Oh, wow. 135 William is right in the area where I was walking around!!
The GW690 is amazing. So glad I decided to get one. As much as I love the 500 C/M, I end up taking the GW out more often because those 6x9 chromes are addictive. Bigger is better in this case.
A few more to make you homesick!
And one in my kitchen. (Last shot of the roll, which I was "saving" as I walked home. I waited too long! haha)
One other thing I like about the GW690iii is that the shutter is so light, there is virtually no shutter shock. The kitchen shot was handheld at 1/60. I just wish it had a built-in meter...
Yep, it was the shots at the seaport that got me. If you want a good bite and don’t need high class, check out Jeremy’s Ale House right around the corner from the Seaport.
Thanks for the kick in the pants too. Time to use the GW690 more and worry about a different camera less.
Activatedfx wrote:
Oh, wow. 135 William is right in the area where I was walking around!!
The GW690 is amazing. So glad I decided to get one. As much as I love the 500 C/M, I end up taking the GW out more often because those 6x9 chromes are addictive. Bigger is better in this case.
One other thing I like about the GW690iii is that the shutter is so light, there is virtually no shutter shock. The kitchen shot was handheld at 1/60. I just wish it had a built-in meter......Show more →
Mathieu18 wrote:
Yep, it was the shots at the seaport that got me. If you want a good bite and don’t need high class, check out Jeremy’s Ale House right around the corner from the Seaport.
Thanks for the kick in the pants too. Time to use the GW690 more and worry about a different camera less.
Cool. I used to work at the Seaport when I was in college back in the 80's. I was a maitre d at Roeblings Restaurant. The Pier 17 building was destroyed by Superstorm Sandy, which was sad. It was finally torn down, re-built and just re-opened last year, but it isn't as charming as the original. It's basically a giant nightclub now...
I believe your original Fujica 690 sports the same lens as the 690iii, so IQ should be identical. Try some Provia!
Paul Gabel wrote:
A few cold snaps, taken with a Nikon F3HP and 50mm 1.4 ais. Ilford HP5+ in HC110 dilution H, scanned with a Pakon F135 and post-processed with Camera+2 app on iPad.
That was exactly my thought. And of course before I could unlist it from eBay it sold... such is life. I’ll “live” with a 6x6 system camera though. I much prefer a waist level finder anyway.
Mathieu18 wrote:
That was exactly my thought. And of course before I could unlist it from eBay it sold... such is life. I’ll “live” with a 6x6 system camera though. I much prefer a waist level finder anyway.
Your price was crazy low. I'm not surprised it sold so fast. When I saw the price I was ready to buy it and I dont even have a strong interest in a 6 x 9 camera!
Eh I got it for less so I’m okay with it. I don’t really either, so I’m okay.
rattymouse wrote:
Your price was crazy low. I'm not surprised it sold so fast. When I saw the price I was ready to buy it and I dont even have a strong interest in a 6 x 9 camera!
Taken and developed this afternoon: Hasselblad 500 C/M with Hasselblad-Zeiss 50/4.0 CF T* lens, 2-stop ND filter. Ilford FP4+ 125 film, developed in Xtol (1:1). Digitized with Epson V850 scanner.
Yesterday, I finally got to shoot a roll of the Ektachrome 100 I bought back in early November. Shot with my $35 Yashica GX, and home developed using the Arista Rapid E6 developing kit.
Not sure I'm loving it - whereas Provia has a distinct blue cast that is easily removed by dropping the LightRoom blue saturation slider @-20, Ektachrome seems to have a purple cast that is hard to get rid of. I spent literally hours trying to get proper colors, and I'm still not happy. It's almost as bad a color negative film. I looked around the 'net for other Ektachrome images, and the purple cast seems to be normal. And when I get some parts looking good, the skies go yellow. Back to Provia for me.
Activatedfx wrote:
Yesterday, I finally got to shoot a roll of the Ektachrome 100 I bought back in early November. Shot with my $35 Yashica GX, and home developed using the Arista Rapid E6 developing kit.
Not sure I'm loving it - whereas Provia has a distinct blue cast that is easily removed by dropping the LightRoom blue saturation slider @-20, Ektachrome seems to have a purple cast that is hard to get rid of. I spent literally hours trying to get proper colors, and I'm still not happy. It's almost as bad a color negative film. I looked around the 'net for other Ektachrome images, and the purple cast seems to be normal. And when I get some parts looking good, the skies go yellow. Back to Provia for me.
A few more full-size Ektachrome. Finally ended up bringing them into Photoshop which seems to do a better job at color balancing. But I'm still not thrilled. (I use the Levels point droppers to set black, white and grey points.)
