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Took the Zeiss Distagon 40mm FLE out to a vintage car show recently and only took 3 photos with it, on my Hasselblad 500cm. WOW it's pretty wide. Didn't have a level with me, so I just kinda eyeballed level in all directions, hoping to avoid undue distortion. The lens definitely has a very different vibe tho. Feels like there's almost a bit of a "fish eye" effect?

 

Pretty sure this is Ilford's Pan F Plus 50... but could be wrong, will find out for sure once I get the negatives back.

 

Well anyway, I got 3 rolls of 120 developed, using a lab in NYC I've not used before: The Color House. A buddy who works and lives in The City dropped 5 rolls of film off on Wednesday (this week), and I had the scans on Friday! Pretty snappy service if you ask me! Of course having @wadeschields hand carry the film from my house to the lab helped quite a lot.

 

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Shot this one (below) through the car window thinking it was best to keep the camera as level as possible, rather than raise the camera then tilt it down? I was using my tripod. It's not the best, but I kinda like it.

 

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Love that first picture , and yes it's pretty darn wide :) . Peter

 

Thank you, Peter! not being hugely experienced in the realm of super-wide lenses, I have to say my primary intent was to keep the camera as level as I could by eye- not having a spirit-bubble on hand. I was mainly hoping to keep distortion to a minimum, which is one thing I tend not to like about wide angle shots. Thinking today about this lens, one thing I've been doing with my 250mm Sonnar is shooting "close ups" with it, although from a distance. Might try that with the 40mm FLE in the near future to see how that works out.

 

Hey as an aside, I really like that shot of the construction scene taken under the bridge!

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Hey so I recently took my 1930s Voigtlander Bessa out to a vintage car show/event and ran a roll of expired Portra 160vc through it. It had been so long since I shot the camera I'd kinda forgotten how to use it! I knewI flubbed it and was only expecting one shot out of the roll. Much to my delight, I was surprised to get 3 photos! I framed these shots using the flip-out "viewfinder" which of course is only a metal frame... I was a bit off, it seems- and in retrospect I believe I was erring on the side of caution in keeping the camera aimed slightly left of what I was seeing in the frame.

 

In the end, tho I am jazzed about the photos, even if they aren't perfect and now find myself energized about the camera again. Might take it out this weekend to the National Triumph (motorcycle) Rally and run a roll of modern film through it.

 

 

Meanwhile back at the ranch here are my 3 photos- I admit to doing a bit of "auto-correcting" in light & color and levels & curves. Next time I'll swing the camera back to the right and trust the metal frame/finder. I used my tripod for all these, BTW. All shots zone focused and shot at f/8

 

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A good part of the last month was spent scanning a batch of "re-discovered" negatives from the later 60's & early 70's. . . most taken during my "trip" at Brooks. Enjoy the historical offerings. Mamiya C330, 85mm, Tri-X & D76 1:1. V800 scan. 1377378112_2k21-1k70s-102-040ces26bcbm.thumb.jpg.a62b60f34e068b602a0f7285efb6e7c1.jpg Bill
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Although this photo doesn't really tell the whole story, this is a shot of a Knuckled service-car 3 wheeled motorcycle that is one of just a small handful of prototypes d developed by Harley Davidson for proposed usage during WWII. The bike features a shaft drive. Only a very few were made; even fewer survive- and this is one of those survivors. While the word "rare" is often over- and misused, it absolutely applies to this machine! I guess the "end" of the story is that the Army did nOT wind u going with this particular model/design- hence the rarity of this bike.

 

Hasselblad 500cm, can't recall which lens, maybe the 80mm Planar? Not 100% certain which film stock this is but I want to say it was shot on Ilford Pan F Plus 50?

 

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Another rarity now, somebody stuffed a Harley Davidson Knucklehead motor into a Norton Featherbed frame. This bike has gained some internet renown, and I got to see it and shoot it at the AMCA meet at Oley in April. Hasselblad 500cm. 80mm Planar??? Ilford Pan F Plus 50.

 

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If it is a featherbed frame it's been much modified . The featherbed was a swingarm frame and this looks to be a hardtail !

But crazier things have been done to bikes over the years . (I had put a 1974 XLCH Sportster motor in a featherbed frame)

back in my misspent youth :) . Peter

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If it is a featherbed frame it's been much modified . The featherbed was a swingarm frame and this looks to be a hardtail !

But crazier things have been done to bikes over the years . (I had put a 1974 XLCH Sportster motor in a featherbed frame)

back in my misspent youth :) . Peter

 

Yes, sorry. Not a featherbed frame but a Manx or International frame. A friend of mine has this posted on his web/blog site, and somebody piped up with a story. Turns out its origins are near here in Philadelphia, although there has been quite a lot of chatter about it in the past year or so. Here's a link to Kev's blog, Backstreet Thunder, and the article on the bike. He posted a guy's story on the bike but there's more in the comments by the same gentleman. I have at least one more photo of the bike but in 35mm not MF.

 

Norton Knucklehead…

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