johnnyh4
FED-1F, Fed f/3.5 50mm
Wanting a 'Barnack-style' camera of the earliest style that was affordable, I got myself a FED-1F. As I take 135 film infrequently, the need to trim the film leader for use in a bottom-loader was not a deterrent.
I took a few test shots on a 12-frame cassette of expired Fuji Superia 200.
Shown here are two of a building site scene, one with the FED f/3.5 50mm of the FED-1F, and one with my f/6 28mm ORION-15.
Then a street scene with the Orion-15.
(The Orion can be seen to vignette significantly).
These three were taken at f/8 1/200s.
The fourth, with the f/3.5 50mm, was to check the focus close-up at ~1 metre (~3 feet); focus was set to be on the open daffodils. Here I dropped the exposure to the minimum (1/500s) and opened the aperture to f/6.3.
It can be seen that the film was not correctly aligned across the film gate - to be investigated ...
FED-1F, Fed f/3.5 50mm
Wanting a 'Barnack-style' camera of the earliest style that was affordable, I got myself a FED-1F. As I take 135 film infrequently, the need to trim the film leader for use in a bottom-loader was not a deterrent.
I took a few test shots on a 12-frame cassette of expired Fuji Superia 200.
Shown here are two of a building site scene, one with the FED f/3.5 50mm of the FED-1F, and one with my f/6 28mm ORION-15.
Then a street scene with the Orion-15.
(The Orion can be seen to vignette significantly).
These three were taken at f/8 1/200s.
The fourth, with the f/3.5 50mm, was to check the focus close-up at ~1 metre (~3 feet); focus was set to be on the open daffodils. Here I dropped the exposure to the minimum (1/500s) and opened the aperture to f/6.3.
It can be seen that the film was not correctly aligned across the film gate - to be investigated ...