Zeh Zeca: Another 9x12 shot, another windmill

[paulh]

Hi

 

This is the second shot from my Zeh Zeca. And, another windmill,

since there are rather a lot around here :-)

 

This scan too is from the contact print. Attempts to scan the

negative in two halves so far have not been too successfull, but I

will try a couple more times. Once again, the negative shows far more

detail, incuding the cable round the back of the windmill.

 

I'll put this in the "Where I live" wotsit we've got going here. Now

just need to finish the roll in the Iskra and get something from that

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[paulh]

Whoops, forgot the details.

 

1/10s at f22, Maco UP100 Plus, tripod, no filters. About 1cm front rise.

 

Paul

[anton_v.]

Nice shot. What film scanner did you try to use for the negative?

[paulh]

Anton,

 

The scanner is an Epson 3170. The transparency lid is a little under 8cm wide at a guess.

 

Paul

[gene m]

I've never been very happy with the level of detail in scans of negatives produced with my Epson 3200. Especially scans of 4x5 negatives.

[jeff bishop]

Here is a shot of the Art Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shot with a Zeh Zeca camera.

 

f/25 @ 1/2 second.

Kodak Tri-x 320

Yellow filter

 

(I used a hood that looked ok, but vignetted on the film, so there's a crop at the top & bottom).

 

Scanned the negative in the Epson perfection flat bed, and inverted for positive (seems to work well enough).<div></div>

[david_m]

Nice shot, but it looks a little contrasty to me. It would look better with some detail in the sky. Probably an orange filter would have helped.

[paulh]

David,

 

I'd agree with you on both points, but in my defence:

 

- the scan is from a contact print "proof" as I have still to experiment to allow me to scan the negative (which I have to do in two halves - I need to make some sort of mask to make this easier).

 

- the sky really was that featureless unfortunately, just a light hazy grey-blue. Even a red filter wouldn't have helped. Heck, even a polariser and velvia 50 wouldn't have helped! I could PS some clouds in :-)

 

Paul