Tom, Reala is still my favorite color-film. Have some rolls squirreled away, sold my other color-films, apart from the Reala I just kept some rolls of Agfa Ultra (to burn it in a Horizon-swing-lens-camera). And 5 120-rolls of Agfa Portrait 160 are waiting for some suitable subjects too.
Cross-post from the Manual-Focus-Nikon-Glass-thread, hope you don't mind.
Two snaps from a short walk with my least used Nikon-camera and my least used (working) MF-Nikkor.
Printed both shots last night, missed the first minutes of "Game 2" while washing the prints ;-)
Ohne Titel by Georg, auf Flickr
Nikon F-301 ("N-2000" in the US) with Nikkor UD-Auto 20/3.5 and a red-filter
Film used was expired Kodak T-Max 100 (the first version), developed in Rodinal 1+100 and printed on Foma RC-paper
I think I can get a much better print, have to work more systematic in the darkroom.
Ohne Titel by Georg, auf Flickr
same technical data, the red-filter will eat up about 3 stops, got exposure-values like 12/12°-speed (without filter), in this case about 1/60sec and f/5.6-8
Will try to get a better print from this negative too, have to make some tools/masks for dodging and burning.
Kenny, the fine grained Kodak-films work great with the shiny subjects. Are you re-spooling 120-film or is your Medalist II converted to take the common 120 films?
Got a new pinhole-camera and shot some sheets with it yesterday evening.
This is the very first shot. A second, better exposed sheet got some unwanted contact with it's neighbor in the Combiplan-tank.
Lesson learned, will only develop 4 sheets at once in this otherwise lovely device.
flow by Georg, auf Flickr
90mm Pinhole-camera with 3 holes to allow rise in horizontal and vertical orientation, f/225, 90 sec. exposed in fading light
expired FP4plus in Rodinal 1+50, crappy negative-scan
…and a picture I've shot in the late winter. I don't like the lacking tonal-separation in the foreground.
Printed just to play with a new old negative-carrier in the old Durst enlarger.
The lettering made me keep the negative as the subject is showing "My Germany".
Yes, Georg, I"m respooling. It's not too bad, just time-consuming. With Ken Ruth getting older by the minute, I doubt I'll ever have either one of my Medalists modified. Sure hope he gets to my Medalist I CLA soon!
Kenny, thanks for the info! I just have one old 6x9-folder for 620-film. Maybe I'll try re-spooling. Your wonderful Medalist's are for sure worth the re-spooling-effort. Beautiful cameras, rather uncommon here in Germany.
Tom, thanks, shooting pinholes is great fun. Lacking any interest in really artistic photography I'll tend to use the pinholes as cheap and durable architecture-cameras.
One shot from yesterday. Taken with an old Busch Pressman D. For this shot I replaced the Xenar 135mm-lens with a
Fujinon-W 125/5.6 for a slightly wider angle of view and a bit more headroom (rise).
Juni-Himmel über Rostock by Georg, auf Flickr
Busch Pressman D, Fujinon-W 125/5.6 at about f/22, dark yellow-filter, expired Orwo NP22 in Rodinal 1+50
The crane at the right side wouldn't co-operate, it finally swung over to the left after I had the camera packed away.
The change of my hometown, my neighborhood is my favorite subject for a while now.
Cranes everywhere. Sometimes for the good, but not always. Many views I grew up with are gone, other views will follow.
You make it look simple.
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