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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-05-2024, 09:14 AM
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Super Program & FA*200/2.8, shooting Fuji Velvia 100:
Phil.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
02-16-2024, 08:04 PM
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Pentax P30T Pentax M 1.7 on Fujicolor 400
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
06-11-2020, 06:33 AM
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And here is an unplanned shot late afternoon with a Super Multi Coated Takumar 35mm f3.5 on Pentax K-m at about f5.6. No planning, no processing afterwards, didn't even set the exposure.
This looks like Kodachrome 64 to me!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
09-27-2023, 11:00 AM
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Here's one from the walk downtown. Trying again to photograph this building in strong sunlight this time.
kING Event Hall by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII and Pentax-M 40mm f2.8 at f8.0, 1/500s, and ISO 100
And one from the vineyard. Most vines are either not turning or are losing brown leaves, but this one was so brilliant red I had to try to photograph it.
Brilliant Red by Jason Doss, on Flickr
Pentax K-1 mII Limited Silver and Pentax-A* 200mm f4.0 Macro ED at f22, 1/500s, and ISO 3200
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-10-2023, 10:13 PM
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These are the largest of the flying parrots from the local zoo. Pentax P30T on Fujicolor 400 SMC Pentax 135 1/250@F10. I keep thinking this one is planning some outrage.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-17-2023, 07:49 AM
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Union Pacific EMD E9 with Pentax P30T on Fujicolor 400 with Vivitar 24mm. The Streamliner.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
12-29-2021, 03:20 PM
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I posted a photo and description of the rig I’m using on flickr:
1810230004 Film copying (DSLR scanning) setup by Wolfgang Kraus, on Flickr
This is the description from the flickr page, with some edits.
I developed the setup for an academic archival project at the University of Vienna and the aim was to get the best possible quality with minimal compromises, but also to keep expenses low where it did not matter.
Parts involved:
1. A massive old Polaroid copy stand that had been there for decades.
2. Manfrotto 338 leveling base (to ensure that the optical axis is perfectly perpendicular to the film). A mirror helps with the adjustment.
3. No name Arca Swiss standard clamp.
4. Novoflex Castel Q Focusing Rack (not needed with part Nr. 8 but useful with 120 film and for normal copywork).
5. Pentax K-1 body. The 36 MP of the K-1 combined with its Pixelshift technology are sufficient for most negatives and slides. Given that what we see as grain in DSLR scans is a combination of film grain and aliasing artifacts, the extra resolution offered by Pixelshift makes a real difference. The effective resolution with the K-1 is about 5000 dpi.
6. Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon-Zirconia 2.8/89-0001 lens (89mm f/2.8) with Schneider focusing unit and extension tubes. This is an industrial line scan lens optimised for 1:1 that for all intents and purposes is free of distortion, mechanical vignetting, chromatic aberration and has and extremely high resolution across the frame (but only at or very close to 1:1). This is what we use for 35mm film; for 120 film we have a less expensive but also very fine 1:2 line scan lens from VS Technology, the VST VS-L12056-05/V (120mm f/5.6).
7. Durst Sirioneg film holder (from a 6x7 enlarger) with AN glass below and various format masks above the film (which is always copied looking at the emulsion side). The film holder sits on aluminium rails glued to part No. 8 and its position can be adjusted by sliding it back and forth.
8. The basis of an old microscope that offers two extremely helpful improvements: focus micro-adjustments, and a sliding table for precise film positioning (left to right and rotation). The rotation thing is important because rotating digital images in software causes artifacts that can be clearly seen for instance in the grain structure. This part is only used with 35mm film because the opening of the sliding table is too small for medium format. For MF it is replaced with an opal glass plate with a cardboard mask.
9. Kaiser Slimlite Plano LED lightbox (produces better colours than the older tube lightboxes). For copying colour negatives it can be helpful to use a CC 30C filter to counteract the orange mask and better use the dynamic range of the sensor. This also improves colours with many negative films but not all.
10. The camera is connected to a MacBook Pro and operated via Pentax’s Image Transmitter software. Images go into a dedicated folder and can immediately be checked in full resolution via Adobe Bridge and Photoshop.
Since the lightbox illumination is not totally even and some optical vignetting is unavoidable, we take a flat frame of the illumination at each session and use it to automatically correct the images via a Photoshop action (I am indebted to DrTebi for helping me to understand how to best do that). The raw images are processed using a linear camera profile, something which helps especially with slides that are often copied with much too high contrast.
The best focus setting can only be found with bracketing focus and checking the results. With a decent holder, the focus setting can remain unchanged for the whole session. Copying is done in near darkness. I also tested the available Pentax macro lenses and found that the D FA 50mm does a better job at 1:1 than the D FA 100mm. The latter has a certain amount of lateral CA, which does not do a lot of harm with B&W film because in any case it is advisable to use the green channel only as it is the sharpest with most lenses. But the D FA 100mm is not the best choice for colour film.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-22-2022, 01:19 PM
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I always wanted to try one of those Topcon Super D cameras especially with that 58/1.4 lens. What do you think of the camera and lens?
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That is a gorgeous old timber framed building.
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From August 2014...
 Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Pentax ZX-5n
SMC Pentax-FA 43/1.9 Ltd.
expired Kodak Elitechrome 200
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-22-2022, 03:20 AM
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Pelion Plains | Tasmania
Hasselblad SWC/M and Pro400H
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-25-2022, 03:03 AM
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Mt Pelion East | Tasmania
Hasselblad SWC/M and Pro400H
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
08-29-2022, 03:12 AM
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Stream, Narcissus Valley | Tasmania
Hasselblad SWC/M and Pro400H
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-02-2022, 06:57 PM
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Haven't done this in a while. Fujifilm Superia 200. Pentax Super Program, A 50mm F1.7:
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-01-2022, 07:11 AM
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Neskowin Ghost Forest on Ektar 100. Pentax 6x7, 55-100mm @f/11
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-01-2022, 02:45 AM
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Mt Ida | Tasmania
25min exposure under partial moonlight.
Hasselblad SWC/M and Pro400H
Mt Ida by Nick Clark, on Flickr
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
09-15-2022, 03:15 AM
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Seattle FilmWorks, shot and developed ca. 1985-6 with some fading evident. I will be posting more shots in due course.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
03-08-2009, 04:37 PM
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Great idea - gives me an excuse to show pics from the mid 80s, with ASA400 film I've long forgotten, the Oly OM2s and the Tamron 35-80 SP... Some of the best pictures I've ever taken were from that time.
Most of these are scans of prints...
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-17-2020, 06:28 PM
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I think these worked out really well Aaron and show that just a few frames can make a difference to a single take (without having to go nuts with 16-20 shots etc).
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My Mono Monday offering, just another double stitch of a K-1, not really a brenizer but I like the result regardless.
 Mono Monday by Eddy Summers, on Flickr
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-11-2020, 08:31 PM
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Not a real brenizer but just a two frame stitch with the K-1 (top and bottom), to give a little more context to the shot (rather than just a head and neck shot);
I want to keep trying these simple 2 frame stitches as I like the results.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-24-2019, 02:10 PM
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Lady Ironfest
Another mild Brenizer studio flash shot, 3 shots stitched together with the FA43 to give added depth and medium format feel.
Single ocf speedlight, 120cm octagon camera left.
Queen of Hearts
Another mild Brenizer studio flash shot, 3 shots stitched together with the FA43 to give added depth and medium format feel.
Single ocf speedlight, 120cm octagon camera left.
Merida
Another mild Brenizer studio flash shot, 3 shots stitched together with the FA43 to give added depth and medium format feel.
Single ocf speedlight, 120cm octagon camera left.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
05-13-2018, 11:10 PM
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Thanks, and indeed I think your point holds up when compared to this next shot (and it's cropped variants), which arguably has less 'brenizer feel' despite comprising of literally 10x as many shots.
What I believe constitutes to a good Brenizer effect is to have a good amount of distance from the subject to their nearest background items. The reason it works well (with such few shots) with my daughter is because there is little behind her except grass and eventually a wall, but they are yards away. The shot below was taken with the same lens and aperture as before, the Takumar 135/2.5 @ f2.8
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Eric
It is our neighbour Eric's last day on this street, tomorrow he moves to Canberra to be close to his sister and extended family.
Eric has lived in his home (pictured behind) for over 40yrs, he is known all around town and is held in high regard.
He will surely be missed.
I took this Brenizer shot to try and capture him and his house in all it's glory. It's a mammoth stitch of 67 jpgs, and LR even refused to open it (had to shrink it in PS). (It's original file size was 450mb, it stands at 90mb now and 150megapixels roughly).
The images to follow are crops of the same stitched shot, they illustrate how much detail is in the final image.
I am personally studying the Brenizer method, finding that sweet spot where the Medium Format look starts to appear, I believe you can go too large (such as this shot) and lose the effect, but closer crops have that 3D effect more.
In future I shall try the technique where the subject is comprised of stitching rather than a still from one frame.
16:9 crop
Portrait crop
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-16-2022, 05:53 PM
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This was shot in 2016 with my Bronica ETRSi.
 Untitled by Colton Allen, on Flickr
Zenza Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon EII 75/2.8
Kodak Ektar 100
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