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The brick wall is evenly lit - facing north. Fall off is visible. Sharpness at f5.6 is remarkable for an almost 60 year old lens.
Not surprisingly much photographed.
An architecturally-inspired twin-span segmental masonry arched bridge over the Aray with a conspicuous oculus (cylindrical opening) through the spandrel over the central pier. This feature enables the bridge to escape the unattractive appearance offered by two equal spans of 65 ft, referred to as an ‘unresolved duality’ in architecture.
The bridge was planned and erected from 1773–76. It was designed by Robert Mylne for the Board of Ordnance and the contractor, J. Brown. The Duke of Argyll, whose seat Inveraray Castle overlooks the bridge, is said to have influenced its design, particularly the parapets. The steep approaches must have been a trial to horses pulling heavy carts. The bridge is now operated as a single-lane carriageway controlled by traffic lights.
R Paxton and Jim Shipway 2007b
This is the compact Ltm version of the Color Slopar 35mm f2.5. It has a rather nifty focus lever on the barrel. Quick set for focus.
One of the stores on Fantasy Row (west 2nd) had this classy looking Porsche Targa in the window. Nobody in the store so I could not go in for a better shot. One of the really good looking Porsche's too.
Not bad performance for a 60+ year old lens. Very flare resistant - actually better in that aspect than the Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 for the Contax Rf. I had a couple of those (non T* and a T* - both were sensitive to strong light and "edge" illumination.
Rolleiflex 2.8C
Ilford FP4+
EI 160
Pyrocat-HD (1:1:100) @ 20° @ 21 min. w/ gentle inversions every 3 min.
Still a formidable lens - the old Biogon 21mm f4.5, It was intended for Contax Rf cameras - but works fine on the Nikon Rf;s too. In the late 50's and early 60's this was the wide-angle by choice. High performance, straight rendering and sharp. Many were hacked to screw mount for Leicas - but some shooters simply kept a Contax/Nikon as a dedicated body for it.
This looks like a rather serious camping outfit! Heavy Duty ford truck with custom camper. Give you the urge to take off into the wilds of Canada - or just to the super market.
My Bokeh Row at the beach. It was shortened slightly as one tree succumbed to age and wind and had to be taken down.
The focus is on the nearest upright. Slight fall off - but actually less than with at the Noctilux f1.0!
San Francisco Botanical Garden (Bed 7C).
The star magnolia (Magnolia stellata) is a shrub-like tree that produces fragrant blossoms that last throughout the spring and into the summer. This tree, best suited to U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9, is a member of one of the most ancient flowering plant families and features several characteristics that other flowering trees do not.
Efke R25 - Pyrocat HD - (processed @ www.gammasf.com )
(Shot at 25ASA, no filter, Processed Normally)
SEKONIC L-778 DUAL SPOT F METER
EV11 1/8s @ f16
5deg backward tilt, full bellows extension.
Hasselblad Flexbody w/120mm f5.6 Zeiss S-Planar T*
Epson PERFECTION V750-M PRO SCANNER
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The Kodak Double X gets a bit harsh in the 1:1:75 dilution of the Pyrocat. I will probably go back to the 1:1:100 dilution as that one tends to be a bit smoother - particularly with the semi stand process.
Ilford PanF for portraits!
Again I tried to learn the film with a bit different lighting.
Put shadows in zone IV and developed in PyrocatHD.
The results are completely different than with PanF+Tetenal combinations.
Pyro seem to save every bit of information in transitions while preserving high values and the look seems more...even but not flat in any way!
PanF can cetrainly be a choice for man portrait!
Souvenirs galore. Cruise ship season is over - so sales are probably low and most locals would not be caught dead in one of theses T-sbhirts or sweaters.
The Granville Island Market - good place for stocking up on edibles. One of the better food markets that I have seen and tried. Unusually "empty" this time - early in the morning.
Pretty consistent light - 1/60s and f2.0 under cloudy skies.
...under a cliff, Steamers Beach, Booderee NP.
Toyo-View 45CF, Nikkor-SW 90mm f/8, Shanghai 100, Pyrocat HD stand developed. First time I have used Pyrocat HD and love the outcome
Waiting in the car - propped the camera on the window sill and exposed at 1/2s. The Biogon 25mm f2.8 is one of the great Zeiss ZM lenses. Very sharp, moderate contrast and in a pinch you can use it on a M camera with the 28 frames - just use the outside of the frame lines and you are pretty close to the lens coverage. Of course, I use the Bessa R4M which has 25 frames incorporated.
This sculpture (Sun voyager) is currently deserted but normally crowded by people surrounding it, climbing onto it or taking selfies.
Contax G2, HP5+ in Pyrocat-HD and printed on Fomabrom in Moersch ECO 4812.
Simon's M2 before going in for a quick service with Horst. Should be good for another 5 years after that.
I always think of "Only Fools and Horses" Reliant when I see the rather pretentious sign.
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Rolleiflex 2.8C
Ilford FP4+
EI 160
Pyrocat-HD (1:1:100) @ 20° @ 21 min. w/ gentle inversions every 3 min.
TriX developed in Pyrocat HD does show the grittiness of the bricks very well. Probably at f1/4 or f2/0.
Rolleiflex 2.8F, using Pan F, developed with Pyrocat HD semi stand. Even though it's quite underexposed, I managed to bump up the ISO quite a lot during the scan and later with Photoshop.
Some MONOCHROME on outdated FP4+ processed in home-made PYROCAT HD taken with my lovely 1956 AGFA ISOLETTE III with 75mm f3.5 SOLINAR lens . WORTHING, Sussex England I used a Yellow Filter for this.
Interesting how they managed to get all that mud collected - everything around is either paved or grassed over.
Photo Details:
Camera: Pentacon Six TL
Lens: 140mm f-1.8 MMZ-KO Projector Lens
Film: Efke 50
Developer: Pyrocat-HD
Vancouver built a lot of these viaducts in the 50's and 60's. Now the problem is that they are deteriorating and need to be taken down - to the tune of $200 million.
I did change the dilution of the Pyrocat HD, Rather than the 1:1:100 - I did it with 1:1:75 - but still at 11 minutes. Not much difference - Pyrocat HD reminds me of doing Cibachrome. With any other colour developer (E6) you did subtle snags in the colour filtration - jus a couple of cc of filtration was visible. ZThe the Cibachrome you cranked the correction 20-30 cc before noticing any changes.
The Voigtlander Nokton f1.1 is a good substitute for a Noctilox. It is better than the Noctilux f1.0 - the 0.96 is marginally better, particularly in the corners (shooting at 0.95 or 1.1 corners are usually my least problem!). The Nokton is also considerably smaller tham the 0.96 and much cheaper!