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Hanging about in cemeteries may not be everyone's cup of tea, but my local one has some interesting trees which justify spending some time there. The more I look at this print, the more I think the neg would have been better shot in less bright conditions. Controlling the highlights and getting the right range of tones in the print has been a bit of a struggle. Still, some selenium and gold has helped the image tremendously.

 

Lith print on Fomatone 132, Moersch SE5 (25a+25b+10d+1200). Toned in selenium and gold.

 

Mamiya RB67 ProSD, Kodak Tri-X 400, Rodinal 1+50

Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper.

Icelandic horse with selenium tone, best view at original size. Shot with Sigma's 180mm EX macro.

Camera: Minolta X-300

Lens: Minolta Rokkor MD (28mm, f2.8)

Film: Ilford XP2 Super 400

 

Leningrad-7 Selenium Photocell Light Meter and its original leather case, both made in USSR. It still works but it's a bit off due to decay of the selenium cell. Taken March 2017

 

(Selfscanned Negative, using CanoScan 9000F Mk II)

Who knows how to use this!!!!!

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/

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.

Holga 120N, Rollei RPX400 @640 ASA in eco film developer 2+1+40 15 mins

Fotokemika Varycon in Catechol (1+9) and SE4 Neutral (1+14) each 1,5 mins

MT1 Selenium 1+10 2 mins

MT3 Varioschwefeltoner - bleach 1+50 45 secs, toner (setting A) 30 secs

 

for comparison selenium toning only

 

One of the prom photos I did for my god-daughter. Selenium tone was done in Adobe Lightroom, added Vette logo tattoo in Photoshop.

Selenium meter scale and dial from the Zenit E, c.1973.

 

See front view for more detail.

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 ?

 

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.

  

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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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

  

Contact composition: Times Square. Ilford hp5+ 120, printed on Ilford warmtone fiber based paper, toned in selenium.

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.

Sólfar "The sun voyager" in Reykjavik with the "In the round" technique.

Sabine considering (Apr 11). Leica M6 on TMax 100, developed in RHS and selenium toner, scan of print

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.

Fundado em 13 de Junho de 1808 por d. João, Príncipe Regente na época, mais tarde d. João VI, o Jardim Botânico em seus 137 hectares, 55 abertos à visitação pública, abriga um acervo botânico da flora brasileira e exótica e um acervo histórico-cultural.

 

Foi intenção de d. João VI aclimatar, na área que desapropriara para a instalação de uma fábrica de pólvora para a defesa da sua Coroa, especiarias trazidas das Índias Orientais.

 

De jardim de Aclimatação e Real Horto, após a coroação de d. João VI como rei do Reino Unido de Portugal e Brasil, passou a chamar-se Real Jardim Botânico. Somente no Reinado de Pedro I foi aberto à visitação pública, já com o nome de Jardim Botânico.

 

Em 1937, foi tombado pelo Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, e definido pela Unesco como Reserva da Biosfera, em 1992, e como Reserva da Biosfera da Mata Atlântica, em 1999. Tem como missão "Promover, realizar e divulgar o ensino e as pesquisas técnico-científicas sobre os recursos florísticos do Brasil, visando o conhecimento e a conservação da biodiversidade, assim como a manutenção das coleções científicas sob sua responsabilidade."

 

fonte: Trilha Histórica Jardim Botânico

 

Local: Jardim Botânico

8x10 X-Ray film negative

Argyrotype

Selenium toned

Epson Ink Jet matte paper

Explored Oct 4 2011, thanks !

O'Neal Lake, the famous spot for early risers at Photostock. Bring Bug Spray.

  

Neg:

Anniversary Speed Graphic

Schneider-Kreuznach Angulon 1:6,8/90

Ilford HP5+

1" - f/32 - ISO-400

Dev: HC-110 Dil. B 5:00 @ 20C

 

Print (Contact print)

Ilford MGIV Pearl (5x7)

Dektol (1+2) 1:00

Selenium Toned

An overview of the different silver painted faces of the Metrophot and Metraphot exposure meters that were produced by Metrawatt around 1933. The model in the middle of the bottom row, the Metraphot 16, has a larger body than the other ones because a stronger(=larger) magnet had been used. The model bottom right is the KINO model that shows the aperture #s to be used at a certain frame speed, to be set at the back. Front view.

If you ever have the chance drive all the way from Ullapool to Durness....:)

503CW on Rollei R3 in CG512 (RLS) 1+4 at 24 °C. Printed on Forte Polywarmtone with Moersch Catechol and ECO4812 as developers. Toned with MT1 Selenium.

Yashica Minister III ~1966

Yashinon f = 45mm, 1:2,8

Citizen shutter 1 - 1/500 and B

Coupled rangefinder

Uncoupled Selenium light meter

 

Here are some photos taken with this camera.

Agfa Optima 200 Sensor (second version).

German viewfinder camera produced c.1969.

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A view on the rear side of the Selenium Cell Holder.

 

There is a (part?) number there 2730.8001. But I could not find anything about that in an internet search

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WARNING :

This image is intended as a reference for the more experienced camera service man. If you have no experience in camera repair please do yourself a favor and send your camera to a professional service shop. It would be a pity to lose a vintage camera in a failed repair attempt !

Reference FIle: FLA-160806-ND800E-530-BW_selenium

 

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Selenium toned lith print

i cant remember this one, either. >_<

 

from my collection (mineral findings from 23.10. - 25.10. 2009 in saxony, erzgebirge, germany).

This is a nice Yashica Selenium meter.

The Russian-built SLR, made by KMZ, with a 42mm screw-thread lens mount and selenium light meter - which seems to still work. A 1973 model, with the manual-stop-down Helios-44-2 58mm/f2 lens.

 

This photo was taken in a south-facing window on a very dull day, so the light is mainly behind the (subject) camera, and with an LED torch pointing at the lens (hence the blue tinge to the shadows).

 

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!

   

Four bucks, person at shop thought it was some kind of electrician's volt meter.

PMC Automatc Rapid, half format camera with Agfa's Rapid cassette system and Selenium exposure meter.

It is based on the Ricoh-EE Rapid Half. The Ricoh looks much more elegant, it hasn't the accessory shoe, the automatic/f-stop ring is directly around the lens and it hasn't this leatherette on the front.

PMC is not the company founded by Henry Reichenbach, but stands for "Premie van de Maand Club", as I learned on this helpful side. The camera was rebadged by the Dutch grocer Albert Heijn.

 

The camera works like its forerunners, the Ricoh Auto Half series. Fixfocus lens with 4 elements, in A-mode the shutter speed is fixed 1/125 s and the f-Stop is set automatically, a "shutter speed priority automatic" with one shutter speed, so to say. For flash photography an f-stop can be set manually, then the shutter speed is 1/30 s.

 

The Selenium cell isn't completely dead, but seems to be a bit weak. In the film chamber is a needle which detects the film speed from the rapid cassette. Perhaps I can fool this needle and set it to 50 ASA while using a 400 ASA film, e.g.

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