Fun with film cameras (Image thread)

[Penfan2010]

AJ - really great contrast and composition; I really like the first shot of the rope and the one with the window grille. Well done, as usual.

[KillRamsey]

Very nice shots! Sharp, lovely tones, and tight and smooth grain. Would you mind sharing development and scanning information?

Thanks,

Antonio

Happy to do so, though it might cause me some embarassment. I just drop film off at a local chain (Hunt's), who send it to another local lab for processing and scanning. The Hunt's store then prints (if I requested prints) in-store. So what you see with those shots is their standard developing and scan service with no post-processing of the files by me. I attribute that buttery grain look to the TMax 400, because that same processing chain has yielded much more grainy results with Ilford HP 400 film. To be fair, I also attribute the sloppy black chunk of stuff visible above the car headlight to the same lab, so... results aren't top-notch but it's literally on my bicycle ride to/from work. It could not be much more convenient. Right now, with what I'm shooting, I choose convenience. I'm just goofing around and learning how to do this again.

[kevwilfoto]

Recents with the Minolta XD-5 and some T-Max 400...





(Appeared in the cars thread as well)

Great shots! Did you under-expose to get that contrast?

[KillRamsey]

The top 3 shots were shot in Ap priority on the old minolta xd-5, with no adjustments. So this is what the camera meter, TMax 400, and Hunt Photo processing deliver as a default result. The bottom one I had to work a little harder for. I used my X100 as a meter - I set it manually to ISO400, put the aperture to (I think) f5.6, and had it tell me the resulting shutter speed. It was the only shot I took, I didn't bracket. So that bottom shot is what the X100 recommended, if you will.

I think the contrast is mostly the TMax, and partly the two good lenses I use a lot, which are a late 60's MC 55mm f1.7 and a mid 70's MD 28mm f2.8. With the 55 you have to watch for flare because the coatings weren't very advanced yet, but the optics are frankly really damned good. And the 28 just sorta does everything well, especially above f4. They're very contrasty, sharp, colorful lenses. Minolta did some incredible work.

[pdh]

20130216-1 by _loupe, on Flickr

this one has suffered a bit in the digitisation process

[pdh]

20130216-1-4 by _loupe, on Flickr

[ajramirez]

20130216-1-4 by _loupe, on Flickr

Makes you wonder how much have we really progressed in the last couple of decades. There is something so special about medium and large format b&w photography.

Nicely done.

Cheers,

Antonio

[pdh]

thank you Antonio.
I would like to try printing this one large - 12" or 14" square - but I'll need to get some bigger trays ...

[KillRamsey]

Recent shots with Ektar 100...


A105534_036 by gordopuggy, on Flickr


A105534_017 by gordopuggy, on Flickr


A105534_013 by gordopuggy, on Flickr


A105534_007 by gordopuggy, on Flickr


A105534_006 by gordopuggy, on Flickr

[Lawrence A.]

I haven't printed this yet, so this is from a scan. A test roll of Fuji Neopan 400, shot with the Bessa R and the Summicron 50mm f2 collapsible (LTM)