This photo is not part of my 52 cameras project, though it did involve not one, but two film cameras. It's from a publicity photo-shoot of double exposures which the band asked me to do having seen some of my work on Flickr.
The film was redscaled and put through an Olympus OM10, then rewound and used in a four lens Nimslo stereo camera, which takes four frames per shot, giving plenty of scope for interesting image combinations.
Monday, 31 May 2010
photo-shoot for the band "Dyonisis"
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Week 22 - Kiev 4 Russian copy of Contax IIIa
The Russian Kiev cameras were copies of the Zeiss Contax range. After WW2 the Russians removed the production line equipment from the Zeiss factories, and used it to make identical cameras in the Soviet Union. Quality control was not tight, and there were very good, and less good cameras made. This one was made in 1974, the same year that the final version of the Kodachrome colour slide film was introduced. I have removed my part used roll of Kodachrome from the Kodak Retina camera that I used in week 19, and will finish it off in this Kiev.
from the bootsale
photo from week 21 - Box Tengor 120 camera
Taken at the Whit Fair in Weston Park, bright sunlight, f22 and the focus set at 3-6 feet.
photo from week 21 - Box Tengor 120 camera
This one was taken at f11 (the maximum aperture) with the focus set at 3-6 feet (the closest setting)
Friday, 21 May 2010
Week 21 - Zeiss Ikon Box Tengor
I decided that this week I would try a roll of the SHANGHAI GP3 120 film that arrived recently. I was thinking of using one of my old folding 120 cameras, then I discovered this Zeiss Ikon box camera in my collection. I'd completely forgotten I had it, but it seems the perfect companion to last week's Baby-Box Tengor (big brother or father? I'm not sure).
This takes eight 6x9cm negatives on a roll, so it will also be the largest image size so far this year. Like the baby box, it's specs are a little above the run of the mill box camera, it has 3 apertures, and 3 focus zones, I had assumed the focus was achieved by moving the lens backwards and forwards, but on closer inspection it turns out to work by moving a different lens into the axis behind the rear element.
This takes eight 6x9cm negatives on a roll, so it will also be the largest image size so far this year. Like the baby box, it's specs are a little above the run of the mill box camera, it has 3 apertures, and 3 focus zones, I had assumed the focus was achieved by moving the lens backwards and forwards, but on closer inspection it turns out to work by moving a different lens into the axis behind the rear element.
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
photo from week 20 - Baby-Box Tengor 127 camera
I took a tripod with me to take this photo, with a view to using the "B" setting to make a brief, maybe 1/2 second exposure, but the morning sun was bright enough to hand hold. I had to stoop down to make sure I was in the small area directly illuminated by the sun, but the exposure seems to be about right.
Sunday, 16 May 2010
World Pinhole Photography Day
There will be no photos from last week's camera (Retina 1) for some time, so here is one of the pinhole photos I took on WPPD, 25th April.
World Pinhole Photography Day
There will be no photos from last week's camera (Retina 1) for some time, so here is one of the pinhole photos I took on WPPD, 25th April.
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Week 20 - Baby-Box Tengor
Friday, 7 May 2010
Week 19 - Kodak Retina 1
This is a type 126 version of the Retina 1, made in Germany between 1936 and 1937. I have loaded it with my 'heritage' roll of Kodachrome 64 colour slide film, now discontinued, and only processable until the end of 2010. I decided to use this camera as it is from the same era as the first Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
I plan to take a few frames with this camera, before transferring the film to another camera, probably one dating from around 1974, when the current (or rather last) version of the film was introduced.
The photos will not be available for a while, as when I have finished the film, it will have to go to Kansas for processing, with a turnaroud time of several weeks.
I plan to take a few frames with this camera, before transferring the film to another camera, probably one dating from around 1974, when the current (or rather last) version of the film was introduced.
The photos will not be available for a while, as when I have finished the film, it will have to go to Kansas for processing, with a turnaroud time of several weeks.
photo from week 18 - Laack folding 127 camera
mirror self portrait with Laack camera
Originally uploaded by pho-Tony
The inevitable bathroom mirror shot!
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
New Arrival
These ten rolls of SHANGHAI GP3 film arrived from China today. They were probably delayed by the Icelandic volcano. They are cheap (less than £12 for 10, including shipping) and it will be interesting to see how they perform, black and white, so I'll be processing them myself. Reading various discussions suggest that the main problem with this film is its curliness.
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