Funky classics part 2

[denis_pleic]

Last April I posted some results of my "lens hacking" with a 2x3 Speed

Graphic and various oddball lenses - see here:

 

http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Bs4p

 

Some of you expressed interest in this type of fooling around, so

here's an update...

 

This project has been on a backburner for a while, but a few days ago

I continued in more or less the same vein.

 

However, this time the tools were different - in the meantime I've got

a Speed Graphic in 4x5 format, so I thought I'd try some vintage

lenses to see where it gets me.

 

The results are surprising - photos (i.e. scanned 4x5 negatives) are

much better and sharper than I thought... I was hoping for something

more "mushy" and Holga-esque :)

Still, the images have some of that vintage "feeling". I like the

results, although they did not turn quite as "bad" as I expected.

 

Anyway, a few shots can be found here:

 

http://www.hrtranslations.com/photo/funky2/

 

It looks like I'll have to do some more "hacking" with homemade lenses

and "lenses" to get the results I'm after: like I said, it would be

something in the vein of Robb Kendrick's tintype look, or perhaps

something like Mark Tucker does - sans Photoshop :)

 

BTW, just today I got an Aero Ektar, so you can expect some more

photos in the near future - as soon as I find out how to mount that

monster on the Speed Graphic without breaking the front standard. I'll

have to devise a bracket of some kind... ;)

 

Regards,

 

Denis<div></div>

[david_m]

Beautiful photos... who needs modern lenses, at least for black and white. It would be interesting to see how they perform with colour.

[michael_bach2]

Nice work Denis

 

Take a look at this artist work, Miroslav Tichy, he make his oven cameras out

of trash, He is around 80 years old and the new star in the European fine art

photgraphy world.

 

www.micbach.dk......."Photography workshops in Spain"