Breuberg Castle, early 13th century
The first test roll on the Zenit 3M came out much better than I had expected. There is no light leak and the exposure appears to be spot on for every shot on the film. The fly in the ointment is that there was some slippage in the film transport, with a few of the shots overlapping. I'll will have to watch that carefully.
Concerning the Industar lens, sharpness and contrast are all there. It's almost as good as if I had used a yellow filter, which I hadn't. Despite the lens being from 1964, the image has a certain vintage feel to it, as if it were taken in or before the great patriotic war.
The viewfinder image covers only 70% of the actual field of view of the final image, which is easier to handle than I had thought. In practice, this means that you can allow things that you want to have in the image to be very close to the visible edge of the frame. In the actual image they will be well away from the edge.
Camera: KMZ Zenit 3M
Lens: Industar 3.5/50, made in 1964
Kodak TMAX 400 black&white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Breuberg Castle, early 13th century
The first test roll on the Zenit 3M came out much better than I had expected. There is no light leak and the exposure appears to be spot on for every shot on the film. The fly in the ointment is that there was some slippage in the film transport, with a few of the shots overlapping. I'll will have to watch that carefully.
Concerning the Industar lens, sharpness and contrast are all there. It's almost as good as if I had used a yellow filter, which I hadn't. Despite the lens being from 1964, the image has a certain vintage feel to it, as if it were taken in or before the great patriotic war.
The viewfinder image covers only 70% of the actual field of view of the final image, which is easier to handle than I had thought. In practice, this means that you can allow things that you want to have in the image to be very close to the visible edge of the frame. In the actual image they will be well away from the edge.
Camera: KMZ Zenit 3M
Lens: Industar 3.5/50, made in 1964
Kodak TMAX 400 black&white negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de