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With Ilford Sportslite flashgun and coupled selenium meter (not auto exposure though, in spite of the name). The Mk.4 was introduced in 1963; some have a knob rewind (see comment below) in place of this rather substantial crank. Made in Germany by Dacora, similar to a Dignette model. The Ilford Sportslite flashgun has a neat folding mechanism; the central plastic part of the reflector rotates to retract the metal blades to about 1/4-inch around the plastic.
Pronto-LK shutter, 1/15-1/500; Steinheil Cassar 45mm/f2.8 lens.
This one has the shutter jammed; I think due to the self timer being stuck; a shame because the meter still works! I probably won't get round to trying to fix it, apart from fiddling with the controls a little now and again, as I'd use the Auto RF rangefinder model if I actually wanted to use it. The dent on the top plate is due to me dropping it only a few inches onto the edge of a TV, when I was taking a photo of the film reminder some time ago.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Holga 120N, SFX (filter 715) eco film developer
Adox Vario Classic in SE6 Blue
tonings from left to right
#1 MT3 - bleach 1+50 20 secs, toner setting A (bright yellow)
#2 followed by MT1 Selenium 1+10 40 secs
#3 MT3+MT1+MT7 Iron Blue (5+5+12+5+600ml) 1 min
Holga 120N, Delta 400 rated at 640 ASA in Finol
Adox Vario Classic in VGT (two tray)
MT3 Vario Schwefeltoner (thiourea) followed by MT1 Selenium
Selenium is always 1+20 1 min
different hue is depending on dilution of the bleach, bleaching time and alkalinity of the thiourea toner
MT3 bleach 1+100 1 min, toner setting A yellow, low alkalinity
Someone asked me recently where my flickr icon came from - it's a little section from this very old photo of mine. I found it again in my archives and thought I would post it. It's not an amazing photographic accomplishment, but jasmine is my favorite flower so I have a soft spot for it.
This is from the era where I selenium split-toned every print I could get my hands on. I was going to photoshop it out here, but decided to keep it as a reminder of my "early days"...
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Jr is an actor and has done print work as well, his agent called last week as they needed some new images for marketing.
~Adam N.
Model Portfolio Photography - Phoenix, Arizona
*Strobist*
ONE SB800 w diffuser) Off camera (left) on a SC-28 Nikon TTL cord (stretched as far as it could go)
Selenium toned in photoshop
Mamiya RZ 67 Pro II - Kodak Tmax 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD. Printed on Sepia VC. Developer Moersch Eco 4812 + Selenium 1+20 45 sec
Pretty much what it says.....Acros film, Ilford warmtone matte paper, selenium toned, Hasselblad with 50mm lens
Holga - Fuji Neopan - Rodinal 1+50 - 13 min. Fomatone 132, Moersch SE5 1000 + 25 + 25 + 15d. Selenium - gold toned
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
X-Ray film, Fuji RXU Half speed Blue 8x10
Homebuilt sliding box camera
Comercial Astragon f/6.3
1s @ f/64
Rodinal 1:100, 6min, Patterson Tank
Agyrotype, Selenium toned
Kallitype
Selenium Toned on Arches Platine
Sodium Citrate Developer
8x10 Contact Print from Digital Negative
Original Exposure - 4x5 Ilford Delta 100
The Lynx 1000 (right) debuted in 1960 followed two years later by the updated Lynx 5000 (left). Since I own good examples of both cameras, I thought that maybe a quick compare and contrast might be in order. Beyond trim changes, the most obvious difference between these two is replacement of the 1000's selenium meter with a more sensitive CdS cell in the 5000. The CdS cell required both a battery and a meter switch visible on the camera front above the pc flash synch plug.
Paper: Kodak Azo Grade G Hard, d.w., post card paper, expired Nov. 15, 1915
Developer: Ansco 130 1:1 for 2min
Toner: Ilford Selenium
All I can say is WOW--paper from 1915 that doesn't fog in regular developer! I accuired a sealed package of this paper from ebay. The images you see are 2 frames taken with a Bronica SQ-A. There were actully black paper masks included in the package so I used one to create the curved edge you see in the picture.
I wan't expecting these results; I thought surely I'd have to use lith developer but no. The black were a little weak so I toned in selenium to increase the d-max and give it a purpleish tint.
Zeiss Ikon
Contina-Matic II - 1958
Pantar 45mm 1:2.8
SLK Spezial shutter 1"-1/300" and B
Selenium meter coupled to the shutter/aperture rings, once established the exposure value the rings auto-lock and move together keeping the correct exposure.
Three filters, red, yellow and green and metal lens hood.
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Last model of the four Retina Reflex cameras. Sold from 1964 to 1967. Had the shutter speed and f-stops showing in the viewfinder via a window on the camera face. Selenium cell meter from the German company, Gossen, was cross-coupled to a very complex system with the shutter and aperture rings around the base of the lens. As you wind the film advance on the bottom of the camera, you can almost hear a myriad of gears and springs being tensioned. Not a kind instrument for repair - very touchy.
A leaf-shutter reflex (LSR), it only accepted a few lenses made especially for it. An expensive camera back in the day.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
Converted in Perfect Effects 17 using my favorite preset: Ansel Adams. It automatically adds a selenium tone and a vignette as well as a particular array of color channel adjustments.
High contrast black and white edit of welder. Edited in Nik Silver Effex 2 and given a light selenium tint.
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Holga 20N, Tri-X in Tanol
Selenium toner - the mode of action with papers like Fotokemika Varycon or Adox Vario Classic - tone cools down with increase of density
Left untoned, developer VGT as a two tray: first dev. A 50 + C 90 + water 800ml 1:45 mins, second dev. B 40 + C 40 + water 1000ml 2 mins
Right toned with MT1 Selenium 1+5 1 min - against my usual practice, just for demonstration a very strong selenium toner
Another well-built little scale-focusing 35mm camera from Zeiss. The Contina series ran from about 1951 to 1960 with more than a dozen models/variations. This one has a slower f/3.5 Novar lens, but sports a (still working) uncoupled selenium cell light meter.
Bought this one in a thrift store. It was in amazingly clean and functional condition; a sign that it had not been used much or cared for exceptionally well.