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Fun with Medium Format FILM Images!

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gurtch

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My father took this photo in 1935-36 with a medium format Zeiss Super Iconta "A". He grew up, and my wife and I now live on a barrier island in southern NJ. At the time, it was a hunting and fishing island. With the building of the Garden State Parkway, it opened access to NY and North Jersey folks (and their money). There are now homes on the beach selling in the millions. I saw one recently for 20 million. So the negative I found of an out house on the beach blew me over. I scanned it with a Nikon Coolscan 8000. I plan to put a small framed print in the men's and ladie's room at an upscale restaurant, just for laughs.
Dave in Beach Haven, NJAG-55 small jpg.jpg
 
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bags27

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gurtch said:
My father took this photo in 1935-36 with a medium format Zeiss Super Iconta "A". He grew up, and my wife and I now live on a barrier island in southern NJ. At the time, it was a hunting and fishing island. With the building of the Garden State Parkway, it opened access to NY and North Jersey folks (and their money). There are now homes on the beach selling in the millions. I saw one recently for 20 million. So the negative I found of an out house on the beach blew me over. I scanned it with a Nikon Coolscan 8000. I plan to put a small framed print in the men's and ladie's room at an upscale restaurant, just for laughs.
Dave in Beach Haven, NJView attachment 219974
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Wonderful photo and wonderful story. Photography at its very, very best: when it's not just a picture, but one with rich meaning and legacy.
 
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gurtch

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Thanks guys. My father died in May, 1940 at age 29, I was three. His negatives were lost for 72 years, and found by a complete stranger and safely returned to me. To see the full story, please go to my web site and look at the Alexander Gurtcheff page. The story will blow you away.
Dave
Www.modernpictorials.com
 
Abstraction

Abstraction

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gurtch said:
Thanks guys. My father died in May, 1940 at age 29, I was three. His negatives were lost for 72 years, and found by a complete stranger and safely returned to me. To see the full story, please go to my web site and look at the Alexander Gurtcheff page. The story will blow you away.
Dave
Www.modernpictorials.com
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Your dad's pictures are top notch! Was he photographer or an artist by trade?
 
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gurtch

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He was an electrical engineer, and pioneered in developing television for the Philco Corp in Philadelphia. We had a tv in the 1930s. No commercials tv programs.
Dave
 
Godfrey

Godfrey

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Some on here whom I recognize from RFF are likely already aware that I have managed to acquire a nice example of a Plaubel Makina 67 recently. ;)
It proves to be as good a camera as I'd always imagined. The beautiful qualities of its lens are evident even on my test roll (ancient Kodak Portra 160 tossed in just to see if the camera was functioning reasonably after its service) ...


For Lease - Santa Clara 2025
Plaubel Makina 67
Kodak Portra 160 (exp 1992)
HC-110 1:49
scanned with Leica M10-M​

Fresh film is on the way...

enjoy! G

(I've created a dedicated Flickr album to collect up my posted Makina photos as a convenience, mostly for me I presume... https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCdKWb)
 
hasselblad 503cw

hasselblad 503cw

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gcap said:
Fuji GX617, 90mm, Kodak Ektar:

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your panorama negative film pics are amazing. I am very like its.
I am still not understanding why lots of people move to expansive digital technique camera to shot with panorama format.
for my taste, the film is still be the king. digital back can't beat it.
please keep on and we will enjoy its as well as you.
 
gcap

gcap

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hasselblad 503cw said:
your panorama negative film pics are amazing. I am very like its.
I am still not understanding why lots of people move to expansive digital technique camera to shot with panorama format.
for my taste, the film is still be the king. digital back can't beat it.
please keep on and we will enjoy its as well as you.
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Thank you! I understand wanting to use a digi camera to make panoramic pics. After all the 617 with the two lenses is cumbersome enough to deter most people. And a good deal more difficult to get good results from it. I use film, both negative and slide, for more than 40 years and still get disappointing results. But when all fall into place...
 
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