Film Fun with film cameras (Image thread)

stillshunter said:

That seals it. This is hereby my favourite thread on the Forum to date!

@Antonio - those shots my friend!!!!! They have a very different feel to your G3 images. Do you find yourself shooting differently with the RF? Also you seem to really be enjoying it....are you?

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The two cameras are night and day, but I do enjoy both of them. I think this particular set of street shots may be a little bolder than what I usually get with the G3, because people seem to not notice the M6 very much. Even though the G3 is actually smaller than the M6, I guess the rangefinder appears less threatening for some reason. Having to manually focus and adjust exposure also slows you down somewhat, although not as much as you might expect.

I think the difference is also in the tones. I have been very pleased with the B&W tones i get from my digital cameras using Silver Efex, but there is definitely something to the tones you can get from film, even on digital scans. I would not know exactly how to describe it, but it's definitely there, and it shows on screen and particularly on prints.

On the other hand, scanning is still a PITA, and I remain fully convinced that digital beats film hands down when it comes to color work. A roll of Kodak Gold 200 (granted, not the finest color negative film) I shot and had developed earlier today has further reinforced this notion. You will not see those scans in this thread...

Cheers,

Antonio

Well, I guess I'll show one from the Kodak Gold roll. Ran it through the Bleach Bypass effect on Color Efex 3.0:


En la Plaza del Mercado by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Caguas Farmers Market, Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Cheers,

Antonio

These are two from Friday.


My local lane, Voigtlander Bessa R with Voigtlander 25mm, f/4 Snapshot-Skopar, yellow filter


Door of the old Chantry at Slapton, Voigtlander Bessa R with Voigtlander 50mm, f/2.5 Color Skopar

Whilst it can't be seen in these shots I have noticed a problem with a crescent shaped fogged area on a very small number of frames. It appears to occur when the camera is against the light, with the sun well out of shot, above and to the right of the axis of the camera and has occurred with different lenses and also with the lens cap either on (accident) or off. I have e-mailed the supplier and would expect a response tomorrow (Monday), so it could be that my contributions to this thread will dry up if the camera proves to be faulty

Barrie

Another one from the Kodak Gold roll. So much for not showing anything...


JDP by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M6 TTL, 90mm 4.0 M Rokkor, Kodak Gold 200, Color Efex 3.0.

Cheers,

Antonio

Wow ...

grebeman said:

Whilst it can't be seen in these shots I have noticed a problem with a crescent shaped fogged area on a very small number of frames. It appears to occur when the camera is against the light, with the sun well out of shot, above and to the right of the axis of the camera and has occurred with different lenses and also with the lens cap either on (accident) or off. I have e-mailed the supplier and would expect a response tomorrow (Monday), so it could be that my contributions to this thread will dry up if the camera proves to be faulty

Barrie

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Camera on it's way back to the supplier for investigations.

Barrie

fingers crossed then

good luck! great shots being posted here by the way, love the colour rendering on the kodak gold, bleach bypassed or not!

Collapsible Summicron-M 5cm f2, on the Leica M2, Fujicolor 200 film.

Wide-Open, probably slow speed 1/15th or so.



Also Uploaded some with the lens on the M8. it's on the M3 right now.

Just doing my best to keep this thread on the front page...


Caleta de las Monjas by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


En la Calle Betances by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M6 TTL, 35mm 2.5 Color Skopar, Ilford XP2 Super.

Cheers,

Antonio

Brian said:

Collapsible Summicron-M 5cm f2, on the Leica M2, Fujicolor 200 film.

Wide-Open, probably slow speed 1/15th or so.

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Very pretty, Brian.

Regards,

Antonio

Brian said:

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You've really caught something else here Brian What an absolutely beautiful portrait! ...and this is with Superia 200?

olympus xa2 - A SERIOUS COMPACT

Maestro Félix R. Cordero

Puerto Rican painter Félix R. Cordero. Taken at Plaza Palmer, Caguas, Puerto Rico.


Maestro Félix Cordero by ramirezaponte, on Flickr


Maestro Félix Cordero by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M6TTL, 90mm 4.0M Rokkor, Ilford XP2 Super.

Cheers,

Antonio

Caleta de las Monjas

Caleta de las Monjas, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.


Caleta de las Monjas by ramirezaponte, on Flickr

Leica M6TTL, 35mm 2.5 Color Skopar, Kodak BW400CN.

Cheers,

Antonio

First shots with the R2a

These are from my first roll of film for many many years ... Voigtlander Bessa R2a, 35mm Summicron, Ilford SP2 Super ... all rather lo-res scans from my local minilab I'm afraid; I feel rather apologetic about posting these poor first attempts in company with the likes of Antonio's work ...


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Pitts Lane by _loupe, on Flickr
Pitts Lane by _loupe, on Flickr

towards St James' Common by _loupe, on Flickr

mill pond by _loupe, on Flickr

the bridge March by _loupe, on Flickr

favourite pigs at Cann Mill by _loupe, on Flickr

Well, they certainly look good to me!

I suspect that the Mini-Lab scanning does an auto-contrast, and stretches to the "extremes" of the curve. I scan my own negatives, and am careful to preserve the contrast of the lens.

Thank you, Brian

Paul,

I wish my first roll of negatives had been close to these. As you know my Bessa R has had to be returned for an apparent light fogging problem that occurred on a very few negatives and has left the supplier baffled. Like wise it's something the like of which I've never seen. I have been exceedingly disappointed with the quality of my home developed negatives, both 35mm and 120. The exposure seems to be good, the development time seems to be good. However they are lacking something. I can only assume that it is down to my local water supply. Most of my previous work was carried out in Plymouth which has very soft water. Here I am on a local spring water supply which is very hard and probably contains significant, if microscopic floating particles. If I continue with film it would appear that XP2 should be a negative film that I try, no handy local developers here so post would be my only option. At the moment I am very disappointed with my foray back into the world of film. There might be quite a bit of equipment on e-bay soon.

Whilst your low resolution scans might not fully meet with your approval, they show great promise. To obtain what you really want you and demonstrate what the camera and lens are capable of you need full control over the scanning process, in the meantime they look pretty good from where I stand at the moment.

Barrie

And thank you too Barrie.
I'm amazed that there seem to be no photo labs in South Devon! I would have thought that a holiday destination would be teeming with them ...

It's disappointing to hear of your problems with the R, and hope that gets resolved ... though it would be equally disappointing if you got discouraged to the point of giving up film - for someone who is, after all, "a naturalist rather than a photographer", you have wonderful skill as a documentary, landscape and people photographer ...