robweatherburn Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I was just looking at some of my Leica IA photos of Mdina in Malta, and because of some appalling processing of a 120 film, began to crop the larger negs to dump some of the blobs and mess along the sides of the negs. These negs were taken with a 1936/7 Zeiss Ikoflex - f3.8 Triotar lens - and in the second of the images - and because I like the longer format of the end result - I ended up with a section of the neg showing the same view - from almost the same spot - as the shots taken with the Lieca I. The Leica shots were taken with Colour film, so I converted this one to greyscale to make a more interesting coparison. Some of you will have seen this image posted in colour. So the Leica image first... then the Zeiss - both 'different' but both with a particular - yet similar - look.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 And here from the Ikoflex 120 negative - Ilford XP2.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Thought I had one closer to the spot - maybe this is a better comparison... Rob<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35mmdelux Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 wow, the old zeiss is pretty nice. I like it. THKS for the comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan d. chang Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Rob Your Leica Ia 'shutter need to be CLAed the two curtain speed is uneven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jan_brittenson Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Try running a lower contrast film in the Leica. Or pull it 1-2 stops. The film is either excessively high contrast or overprocessed for the hard light it was used in. It also looks underexposed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Dan - good point - it sure looks like it there. I'll post the original colour image - see what you think about that? The old camera had a complete workover late last year - new curtains, complete clean and overhall - with the lens chemically cleaned. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it is the way the light is falling - and the light in the sky - the hazy cloud evaporating into the blue away from the sun. I'll appreciate any further comments you have. A few other recent images with that camera on my photonet page. Rob<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Lai Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Rob,<p>Shoot the Leica against an evenly lit subject such as a gray card. If one side is still darker than the other, your shutter needs to be adjusted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew robertson Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Looks by the highlights and shadows above that your shutter is fine - the sun is to the upper left, so brighter sky in that sector is normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robweatherburn Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Hi Guys - thanks for your comments and suggestions. I appreciate the help and advice I've had from you all on this forum. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzdavid Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 Leica pic seems to be more 3D. Maybe because it's had a clean, maybe an original characteristic of the lens. Hard to tell on screen sometimes, but in any case a wonderful pic and great to keep these classic cameras going. Modern emulsions bring out the best in them. Thanks for the posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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