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05-15-2011, 05:49 AM
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Nooooooo!
Don't do that. You will regret it. And remembering the girl picture, everybody will regret as well.
Some Takumar shooting by me (cross-posted the film-shots):
These were done with no auxiliary lighting. :)
Spotmatic F, some Takumars and cheap Schlecker AS 200 film (made in Japan, seems to bee a Fuji. Daylight skin tones get purple, so nothing for portaiture. But for 2,99€ for a pack of three I won't complain...)
The story behind the red car can be read here (german text).
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05-02-2011, 11:42 PM
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 Quote: I really like that.
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04-21-2011, 11:53 PM
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I bought mine from Spürsinn, but they can also be had directly from Maco.
Another try (same afternoon,same spotmatic, same super-multi-coated Tak 1:3,5/35:
Rollei redbird is processed in standard c-41. The film actually is a normal colour negative film loaded "the other way" - that is, with the emulsion to the back of the camera. The different colur layers of a film act as filters, and if you reverse them, you get funny colour deviations.
If you have a darkroom and can load film cartridges yourself, you could easily make your own redscale film. I can't (and am too lazy), so I buy them ready-to-use.
Another interesting film is the rollei crossbird - actually an old Agfa colour slide emulsion on a plastic carrier. The manufacturer labels the cartridges as c-41, so your standard lab will automatically cross-process them. Think I posted an example some months ago.
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Forum: Lens Clubs
04-19-2011, 07:27 AM
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My first tries with the rollei redbird (a redscale film):
Spotmatic F, super-multi-coated Takumar 1:3,5/35mm.
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04-12-2011, 12:02 AM
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Developing black and white film is not that expensive. You get everything you need for well under 100€... chemicals included.
You only need a darkroom if you want to maks prints. I'd suggest to develop film and than scan it for further processing.
I dont't know how it's like in the US, but in most european countries there is a central fuji lab. You buy small transport bags online, than just shoot, write your adress on the bag , put the film inside and put it in the mail.
Colour slide film development at the Fuji lab in Gera (Germany) costs less than 2€.
I really like that.
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04-11-2011, 06:42 AM
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Get some film and use it. :)
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03-30-2011, 08:21 AM
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03-08-2011, 02:18 PM
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smc-tak 1:1.4,50mm
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03-01-2011, 01:09 AM
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the knives are... well I guess, sharp is the wrong word.
:-D
I like shallow dof.
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02-27-2011, 08:55 AM
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I really miss that car.
Spotmatic F, smc-tak 1.4/50, unknown film.
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02-27-2011, 08:53 AM
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Now Did I say I like shallow dof?
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02-26-2011, 01:32 AM
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Bottrop, Ruhr area, 2006. The car is long gone and the place exists no longer...
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02-22-2011, 10:47 PM
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smc-tak 1:1.4/50mm. Unknown Film (hey, that was in 2006!)
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02-21-2011, 03:37 PM
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With the next pictures I am going to take you back to the beginning - my beginnings as a photographer. Although I always had a camera to play with when I was a small boy (first Voigtländer something - external meter required, then my mothers broken Minolta SLR - external meter required... and then, age 14, to my confirmation, MY OWN Spotmatic!), as I grew older, other hobbies became more interesting, and I put the camera aside and concentrated on sports.
But, a decade later, it all started again...
That's my vintage Mercedes Diesel, type w123, which was my trusty daily driver for 80.000km - and which took me to the end of the world...
Of the many car's I've owned and sold, this is the one I should have kept.
Picture taken in autumn 2006, Spotmatic F with smc-Takumar 1:1.4/50mm, Film... yes. But which one? I do not remember.
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02-20-2011, 08:50 AM
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From the archives, summer 2008. Ruhr romanticism. "Diplomat taxi" (1980's Mercedes S-class) in front of decaying industrial ruin.
Spotmatic F, smc-Takumar 1:1.4/50mm, Fuji Superia. Cheap scan done by lab. No postprocessing except resizing for web. Vignetting was purposefully achieved by using the 105's metal hood.
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02-20-2011, 03:17 AM
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02-19-2011, 09:39 AM
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Welcome!
I would like to comment on your contribution, but I don't see anything?
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02-19-2011, 05:46 AM
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Coming back to the 105... I do own one. And I like it. Ok, I paid nothing for it, but I hold it dear, as it was a gift. I was 14, the event was my confirmation, and I received my dead grandfathers's Spotmatic F (which my grandmother had kept for just this special day).
Along came smc 1.4/50, smc 3.5/35 and, of course, the mighty 105. :)
Some 10 years later, I had the opportunity to buy a bag with an SP 500 and three super-taks.
I am pretty sure this is the 105. It might be the super-tak 135 as well, as on that day, I also shot that lense, but I am pretty sure this is the 105.
High noon, very harsh balkan sun.
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11-20-2010, 12:39 PM
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Thanks for the kind words. Concerning grain: I wanted the pictures to clearly show grain, but was afraid this looked too exaggerated... Glad that it works.
@estudleon
Mike's photos look like they were from some old Asahi brochures, especially, when b&w...
I think that's quite cool.
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11-20-2010, 04:54 AM
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smc-Takumar 2.8/105mm on Spotmatic F. Film was a rollei crossbid (which is. as I understood, basically an old agfa slide film emulsion labelled "process c41").
Some enormous grain here, but tend to blame the scanner. I have had vastly exaggerated grain even with other films I had developped lastly. Scans from a few years ago do not show ist so excessively... Guess I have to either scan myself - or let a professional lab scan my slides/negatives. But consumer scans seem to have a ridiculous quality nowadays...
Not that I did not want some grain here, but that certainly is overdone.
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09-22-2010, 03:01 PM
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Can't take my eyes off her... great.
Th efollowing pictures have been taken abaout a year ago with my Spotmatic F and robably the 2,8/105mm and/or the 1,4/50mm smc-Takumars, Fuji Superia 200.
We notice
1. the mirrored sun in the second picture (hood was used!) and
2. the poor scan... Have never seen noise on film before.
as well as
3. who needs HDR?
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09-09-2010, 11:08 PM
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Quote:
Someome give that girl something to eat! :cool:
But I really like composition, and especially, as already mentioned, the matching colours.
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09-07-2010, 09:31 PM
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Spotmatic F, smc-takumar 1:1.4/50mm. Film I do not remember, probably Kodak.
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09-07-2010, 11:16 AM
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09-07-2010, 10:05 AM
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Now I made it to the last page. :-)
Incredible pictures to be seen here. Thanks to all of you who stole my last three days.
And I must admit a certain Mr. Cash has played a great part in drawing me into here.
I may not have shot sof wonderful japanese women, but deep in the lowernmost cellars of my hard drive have I found a water fall. Not a japanese one, unfortunately, the Alpes will have to suffice.
Somewhere near Bad Reichenhall, must have been in 2008. Spotmatic F with a takumar I do not remember, should have been smc 1:1.4/50 or smc 3.5/35. Film most likely a Fuji superia. Handheld (although supported by a rock).
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