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Wanted to try some Selenium treatment on the Bow, as I haven't played with that colour palate in a while. Originally was going to upload the B&W version, but I think this one popped a bit more.
The palace on Peacock Island, near Berlin, built by Friedrich Wilhelm II at the end of the 18th century.
Printed on Ilford MGIV Warmtone RC
11 seconds
f/ 8.5
2 contrast
Ilford PQ developer
2.5 minute selenium toner
Print for the upcoming SOSeth exhibition at ETH und Uni Zurich
final size 39x26cm
Adox MCP 310 (glossy)
developed in Moersch Eco 4812 1+9 with 6ml Finisher Blue for 2 Minutes
Selenium Toning in Moersch MT1 1+15 for 2:45 Minutes
exposed with a Jobo LPL 7450 with a Rodenstock Rodagon 80 f/4 and Heiland Splitgrade unit (correction +0.6f +1.2G)
Picture taken with a Leica M6TTL and 50mm Summicron Type V on AGFA APX100, exposed at ISO 50 and developed in Rodinal 1+50 at 20°C for 17 Minutes
original negative scan: www.flickr.com/photos/jt-c/8180415651/
Location: West Central Minnesota
Equipment Used: Hasselblad - 120mm Planar
Film & Developer: Acros - D76
Paper & Developer: Ilford Warmtone - Dektol - Selenium
Selenium light meter with incident-light "invercone" attachment. Has two ranges, the low one selected by opening a mask on the back which allows more light onto the cell, and shifts the scale to a 0-10 range.
Unfortunately the measurement switch does not work on this one, but I think the selenium cell is OK, so it may be fixable.
Scan from print:
Paper: Adox MCP312
Developer: Mörsch Eco
Toner: Kodak Rapid Selenium
Film Info:
Film: Ilford HP5+ @3200
Developer: Rodinal 1:25
Lens: Nikkor 50mm 1.4G
Camera: Nikon F6
2 Viewfinder modules for the Zeiss Ikon Tenax Automatic. This module also houses the Selenium lightcell.
Produced about 1960.
More info about the Tenax Automatic can be found here :
Selenium cell was broken!..
Manufactured by LOMO (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Union = Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, ЛОМО́), in Leningrad, former USSR.
Voskhod (earlier versions are marked in Cyrillic: Восход) means "sunrise" or "ascent" in Russian; later, export models are marked in Latin lettering
Model: 1966 type 5 (export version)
All Voskhod produced between 1964-68 with quantity of 59.000
There are 5 types and 5 sub-types of the camera
As to Alexander Komarov
35mm film Viewfinder camera
Lens: LOMO T-48 (Triplet) 45mm f/2.8, filter slip-on, serial no. none
Aperture: up to f/22setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-8m +inf,
Focusing: manual front cell; ring, distance scale with symbols and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: leaf shutter; speeds: 1-1/250 +B; setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter speeds and aperture numbers are linked together by means of mechanical coupling. When turning the apertures or shutter speeds rings, the other turns too.
They can be turned separately by the pressing the knobs on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter release: on the front plate, w/ cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, shark-fine like shape, on the lens-shutter barrel
Frame counter: manual reset, decreasing type, window on the top-plate
Viewfinder: Galileo type bright frame finder w/ parallax correction lines
Exposure meter: coupled built-in Selenium cell meter
Film speed range: 12-26 DIN, 11-250 GOST, setting: by a thumb ring and windows on the bottom plate
Exposure setting: after setting the shutter speed or aperture, check the needle in the viewfinder, it must be on the middle of the lower bright line, if not, turn the aperture-speeds rings to find the correct exposure
Re-wind lever: folding crank, on the top-plate
Re-wind release: on the bottom plate
Flash PC socket: on the front plate
Cold-shoe
Memory dial : small window and thumb lever on the front plate, with Cyrillic characters
Self-timer: none
Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Engraving on the back cover: Made in USSR
Tripod socket: 3/8"
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 690g
Serial no. 661919, in the camera, first two letters show the production year
Some very rare early models bear the LOOMP logo.
More info: in Cameras by Alfred Klomp, in Soviecams by Aidas Pikiotas, in Fotoua by Alexander Komarov, in Camerapedia
A selenium rectifier. These were used from the 30s to 50s until they were replaced by silicon diodes.
Found in a catch-all bag of filters and miscellaneous items purchased from a thrift store. Came with its leather case. The meter still functions and is a small wonder of construction. Thought I should document it in direct sunlight one last time. I'll keep it in its case and away from direct light; I want that selenium cell's sensitivity to last a little longer.
Mexico 2011
Print 2011
Sepia & Selenium Toning 2012
Beseler 23C II
Ilford Multigrade
Dektol 1+3, 2 minutes
Epson V600
A very nice camera - shame it takes 126 film, and so seems very unlikely I'll get to use it.
It seems to be made of two polished, cast steel blocks, faced by plastic, covered with leatherette. It's very heavy and business-like. The lens collapses, to hide the shutter-speed scale, through a button in the base.
Made in Germany by Kodak AG, 1963-1966 (only available in the US for the last year). It has a coupled, Gossen-branded selenium light meter with a needle-centre display in the viewfinder - which still seems to work accurately. Compur shutter 1/30-1/500 + B, distance scale (in feet on this one) with click-stops for three distance zones - with two small pins on the rim to help grip. Schneider-Kreuznach Xenar (Tessar copy) 38mm f/2.8 lens, stopping to f/22.
Nice features such as a click-stopped stay on the film door to hold it open during loading, a short-throw (90°) advance lever set into the base at the back, worked by the right thumb, and both hot-shoe and PC flash connections.
See also Lens Block close-up.
Lith Print
Paper: Kodak Ektalure X (tweed texture) 8x10, expired 1983
Developer: Moersch SE5
Toner: Ilford Selenium 1:4
Camera: Bronica SQ-A, 80mm 2.8
Film: FP4+ in ID-11
Lighting: only a 200 watt clear incandescent light bulb
Selenium meter cells surround the F2.8 45mm Industar-63 lens. This classic 1960's 35mm film camera was the first fully automatic camera produced in the former Soviet Union.
Shot using 55mm F2.8 Micro Nikkor lens on FTZ adaptor
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Hasselblad 500C / 150mm Sonnar / Kodak TMax 400 @250 / Kodak Xtol replenished / 6x6 inch silver gelatin print on 8x10 inch Ilford MGIV fibre matte / Ethol LPD replenished / Moersch MT3 / Harman Selenium
First try with Lith Printing
20x30cm
Bergger Prestige NB 3 graded (FB / Baryt)
Moersch SE5 Lith Master Kit (30ml A + 35ml B + 15ml D)
Moersch Lith Omega for 30 seconds
Selenium Toning in Moersch MT1 1+10 for 80 seconds
exposed with a Jobo LPL 7450 with a Rodenstock APO-Rodagon 50 /f2.8 and Heiland Splitgrade unit (white light)
Scanned on an Epson Perfection V700 using Vuescan
Picture taken with a Leica M4-2 and a 35mm Voigtländer Nokton on AGFA APX100, exposed at ISO 50 and developed in Rodinal 1+50 at 20°C for 17 Minutes
original negative scan: www.flickr.com/photos/jt-c/8180412805/
Thanks to Dario for the chemistry!
Selenium Toned Print
Shot for the NZ Professional Photographers competition in the 90's. This shot won the Transport Section and got the inside back cover of the big book of the comp
Processing - selenium toning and graduated filters in Lightroom 3.
Canon 5D MK II
Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM
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Decided to do a monochrome conversion to make the most of this military aviation scenery. Input welcome...
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Just another reminder to get your pro-Growler comments in to WhidbeyEIS.com please. Also there are two meetings for aviation photogs this week on this:
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Oak Harbor Elks Lodge
155 NE Ernst Street
Oak Harbor, WA 98277
Thursday, October 30, 2014
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Anacortes Middle School Cafeteria
2202 M Avenue
Anacortes, WA 98221
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300th photo to the OLF group: www.flickr.com/groups/nolfcoupeville/
Taken with the Ilford Obscura Pinhole camera, with delta 100 developed in HC-110b, and then contact printed on Ilford Multigrade IV matte paper and selenium toned.
Complete with dust! Bloody dust, I can't seem to get rid of it!
More often than not, when I find a Petri camera, it's broken. Amazingly, I found this one in working condition, including the selenium cell meter. There are many examples of the 7 S available in thrift stores and online as Petri made this particular model for over a decade. A pleasant, clean industrial design worthy of a spot on my shelves.
Zeiss Ikon Vintage Test Lightmeters.
An retired repairman told me that these selenium cell powered lightmeters were used to check other "normal" lightmeters. That's all i know.
These meters clearly use the housing of the "normal" Ikophot model which was produced in the middle of the nineteen-fifthies.
Only adoptions seem to be the removal of the Dials and the use of another Scale.
The readings of both meters are about the same which is not bad for selenium lightmeters more then fifty years old
Why one is numbered 33 and the other 34 i don't know. Maybe serial numbers ?
Day - 34 - Selenium
Stanleya is a genus of six species of plants in the mustard family known commonly as prince's plumes. These are herbs or erect shrubs which bear dense, plumelike inflorescences of white to bright yellow flowers with long stamens. Stanleya species are native to the western United States. These plants are toxic because they concentrate selenium from the soil in their tissues.
Selenium cell was broken!..
Manufactured by LOMO (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Union = Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, ЛОМО́), in Leningrad, former USSR.
Voskhod (earlier versions are marked in Cyrillic: Восход) means "sunrise" or "ascent" in Russian; later, export models are marked in Latin lettering
Model: 1966 type 5 (export version)
All Voskhod produced between 1964-68 with quantity of 59.000
There are 5 types and 5 sub-types of the camera
As to Alexander Komarov
35mm film Viewfinder camera
Lens: LOMO T-48 (Triplet) 45mm f/2.8, filter slip-on, serial no. none
Aperture: up to f/22setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Focus range: 1-8m +inf,
Focusing: manual front cell; ring, distance scale with symbols and DOF scale on the lens
Shutter: leaf shutter; speeds: 1-1/250 +B; setting: ring and scale on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter speeds and aperture numbers are linked together by means of mechanical coupling. When turning the apertures or shutter speeds rings, the other turns too.
They can be turned separately by the pressing the knobs on the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter release: on the front plate, w/ cable release socket
Cocking lever: also winds the film, shark-fine like shape, on the lens-shutter barrel
Frame counter: manual reset, decreasing type, window on the top-plate
Viewfinder: Galileo type bright frame finder w/ parallax correction lines
Exposure meter: coupled built-in Selenium cell meter
Film speed range: 12-26 DIN, 11-250 GOST, setting: by a thumb ring and windows on the bottom plate
Exposure setting: after setting the shutter speed or aperture, check the needle in the viewfinder, it must be on the middle of the lower bright line, if not, turn the aperture-speeds rings to find the correct exposure
Re-wind lever: folding crank, on the top-plate
Re-wind release: on the bottom plate
Flash PC socket: on the front plate
Cold-shoe
Memory dial : small window and thumb lever on the front plate, with Cyrillic characters
Self-timer: none
Back cover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Engraving on the back cover: Made in USSR
Tripod socket: 3/8"
Strap lugs
Body: metal; Weight: 690g
Serial no. 661919, in the camera, first two letters show the production year
Some very rare early models bear the LOOMP logo.
More info: in Cameras by Alfred Klomp, in Soviecams by Aidas Pikiotas, in Fotoua by Alexander Komarov, in Camerapedia
Sabine considering (Apr 11). Leica M6 on TMax 100, developed in RHS and selenium toner, scan of print
Lightmeter Parts Box 2
Lighmeter Honeycomb and selenium cell parts in this tin box which originally held Will's Gold Flake Cigarettes.
Zenit-EM (1974)
Helios-44M-4 lens, f=58mm, 1:2
Cloth focal plane shutter. Speeds 1/30-500 and B.
Uncoupled selenium light meter.
35mm film (24x36)
Produced by KMZ (Krasnogorsk) in the former USSR
I have also a chrome version of this one
Here some shots taken with this camera.
You can see it on Camerapedia
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Yesterday, my friends and I went on a road trip, but we got a flat and sat in the car for an hour waiting for AAA. I had my camera, and took advantage of the free time.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.
I received an email from a gentleman who was disposing of his late father's estate. He didn't want his dad's Ricoh rangefinder to end up at a thrift store or auctioned online. He offered it to me as long as I would take care good of it. I agreed and said I would be proud to display it.
What arrived was a whole kit: camera, Konica meter, Ricoh bulb flash, filters, lens hood, leather camera case and all instructions. The camera itself is in very fine condition. The focusing ring is very stiff, stuck actually. No doubt the result of the original lubricant decaying to glue over the many decades. I will certainly attend to that and return the camera to its full glory.