Wonderful fuji colors there, Tom. How do you like that folder? When they first came out, I almost got one but already have several capable old 6X9 and 6X6 cameras. Just not enough hours in the day to shoot them all. And, since I've fallen off the deep end of 4X5, it's even worse.
So, I got a Canon EF-M including the flash for it, the other day..man I wish I could put that split prism in my other cameras..so nice when focusing at 1.2. Anyways have any of you have used that one before?
Kenj8246 wrote:
Wonderful fuji colors there, Tom. How do you like that folder? When they first came out, I almost got one but already have several capable old 6X9 and 6X6 cameras. Just not enough hours in the day to shoot them all. And, since I've fallen off the deep end of 4X5, it's even worse.
Kenny
The shot taken above was with the GF670W which is not a folding camera. However, I do have the "regular" GF670 which is a folder and I LOVE it to death. It is beyond portable, I feel comfortable taking it anywhere.
Jon, nice stuff from that lost roll! I'm too impatient to let one sit.
Tom, Love the stuff you get from the Fuji kit. I'm spoiled on the Mamiya 7 & changing lenses.
Kenny, nice work with the 4x5/Portra 400. I agree, it's very magical when you get it right on the 4x5. The of course you can screw up an exposure 20 different ways
I have a box of Portra 400 that I haven't touched yet. Have you tried pushing it to 800 or 1600?
Need some advice on shooting transparencies in dusk or dawn scenarios.
Here is an image I got back from my trip a few weeks ago.
Here's the truth behind this one from the 4x5
It's a blend of an Ektar shot that was properly exposed & a Provia shot about 2 stops OVER.
The sky was completely lost on the transparency but every thing else I was able to pull back in P/S.
So just aligned them (same comp) & did a blend.
Almost ALL of my dawn shots on provia, both 4x5 6x7 where blown so it's obvious my exposure method was way off.
For my day shots, I nailed them since the brightest part of the scene was pretty obvious. But guessing the parts of the scene in subdued light I lost my way. For transparencies, certainly in a well lit scene, I just metered the brightest & opened it up 2 stops, sometimes 3 for provia/asita. The funny thing was back when I used to thoroughly meter ALL values & make the judgement on the range of values, I would get it right. I am going back to that & bracket..
The Pakon is a blast. I found out about them right after I had received a Plustek 7600i as a gift and figured why switch? I can see what I've been missing for the past 3 years and with I would have jumped on the train and bought a couple back when the F135+ models were $200-250. I could see saving to buy a few more just so I have spare parts now.
- I have shot Portra 400 at 800 and it looks great. I may have a 1600 roll or too - it can look good it just depends on the scene.
- Love Death Valley. I shot this scene in Feb of 2012 on Velvia from a slightly different vantage point - however probably 25-30 minutes before you when the sky was purple just as the sun started to poke out. You may have needed to start a little earlier to get both the sky and FG into slide film's comfort zone.
- Incidentally the exposure blend is interesting and a cool look but a little visually confusing since you have golden light on the mid-distance terrain but it looks like late morning off in the distance and in the sky.
Really like the feel of these. I've been trying to do this with stiches of film with some success. But a Pano camera does sound intriguing.
I've been looking at 35mm options for the Mamiya 7 & picked up the kit that was for the Mamiya 6 but everything fits, except the mask.
And, since I've fallen off the deep end of 4X5, it's even worse. 
