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More and more film fun with something other than a Leica M
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mranger211
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Pentacon Six, CZJ 120 2.8, Portra 160
Jorgen Udvang
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Lovely girl and portrait, Martin. I had a look at your galleries as well. Lots of goodness 
What's the technique/pp used in the California Dreaming series?
What's the technique/pp used in the California Dreaming series?mranger211
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Thank you, Jorgen
Good question. They were all taken with a Nikon D700; the "straight" ones with the 24-70mm lens, the "blurry" ones with a Carl Zeiss Jena 120mm (if I remember correctly) and a tilt adapter.
The post was mainly done with Color Efex 3. Unfortunately, I can't install it anymore since Google took over NIK, but I would guess I added some contrast with the "pro contrast" filter, and used one of the film simulations with very large grain.
On top of that I added a fill layer with patter that looks a bit like dried mud. I changed its color to blue for the photos that have more of a blue look, and left it brownish for the others. Opacity at around 10%, and masking the layer with a soft brush to make it look slightly different for each photo.
Then some saturation adjustments and that was pretty much it.
Hope that helps,
Martin
Good question. They were all taken with a Nikon D700; the "straight" ones with the 24-70mm lens, the "blurry" ones with a Carl Zeiss Jena 120mm (if I remember correctly) and a tilt adapter.
The post was mainly done with Color Efex 3. Unfortunately, I can't install it anymore since Google took over NIK, but I would guess I added some contrast with the "pro contrast" filter, and used one of the film simulations with very large grain.
On top of that I added a fill layer with patter that looks a bit like dried mud. I changed its color to blue for the photos that have more of a blue look, and left it brownish for the others. Opacity at around 10%, and masking the layer with a soft brush to make it look slightly different for each photo.
Then some saturation adjustments and that was pretty much it.
Hope that helps,
Martin
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chrism
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I seem to be increasing the speed with which I acquire old film bodies and try them out. You never know how long you have left, and the issue is growing more acute for some of us. An old Hassie 500c/Planar 2.8 and 45º prism are winging their way to Nova Scotia. I'm a complete Hasselblad virgin, but I have downloaded the manual, and watched all the Youtube videos on loading it. Any insider tips for me before I make a fool of myself again?
Chris
Chris
chrism
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Thank you, Godfrey. Of the first roll many were wrongly exposed and out of focus, which was a shame as some of them were hand held at 1/8 second and quite sharp but the wrong bit was in focus! The leaf shutter is much kinder for slow speeds than a focal plane shutter. I need to do better with my little Gossen meter, and wear glasses for focusing. The camera came with a 45º unmetered prism, so I don't have the benefit of the magnifier. A waist level finder with magnifier is on the way from KEH. Today I exposed the first half of a roll of XP2 using a 10mm extension tube for close portraits, but tomorrow I will shoot the rest without the extension tube in case I end up with big noses as I did with the Rolleinar 1.
Chris
Chris
Godfrey
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It's obvious that you like to do tight portraits. You should look for a Sonnar 150mm f/4 T* lens ... you'll be in heaven.
That's taken at about 4-5 foot distance.
Prices from $300-500 will get you a very clean and serviceable one.
G
Godfrey
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It's been a brutal, grueling few weeks of work getting all my commitments done for Apple's World Wide Developer Conference. And then an exhausting week of the conference itself. But it all went well, the conference seems a grand success, and my work was well received.
I was on site in SF for two days and each day I brought a different Polaroid to make a few pictures with. The most recent SX-70 Sonar (which has some problems) and the most recent Spectra SE (which doesn't). People got a big kick out of my shooting film with a 25+ year old camera at the 25th running of our high tech conference. These two in particular appealed to me:
I put them all into a little PDF book for all my colleagues who are in the the photos:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/WWDC2014-polaroid.pdf
Just love how these cameras see...
Your thoughts always appreciated.
I was on site in SF for two days and each day I brought a different Polaroid to make a few pictures with. The most recent SX-70 Sonar (which has some problems) and the most recent Spectra SE (which doesn't). People got a big kick out of my shooting film with a 25+ year old camera at the 25th running of our high tech conference. These two in particular appealed to me:
I put them all into a little PDF book for all my colleagues who are in the the photos:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/WWDC2014-polaroid.pdf
Just love how these cameras see...
Your thoughts always appreciated.