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08-28-2015, 05:40 AM   #4201
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QuoteOriginally posted by gofour3 Quote
Testing my newly CLAed P50 in the Strathcona area of Vancouver (P50 & K24/3.5 & Acros 100):

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It's working like a champ, Phil.

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QuoteOriginally posted by g026r Quote
Completely blew the exposure here. Forgot that I had changed the shutter speed shortly before, and as such didn't meter before shooting. Still, it was saveable.
I don't know if you've ever made your own BW wet prints. But you basically have graded or multigrade papers where if your frame was over or under exposed you could print it on a different grade paper to help increase/decrease the contrast. A grade 5 paper, for example, would be used for a much underexposed frame. But you'd lose tonal scale as a consequence.

But today with a figital workflow, I feel, a good scanner can pick up an underexposed negative pretty good and in the graphics editor you have much finer control of your contrast curve to better get some of that tonal scale defined. This all happens automagically when you have labs scans done.

My long-winded point is camera exposure on BW film is very forgiving and you often only need to be close rather this precise 1/3rd stop control you need with either positive color film or digital. It's like putting on a golf green with a 1-foot diameter cup. Its much easier to hit. With BW film (both conventional and figital work flow) you have an easy 1 stop tolerance on exposure and more with a figital work flow, IMHO.
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QuoteOriginally posted by tuco Quote
It's working like a champ, Phil.
Thanks!

With these 1980's SLR electronic "Program" cameras, you never know how they are going to meter a shot. .

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08-28-2015, 07:49 AM   #4204
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Never done wet prints. As I think my inexperience with shooting these sorts of things shows.

One day I may have to try, just to say that I have. (I think I have the equipment for it somewhere, but I've never really looked at the darkroom stuff I was given.)

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One day I may have to try, just to say that I have. (I think I have the equipment for it somewhere, but I've never really looked at the darkroom stuff I was given.)
Maybe you can find a class that teaches conventional film so you could experience it without the expense of getting the gear. You need a dark room and space for enlarger, trays, etc for the prints. But to just develop the film you only need to be in a room that is dark for a short period to load the film into a daylight tank where a kitchen, bathroom or utility sink is all you need after that.
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Hey,
A couple of days ago I made 35mm film adapter because I wanted to try it with my old Moskva 2
After I developed and scanned the film I must say that results are pretty fine

Moskva 2
Fomapan 400













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K1000, Voigtlander Nokton 58mm 1.4, Tri-X




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QuoteOriginally posted by alan_smithee_photos Quote
K1000, Voigtlander Nokton 58mm 1.4, Tri-X

Alan,with your shots you instigated me to get a Nokton, unfortunately I couldn't find it in K mount so I'm gonna use it with my Nikons.
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QuoteOriginally posted by gofour3 Quote
Testing my newly CLAed P50 in the Strathcona area of Vancouver (P50 & K24/3.5 & Acros 100):
Particularly enjoy the first two which are very "Vancouverish."
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QuoteOriginally posted by arnold Quote
Particularly enjoy the first two which are very "Vancouverish."
Thanks Arnold!

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Alan,with your shots you instigated me to get a Nokton,
I know someone with the Nokton 50/1.1 in a M-mount and it's a really impressive lens. The Nokton 35/1.2 looks like a good one too. I think you will be really happy with that 58mm.
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QuoteOriginally posted by tuco Quote
I know someone with the Nokton 50/1.1 in a M-mount and it's a really impressive lens. The Nokton 35/1.2 looks like a good one too. I think you will be really happy with that 58mm.
For my Leica Ms I opted for a Nokton 1.5 "wasp waist":



I just shot a Portra roll with this setup in a very uneventful BMW rally, I have some pics but they are not great:











The lens is cool, mind you, but the rally wasn't that special and without the right "models" like Alan knows the photographer has little material to work with.
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I forgot this is a B&W thread! Apologies...here I try to fix the error:















All taken with my F2A and various lenses: K85mm f1.8, 35-200 AIs and 300mm IF, FP4 and usually a yellow filter.

Please appreciate the barrell distortion of the 85mm
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2nd roll of Ilford 3200 processed. Better than the first, but still pretty weak negatives, going to buy a new bottle of DD-X for the 3rd roll, see if mine has gone off.


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Some mid 70's architecture in Downtown Vancouver. (67ii & 45/4 & Tri-x 400)

Trivia: "Oceanic Plaza" has been featured in numerous commercials, TV shows and movies over the years. If you are watching the new AMC TV series "Fear the Walking Dead", this plaza will be shown in an upcoming episode masquerading as a plaza in Los Angeles.





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