Old School

Is this even allowed ? I shot this series with my lovingly restored Minolta SRT100, a Minolta Rokkor PF MC 55mm f1.9 on some probably expired re-branded Fuji ISO400, developed by Walmart

For anyone with a true passion for photography, I highly recommend finding an old MF Minolta. It might shock you just how much you've truely learnt about the relationship between ISO, shutter and aperture.

#1
Thin Ice


#2
Mitchener House


#3
Mya


#4
Truck


#5
Rail


#6
No Time for Play


#7
Autumn Colours


#8
Bullrush


#9.. what a shame it is to spot this little fella and not have my Alpha on hand with the 300 USD attached
Frozen Muskrat

There is definitely a reddish hue to all of these but they are quite fun to see. I'm fond of 5 and 7. The softness of 7 doesn't bother me, it actually lends a bit of romanticism to the subject.
I will say that funnily the reddish hue does lend the whole series a quality that kind of remains me of the current fad in preset "film-like" filters for digital images. Shoot I use em on occasion. I really like camerabag 2 as an app for just that sort of thing. But here we have the real deal!!

Yes, definitely past the film's prime. Very nostalgic look. I'm not sure what you mean about "It might shock you just how much you've truly learnt about the relationship between ISO, shutter and aperture", or are you talking to the younger digital generation? By the time I bought my SRT-102, it seemed a modern marvel and I felt a little guilty about all the automation - that is, having a metering system and auto-aperture.

What? Who you calling old?

Tezzating wrote: Is this even allowed ?

Yes it is, there even are dedicated film photo threads

Thank you for sharing. I prefer the fresh look of these (cheap) films, but it is always fun to see the result of these expired films. Those SRT's are nice, but big and tank-like - I prefer XD's.
On a related note, I've got three rolls of Fuji Superia 1600 (expired 9/2012) coming my way

Hi Steve,

This is like a step back in time in more ways than one; yes, you've used film and almost gone back to basics with the SRT and the manual focus lens but it's also the results that have a real 70's feel to them that made me take notice here.

I know it's got a red hue to it that results from it's age (you could have corrected this in the scanning/PP afterwards but chose not to - brave move) but, for me, this is what differentiates the series and is fully in keeping with the set-up you've used. And so are many of the images as well for that matter. The last four could have been taken at any time over the last 30 years or so and have a timeless look to them which I like - the focus isn't spot on in some of the later images but that goes with the territory somehow! I really like #5 for the composition and the contrast (part subject; part film...) but the stand out for me is #2 - the subject and medium used compliment each other so well and that house is to die for from my perspective - you show it off to great effect and if you loose the watermark it 'sits' very, very nicely in the frame. if it's not yours then I am sure the owners would be very pleased to have this as a 'portrait' of their home.

An interesting series and I will be keeping an eye open for more from this set-up. Anyone still got any Scotch 1000 knocking around...?

Kind regards, Neil.