4x5 for 365 project (80/365)

March 22, 2014 in Photos

Another entry for the 4x5 for 365 project featuring items from my vintage analog photography collection. This is my Minolta Hi-Matic 7s 35mm rangefinder. It features a fixed Rokkor 45mm F1.8 lens, shutter speeds from 1/4 seconds to 1/500th plus bulb mode. It can use either aperture priority or full manual exposure modes. It has a coupled rangefinder with coupled parallax correction. The meter is the CDS CLC type with a viewfinder needle indicator. The ASA range of the camera if 25-800. It has both a hotshoe and a PC sync socket and can sync at all speeds on X setting. It's not the best rangefinder I've ever shot in terms of quality but it's still a fun walk around camera to take along on trips.

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter. Hoya Yellow-Green filter on the lens.

Film: Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.

Exposure: 1/60th @ F32.

Lighting: Subject placed in light tent and lit from above with one Alien Bees B800 studio strobe in a 22" white lined beauty dish with diffusion sock @ full power. Strobe triggered with PocketWizard Plus II radio triggers.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 12 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass. Cropped in Lightroom 4.

4x5 for 365 project (79/365)

March 22, 2014 in Photos

Today's 4x5 for 365 project entry continues on with shots of items from my vintage analog photography collection. This is my Minolta SR-T 202 35mm film camera. These were made around 1975. It features all manual exposure with a TTL option if you have the battery for it. It has a fully mechanical cloth focal plane shutter with speeds from 1-1/1000 sec plus bulb mode for long exposures. The shutter makes this amazing "PLACK !!!" sound that is very metallic and satisfying in a tactile kind of way. There is a self timer mode as well. The camera can flash X-sync up to 1/60th of a second and has a built in pc-sync port as well as a standard hot shoe. This particular SR-T 202 came with a Rokkor 50mm F1.7 lens which was the standard lens that usually came with this model and also a Minolta 70-210 F4 telephoto lens.

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.

Film: Fuji Super HR-T 30 medium speed green sensitive X-Ray film. Purchased as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5". Film rated at 100 ISO.

Exposure: 1/60th @ F32.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert. 7 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius with minimal inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.

4x5 for 365 project (65/365)

March 06, 2014 in Photos

Today's 4x5 for 365 project entry continues on with shots of items from my vintage analog photography collection. This is my Yashica Electro 35 GSN rangefinder. They were first introduced in 1973. It's a solid rangefinder that could easily be used as a self-defense weapon if needed. It features aperture priority mode with shutter speeds from 30 seconds to 1/500th plus bulb mode. The rangefinder is coupled with auto parallax correction. It supports film ASAs from 25 through 1000. It originally took the mercury PX32 batteries but this one has been modified with a battery conversion kit from the "Yashica Guy" so that it now takes modern 4LR44 batteries. It also features a hot shoe, self-timer and battery check lamp. The Yashinon 45mm F1.7 lens is very sharp though not interchangeable. I use this rangefinder primarily for street photography. The only weakness I can note would be the film advance lever does have a pretty long throw but I have gotten used to that.

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter. Hoya Yellow-Green filter on the lens.

Film: Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.

Exposure: 1/60th @ F32.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass. Cropped in Lightroom 4.

4x5 for 365 project (63/365)

March 04, 2014 in Photos

Today's project entry features a vintage Olympus OM-1n 35mm SLR. The OM-1n is the similar to the earlier OM-1MD, with a redesigned film advance lever, a flash ready/sufficient flash LED in the viewfinder, and automatic X-sync regardless of the position of the FP/X switch when coupled with a T-series flash unit mounted on Flash Shoe 4. This OM-1 series was introduced by Olympus in 1973. I picked this one up at a street flea market in Philadelphia in the Summer of 2013. The lens has issues that keep it from focusing and eventually I will get around to getting a new 50mm lens for it. The body is the smallest of my 35mm SLR bodies and it would be nice to have it as an operating walk around camera one day.

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter. Hoya Yellow-Green filter on the lens.

Film: Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.

Exposure: 1/60th @ F32.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.