:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots

dsmithhfx · 01-10-2022, 05:02 AM - **6 Likes**

Tmax 400

**gofour3** · 01-10-2022, 11:20 AM - **7 Likes**

Cape Town from Table Mountain: (K2 & A70-210/4, shooting Fuji Provia 400x)

Phil.

dsmithhfx · 01-11-2022, 04:45 AM - **4 Likes**

Tmax 400

**Bonner04** · 01-11-2022, 09:00 AM - **8 Likes**

December 25, 2021
Lost Dutchman State Park
Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP
Pentax 35mm f/3.5 Super Takumar
Kodak Gold 200

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**tonyzoc** · 01-11-2022, 10:42 AM - **6 Likes**

Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old. Can't remember the last time I shot Pan-X. So I developed it in Microdol-X and scanned some of the pics... it looked like 8 or 9 shot were of the same subject. I must have been testing something. Internesting...I took a picture of a calendar so I can data the roll from spring 1983. So the film was exposed 38 years ago. The picture was of my Pentax MX and I think, at the time, I owned an MX with a 50mm f/2, a Vivitar 28mm and a Spiratone 400/6.3. Also in the picture is my Exakta V with a Meyer Gorlitz 58/1.9 and a Kodak folder. Based on the date and the film format, the camera I was shooting with was a Yashicamat 124G, which was my first medium format camera.

wkraus · 01-11-2022, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by tonyzoc

Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old. Can't remember the last time I shot Pan-X. So I developed it in Microdol-X and scanned some of the pics... it looked like 8 or 9 shot were of the same subject. I must have been testing something. Internesting...I took a picture of a calendar so I can data the roll from spring 1983. So the film was exposed 38 years ago. The picture was of my Pentax MX and I think, at the time, I owned an MX with a 50mm f/2, a Vivitar 28mm and a Spiratone 400/6.3. Also in the picture is my Exakta V with a Meyer Gorlitz 58/1.9 and a Kodak folder. Based on the date and the film format, the camera I was shooting with was a Yashicamat 124G, which was my first medium format camera.

Quite remarkable image quality after all these years! And it seems that you got into collecting old cameras much earlier than most of the rest of the world.

**tonyzoc** · 01-11-2022, 05:25 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by wkraus

Quite remarkable image quality after all these years! And it seems that you got into collecting old cameras much earlier than most of the rest of the world.

Well my father and my uncle were both into photography. My father gave me his Speed Graphic 4x5 and a Voightlander Bergheil 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, and my uncle gave me his Exakta. I sold the Voightlander but still have the Exakta and Speed Graphic. They also taught me b&w film processing and printing. Also, my aunt (father's sister) was a medical photographer in NYC and later gave me her cameras, a Pentax H1a and a Nikon F. The Nikon F had the early Photomic finder and a 58mm f/1.4, 55mm f/3.5 Micro and the 105mm f/2.5. I sold the Nikon but still have the Pentax.

Back in those days there was no internet or eBay. You found used cameras at local camera shops, flea markets or in the news paper ads. Then Shutterbug Ads came out and I would search there. Shutterbug Ads was a yellow b&w newspaper rag when it first appeared.

titrisol · 01-11-2022, 09:07 PM

Originally posted by tonyzoc

Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old.
- snip snip - a Spiratone 400/6.3.

A sharpshooter!!!
Those Spiratone lenses were a mixed bag of nails and rusty nails
I still have one and it works fine.

dsmithhfx · 01-12-2022, 04:06 AM - **3 Likes**

Tmax 400

**fs999** · 01-12-2022, 08:24 AM - **4 Likes**

Leica CL • Voigtländer Nokton classic 35mm F1.4 VM
Agfaphoto Vista 400 film in Tetenal Colortec C-41
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 120 at 2400dpi with Silverfast AI Studio 9

Écomusée d'Alsace • Ungersheim • Haut-Rhin • Alsace • France

wkraus · 01-12-2022, 02:45 PM

Originally posted by tonyzoc

You found used cameras …

or they found you! Thanks for sharing your story.

dsmithhfx · 01-13-2022, 04:33 AM - **6 Likes**

artrasa · 01-13-2022, 01:51 PM

dsmithhfx,
which film was this? Nice colours & grain.

dsmithhfx · 01-13-2022, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by artrasa

dsmithhfx,
which film was this? Nice colours & grain.

Superia 400

**mgrondin** · 01-13-2022, 05:43 PM - **4 Likes**

Took this one Christmas day on ilford HP5 Plus 400

01-11-2022, 09:00 AM - 8 Likes	#23884
Bonner04 Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ventura, CA Photos: Gallery Posts: 685	Standing Tall December 25, 2021 Lost Dutchman State Park Asahi Pentax Spotmatic SP Pentax 35mm f/3.5 Super Takumar Kodak Gold 200 Attached Images

01-11-2022, 10:42 AM - 6 Likes	#23885
tonyzoc Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 992	Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old. Can't remember the last time I shot Pan-X. So I developed it in Microdol-X and scanned some of the pics... it looked like 8 or 9 shot were of the same subject. I must have been testing something. Internesting...I took a picture of a calendar so I can data the roll from spring 1983. So the film was exposed 38 years ago. The picture was of my Pentax MX and I think, at the time, I owned an MX with a 50mm f/2, a Vivitar 28mm and a Spiratone 400/6.3. Also in the picture is my Exakta V with a Meyer Gorlitz 58/1.9 and a Kodak folder. Based on the date and the film format, the camera I was shooting with was a Yashicamat 124G, which was my first medium format camera. Attached Images

01-13-2022, 05:43 PM - 4 Likes	#23895
mgrondin Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2022 Photos: Gallery Posts: 150	Took this one Christmas day on ilford HP5 Plus 400 Attached Images

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wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,060	Originally posted by tonyzoc Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old. Can't remember the last time I shot Pan-X. So I developed it in Microdol-X and scanned some of the pics... it looked like 8 or 9 shot were of the same subject. I must have been testing something. Internesting...I took a picture of a calendar so I can data the roll from spring 1983. So the film was exposed 38 years ago. The picture was of my Pentax MX and I think, at the time, I owned an MX with a 50mm f/2, a Vivitar 28mm and a Spiratone 400/6.3. Also in the picture is my Exakta V with a Meyer Gorlitz 58/1.9 and a Kodak folder. Based on the date and the film format, the camera I was shooting with was a Yashicamat 124G, which was my first medium format camera. Quite remarkable image quality after all these years! And it seems that you got into collecting old cameras much earlier than most of the rest of the world.

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tonyzoc Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 992	Originally posted by wkraus Quite remarkable image quality after all these years! And it seems that you got into collecting old cameras much earlier than most of the rest of the world. Well my father and my uncle were both into photography. My father gave me his Speed Graphic 4x5 and a Voightlander Bergheil 2 1/4 x 3 1/4, and my uncle gave me his Exakta. I sold the Voightlander but still have the Exakta and Speed Graphic. They also taught me b&w film processing and printing. Also, my aunt (father's sister) was a medical photographer in NYC and later gave me her cameras, a Pentax H1a and a Nikon F. The Nikon F had the early Photomic finder and a 58mm f/1.4, 55mm f/3.5 Micro and the 105mm f/2.5. I sold the Nikon but still have the Pentax. Back in those days there was no internet or eBay. You found used cameras at local camera shops, flea markets or in the news paper ads. Then Shutterbug Ads came out and I would search there. Shutterbug Ads was a yellow b&w newspaper rag when it first appeared.

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titrisol Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: In the most populated state... state of denial Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,852	Originally posted by tonyzoc Nothing special about this photo... I came across a roll of exposed 120 Panatomic-X in my freezer and I knew it was very old. - snip snip - a Spiratone 400/6.3. A sharpshooter!!! Those Spiratone lenses were a mixed bag of nails and rusty nails I still have one and it works fine.

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wkraus Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Near Vienna, Austria Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,060	Originally posted by tonyzoc You found used cameras … or they found you! Thanks for sharing your story.

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artrasa Senior Member Join Date: May 2021 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 185	dsmithhfx, which film was this? Nice colours & grain.

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dsmithhfx Pentaxian Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Toronto Posts: 5,146	Originally posted by artrasa dsmithhfx, which film was this? Nice colours & grain. Superia 400