Entremont en Chartreuse
The Chartreuse Mountains (French: "Massif de la Chartreuse" [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south. Chartreuse is one of my preferred site for enjoying a simple excursion in the Alps for a half day coming from Lyon city.
Chartreuse is shared between the Dauphiné and Savoie and the former border between France and Savoie is still observable is some places and monuments in the Entremont area (Les Echelles, Saint-Pierre-d’Entremont).
On June 16, 2025 I decided to return there for the first time with a film camera with my FED-4 (see below for details about) equipped of another standard lens FED Industar-L61 1:2.8 f=53mm (the one of my other FED-4 that has the lens Nr. 8711586). For all the views, the lens was equipped with 42mm push-on FOCA orange filter x3.5, and a Genaco cylindric stainless-steel shade hood conceived for a lens around 45mm focal length.
The film used was a 36-exposure Rollei RPX 100. Expositions were determined for 40 ISO to compensate the absorption of the orange filter, using a Minolta Autometer III lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow areas.
View Nr. 4: 1/60s f/6.3 focusing @ infinite, FOCA orange filter
June 16, 2025
Route de l'Eglise
73670 Entremont-le-Vieux
France
After completion, the film was rewound and processed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 9min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.3.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with a frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the FED-4 camera :
In the USSR, the first 35 mm camera was the FED, first produced in the 30’s by the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkov, Ukraine. The FED was a straight reproduction of the pre-war Leica IIc. After WWII the production of camera’s was restarted in Kharkov and FED produced a first completely new model in 1955 with the FED-2 that was produced until 1970 under different versions.
The FED-4 is the fourth model of the FED produced at about 633.000 units in Kharkov from 1964 to 1980. With the FED-3 and the FED-4, the camera inflated in size and weight in a less streamlined and less elegant design. The large-base range finder returned to a narrower basis.
The second version of the FED-4 (1969-1980) , the film is now advanced by a modern lever mechanism instead of a rotating button. The shutter could be now operated in the slow-speed (1/15s to 1s) range. The camera integrated a selenium photo-cell lightmeter with galvanometer. The normal lens Industar-61 1:2.8 f=52mm is also a Tessar type lens, its version « L» includes special glasses with lanthanum improving the lens performances. The FED-4 was largely exported a sold under different brand names as « Revue » the brand of the Photo-Quelle in west Germany.
I found my FED-4 version-2 for 25€ in June 2025 from a French eBay seller, with the Industar lens and the leather bag. After a complete detailing, the camera turned to be « as a new » and in a stunning mechanical and optical conditions. The range finder was still correctly aligned and calibrated and the selenium cell still operating giving correct values compered to my other trusted light meters.
Entremont en Chartreuse
The Chartreuse Mountains (French: "Massif de la Chartreuse" [masif d(ə) la ʃaʁtʁøz]) are a mountain range in southeastern France, stretching from the city of Grenoble in the south to the Lac du Bourget in the north. They are part of the French Prealps, which continue as the Bauges to the north and the Vercors to the south. Chartreuse is one of my preferred site for enjoying a simple excursion in the Alps for a half day coming from Lyon city.
Chartreuse is shared between the Dauphiné and Savoie and the former border between France and Savoie is still observable is some places and monuments in the Entremont area (Les Echelles, Saint-Pierre-d’Entremont).
On June 16, 2025 I decided to return there for the first time with a film camera with my FED-4 (see below for details about) equipped of another standard lens FED Industar-L61 1:2.8 f=53mm (the one of my other FED-4 that has the lens Nr. 8711586). For all the views, the lens was equipped with 42mm push-on FOCA orange filter x3.5, and a Genaco cylindric stainless-steel shade hood conceived for a lens around 45mm focal length.
The film used was a 36-exposure Rollei RPX 100. Expositions were determined for 40 ISO to compensate the absorption of the orange filter, using a Minolta Autometer III lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective metering privileging the shadow areas.
View Nr. 4: 1/60s f/6.3 focusing @ infinite, FOCA orange filter
June 16, 2025
Route de l'Eglise
73670 Entremont-le-Vieux
France
After completion, the film was rewound and processed using 350 mL of Adox Adonal (Agfa Rodinal) developer prepared at the dilution 1+25 for 9min at 20°C.
Digitizing was made using a Sony A7 camera (ILCE-7, 24MP) fitted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III with the Minolta slide duplication accessory and Minolta Macro Bellow lens 1:3.5 f=50mm. The diffuse light source was a LED panel CineStill Cine-lite.
The RAW files obtained were inverted within the latest version available of Adobe Lightroom Classic (version 14.3.1) and edited to the final jpeg pictures without intermediate file. They are presented either as printer files with a frame or the full size JPEG's together with some documentary smartphone color pictures.
About the FED-4 camera :
In the USSR, the first 35 mm camera was the FED, first produced in the 30’s by the F. E. Dzerzhinsky Labour Commune in Kharkov, Ukraine. The FED was a straight reproduction of the pre-war Leica IIc. After WWII the production of camera’s was restarted in Kharkov and FED produced a first completely new model in 1955 with the FED-2 that was produced until 1970 under different versions.
The FED-4 is the fourth model of the FED produced at about 633.000 units in Kharkov from 1964 to 1980. With the FED-3 and the FED-4, the camera inflated in size and weight in a less streamlined and less elegant design. The large-base range finder returned to a narrower basis.
The second version of the FED-4 (1969-1980) , the film is now advanced by a modern lever mechanism instead of a rotating button. The shutter could be now operated in the slow-speed (1/15s to 1s) range. The camera integrated a selenium photo-cell lightmeter with galvanometer. The normal lens Industar-61 1:2.8 f=52mm is also a Tessar type lens, its version « L» includes special glasses with lanthanum improving the lens performances. The FED-4 was largely exported a sold under different brand names as « Revue » the brand of the Photo-Quelle in west Germany.
I found my FED-4 version-2 for 25€ in June 2025 from a French eBay seller, with the Industar lens and the leather bag. After a complete detailing, the camera turned to be « as a new » and in a stunning mechanical and optical conditions. The range finder was still correctly aligned and calibrated and the selenium cell still operating giving correct values compered to my other trusted light meters.