Got my hands on an old nearly mint looking Kodak Retina Reflex III SLR camera with wonderful set of Schneider-Kreuznach Retina lenses in 28, 50, and 135 mm focal length. I had to send the camera out for CLA and repair - it was worth getting it fixed, it works prefectly now. I tested it yesterday with FP4+ film shot at ISO 200 and developed with Rodinal (1:50). The negatives were then digitized with my Plustek 8200i scanner. Love the results!
Huss - very nice! Love it.
Nicholas - how are you liking the Rolleiflex compared to other TLR's you have used? I have always wanted to try one but prices are crazy for the f/2.8.
Gary Clennan wrote:
Huss - very nice! Love it.
Nicholas - how are you liking the Rolleiflex compared to other TLR's you have used? I have always wanted to try one but prices are crazy for the f/2.8.
Hi Gary - I really like the Rolleiflex 2.8F beautiful bokeh particularly for portraits.
My favourite is the 3.5F with the 6 element planar lens. The lens on the 3.5F is sharper and the camera is lighter and feels better balanced. The bokeh of the 3.5F is not as creamy as the 2.8F though
Huss, following your 850 film digitizer tests with interest.
Couldn't appreciate the colors that I got with my Minolta Autocord and expired Fuji NPH400 on some recent dull days. So I processed a couple of shots with Nik's Silver Effex Pro 2, after scanning them with an Epson V700 with a Better Scanning holder.
Paul Gabel wrote:
Huss, following your 850 film digitizer tests with interest.
Couldn't appreciate the colors that I got with my Minolta Autocord and expired Fuji NPH400 on some recent dull days. So I processed a couple of shots with Nik's Silver Effex Pro 2, after scanning them with an Epson V700 with a Better Scanning holder.
Shots from last month...while still experimenting using my current lens line up on my N80. The following shots were taken with the Tamron 45 f1.8 vc and Tokina 11-20 f2.8.
Ran some Provia 100F thru my Kodak Medalist II 6X9. Used a 80B filter for the lighting; not an exact match but it was the only one I had. You will kindly forgive the barrier chains...part of the experience at this museum.
Having an Autochord myself, was it the film or lens attributing to the color trouble you saw?
Neither, Kevin. It was just very dull light. It was also me: I find it often easier to envision a picture in black and white. You really should put your Autocord to work, it is a terrific camera.
Having an Autochord myself, was it the film or lens attributing to the color trouble you saw?
Neither, Kevin. It was just very dull light. It was also me: I find it often easier to envision a picture in black and white. You really should put your Autocord to work, it is a terrific camera.
I plan too! Had a tech look at it and thinks that the camera has never been used. Or if it was, one or two rolls at most.
Paul Gabel wrote:
Huss, following your 850 film digitizer tests with interest.
Nice shots Paul.
Cross post from the Nikon digitizer thread:
It does not seem to be able to handle lighting situations outside normal 'daylight' well. This is taken at dusk, no edits from the digitizer jpeg:
Here is as good as my limited jpeg manipulation skills could manage. Remember the point of this is to not have to spend time in post process (which I did for this) as one might as well just shoot RAW and forget about the digitizer:
And here is how it looks if you just do it from RAW to begin. I have lots more lee-way too, to adjust colour balance etc. This is just one take on it:
Rolleiflex 66E with 80/2.8 Planar - Portra 160 - Self developed and scanned with my Nikon Coolscan 9000
Really like the color signature of Portra 160 - so easy to edit to taste - I wish Portra 400 was a bit more like it - find it too orange at times and very hard to scan properly
You will kindly forgive the barrier chains...part of the experience at this museum.
