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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 10-02-2022, 07:53 PM  
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Another frame from my experiment in wildlife photography on 6X6 format, the use of flash is a bit more obvious this time.


Hasselblad 503CM - Kodak Portra 800 - Carl Zeiss CFE Tele-Superachromat 350mm f/5.6 @ f/8 - Metz 4504 SCA flash
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 09-25-2022, 05:28 PM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
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After that little experiment in 2003, I concluded that Hasselblad cameras are better left in the studio - the Pentax 645 and 67 systems are vastly superior for wildlife work as they have TTL flash, as well as faster long lenses. Hasselblad only has a 500mm f/8 as their longest telephoto the Pentax 645 on the other hand has the A*600mm f/5.6 ED, and the 67 M*800mm f/6.7 ED and teleconverters that suit both lenses.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 09-24-2022, 10:27 PM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
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This is one from my Medium format Archives..It was a personal challenge of sorts: Wildlife photography with a 6X6 camera.



Hasselblad 503CM - Kodak Portra 800 - Carl Zeiss CFE Tele-Superachromat 350mm f/5.6 @ f/8 - Metz 4504 SCA flash
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 08-28-2022, 02:27 PM  
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It would appear that satellite trails are much more significant with the northern celestial pole. I did have to do a bit of re-touching on my scan to get rid of some distracting trails.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 08-27-2022, 06:13 AM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
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Try doing this with a digital SLR



Hasselblad 503CW - Carl Zeiss Planar CF100mm f/3.5 @ f/5.6 2hr Exposure Kodak E100VS - Scanned on Epson perfection V850
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-12-2015, 06:41 PM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
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I didn't plan on that.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-11-2015, 07:01 PM  
:cool: Lets see those ''film'' shots
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Of course it didn't flare, you're using a pentax lens!...try a hanimex.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 10-13-2014, 06:57 AM  
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Pentax LX - SMCP-K 50mm f/1.2 @ f/1.2 - Kodak BW400CN


Pentax ME Super - Sigma 15-30mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 15mm f/11 - Lee red gel filter used- Kodak BW400CN


Pentax LX - SMCP- A 400mm f/2.8 @f/5.6 - Kodak BW400CN


Pentax ME super - SMCP-FA77mm f/1.8 Limited - Kodak BW400CN
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 09-13-2014, 02:49 AM  
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Pentax 645NII with SMCP- DFA 645 25mm f/4 ED ASPH - Kodak BW400CN
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 12-04-2013, 05:49 AM  
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Pentax FA77 f/1.8 Limited @f/4

I have been having fun with Rollei Crossbird 200 - the film is a bit too fast for the kind of lenses I use, but unlike most cross processed films I have used it seems to have better control of contrast.


Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO EX Macro @ f/3.5


Sigma 180mm f/3.5 @ f/5.6

this is what you get when you cross-process Kodak E100VS:


Pentax SMCP-K 50mm f/1.2 @ f/2
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 09-01-2013, 07:14 AM  
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I have been having fun with my Gilde 6x23



I just finished spotting the scans, though the film i'm using - Fuji Neopan 100 seems to be blocking up in the shadows a bit, I should develop the film with scanning in mind.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 06-22-2012, 07:29 AM  
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Pentax LX - Kodak E100VS - FA77mm f/1.8 Limited

Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-15-2012, 06:51 AM  
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My grandmother was also a fan of agfachrome - She made a series of dye transfer prints from photographs she took in Scotland using exclusively agfachrome on a Haselblad 6X6, the blues certainly did pop. Some of those images are among my favourites in the rather extensive collection of photographs my family has accumulated.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-15-2012, 04:43 AM  
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This was the style of photography my grandfather trained me in, he had a great fondness of the f/64 group and he held strict standards on photographic technique, which is where I get my admittedly ruthless attitude to those with less technical competence. However my grandmother was the opposite to my grandfather, where he would be toiling in the darkroom producing the finest platinum prints possible, my grandmother would be doing cibachromes or dye transfer prints - the louder the colours were the happier she was with the result*. My grandfather would be carrying a hefty folding 8X10 view camera and two lenses, my grandmother would be running around japan,paris or berlin with a 35mm camera with several lenses. It was amazing my grandparents ever got married because their photographic styles couldn't possibly have been more divergent. My grandmother was more of a do-anything-you-can-to-get-the-shot kind of photographer she was strict with printing her images but she was still more flexible in her printing ethic than my grandfather was, but I suppose that is with dye transfer and cibachrome you can alter the look of the print much more than what is possible with platinum prints.

*strangely she didn't like velvia all that much- she used kodachrome most of the time. She often said the colours from velvia looked "wrong".
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-05-2012, 11:04 PM  
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My thoughts exactly, the instant I saw that picture I knew that it wasn't a result of an explosion - I have seen the results of explosions often enough.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-05-2012, 02:16 AM  
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Explosions tend to rip apart, scorch and otherwise mangle things. Of course it depends on the characteristics of explosive used* - but a camera like this being gracefully dismantled by exploding expired film? Sounds pretty far-fetched to my ears. The chances of this actually happening as described would be like getting hit by the "Oh my god particle" and reciting the national anthem whilst wearing only crocs.



* I have never heard of explosive film, Nitrocellulose is highly flammable but that hasn't been used in film products since the 1950's. If film was that dangerous then what are camera stores doing selling it to people?
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-04-2012, 01:55 AM  
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This is a final print of one of my 8X10 format images:

Ebony SV8X10E with Rodenstock 240mm f/5.6 APO-Sironar-S - Kodak Tech Pan Developed in PyrocatHD - pure platinum emulsion on 460GSM archival cotton paper, Image dimensions 16"X20"

Estimated price: circa $4800 (I admit I'm a bit conservative with my costing, gallery owners typically have a 30% commission mark-up which will add around $1,440 to the sale price)
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 03-01-2012, 03:36 PM  
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It is probable I had a shorter extension tube on it, it is hard for me to keep track of everything that I use to take a shot especially without the luxury of EXIF, I just write barely readable notes. Now that I think about it I probably had the helicoid extension tube - I only use the fixed tubes when I have a specific subject in mind.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-25-2012, 08:56 PM  
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with all the fun I have been having with my platinum printing I thought I would also do a Cyanotype:


Cygnet - Pentax 645NII with FA 400mm f/5.6ED - Kodak T-Max 400 - Cyanotype toned in black coffee for a few minutes
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-24-2012, 01:37 AM  
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Posted By Digitalis
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thank you. What I am showing here are a few test images as I get my platinum printing projects done. I am the only person on this site who is currently working with platinum printing methods. At the moment i'm almost ready to get things started for an exhibition this year.



thanks, I learnt platinum printing from my grandfather, who has his own method. I sell platinum prints to galleries and collectors for several thousand dollars apiece - the reason the cost is so high is because of the expense of the materials and the degree of mastery it requires from the practitioner of the technique. But the prints will last forever - providing they are stored and displayed correctly.



I have come across this method, and personally I find that an original B&W negative contains significantly more tonal information than any inkjet printer can convey on transparent film. What I usually do is limit the print runs from particular negatives, because if I print too many copies the negative is literally going to disintegrate from all the exposure to UV light - and that is the only situation where I do limited print runs.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-23-2012, 04:28 PM  
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Another test image, this is a classic Platinum/Palladium combination. I'm not a fan of this particular paper, it is just as heavy as the other paper I tried but it doesn't absorb the emulsion well enough. Also it has way too much surface texture for my taste. This image is an enlargement from a 67 negative, I'm wary of enlarging rollfilm negatives with my Ultraviolet enlarger due to the relative thinness of the polyester film base, most polymers are attacked by UV-A light* and can discolour and deteriorate rapidly under prolonged exposure to it. Fortunately this image is from a roll of 120 film which tend to have a thicker base than 220 films do.


Pentax 67II with a Pentax M* 67 300mm f/4 ED [IF]+ 56mm extension tube - 1/60th @ f/8 ISO 100 - Kodak T-Max 100- paper exposure - 3m 22s


* The Platinum Emulsion I use is exclusively sensitive to UV Light, it makes it easier to apply the emulsion under tungsten light because you can actually see what you are doing. The only drawback is that the concentrated UV-A light my 8X10 enlarger produces is a bit dangerous. Exposure time are typically around 5~10 mins depending on the negative, and whether i'm producing a contact print or an enlargement - and the film format is also a factor, with smaller formats the enlarging head can be closer to the paper - so the exposure times tend to be shorter.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 02-15-2012, 12:40 AM  
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A test Platinum print - I'm experimenting with different paper for an upcoming project, this paper is my favourite mainly because it is heavy at 460GSM so it stays flat after coating with the emulsion*. I apply the emulsion with a glass rod, and I paint in the edges with a fan brush. I like the edges to have character, even as a student when I was printing on silver halide used to deliberately tear the edges, sometimes before I exposed the paper. This particular image is a contact print from an 8X10 negative, I have used this specific image to test the printing papers I have used over the past couple of years.


Ebony SW8X10 with Rodenstock APO-Sironar-S 240mm f/5.6 with green colour filter 1/125th @ f/22, slight tilt used on the rear standard.

*many lighter papers develop curling, and some wrinkle in annoying ways. So having a paper that stays flat is very important - unless you want the wrinkles and waves for added effect.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 12-07-2011, 04:52 AM  
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From a trip to Scotland several years ago Pentax 645N II with 75mm f/2.8 on Kodak E100G.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-28-2011, 10:52 PM  
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each to his own but I personally find using a slightly weaker IR filter gives you more wiggle room when you are printing an image. I find that the 091 and 092 filters are too contrasty with SFX - which tends to get grainer at the extremities of its contrast curve.
Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras 11-28-2011, 06:57 PM  
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Maslin beach - FA31mm f/1.8 ASPH limited with Hoya R72 filter on a pentax K2 DMD with Ilford SFX 200
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