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Shot all of this albums pictures at the wrong film speed by mistake, so had to take the exposure down afterwards a bit. I generally don't edit my pictures, but liked these captures enough to save them.
I filled my hand luggage with two heavy, all metal mechanical cameras with a combined age of over 80 and as much black and white film as the bag could take. I hauled it from Scotland to #India, then from the south to the north.
I like collecting and using old cameras and lenses. I love the sense that someone before me has looked through the viewfinder and seen the world in their own way. There is something, maybe to do with their age or the precise mechanics that gives them a personality. They almost become my friends. I love the process of analogue photography and the time it takes to develop the film and produce an image... It is not instant.
So often in the streets of India I would take someone’s picture and straight away they would ask me to turn the camera around to see their photo on a digital screen. I disappointed so many children when all they saw was the leather and chrome back of my #Minolta. They couldn’t quite understand why the image was not instant.
I filled my hand luggage with two heavy, all metal mechanical cameras with a combined age of over 80 and as much black and white film as the bag could take. I hauled it from Scotland to #India, then from the south to the north.
I like collecting and using old cameras and lenses. I love the sense that someone before me has looked through the viewfinder and seen the world in their own way. There is something, maybe to do with their age or the precise mechanics that gives them a personality. They almost become my friends. I love the process of analogue photography and the time it takes to develop the film and produce an image... It is not instant.
So often in the streets of India I would take someone’s picture and straight away they would ask me to turn the camera around to see their photo on a digital screen. I disappointed so many children when all they saw was the leather and chrome back of my #Minolta. They couldn’t quite understand why the image was not instant.
I filled my hand luggage with two heavy, all metal mechanical cameras with a combined age of over 80 and as much black and white film as the bag could take. I hauled it from Scotland to #India, then from the south to the north.
I like collecting and using old cameras and lenses. I love the sense that someone before me has looked through the viewfinder and seen the world in their own way. There is something, maybe to do with their age or the precise mechanics that gives them a personality. They almost become my friends. I love the process of analogue photography and the time it takes to develop the film and produce an image... It is not instant.
So often in the streets of India I would take someone’s picture and straight away they would ask me to turn the camera around to see their photo on a digital screen. I disappointed so many children when all they saw was the leather and chrome back of my #Minolta. They couldn’t quite understand why the image was not instant.
For these pictures in Thun and close to Sigriswil I used the first time a Minolta X-7 which I bought last year. Even it's not my favorite Minolta Model I wanted to give it a try. She worked well but not perfect especially in difficult light situations. So I lost some pictures but in total it was okay. The films I used were a Kodak Portra 160 VC (exp. 2005) and an expired Fuji Superia 100. The lenses have been Minolta 24-50mm f4, 50mm f2 and 50-135mm f3.5. Lenses which I don't use so often but they worked very well.
For these pictures in Thun and close to Sigriswil I used the first time a Minolta X-7 which I bought last year. Even it's not my favorite Minolta Model I wanted to give it a try. She worked well but not perfect especially in difficult light situations. So I lost some pictures but in total it was okay. The films I used were a Kodak Portra 160 VC (exp. 2005) and an expired Fuji Superia 100. The lenses have been Minolta 24-50mm f4, 50mm f2 and 50-135mm f3.5. Lenses which I don't use so often but they worked very well.
First roll of the film swap with @fartstorm. His shots are the ones at daylight shot in Toronta, Canada (highway, flowers, buildings, etc.), mine are the weird bulb portraits shot with my Minolta XE-5 back in Switzerland.
After the Lubitel photos, the Fed ones. This rangefinder is really a nice camera to handle, and the Jupiter 8 is a jewel. The only annoying point is the rewind button, quite hard ti turn, you have to be patient ! I didn't use any light meter, I based my settings on the "sunny 16 rule" - it worked well, but maybe sometimes I should have opened one stop lower. The sun was behind the clouds mostly, but when it came out, the floor tiles reflected the light quite strongly.
After the Lubitel photos, the Fed ones. This rangefinder is really a nice camera to handle, and the Jupiter 8 is a jewel. The only annoying point is the rewind button, quite hard ti turn, you have to be patient ! I didn't use any light meter, I based my settings on the "sunny 16 rule" - it worked well, but maybe sometimes I should have opened one stop lower. The sun was behind the clouds mostly, but when it came out, the floor tiles reflected the light quite strongly.
I inherited a NIKON FM that was used by my uncle who passed away last year. For the first time, I changed the moltoprene myself and polished the camera little by little. So Nikon FM has become my favorite camera. …This is the first roll of film I took with that.
I inherited a NIKON FM that was used by my uncle who passed away last year. For the first time, I changed the moltoprene myself and polished the camera little by little. So Nikon FM has become my favorite camera. …This is the first roll of film I took with that.
I inherited a NIKON FM that was used by my uncle who passed away last year. For the first time, I changed the moltoprene myself and polished the camera little by little. So Nikon FM has become my favorite camera. …This is the first roll of film I took with that.
