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The "Etang de Boulieu" is a very captivating place where Florida Big Cypres (Taxodium distichum, symbol of the Bayou) trees, were acclimated about a 100 years ago. In mid-november, the leaves turn to a magnificent orange colour. After consulting the weather forecast, I knew that this day could favorable for an autumn sunshine with however clouds in the sky. Due to recent heavy rains it was not possible to go under the Cypres forest but still I had a couple of hours to enjoy the scenery was to do my 36-exposure roll of Kodak Portra 400, possible a good choice to a color negative film under these circumstances?

The FOCA camera was loaded at home with a Kodak Portra 400 film exposed for 400 ISO.

Expositions were determined using a Minolta Autometer III with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas giving typical exposure from 1/25s to 1/200s at f/2.8 to the full aperture f/11.

Etang de Boulieu, Cascade de la Roche, November 15, 2023

38390 Saint-Baudille-de-la-Tour

France

After exposure, the film was processed by a local lab service in Lyon using the Kodak C-41 process.

The whole film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body adapted to a Minolta Auto Bellows III and a Minolta Slide Duplicator using a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5 at a reproduction ratio of 1:1. The reproduced RAW files obtained were processed in LR prior the the final JPEG editions.

All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printing framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg.

About the camera and the lens:

The French FOCA camera type « PF3 » or ***, was made in Châteaudun, Eure, France, year 1954.

I got the set from a French dealer on eBay , including the camera and its normal lens OPLAR 1:2.8 f=5cm, a rare ever-ready bag Ref 120-503 « Luxe » with a upper compartment for three 42mm push-on filters. The bag is made of a pork leather and was in 1950 three times more expensive than a normal ever-ready bag. The set also included a FOCA view finder covering the field of a 3,5cm focal lens in its original grey and rd small FOCA box, a soft neoprene FOCA hood, three 42mm FOCA filters yellow x2.5, green x3.5, and orange x4. The kit also included a (used?) roll of Kodachrome-64 (DX-coded canister).

According to the serial number in 401.xxx, this PF3 should be a model-1 (version 5 or 6).

The camera was used very carefully and has been probably well serviced in the past. The OPLAR normal lens 1:2.8 f=5cm is a model-3 version-3 from 1954 too with the "ECD/9" diaphragm graduation 2.8...3.5...9....18.

The camera was originally sold to its first owner by « Photo-Plait » in Paris, France, one of the most important photo store, founded in 1910 and editing a well-know catalog of camera's for mail-order selling in France and overseas. Then the camera could have been sold either in the Photo-Plait store, 35-39, rue Lafayette, Paris 9ème or by mail-order selling.

When I first detailed the camera, I soon realized that it is almost pristine with very little signs of a very careful use. All functions works flawlessly, including the slow shutter speeeds and the shutter curtains are as new. The view finder and range finder are very clear and contrasted as the day 1. The lens is also very nice condition.

The FOCA PF3 is essentially the same camera as the type PF2B (PF for "Petit Format") constructed in France by the company "Optique & Precision de Levallois" (OPL) starting from 1947. The difference lies in the built-in slow speed mechanism giving 1/10s, 1/5s, 1/2s and 1s exposition times, plus the T-mode. It was manufactured in the Châteaudun OPL factory, route de Jallans, France. The factory, constructed in 1938, is still at the same place under the name of SAFRAN now producing precision devices for aerospace appliances.

digitized.. by Shahad

i liked it this way, and i like more my newfound technique!

Digitizing Mark Adams cartoons by Stanford University Libraries Digital Production Group

Digitizing Set Up by Matthew Bellemare

Fujifilm Klasse W | Fujifilm Fujichrome 50

Digitized with Nikon D7200 & AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED | Raleno PLV-S192 | pixl-latr

Home developed in Cinestill Cs6 D9 1+1 | 9:00/104F | Paterson Tank

Digitizing Justice Conference by The University of Winnipeg

raws0033-positive-positive by DJ Hancock

Digitized with Negative Lab Pro v2.1.2

Leica M6 | Leica 35mm f/2.0 SUMMICRON-M Aspherical | Kodak TriX 400

Digitized with Negative Lab Pro v2.1.2

Ring-billed Gull -Adult - September by aaabela

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Digitized from slide. Central Coast California

AIA Octagon Restoration by The National Monuments Foundation

Digitized by Two Cat Digital Inc..

Kodak HR500 Universal film scanner.

ICC Profile: Adobe RGB 1998.

Colorspace: Adobe RGB 1998

RollsRoyce_2_final by Phred's Photography

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This was a slide scanned in EV increments of +1, 0, -1,-2 and digitized, then tonemapped using Qtpfsgui 1.9.3. Interesting results. I will try more but I will make sure to brush all the dust off the slide before scanning. Tonemapping brings out alot of the dirt on the slide.

berryhill+3-positive-flickr by DJ Hancock

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Digitized with Negative Lab Pro v2.1.0

Leica M3 | Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZM | Ilford HP5 400

Digitized with Epson Vuescan V550 + Negative Lab Pro v2.1.0 | Lomography

Ilford DDX

digitization home by bonnie jean woolger