This past year I have been getting into dual sport riding as I traded my ancient gold wing for an old klr 650 so I could also hit the trails as well as ride on the road. It was time to entertain myself as my wife healed from cancer and chemo. Now that she is healed, I have been getting her in the woods a bit too, trading her old bike for a small 250 dual sport. I have a blast riding these bikes in the woods, always finding a beautiful scene to stop and admire. I usually have a point and shoot like a Nikon l35af or Olympus XA/XA4 with me. From a recent roll of TriX shot through the XA4 from September and early October.
When I was shooting a lot of winter sports, what we generally did was meter off the blue sky. It worked out well (the sky ends up being about the correct mid-tone). On an overcast day, meter off the snow and open up 1-1.5 stops. The other thing you can do is meter off the palm of your hand and open up a stop.
Peter Figen wrote:
One of the more difficult things to do is get the exposure perfect on color slide film in snow and direct sun. Nicely done.
Thanks guys!
Provia seems to at least be more forgiving than Velvia and the meter on the Hassy 203 is proving to be very predictable for me. Sometimes it just pays to waste some film and bracket too, it's not doing me any good sitting in the refrigerator.
Burned up the last of my Delta 400 stash the other weekend on a hiking expedition with my wife and 2 dogs. Here are just a few, the dogs, and my wife. AE-1, 50/1.4 ssc w/ yellow filter, delta 400, hc110, pakon scan
This was the first time I tried my 4x5 Speed Graphic out. I wish I had did this years ago!
Wow! That's amazingly sharp and clear. I had the opportunity to buy one of these (4x5 SG), but didn't because all the shots I was able to find from the camera were only OK. Had I seen this shot, I would have dropped the $200 without a second thought.
kwoodard wrote:
Wow! That's amazingly sharp and clear. I had the opportunity to buy one of these (4x5 SG), but didn't because all the shots I was able to find from the camera were only OK. Had I seen this shot, I would have dropped the $200 without a second thought.
Yeah, I didn't know much about the 152mm Ektar so it was a bit of a gamble. I think I may go for a 210mm next but not sure. Otherwise the Speed graphic is in good conditions overall. I scan it on a V600, sometimes with a 4x5 negative holder.
The ektar lenses were top-shelf back then, nothing wrong with those. $200 for a SG with a working shutter and Graflok back is a deal, usually that will bring $350-450 in nice shape.
kwoodard wrote:
Wow! That's amazingly sharp and clear. I had the opportunity to buy one of these (4x5 SG), but didn't because all the shots I was able to find from the camera were only OK. Had I seen this shot, I would have dropped the $200 without a second thought.
I remember seeing some landscape photo (swampy something) in color on 4x5 and it convinced me that one day I should really get one.
Or I just wait till they make 4x5 sensors. (probably never)
(probably never)
