Rollei 35 with Ilford FP4+ 125 film, pushed to ISO 200 and developed with Xtol. Digitized with Plustek 8200i Ai and SilverFast 8. Amazing how sharp this little 40/3.5 Tessar lens is!
Rollei 35 with Ilford FP4+ 125 film, pushed to ISO 200 and developed with Xtol. Digitized with Plustek 8200i Ai and SilverFast 8. Amazing how sharp this little 40/2.8 Tessar lens is!
Love the last pic! Nice to see the Rollei 35 representin'! Such a nice, jewell-like camera.
Isn't the lens a Sonnar if it is the 2.8?
I tried to buy one - 3 times actually - but each one had serious issues. First one had a broken gear in the film transport so It wouldn't wind on film (apparently Rollei briefly introduced plastic gears or some such thing), the next two had shutter issues where speeds under 1/30 were essentially B. Both times not disclosed by the seller..
Desmolicious wrote:
Love the last pic! Nice to see the Rollei 35 representin'! Such a nice, jewell-like camera.
Isn't the lens a Sonnar if it is the 2.8?
I tried to buy one - 3 times actually - but each one had serious issues. First one had a broken gear in the film transport so It wouldn't wind on film (apparently Rollei briefly introduced plastic gears or some such thing), the next two had shutter issues where speeds under 1/30 were essentially B. Both times not disclosed by the seller..
Thanks - the one I used had the Tessar 40/3.5 - after you posted this, I googled and found in fact two versions of the Rollei 35 - one came with the Sonnar 40/2.8, the other with the Tessar 40/3.5 (my error was that I mixed up the fastest aperture stop, corrected!). I was travelling abroad, and didn't bring my Leica M camera gear with me, so I used this camera from a relative of mine instead. The camera was in excellent shape, only the light meter of this camera wasn't functioning anymore since batteries in there corroded in the past and shut something. I simply used an external Gossen meter which was at least as good!
I was very impressed with the image quality of the small Tessar lens! Wide open the far corners of the frame were a bit blurry, but when closed down 2 stops, all was sharp. What I didn't like with the camera was the film insertion: there was no way to tell that the film was actually moving. The film lever insertion was a bit cumbersome, and twice the film snapped out of the reel before I closed the camera lid. When it finally worked, I wasn't sure if the film was moved after using the lever to move to the next frame. I decided to expose the first 3 frames and opened the camera to make sure the film was still correctly inserted - and it was! But I am sure that often a whole film could be "missed" with this camera which you might have only seen after > 36 (never taken) exposures and no stop....
Question to the growing film shooter community here: there are fantastic images posted here by so many contributors, so this led me to the following idea: How about starting a monthly fun film photo contest in a similar design as the current "Alt and mirrorless monthly competition"? The latter one is predominantly based on digital photography even film is not excluded there either. But I rarely see somebody other than myself posting film based photos in this competition which focuses now a lot more on mirrorless digital including drone photography. It would be nice to see a selection of the best film shots taken in the previous month in such potential film competition as part of the Alt forum. What do you guys think?
In case this rises enough interest, I suggest to have the following info given when posting a photo in this film competition:
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Camera body:
Lens:
Aperture:
Filters:
Type of film and development used:
Digitization process:
Short note on PP:
Top vote (3p) + reason:
Runner-up vote (2p):
Last vote (1p):
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kwoodard wrote:
Looks like a postcard! Very nice. How are you liking the Z7 for negative transfers? Better than the D850?
The end result is the same but there are differences:
1. The flip out screen flips out further on the D850, and can angle away from the body at 90 degrees. This is very useful for viewing when the camera is on a copy stand (i.e. when I scan 120 film). I was really surprised that the screen on the Z7 does not have at least the same range of motion. It is still workable, but worse than the D850.
2. No need to remember to use the mirror up pre-exposure function on the Z7, as there is no mirror! (to reduce vibration when using the copy stand).
3. For some unknown reason, the film digitizer mode on the D850 is missing on the Z7. I found it really useful to preview images. I have no idea why Nikon left this off, and hope that they will introduce it with a firmware update.
4. When scanning film, the LiveView mode on the D850 nailed focus immediately whereas on the Z7 it seems to hunt a little bit more. Not sure if it is because I used the 60 AF-D lens on the D850, but the G version on the Z7 (as the Z does not AF with D lenses).
TheHulk wrote:
Very nice! Have you heard of Nick Carver? He also uses mostly a Fuji GX617 and has some great photos (he's on YouTube).
I've been wanting to experiment with my FUJI GW690 (6x9) and stitching two or three photos together in Lightroom.
Thanks very much, yup I have been following Nick for a while, I think he uses a Shen Hao now which has movements and is more like a 6x17 view camera than the Fuji but either way the work he produces is pretty spectacular. I've only had the Fuji since October of last year but have put through close to 15 rolls already. Course with 4 shots a roll its a bit easy to burn through film hehe..
Desmolicious wrote:
3. For some unknown reason, the film digitizer mode on the D850 is missing on the Z7. I found it really useful to preview images. I have no idea why Nikon left this off, and hope that they will introduce it with a firmware update.
You could setup a custom picture control profile with Picture Control Utility, where you invert the tone curve. I don't know how the D850 digitizer mode works, but a simple inversion profile works well enough for me.
I had planned to get out and shoot some film this weekend, but the cold rainy, overcast NYC weather did not inspire. So I decided to do a little indoor "Glamour" shoot. Even though these are not shot with a film camera, I'm hoping that shots OF film cameras are OK to post! Enjoy.
All Pana GX9 (m43) and 30mm Macro. Natural window light plus some white and black cards to shape it a bit.
