Film! (1)

It's good that this thread is still alive, Mirek!

Recently I could acquire an inxepensive copy of a field camera 4x5 in. (some repairs still outstanding). Here is my first attempt to use it with a 90mm lens (equiv. 24mm FF). I am still struggling with the scanning process and PP!

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Toyo 45A Schneider Angulon F/6.8 90mm Ilford Delta 100

darosa wrote: And because it is film, we are a bit less strict about A-mount. Use a Minolta camera for your first film (A-mount preferably). After that you can also post shots made with other film cameras.

Unfortunately I have no functioning Minolta Film cameras, so I hope it's OK to start off with a Leica M2 shot.


Fort Oelegem in the winter (shot 6 1/2 years ago, developed yesterday )

Leica M2, Summaron 35/2.8, FP4, ID11, Epson V700


However I still have a Minolta 3000xi and 7000 but neither work right at the moment, some new batteries might help but I'm not sure that's all of the problems. But I promise, when I get them working I'll run a roll through them and will post some of the results here

If you don't want to make the same mistake as I after not developing film for a long time read here

I absolutely love these last three images - creamy black and white.

Here's two more from the film that was exposed 6 1/2 years ago and developed this week

1: Castle of 's Gravenwezel

Leica M2 + Elmarit 90/2.8


2: Primary school "De Tuimelaar" (The Tumbler) in Schoten

Leica M2 + Summicron 50/2 DR


And two from a new film, shot last weekend

3: Fort Oelegem entry bridge and gate

Leica M2 + Elmar 90/4


4: A WW2 bunker in the woods nearby, added to pre WW1 fortifications by the Germans around 1942

Leica M2 + Summaron 35/2.8

All FP4plus, developed in ID11, scanned with an Epson V700 and further processed in Lightroom

Glad you enjoy it, Pieter.

I found the Gravenwezel image quite extraordinary (do images mature during the time the film is not developed?)!

TFS!

Look who's lurking in the bushes


Leica M2 + Summicron 50/2 DR or Elmar 90/4 (can't remember), FP4, Microphen, slight crop

It's a shot I took in our garden in 1994 or 1995 when we lived in League City (Texas). I developed the film then but never printed or scanned it until today. Can't remember which lens I shot it with but I do remember trying to focus with a rangefinder on the eye of this creature was very difficult and inconsistent. This is about the best I got out of a total of more than 10 (mostly out of focus) shots.

Let me show you some photos from the last few months. Various films, various cameras and lenses.

#1 View from Hoboken waterfront. Hudson Yards, Empire State Building and Twisting Towers under construction.

Kodak TMax 100, Maxxum 7, Minolta 24-105D, 75mm, F8

#2 Geese on the pavement

Fuji 200, Minolta X-700, Minolta 75-150/4.0 F4.0, 150mm

#3 Insignia cruiser in New York Harbor

Fuij 200, Minolta XE-5, Minolta 75-150/4.0

#4 Common Tern

Fuij 200, Minolta XE-5, Minolta 75-150/4.0

#5 Hudson Yards seen from Hoboken

Fuij 200, Minolta XE-5, Minolta 75-150/4.0

#6 My grandson

Fuji 200, Minolta XD-11, Minolta 35-70/3.5

#7 Jersey City. Downtown

Fuji 200, Minolta XD-11, Minolta 35-70/3.5

#8 Krakow

Kodak Gold 200, Minolta Hi-matic 7sII (this lens is very good)

#9 Krakow

Kodak Gold 200, Minolta Hi-matic 7sII

#10 World Trade Center Station

Kodak Gold 200, Minolta Hi-matic 7sII

#11 Burgers in the East Village

Kodak Gold 200, Minolta Hi-matic 7sII