Film Camera Week for October 19

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Operation Pegasus, the recovery of British and Polish paratroopers from across the Rhine.

 

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Tools of the Trade

 

Zorki I, Jupiter-3, Double-X

Nikon F 50mm 1.4 Kentmere 100

More from Luxemburg...

 

Wow.

These are so good I got carried away....

Digging into the archives for some color shots

Collapse of bridge on Highway 50 over Tombigbee River, SRT 201, Ektachrome 64 most likely

Another view. People flocked to see the collapsed bridge faster than Maynard G. Krebs could drag Dobie to watch the Endicott building get demolished.

Having a look, 1979

Both of these were scanned about ten years ago on a Canoscan 9000 with transparency hold (IIRC)

Of course I can't criticize for the crowd gathering since I showed up to take pictures.

March of 1977, Konica Auto S2, Kodacolor II, scanned from print

My dad splicing Super 8 movie film, Konica Auto S2, flash, film unknown, late 70's

standing by car, Konica Auto S2, film unknown, either 1975 or 1976

I think this is Dauphin Island in the mid 1970's, Konica Auto S2 probably with Kodacolor II

I had a friend who had a Leica back in the 70’s who always incorporated car tags into a photo when the opportunity presented itself as a “date stamp”.

Funny how those old tags bring back memories. I remember that color scheme from Mississippi tags back then.

Also remember those blue and white holders and spools for the super 8 movie film. Still have my old projector.

I used to splice the small reels into larger reels with little perforated tape strips and an alignment/ cutter.

Edited October 20, 2018 by Moving On

Here are some shots from a Praktica Nova 1b fitted with a Sun Zoom 39-90mm with Macro.

The film is Ilford Pan 100 developed in Ilfosol3 scanned with an Epson V800.

 

The old Docs former residence

 

 

The big Galah. Halfway across Australia

 

 

1:4 Macro.

 

 

German Wagon

Contax Aria, 28-70 Carl Zeiss, Tech Pan, Marietta Square area.

 

Moving On said:

I had a friend who had a Leica back in the 70’s who always incorporated car tags into a photo when the opportunity presented itself as a “date stamp”.

Funny how those old tags bring back memories. I remember that color scheme from Mississippi tags back then.

Also remember those blue and white holders and spools for the super 8 movie film. Still have my old projector.

I used to splice the small reels into larger reels with little perforated tape strips and an alignment/ cutter.

Never intentionally included car tags that often, but certainly would have cleared up some questions about when a picture was made. I know this one from the fact that I owned this car (1969 Mustang) from summer of 1975 to summer of 1977 so picture sometime within that range, Back in that day I tended to get transparency film done promptly so the date on the slide mount helped too. This image, though, was scanned over ten years ago.

My dad has always been a big movie maker from the the early fifties until he finally began to use video tape. As a service at the family camera shop he would transfer regular 8, Super 8, and 16mm to video. He always spliced the smaller 50' reels together for ease of transfer.

Digging into the archives for some color shots

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Collapse of bridge on Highway 50 over Tombigbee River, SRT 201, Ektachrome 64 most likely

Another view. People flocked to see the collapsed bridge faster than Maynard G. Krebs could drag Dobie to watch the Endicott building get demolished.

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Having a look, 1979

Both of these were scanned about ten years ago on a Canoscan 9000 with transparency hold (IIRC)

Of course I can't criticize for the crowd gathering since I showed up to take pictures.

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March of 1977, Konica Auto S2, Kodacolor II, scanned from print

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My dad splicing Super 8 movie film, Konica Auto S2, flash, film unknown, late 70's

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standing by car, Konica Auto S2, film unknown, either 1975 or 1976

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I think this is Dauphin Island in the mid 1970's, Konica Auto S2 probably with Kodacolor II

 

I remember the Waverly Ferry before the bridge being destroyed was built. Always a fun ride for a kid.

James Bryant said:

I remember the Waverly Ferry before the bridge being destroyed was built. Always a fun ride for a kid.

 

One of my memories of the bridge was the metal framework would cause AM radio stations to fade out while crossing the bridge. Even the mighty WKOR AM (980 kHz) couldn't penetrate.

There's some fine work in this week's thread! I'm a little late to the party as I've been preoccupied all week with garden photography, it being the Spring flush in this part of the world. However, I managed to shoot a film early this morning as I headed down town for a coffee and an almond croissant; the camera was a Canon T70 loaded with Ilford FP4 Plus and fitted to a 28-200mm Vivitar f/3.5-5.6 Macro Zoom. The film was developed in PMK Pyro and scanned on an Epson V700 using Silverfast SE software.

 

Friends

 

 

Wisteria

 

 

Entrance

 

 

Stand

 

 

Trolleys

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great work, Rick. I've heard of the Vivitar 28-200 but never tried one. I think they might have been first in the 28 to long tele superzoom market. Although Vivitar could produce a lot of performance for the money, the popularity of that lens was eclipsed by Tamron's compact 28-200 f 3.8-5.6 which they offered in manual focus and autofocus versions.

Regarding Vivitar (at least Series One) I read that the company would design a lens and have it built with the best glass (prototype) then substitute more economical glass (within performance parameters) to deliver a good performing lens at a reasonable price. I wish I still had my Vivitar 70-150 f 3.8 and 70-210 f 4.5 zooms. Great little performers.

And thanks all for wonderful images. Looking forward to seeing some more.

Thanks, Mike, your comments are much appreciated. The Vivitar is certainly a beautifully built lens, probably of Cosina origin, and it's a pleasure to use. Oddly enough I'm keeping an eye open for a tidy Tamron 28-200 f/3.8-5.6 in Nikon AF mount, to replace a Sigma of the same specifications; the Sigma, though very sharp, has very annoying distortions at both ends of the zoom range, and I'm hoping the Tamron will be an improvement. I have the Vivitar 28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 in Olympus OM mount, and that's also an exceptional performer. I believe Kobori were the manufacturers.

The later Tamron 28-200 (XR Series) is very compact and takes 62mm filters. I have one sold under Prospec label in Pentax autofocus mount that I really like. The earliest model 28-200 did not have close focusing but a dedicated close up lens was available for it. Tamron also offered a 28-300 XR series, but I never felt I could justify the slower speed (becomes f 6.3 at longest focal length). Not much difference in price on the used market though.

I think one of the Sigma models had a unique "mustache shaped" distortion at one of its focal lengths, but was still sharp.

A few from Tamron Adaptall 28-200 f 3.8-5.6. Camera was Minolta XE-7

at 28mm setting

at 200mm

I probably used f 11 for most shots

Another 200mm setting

All in all a convenient lens

And a few from the Prospec (aka Tamron 28-200 XR) on Pentax ZX-5

at 28mm

200mm setting

close focus (tripod used)

wide view with shadow

Kodak Pocket No.1, Series II. Used 35mm Delta100 rolled on 120 paper back for this 6x9. D76.

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These are two from the summer that I had to wait to scan and work on (until I could afford to buy a new scanner for 120). The pier is on an Ensign Selfix 820 (Rollei RPX 25 Film). The field is on a Bessa I with Color-Skopar (Rollei Retro 80S Film), - developed in Rodinal 1 + 200 semi-stand and split-toned in lightroom.

 

Pier Image.

 

Mike Gamill said:

A few from Tamron Adaptall 28-200 f 3.8-5.6

 

Nice work, Mike. On the strength of your post I've just bought a Tamron 28-200 f/3.8-5.6 XR Aspherical IF Macro; it will take a couple of weeks to arrive from Japan but I'm looking forward to trying it out.

 

Impressive images, aleceiffel!

Mike Gamill said:

 

Nice work, Mike. On the strength of your post I've just bought a Tamron 28-200 f/3.8-5.6 XR Aspherical IF Macro; it will take a couple of weeks to arrive from Japan but I'm looking forward to trying it out.

 

Impressive images, aleceiffel!

Thanks Mike, you didn't see the pile that went in the bin! :)