Show us yer film shots then!

I was given 4 cassettes of 03/2008 dated Fuji Superia 200 by a Flickr Friend with a huge stash of film he sent me so I used my Pentax MZ-5 + couple of different lenses around BRENWOOD here in Deepest ESSEX and rated it 125 ASA and home-processed in C41 -- 125 ASA was about right -- good negs ! Scanned with PlusTek OpticFilm 7200 + Vuescan Pro
SMC Pentax -F 35-70mm f3.5-4.5 lens
MZ-5 Fuji 200 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
MZ-5 Fuji 200 06 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
MZ-5 Fuji 200 07 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
VIVITAR 200mm f3.5 lens
MZ-5 Fuji 200 10 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
MZ-5 Fuji 200 11 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
MZ-5 Fuji 200 16 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
MZ-5 Fuji 200 17 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
 
Going back to 2012 when i had a large collection of very old LF kit.

Amongst them a Thornton Pickard Reflex camera ( one of them huge black leather covered boxes with a long leather viewing 'funnel' that erected above it.) which sadly had a curtain shutter mechanism in very poor condition, nonetheless it gave me this quarter plate sheet film exposure.

Massively overexposed ( due to the shutter!), I got a negative that scans like this:


Nice reflections TP.jpg


but spending some time on it has got me afile like this:


Nice TP.jpg

and although the sky is a bit naff, all considered, the A3 print looks not bad at all tbh.

The Cooke lens that was in that camera was seriously sharp.
 
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Coincidentally I caught the end of one of Portillo's rail journey programmes yesterday and he visited the Cooke lens factory which I didn't realise still existed. They now make lenses for cinema cameras and were awarded an Oscar recently for their contribution to the arts.
There's a thing called the 'Cooke look' that a lot of cinematographers like apparently.
 
Trying to train myself to be right eye dominant so I can use a rangefinder properly.

It's not really working.

M6 w/CZ C Sonnar f/1.5 on HP5+ at 800 in DD-X
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I'm the same, can't look through a viewfinder with my right eye. It means I'm constantly changing settings with my huge nose :-)
 
Andysnap said:
It means I'm constantly changing settings with my huge nose
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I lol'd at this. It's the first thing I have to change on any touchscreen camera. Turn the touchscreen off.
 
Left eye here too.
I keep trying to use more the right eye as supposedly, according to the optician, it’s the stronger of the two but I’ve yet to be able to nail focus with it, not even with a new 6x loup.
There again, do I ever nail focus ?:thinking::banghead:
 
Andysnap said:
Coincidentally I caught the end of one of Portillo's rail journey programmes yesterday and he visited the Cooke lens factory which I didn't realise still existed. They now make lenses for cinema cameras and were awarded an Oscar recently for their contribution to the arts.
There's a thing called the 'Cooke look' that a lot of cinematographers like apparently.
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They also make at least 2 lenses for LF cameras, both I think to order only, at about £4500 each - a portrait lens and the rather famous triple convertible. See the Robert White site,
 
ilikebowens said:
Here's a couple of shots from a film I developed last night. Taken on an Agfa Isolette II using Ilford Ortho plus film. To be honest I was hoping for better from this camera but then if you want the vintage film look this has it I feel.
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Perhaps think about an Ensign Selfix 1620 or 820 with Ross Xpres lens if you're looking for a sharp, good quality folding camera. Good ones in full working order can still be found at fairly cheap prices - but as usual, condition is everything when buying. (y)
 
Thank you Mr Badger for the recommendations. I shall keep an eye out. I've got an Ensign box camera to try out at some point, not the same thing at all of course, SO many cameras so little time! I believe the Mark II Isolette has a better lens as well.

Mr Badger said:
Perhaps think about an Ensign Selfix 1620 or 820 with Ross Xpres lens if you're looking for a sharp, good quality folding camera. Good ones in full working order can still be found at fairly cheap prices - but as usual, condition is everything when buying. (y)
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ilikebowens said:
Thank you Mr Badger for the recommendations. I shall keep an eye out. I've got an Ensign box camera to try out at some point, not the same thing at all of course, SO many cameras so little time! I believe the Mark II Isolette has a better lens as well.
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Here's an example from the 1620 (click on the image to view full size on Flickr), you can see I was a bit out with the critical focus point, with it falling on the front of the Austin 7 car rather than the chap reading his book (I had to guess the distance rather than use my separate rangefinder), but it provides an idea of the results it can give. Plus it gives 16 shots per roll of 120, so what's not to like there! Just keep the shutter speed high to avoid camera shake if shooting hand held, particularly if the shutter release mechanism is a bit on the stiff side. @Andysnap had taken some lovely landscape photos with his 1620 too.

 
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And as soon as I upload them I notice the flippin finger print on the first - how did that happen and how did I not notice :facepalm:
 
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sirch said:
And I soon as I upload them I notice the flippin finger print on the first - how did that happen and how did I not notice :facepalm:
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Yes an acquired taste but saying that I rather like the first one.
Had you not mentioned the finger print I too would not have noticed it.
I shouldn’t fuss unless it bothers you personally....... perfection is like sharpness ;)

If I was to search for perfection in my prints ( whatever perfection is supposed entail), most would need to be reprinted, or binned!

It’s one reason that I keep avoiding doing an exposition of my work , much to the irritation of some locals.
 
It's a scan so a bit of cloning'll sort the finger print ;)

Asha said:
It’s one reason that I keep avoiding doing an exposition of my work.
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You should, you really should, don't let perfection be the enemy of good.

I am tempted to admit that lately I have found myself wondering if anyone might be interested in a TP print exhibition, probably prints from digital as well as film, once we are all vaccinated against the plague.
 
That's a massive blow up - the same degree of enlargement as a 3" x 4.5" from 35mm. You'd need a very good lens and superfine grain film to manage that :p
 
StephenM said:
That's a massive blow up
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There's method in my madness, ........I'd probably be the only person daft enough to try it, thus I'd be the only entrant and therefore the winner :p :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
 
Asha said:
Criteria being minimum A1 format :naughty:
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Yes, and glass framed on hard board too. The venue will of course be somewhere in North-West England, and each entrant must provide at least 10 prints for the curator to choose from for display.

There we go chaps, sorted... the shipping costs alone should make him change his mind to 6x4 enprints now! ;)
 
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