Desmolicious wrote:
Found this in me freezer. Was in an opened 5 pack box of Pro400H .
Never ‘eard of it. Going in me ‘Olga, mate.
What could possibly go wrong?
I recently visited Japan which was a trip I had wanted to do for over 40 years. Included in my dream trip to Japan was visiting camera shops, watch shops and electronics stores and that is what I did along with lots of touristy stuff over 2 weeks in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and a few other stops along the way.
I had planned to look for an Olympus mju II which I was unable to find but on my final day in Tokyo (halfway through my trip) I happened upon a really nice looking M4 and 35 Summilux that I couldn't resist at Fujiya Camera near Nakano Broadway.
Here are a few shots from my first roll of Ektar 100:
Cherry Blossoms by Jim Fischer, on Flickr
Nikon F2, Micro-Nikkor Auto 55mm f/3.5, Eastman-5222, Adox XT-3 1:1.
Upon taking the negatives out of the soup, I thought I had nuked all the exposures . Very dense. Lol. Shooting without a meter is fun. They scanned just fine.
_jim_ wrote:
I really like the look that this 28 produces.
Me too! Not sure if the extreme blur vignette is normal for this lens or if my copy is 'special'
It's one of a few versions out there of an early retrofocus design by Enna Munchen. I got interested in them because a lot of them have very short MFD. I've got one of the 24mm f/4 versions on the way, curious to see how that one looks.
As if a Holga wasn't lo-fi enough, I got a Diana 151 from the 1960s, with its original box and instruction pamphlet. To say this camera doesn't inspire confidence would be an understatement; my Holga feels like a Leica in comparison. The film stopped advancing halfway through my first roll and the film advance knob fell off. I eventually got it to advance again and was able to finish the roll; I made a few repairs afterward and we'll see how the next roll goes.
It takes 16 photos per roll, in 4x4 format. Like the Holga it has a plastic meniscus lens. The art photographer Nancy Rexroth made this camera famous in the 1970s with her self-published book "Iowa," which became a sensation and was republished a few years ago by Texas University Press. I have a copy and it's lovely.
Lomography made an updated version of this camera but true aficionados go for the original Diana for its blurrier, more imperfect look.
My little aluminum cans came with Reflx 800T. I'm amazed at the look of this film, and it looks like _jim_ using Cinestill's 800T got great results. I assume it is all Kodak's film. I used a 85B daylight correction filter + 2/3rds of a stop over exposure outside, and just full 800 iso inside.
