A couple of portraits of Fon shot with my ZF and Nikkor 135:2.0 AIS
The first one in my home studio using 2 x profoto B1 heads one with a beauty dish and the other with a strip box
The second shot in natural light
ndwgolf1 wrote:
A couple of portraits of Fon shot with my ZF and Nikkor 135:2.0 AIS
The first one in my home studio using 2 x profoto B1 heads one with a beauty dish and the other with a strip box
The second shot in natural light
These are beautiful portraits. She obviously enjoys posing, and you do a great job capturing her with that vintage 135 lens!
We have had quite a cool/wet spring in my neck of the woods. Last night I went out after a rain up my local trail. The wildflowers are definitely lagging behind other years. It was so still (very unusual here), that I was able to capture one of our tiny orchids with a 20 shot focus stack at 0.5 sec as the light faded!!
Here are 3 using the micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 and my Df, ISO 100, f4
Love these Doug! And to do that outside with 20 shots at .5 it had to be still. Great job!
graytrekker wrote:
We have had quite a cool/wet spring in my neck of the woods. Last night I went out after a rain up my local trail. The wildflowers are definitely lagging behind other years. It was so still (very unusual here), that I was able to capture one of our tiny orchids with a 20 shot focus stack at 0.5 sec as the light faded!!
Here are 3 using the micro-Nikkor 55mm f2.8 and my Df, ISO 100, f4
Last month I gave a presentation to our local photo club about the history of photography, displayed some old gear, film, rangefinder, 4x5 etc and discussed some of the restoration efforts I have had in the past. Anyway... a couple weeks ago, I was contacted by the founding member of our club. Said he had something for me if I wanted it. He is not able to attend the meetings any longer so I went to pay him a visit.
He had a Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak camera (aka the Soldiers camera) that his father had in World War I. Wanted to make sure it went to someone who would take care of it. I was humbled.
The serial number correlates to being made in 1917.
This camera shoots 127 format film, has 4 shutter settings. 1/25, B, T and 1/50. Has 4 aperture settings Near View Portrait, Average View, Distant View, and Clouds/Marine. From what I have been able to search that roughly correlates to f/11, 16, 22, 32. The film was very slow and before the ISO/ASA standards were set. But the original Kodak 127 was around ISO 25/50.
The lens is fixed focus, single element meniscus. When I first got the camera I thought it was missing a front element since the aperture and shutter are exposed from the front
The camera was in rough shape. The shutter would not fire and the aperture was hard to move. The shutter is a ball bearing shutter. Really tiny ball bearings The bellows are brittle and full of pin holes but otherwise it is very structurally sound.
Since the front of the camera is open to the shutter, it was full of dust and lint. After disassembly I was able to clean it out and able to get it functional again. The meniscus lens element cleaned up perfectly as well as the tiny optical viewfinder. I was able to find a person in UK who custom makes bellows for this camera. While they are being made, I was able to make the existing bellows light tight with some very thin 3M polyester tape.
You can actually find 127 film at B&H. So I am going to go out and shoot a 107 year old camera this weekend
Thought you all would find this interesting.
Have a good weekend. Long one if you are in the US
GeorgeBo wrote:
12 hours is too long without a post
Last month I gave a presentation to our local photo club about the history of photography, displayed some old gear, film, rangefinder, 4x5 etc and discussed some of the restoration efforts I have had in the past. Anyway... a couple weeks ago, I was contacted by the founding member of our club. Said he had something for me if I wanted it. He is not able to attend the meetings any longer so I went to pay him a visit.
He had a Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak camera (aka the Soldiers camera) that his father had in World War I. Wanted to make sure it went to someone who would take care of it. I was humbled.
The serial number correlates to being made in 1917.
This camera shoots 127 format film, has 4 shutter settings. 1/25, B, T and 1/50. Has 4 aperture settings Near View Portrait, Average View, Distant View, and Clouds/Marine. From what I have been able to search that roughly correlates to f/11, 16, 22, 32. The film was very slow and before the ISO/ASA standards were set. But the original Kodak 127 was around ISO 25/50.
The lens is fixed focus, single element meniscus. When I first got the camera I thought it was missing a front element since the aperture and shutter are exposed from the front
The camera was in rough shape. The shutter would not fire and the aperture was hard to move. The shutter is a ball bearing shutter. Really tiny ball bearings The bellows are brittle and full of pin holes but otherwise it is very structurally sound.
Since the front of the camera is open to the shutter, it was full of dust and lint. After disassembly I was able to clean it out and able to get it functional again. The meniscus lens element cleaned up perfectly as well as the tiny optical viewfinder. I was able to find a person in UK who custom makes bellows for this camera. While they are being made, I was able to make the existing bellows light tight with some very thin 3M polyester tape.
You can actually find 127 film at B&H. So I am going to go out and shoot a 107 year old camera this weekend
Thought you all would find this interesting.
Have a good weekend. Long one if you are in the US
GeorgeBo wrote:
12 hours is too long without a post
Last month I gave a presentation to our local photo club about the history of photography, displayed some old gear, film, rangefinder, 4x5 etc and discussed some of the restoration efforts I have had in the past. Anyway... a couple weeks ago, I was contacted by the founding member of our club. Said he had something for me if I wanted it. He is not able to attend the meetings any longer so I went to pay him a visit.
He had a Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak camera (aka the Soldiers camera) that his father had in World War I. Wanted to make sure it went to someone who would take care of it. I was humbled.
The serial number correlates to being made in 1917.
This camera shoots 127 format film, has 4 shutter settings. 1/25, B, T and 1/50. Has 4 aperture settings Near View Portrait, Average View, Distant View, and Clouds/Marine. From what I have been able to search that roughly correlates to f/11, 16, 22, 32. The film was very slow and before the ISO/ASA standards were set. But the original Kodak 127 was around ISO 25/50.
The lens is fixed focus, single element meniscus. When I first got the camera I thought it was missing a front element since the aperture and shutter are exposed from the front
The camera was in rough shape. The shutter would not fire and the aperture was hard to move. The shutter is a ball bearing shutter. Really tiny ball bearings The bellows are brittle and full of pin holes but otherwise it is very structurally sound.
Since the front of the camera is open to the shutter, it was full of dust and lint. After disassembly I was able to clean it out and able to get it functional again. The meniscus lens element cleaned up perfectly as well as the tiny optical viewfinder. I was able to find a person in UK who custom makes bellows for this camera. While they are being made, I was able to make the existing bellows light tight with some very thin 3M polyester tape.
You can actually find 127 film at B&H. So I am going to go out and shoot a 107 year old camera this weekend
Thought you all would find this interesting.
Have a good weekend. Long one if you are in the US
My neuropathy is finally hitting my hands and my grip is a lot less than it used to be. I tried to open up my "learning lens" (its a lens that I got in a trade that was already partially taken apart) and I can't even break free some of the screws I tightened 7 years ago. It really stinks. Makes my MF journey harder as well. I sway a lot more than I did, so even with the focusing aids the Z5 has, I still miss shots with it handheld. I want to get my 55/1.2 serviced.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thanks Kevin. Really looking forward to see what comes out
Re: lenses, I am an DIY guy and do my own stuff, but don't risk the liability on others.
