From a hike down and the drive out from Mariscal Canyon, Big Bend National Park. I posted some ektar shots from my hike up a few months back. These are later in the day with velvia 100, mainly 28/2.8 with some 50/1.7 thrown in.
what we just hiked up and then down
coyote crossing our path. Had the wrong lens/film combo handy on the camera. There were 3 or 4 all around the vehicle.
Paul Gabel wrote:
Georg, now I have bought myself a nice little half-frame camera too. The Agfa Optima Parat should arrive in a couple of days. It comes with original box and pouch, and the selenium light meter supposedly still functions as intended. Looking forward to use it.Agfa Optima Parat
Congrats, Paul, that's a real beauty! I wasn't aware of this model, and was afraid to get by incident a half-frame Agfa for the Rapid-film-cassettes (also known as "SL-Kassette" in East-Germany, typical cameras for it were the Penti halfframe- and the Beirette-24x36-cameras).
It's no problem to load film from a standard-roll of 35mm-film into those cartridges, but I prefer to use the regular 35mm-cassetttes.
Shooting diptych's and polyptych's was one of the reasons to try a half-frame-camera for me, but it's harder than expected to find suitable subjects.
I'm looking forward to your (hopefully illustrated) findings and impressions.
Here's a diptych shot in dull light with the Pen EES2: Ohne Titel by Georg, auf Flickr
in the local zoo - Pen EES2, Tmax100, still have to try some more grainy 400-speed-film
The 25x37mm-negative carrier of the Focomat V35 will take 2 frames from the EES2 with some room to spare, while my Pen FT has slightly broader gaps (term?) between the frames.
Jon, thank you! Very nice shots from the Mariscal Canyon (had to look it up). My favorite is the second shot, it looks just like the place where the moon-landing was staged (sorry for the poor joke).
The scarred tree is a great subject, very suitable for your contrasty B&W-capture.
Here's an almost recent shot (from about 2 months ago, printed now):
Aufbau Ost an der Unterwarnow by Georg, auf Flickr
Shot with my favorite TLR (maybe my favorite medium-format-camera at all), a Minolta Autocord.
The Rokkor 75/3.5 taking lens is a great performer, wish I had stopped it down a bit more in the shot above.
Rollei RPX 100 developed in Fomadon Excel W27 1+1 (this is a Xtol-clone).
I'm not really happy with the print, but couldn't get it better in my limited time.
And here's a rather old shot, just stumbled over 2 negative-sleeves filled with Delta-3200-shots. I've used this film only a couple of times and was curious how it would look printed:
Ostseejazz 1999, Ilford Delta 3200 by Georg, auf Flickr
Delta 3200 exposed with a Nikon of some sort. Developed in ID-11 for 9 minutes at 25°C in a Jobo-processor, according to the notes on the negative-sleeves.
Cropped the neg a bit too remove some unwanted, view-obstructing stuff.
Severely underexposed a couple rolls of tmax100. My light meter (brain) for meter less cameras was faulty Was able to salvage some images though that made it worthwhile. From December out in the Chihuahuan desert, Big Bend National Park. Leica iiif, tmax100, summitar with deep red filter, hc110 dil h, pakon scan, lr5
A few more with Delta 100, and borrowed Mamiya M645/80mm (last with 150mm)
Really have to up my game with reel loading and with post-development handling - dust and scratches everywhere! The third was beyond my LR clone tool abilities, so here it is scratches and all.
Totally love the MF experience though, a Hassy 501c arrived in the mail yesterday!
Coogee, congrats to your Hassi! Shooting medium-format is great fun and filling a square frame even more. Nice shots with the M645, a bit of dust and scratches are just natural on film-shots.
Jon, thanks for your comment! I really like the look of your shots, a bit rough just like the landscape. Btw, I tend to over-expose with or without meter, probably over-compensating for the yellow-filters I like to use.
Tom, thank you. The Autocord's waist-level-finder works great for shots from a low point of view ("frog's perspective"). Love to shoot with scenes with the aid of puddles as "mirror"
Grubenstraße by Georg, auf Flickr
My neighborhood. Shot with my favorite SLR, a Leicaflex SL. Lens was an Elmarit-R 28/2.8.
Rollei Retro 100 (better known as the "original" Agfa APX 100), expired 2011, developed in Xtol 1+1.
Lokschuppen by Georg, auf Flickr
abandoned loco-shed, Leicaflex SL +28mm + Retro100 too
Knabenschule by Georg, auf Flickr
a former boy-school ("Knaben-Schule")
…and as last shot from this roll one of my favorite images this year: . by Georg, auf Flickr
Framed a bit too tight, but couldn't step back further. The 28/2.8 is the widest lens I have for the Leicaflex and was the widest lens I had with me.
Maybe I'll use this shot too finally test my fibre-based-papers.
Huss, the symmetrical composition works great on your fine shot. I'm testing/checking out the more uncommon GW 680 III right now and have some problems to "nail" the intended frame. But the large negs are impressive and the lens a very good performer.
Jon, thank you! All the images I've posted here recently are scans of darkroom-prints. I just think about using the "wall-shot" to play with fibre-based-paper instead of the resin-coated-papers I've used for faster washing/drying.
FB-papers need a good bit more attention and processing-time in the darkroom.
Going back through some files I forgot to load into LR this past fall. Quite a few. Here is from late November, canon 7ne, sigma 24-70/2.8 ex dg, xtra400 film, pakon, lr5
And from a roll of delta 100 and an afternoon trip to the science center with the grandson. Camera was a pentax me, pentax 50/1.7 lens with hc110 dil h
Was able to salvage some images though that made it worthwhile. From December out in the Chihuahuan desert, Big Bend National Park. Leica iiif, tmax100, summitar with deep red filter, hc110 dil h, pakon scan, lr5
