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Yashica MAT-124
Strobist:
Glass table with Sb700 into softbox at bottom
Key: sb600 into DIY Beauty dish
This optional back is useful for checking exposure/lighting, especially for studio work. Takes all standard 3x4 Polaroid packfilm; I recently shot some Polaroid 664 (100 ISO) and it reminded me that the Polaroid medium is nice in and of itself. The NPC back - like all Polaroid backs for the Bronica - doesn't use all the film area of the Polaroid, so you unfortunately get a smaller image than the emulsion allows.
I have recently disassembled this back for the purposes of adapting it to a 2x3 Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic. I know the image area will be smaller, but shooting Polaroid in MF will be worth the effort.
Nikon D90 with AF-S DX VR Zoom-NIKKOR 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G IF-ED
@40mm, ISO 100, f/4.5, 1/160 sec
Aperture-priority mode
I can't tell you how exciting it is to go out and shoot with my new baby... you're looking at:
- Mamiya RB67 Pro S body
- Mamiya-Sekor C 90mm F3.8 lens
- 220 (6x7cm) film back
- Prism finder
- mounted on Manfrotto 322RC2 head using a RC2 quick release plate
- attached to an Op/Tech Super Pro Strap "B"
I can't fully explain it, but there's just something very satisfying about shooting with this camera. I think it's the fact that you really need to slow down and think about each shot... the composition, the light, the exposure... everything. It's definitely old school... manual everything... setting the aperture/shutter speed, cocking the shutter, pulling the dark slide, raising the mirror, releasing the shutter, etc. And did I mention that this camera is built like a tank? This beast is probably around a whopping 7 pounds!
I'm taking it on blind faith that I've been setting my exposure correctly, using the meter on my D90 to estimate. I've set my D90 to ISO Lo1 (100) to match the Velvia 100F film in the RB67. We'll find out in a couple weeks after I finish off the first roll and get it developed. I hope it's not like making pancakes, where you need to throw away the first batch :-)
Unless you happen to see a beautiful one right on the side of the road and it has an amazing field of blue bells right in front...and the remains of a Viking stone foundation on the side. Whalefjord
I finally got around to get a couple of rolls of expired Provia 100F developed that I took last October during Aspen season here in Los Alamos. Since our local New Mexico option Carl's Darkroom went bankrupt, I sent them to North Coast Photographic Services. They will scan them for $12 per roll at around 2400 dpi (see www.northcoastphoto.com. I will definitely use them again!
Yashica Mat, 80mm f/3.5 Yashinon, Provia 100F, no polarizer, this is just our crazy blue New Mexico sky.