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An old restaurant found in 1885, it is now a touring spot for a Mercedes owner also.
Testing Retina 1a Type 015 with Xenar f3.5.
Fuji S800, CH25. VueScan 9, Plustek Opticfilm 8200i Ai, Capture One Pro 20, Photo Mechanic 6, Retina 1a, Xenar 50mm f3.5, Photo Ueno
What to do when in a city you mostly just storm through, and you have enough free time? Walk, observe, and snap a photo here and there!
Here, me in Rijeka, March 2021.
Taken with Pentax MX film camera and smc Pentax-M 20mm F4 ultra-wide angle manual lens, through a no-name yellow filter, on a one stop pushed Agfa APX 400 film. Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+1.
1/1000s exposure, ƒ/13, at 800 ASA.
Scanned with my trusty Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35m film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
For historical fantasy fans, the idyllic little Fife hamlet of Falkland, not far from Dunfermline, is instantly recognisable as the opening location for the epic drama Outlander (www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFFKjptRr7Y), where Frank and Claire Randall head to in 1940 on what proves to be their fateful second honeymoon and where their lives are completely turned upside down.
In the series, it represent Inverness from the 1740s, 1940s and the 1960s. The attraction of the little town as the location for the filming is clear to see, as its full of genuine little touches all around that stretches back even further than the eighteenth century where Claire - almost Brigadoon-like - is first transported back in time to.
One such is the quaint east of Scotland tradition of "wedding lintels" (also known as nuptial, marriage or lintel stone), a carved inscription above the doorway of a house owned by newly-married couples that primarily date from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.
They would show the initials of the newly-weds sandwiched in-between the year of their nuptials. The one pictured from my recent day trip to a very sunny and warm Falkland is from 1686 and commemorates the marriage of "GB" and "MH".
Many of the original buildings have been rebuilt over the centuries, but the tradition has always been to re-incorporate the original marriage lintel in the new structure for good luck, invariable over the new front door entrance, or here, perhaps where the original door was once located.
Leica M2 & 2/40mm Summicron-c
Kentmere 100
Ilford ID-11 (1+1 - 11:30min)
Plustek 7600i & Vuescan
While I'm not a fan of special-effect/novelty films, LomoChrome Purple turned out to be a great fun! Here, there were those two trees growing one next to other. June 2021.
Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikon AF Nikkor 28–85mm F3.5–4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of LomoChrome Purple XR100–400 film. 1/320 exposure, ƒ/9, 200 ASA at 35mm.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Body: Canon T-90
Lens: not sure
Film: AgfaPhoto CT Precisa 100
Development: Fuji Steenbergen (HEMA)
Scanned: Pacific Image PrimeFilm XA and Vuescan 9
Post proces Colorperfect and additional sharpening
Body: Canon T-90
Lens: Canon nFD 50mm f/1.4
Film: Kodak E100VS (expired 2005)
Developed: HEMA (Fuji Steenbergen)
Scanned:: Pacific Image PrimeFilmXA and Vuescan 9.0
MZ TS250/1 Gespann.
Zeiss Ikon Contaflex Super (www.flickr.com/photos/steinbeisser/49913268501/in/datepos...), Tessar 50mm/2.8, Fomapan 100, Caffenol-C-M-rs 12:30 Min., Reflecta CrystalScan 3600, Vuescan, GIMP
If you want to go panoramic on film really on a budget, you can always grab one of those cameras from the late 1990s that have light baffles just in front of a film that crops standard photos to fake panoramic. While it is fully faked, with a proper wide-angle lens, the resulting photos can look not that bad!
Here, I did just that - I acquired Pentax MZ-5, one of those cameras with fake panoramic baffles. The good part is it crops even the viewfinder, the bad part is it's just a crop, you'd need a seriously wide-angle lens for a good effect - 19mm here helped.
Original, genuine Mini, parked somewhere in my neighbourhood; New Zagreb, Croatia, May 2021.
Taken with Pentax MZ-5 film camera, with Cosina AF Zoom 19–35mm F3.5–4.5 ultra-wide angle zoom lens, on a roll of Agfa Vista+ 200 film. 1/30 exposure at ƒ/3.5, box speed, 200 ASA.
Scanned with my trusty Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan 9.
Rolleiflex Planar 80mm f2.8; Ektar±0, Developed at Photo Ueno, Shibuya, Tokyo; Driver: VueScan 9(DNG duplication); Scanner: Epson GTX980; Raw Editor: Capture One Pro 20(positive conversion and retouch); Browser: Photo Mechanic 6(selection, management and uploading)
There was a time when my office was situated on the outskirts of the city, but not as far as the pseudo-industrial part of the outskirts, so we got more than a few office buildings, a hotel and a tennis court nearby. Sounds posh, but it's nothing to actually write home about - everything is just a nondescript, minimalist, straight-lines-are-the-cheapest-to-build building.
February 2020, pre-Corona time.
Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikkor AF 50mm F1.8 D lens, on a roll of Agfa APX 400 black and white film. Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+1 dilution. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.
Camera: Minolta XD7
Lens: Minolta MD 28mm f2.8
Film: Fomapan Classic 100 ASA
Developing: Kodak D-76 stock, 4' at 23°C
Scan: Epson V330 + Vuescan
Editing: Lightroom
That area between the building and my vantage point was once part of city's gas company, there was a huge cylindrical gas storage facility somewhere behind that fence. Nowadays, the whole area is being rebuilt, I have to act fast to get some good photos of that zone. December 2021.
Taken with Minolta Dynax 5 autofocus film camera, Minolta AF Zoom 35–70mm F4 lens at 70mm, on Agfa APX 400 black and white film. 1/125 exposure, ƒ/13 aperture, at 400 ASA. Developed with Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
After a year and a half, I finally crossed the international border - I went to visit my friend Goran D in Bihać, Bosnia & Herzegovina.
Once there, we went to the abandoned, underground Željava Air Base, specifically, to Runway 32L, the one on the Bosnian side.
Željava Air Base is quite an interesting location, I hope to visit it again soon. Read more about the base on Wikipedia.
Here, we went to a nearby source of river Klokot, and halfway down there, I ran out of film. When we were climbing back up, I ran out of breath, as well...
Taken with Yashica FX-3 film camera and Yashica ML 50mm F2 normal lens, on a roll of expired DM Paradies Action 400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
Took a walk to nearby Rečki Gaj vineyards with my brother that day, just before family lunch. My brother took his dog with him, I took my camera, loaded with black & white film. Late December, Christmas 2016.
Taken with Minolta SR-T 101 camera and Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm F1.4 lens, on Agfa APX 400 black & white film. Probably 1/500 and ƒ/8. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 via VueScan.
Developed in Fomadon R09, 1+100 for 120+ minutes, with continuous agitation for the first minute, and a few inversions at first two half-hour marks.
Recently, I've been developing black & white film I have in the queue, and I dropped a ball with this one - I got sloppy, left it in the developer for more than full two hours, and concluded a few more agitations will be needed. Apparently, there was too much agitation now, the grain is overwhelming. Then I got sloppy while fixing the film, too, I forgot a few inversions, and apparently, my fixer was near the end of its life and I failed to realize that. I even got impatient, didn't wash the film enough with demineralized water, so I have drying stains all over the emulsion. A few days later, I realized my film is still partially purple, meaning it wasn't fixed enough, so off it went into another 10 minutes of fixing in the exhausted fixer. That solved purple tint issue and most of drying stains, but it took me some time and a few not really gentle attempts to load the film on the reels. So, this poor film took quite a lot of beating and scratching, but that's not all of it - just wait for the other one I developed with this one, that one took even more punishment.
Snowy sunny days are great for brisk photo walks, or your nose will grow icicles. I did just that - had a quick and energetic walk to the neighbouring lake. February 2018.
Taken with Pentax MZ-S camera and smc Pentax-FA 28mm F2.8 AL lens on DM Paradies Action 400 film (post-2014 version). 28mm, 1/6000, ƒ/2.8, ISO 400. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 scanner via VueScan 9.5.
Leica IIIf + Hektor135mmF4.5, Yellow filter /w Visoflex
Fuji Neopan PRESTO400 : Rodinal 1:100 stand development
/ vuescan + lightroom3
..catch you up later, guys.
Citroen Treffen in Haberpoint September 2020
Shot with Praktisix on Foma RETROPAN 320. Developed in Foma RETRO SPECIAL for 5 minutes at 20°C. Scanned with VueScan on an old HP Scanjet 4800
Asda dev
Selfscan Epson V500 (VueScan)
28mm
First attempt using fully manual instead of auto levels on VueScan
This year, there was not enough snow for any significant coverage. One day, I was traveling to the hilly part of the country and there was snow, waiting for me, yay! December 2021.
Taken with Minolta Dynax 5 autofocus film camera, Minolta AF 28mm F2.8 lens, on Agfa APX 400 black and white film. 1/90 exposure, ƒ9.5 aperture, at 400 ASA. Developed with Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
Leica M2
Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 Nokton MC (yellow filter)
Fomapan 100 in Clayton F76/Vuescan
-- Due to social distancing/stay at home, many of our daily walks are no more. So we've had to look around and find some new places. Molly pulls ahead here in the process of discovering.
Summer in the city usually means a half-empty city, just how I like it. Here, a random corner in Rijeka.
Taken with Yashica FX-3 film camera and Yashica ML 50mm F2 normal lens, on a roll of expired DM Paradies Action 400 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
New lens means obligatory drive around the countryside, can't use the lens before testing it. Why not test the unknown lens with equally unknown film, which expired some 16-17 years ago! What could possibly go wrong!? Well, at first, somehow I managed to turn manual ISO override do 6400, which took me half of the roll to realize that. After that, I reverted ISO override to box-speed, like the film didn't sit somewhere for the last decade and a half. That could explain the non-linear tonal response of the film - those shadows are pretty dark!
Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikon AF Nikkor 28–85mm F3.5–4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of expired Fujicolor C100 film.
Scanned with my trusty Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan 9.
There was some heavy construction works near my apartment in the summer of 2012., so one night I took an opportunity and went for a night photo-session in the middle of the parked machinery. Now, in that location, we have a nice park with fountains. Taken one night in August 2012.
Taken with Yashica Mat 124G camera, on expired Kodak Ektachrome EPT 160T tungsten-balanced slide film. Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F scanner via VueScan x64 9.5.
Ebb tide and old tree, Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada
Bronica GS-1 (6x7)
Zenzanon-PG 100mm f/3.5
Fujichrome Velvia 50
Scan: Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED, VueScan
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Taken with a Canon F1 + 50mm1.2L on Kodak Ektrachome100. Pro-lab developed, scanned with Nikon LS9000 + vuescan(linux) + darktable (used only for JPEG conversion and framing)
Leica IIIf + Summicron 50mmF2 /w Y2 filter
Fuji ACROS100 / stand developing Rodinal 1:100
: vuescan / lightroom3
When you are in a mood of walking around, just carry the Leica ( or other RF camera ) with 35mm or 50mm small lens.
All you have to do is turning the focusing knob in your hand with finding something you wanna shoot, then look into the viewfinder and shoot ... it does need less than 10sec.
レンジファインダー、楽しいですよ。
..............have a nice weekend
Cam: Minolta XD7
Lens: Minolta MD 1:1.7/50mm
Film: Unknown traffic surveillance black and white negative hand rolled by Film Photography Project USA (FPP)
Process: Kodak D-76 (7.5') + Ilford Rapidfixer (2.5')
Scan: Vuescan + Epson Perfection V330
Edit: Lightroom CC2015
Fuji GA645, Ilford Delta 3200 expired May 2010, EI 400, Perceptol 2+3 16.5 mins at 20 C, Epson 4990 scanner with Vuescan driver.
Visiting the countryside is always an opportunity for a quick photo-walk. There I did just that – went with my father for some errands, and took an opportunity to shoot a roll of film along. Early November 2016.
Taken with Minolta SR-T 101 camera and Minolta MC Rokkor-PF 58mm F1.4 lens, on Agfa Vista+ 200 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 via VueScan.
Exakta EXA 1a, Domiplan 50mm / 2.8, Agfaphoto Vista 200 Plus, TETENAL Colortec C-41, Reflecta CrystalScan 3600, Vuescan, GIMP
It’s the final lockdown? Or is it? Either way, there’s a song in there somewhere… But, while nothing is certain these days, let’s hope that we are at last emerging from the frustrating series of restrictions we’ve endured for the past year or so.
And as the pubs here in Glasgow's South Side began the long process of re-opening their doors, the next worry was the 'pingdemic', as it's been dubbed, had the bar/hospitality staff frantically checking their smartphones to see whether they needed to self-isolate or not after receiving a little message from the NHS app; and indeed management worrying if they did, whether they could continue to stay open, that could only produced further disruptions and uncertainty.
Worrying also as some pubs, such as my local, the Victoria Bar (m.facebook.com/pages/category/Pub/Victoria-Bar-1662614917...) have been a lifeline for many - and this particular pub serving the Govanhill area has always played a vital role in the community. There's always been a pub on this particular corner of Victoria Rd and Allison St since 1887 - and when the old pub was knocked down in the name of progress and new housing at the turn of the 20th century, the Victoria Bar (with tenements built above) emerged in 1903 like a phoenix from the ashes.
It's a pub's pub - old school with friendly and helpful staff and full of wisecracking punters. And the slightly myopic character invariably found half hanging out its entrance, with his trademark fag in hand, wearing his leather waistcoat, and forever checking his smartphone - though this time perhaps worrying he or the staff receive the dreaded ping! - is none other than Marius Lynch, the licensee holder.
Leica M3 & 1.4/50mm Summilux pre-asph v2
Kentmere 100
Ilford ID-11 (1+1 - 11:30min)
Plustek 76001 & Vuescan
The good news is that here in the UK we are pre-testing and quarantining everyone at our newly rediscovered sovereign borders to keep Covid and its variants out. The bad news is that it has taken Boris and his government nearly a year and over 100,000 deaths to finally cotton on to this. "D'oh!" as Homer Simpson would say.
But then again, Boris is a living example of the Dunning-Kruger effect in action. That and elite public school privilege. What the country really needs is for some Tory backbenchers to suddenly find a spine and admit that terrible mistakes have been made and more than 100,000 dead is an unacceptable price to pay for a so-called prime minister whose entire life has just been a vanity project.
Either that, or we'll all end up living out a steampunk-level of PPE by wearing military protective uniforms and gas-masks 24/7.
Leica M3 & 2/50mm Summicron v5
B+W Yellow Filter
Kentmere 100
HC-110 (Dil. B - 5:45min)
Vuescan & Plustek 7600i
Older 6x7cm negative lith printed a few days ago – forgot to upload it, haha ;)
The flower stem and the background don't really stand apart so well, I could've fixed that...
Kodak Polymax RC with Moersch Easy Lith 1+10
Toned in Fomatoner Indigo 1+4
Mamiya RB 67 Pro S + Sekor 50mm f4.5 + Kodak T-MAX 100
The film must've been lab developed, I reckon
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Oudemanhuispoort, one of the historic buildings of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Technical notes: Contax G1 + 45mm Carl Zeiss F2 on Hema (rebranded) 400 asa film. Scanned with a Nikon Coolscan V Ed (LS-50) + VueScan.
Never have I managed to take a good photo with short(-ish) telephoto lenses, and 135mm is no exception for me - I simply do not see the photo, I have to actively hunt it, so, expectedly, I don't use short telephotos very often.
Here, some high-rise buildings near my current work place. December 2021.
Taken with Pentax MX film camera, Admiral MC 135mm F2.8 telephoto lens, on Agfa APX 400 black and white film. 1/500 exposure, ƒ/8 aperture, at 800 ASA, pushed one stop. Developed with Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner using VueScan x64 9.5.
It's been a sunny day that Saturday, I just had to take a drive around the countryside. Mid-May 2018.
Never before used lens, never before used film.
Taken with Canon AE-1 camera and Vivitar MC Zoom 28–200mm F3.5–5.3 superzoom lens, on a roll of FilmNeverDie Iro 200 film. 28mm, 1/250, ƒ/5.6, ISO 200. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 via VueScan x64 9.5.
A gloomy day in late autumn and a slow lens means a wide-open aperture, which means no bitingly sharp photos. Here, a church in Jastrebarsko emerges behind remnants of once big Gović forest. Definitely not bitingly sharp, without a trace of vignetting - not bad at all. Mid-November 2017.
Taken with Minolta Dynax 7000i film camera and Minolta AF Zoom 100–300mm F4.5–5.6 lens, on post-2014 roll of DM Paradies Action 400 colour negative film. Slightly stopped down, ƒ/5.6, 1/80 exposure, at box speed, 400 ASA - I took notes.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner using VueScan 9.5.
Taken in August 2017 near Lochinver, Scotland, UK with my lovely Hasselblad 500C/M
Developed in Kodak Tmax, scanner with an Epson V700/vuescan
Let's celebrate the imminent start of the first test match of the Summer and, now the ball is no longer considered a "vector of disease", the beginning of the season for thousands of club cricketers across the land. Here's one of the latter - brother-in-law Brian - looking very pleased with his innings as he leaves the field at Buxted Park in July 1993. Shot on Ilford HP5 Plus.
Nikon F, 50mm f1.4, Kodak Gold 200-3. Negative scanned with Nikon LS-5000 using VueScan and processed with ColorPerfect.
Sunny days are great for photo-walks through the countryside, and even better for attempts in getting the best bokeh-shots out of unassuming lenses. Not bad for a slow zoom lens.
Taken with Contax 167MT film camera and Tamron Adaptall-2 17A 35–70mm F3.5 zoom lens on expired post-2014. DM Paradies Universal 200 film. Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 dedicated film scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.
Rolleiflex 2.8E, Planar 80mm f2.8; Kodak TX±0 = ISO400 Y2 filter; Developed at Mono Lab National, Jingumae, Tokyo; Driver: VueScan 9 (DNG duplication); Scanner: Epson GT-X980; Raw Editor: Capture One Pro 20 (positive conversion and retouch); Browser: Photo Mechanic 6 (selection, management and uploading)
test per lo sviluppo Thornton a 2 bagni, per vedere la resa dei bianchi e delle zone in ombra, sol A 4', sol B 3',30", con filtro giallo e arancio. Soddisfatto della resa.
Camera: Nikon F100
Lens(s): Nikkor AF-S 24/70 f 2,8 ED
Film: Foma 100
Filter: Giallo e arancio
Dev: Thorton, sol A 4 ‘, sol B 3,30’
Stop Bath: Fomacitro
Fix: Fomafix
Scan: Nikon supercoolscan 9000ED,
Vuescan softwear
Camera // Yashica Mat
Film // Kodak Portra 160
Developer // Tetenal C-41
Scan // Epson V850 (Vuescan and ColourPerfect)
It`s still raning outside.
Leica IIIf + Hektor135mmF4.5/Yellow filter - Visoflex II /w 16471 ring
Fuji PRESTO400 : Rodinal 1:100 stand development
....vuescan / Lightroom3
River Sava's levee, an embankment protecting the city from flooding, holds a convenient strip of a dirt path, often used by joggers. Recently, a few months after this photo was taken, the water level was almost two meters to the top, due to severe weather upstream.
Taken with Olympus OM-10 film camera, and Tamron SP Adaptall-2 52A 70–210mm F3.5–4 telephoto lens, on expired Ferrania Solaris FG Plus 200 colour film.
Scanned with Plustek OpticFilm 8100 film scanner, using VueScan.
A quick trip to Žitnica mountain lodge on Japetić hill, near my grandparents' house. I decided I don't have the time and the stamina for a hike up the hill, so I went there by car. Next time I will walk, it's no fun driving up the mountain. There were even paragliders flying away from the makeshift airstrip. Early October 2017.
Taken with Pentax 645 camera and smc Pentax-A 645 75mm F2.8 lens, on Kodak Ektar 100 film. I took exposure notes - box speed, 1/1000 exposure, ƒ/3.5, maxed-out shutter.
Scanned using VueScan 9 on Canon CanoScan 8800F.
Cold but dry January weekend was almost an ideal day for a quick walk around the nearby lake - the lake was still partially frozen, the snow didn't fully melt. If only there was a bit more sun, but hey, I took what I got without complaints!
According to the sources on the 'net, Zenzanon-PG 80mm lens is hard to find, about 500 lenses were made, and yet somehow, one ended in my hands.
Taken with Zenza Bronica GS-1 6×7 medium format film camera, with Zenza Bronica Zenzanon-PG 80mm F3.5 lens, on a roll of Kodak Tri-X 320 film, expired in December 2007.
Maxed-out shutter at 1/500, ƒ/6.7, box-speed, 320 ASA. Developed in Kodak Xtol, 1+1 dilution.
Scanned with Canon CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner, using VueScan x64 9.5.