Pen F are scaled (last photo) better to fit the tiny Pen FT body.
The three Schneider-Kreuznach lenses shot with the Nikkor 50mm f1.2 ais
James Markus wrote:
Waiting on my eyes to finish recovering. Some more of the $4 a roll Arista that Huss mentioned days ago. Haven't had any weird artifacts in the emulsion. Tried adapting some Deckel München (DKL mount) lenses to the Pen FT using a Nikon AI - DKL adapter stacked with a Pen FT to Nikon ai adapter. It works great, and the German lenses (made for Kodak's Retina Reflex SLRs of the same 1960s period as the Pen F are scaled (last photo) better to fit the tiny Pen FT body.
Nice shots. I think that film just doesn’t play well with DF96 monobath.
Activatedfx wrote:
I resurrected my Yashica GX (1st cousin to the more popular "Electro" GSN, but smaller, lighter and without the electronics board issues.) I scored this beauty for $35 about 7 years ago when Precision Camera (Austin, TX) was selling off gear that had been dropped off for service, but was never picked up. The silver GX is a 9.5/10 cosmetically and had been CLA'ed by Precision, so it's a cherry example. I shot a few rolls when I got it, then it sat on a shelf for the last 5 years. (I "exercised" it regularly!) A couple of weeks ago, I got some new batteries (hearing aid batts) and a machined brass adaptor set so I don't have to use an aluminum foil shim to make solid contact in the battery compartment. The internal meter works PERFECTLY.
All images shot wide open at f/1.7 (I consider lenses to be a single f-stop. Whatever the largest aperture is! :-)) I used a 3 stop ND. TMax 100 developed in DF96 (mixed 7 months ago!) for 15 minutes to assure the TMax purple dye is removed. I learned that DF96 (and all monobaths) are self-stopping, so you can't over-develop the film.
In May, my wife and I went to Smoky Mountain and Atlanta for 4 days.
Pentax 628 - Only took 16 photos, 3 of them were out focus. The lens was hazy because the camera was in my pant's pocket and I was sweating as hell.
Mamiya 6 - Not even one photo, weight training.
Activatedfx wrote:
I resurrected my Yashica GX (1st cousin to the more popular "Electro" GSN, but smaller, lighter and without the electronics board issues.)
A worthy resurrection indeed -- these are awesome!
