Film Camera Week for February 21

[Moving On]

Now it is nothing fancy, a Mom and Pop place and it’s been a while so YMMV.

But we ate carry out plate lunches there several days a week.

It was always hot and fresh.

Greens, country fried steak,mac&cheese, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn bread, black eyed peas, and banana pudding.

That kind of stuff.

[rick_drawbridge]

You're making me peckish, Moving On; it's years since I last had a good banana pudding! Anyway, as things seem a little slow, here's a handful of images from the Bronica S2A I pictured in the "What camera..." thread. The lens was the 135mm Nikkor-Q f/3.5 shown in the picture, and the film was Ilford HP5 Plus developed in PMK Pyro and scanned on an Epson V800 Photo using Silverfast software.

 

Bread

 

 

Triumph #2

 

 

Planter

 

 

Screen

 

 

Selective

 

 

Triumph #4

 

 

Early

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ricochetrider]

Kind of messing around with slower exposure times in daylight, no ND filters used... didn't work out super well. Voigltander R3m, Fuji Industrial color 100 film

 

 

Thru the window:

 

 

Here are some older pix from the Hasselblad 500cm, 80mm Planar lens, Portra 160 color film

 

 

[Bill Bowes]

ALL Triumph's, MG's and Sprite's deserve a 6x6 negative !! Great job Rick. Aloha, Bill

[Moving On]

Developing is a little better....Fresh from the sink....

Nikon F2AS

[Mike Gammill]

Great shot, Moving On. Looks like an interesting place to visit. The man in the chair looks like he might have some interesting stories to tell.

[Moving On]

I could shoot a lot of film in his shop.

He's been there over 40 years. I went to school with Paul Burlison's daughter and B.J. had a picture of him on the wall. When I asked about why he had a picture of Holly's Dad, he filled me in. Google Paul Burlison sometime. Plug his name into Youtube, Blly Idol, Keith Richards, Elvis and on and on come up. The things you find out in a barber shop. Small world....

 

Edited February 23, 2020 by Moving On

[chuck_foreman1]

You're making me peckish, Moving On; it's years since I last had a good banana pudding! Anyway, as things seem a little slow, here's a handful of images from the Bronica S2A I pictured in the "What camera..." thread. The lens was the 135mm Nikkor-Q f/3.5 shown in the picture, and the film was Ilford HP5 Plus developed in PMK Pyro and scanned on an Epson V800 Photo using Silverfast software.

 

 

Lovely images of the TRs there!! Wow!! My brother and I tooled around in his TR4 for many years. I always thought the TR3, the second of the cars was just the coolest thing around. It competed with the MGA...another beautiful sleek design.

[Mike Gammill]

Great beginning to our weekly thread, everyone. The variety and quality of the images continues to impress. A few more of mine- some old some not so old.

Another from the same film as the depot photo. Trains were common in West Point in that day.

Downtown West Point about a decade ago, Pentax Spotmatic with Tamron 17mm, probably Fuji 200

Family camera shop in West Point- it was open from 1974 to 1993. This photo probably close to 1990, I worked on Saturdays and holidays. I could borrow anything I wanted from stock. As typical of many "mom and pop" businesses, we were strictly run by family. A few places might have employed a few non family but we were a small business. In the back we had a portrait studio and a darkroom.

a family owned diner at Pheba Mississippi, used Pentax ZX-5 and FP4+ film

city has to repaint this street signs every few years, Minolta SRT 102 with Pan F+

Last one, this from Minolta SRT 101 and Vivitar 24mm f 2 (before its aperture mechanism went south)

coffee mug (empty) in front of car audio system (car parked and idling), Tri-X

The lens, btw, remains at f 2 now. Possibly the linkage failed. Still useful for making star trails.

Moving On- that barber shop reminds me of the one I got my hair cut for many years. The barbers were always interesting to talk to and the memorabilia in the shop often had stories behind them as well. I will have to see if I have any photos from those days.

[Moving On]

Love the Family Shop and Diner photos.

If you look closely above the Barber’s head, there is a scaled model of the town. The guy made models of every building, colored and detailed enough to be readily identifiable, spanning 40 years of change. He spent years on it crafting one piece at a time from bits of cardboard and repurposed containers of various shapes and sizes. Not polished but a very endearing and interesting piece of Folk Art. I always enjoy looking it over and noting the details.

Great stuff.

Great Personality.

A Piece of Small Town Mississippi that still has a bit of Magic for me.

Edited February 23, 2020 by Moving On

[Ricochetrider]

Lovely images of the TRs there!! Wow!! My brother and I tooled around in his TR4 for many years. I always thought the TR3, the second of the cars was just the coolest thing around. It competed with the MGA...another beautiful sleek design.

 

I was thinking about these images of the old Triumphs as well. My dad had a 1955 TR2 he bought, just barely used in Germany in late 55 or early 56. He had the car until the 1980s or maybe a little later on. I learned to drive in that car as a pre-teen. I think he sold it to someone out of Austin Texas, who immediately sold it to some European guy, perhaps a Swiss (my memory is fuzzy on the details however). I remember my dad saying the new owner sent a letter asking him for a story of the car in his ownership along with photos and whatnot. To this day, vintage 50s and 60s Triumph cars hold a special place in my heart.

[Mike Gammill]

Seeing those cars reminded me of watching for photo ops where an older model of a specific car would be parked next to a later version.

The 2012 Mustang (mine) parked next to a 1965 Mustang (owner unknown) I think this was in the Flowood, MS area.

[rick_drawbridge]

Well, Chuck, Bill and Ricochetrider, I see I'll just have to photograph more Triumph cars at the local shows! They're a love of mine, as well, though Austin Healy's were my thing...

 

Nikkormat FTn : 35-70mm Nikon f/3.3-4.5 : Arista EDU Ultra 100 : PMK Pyro

 

[LMar]

Leica M2 and 50mm Summicron; Tri-X in D76.

[chuck_foreman1]

Well, Chuck, Bill and Ricochetrider, I see I'll just have to photograph more Triumph cars at the local shows! They're a love of mine, as well, though Austin Healy's were my thing...

 

Nikkormat FTn : 35-70mm Nikon f/3.3-4.5 : Arista EDU Ultra 100 : PMK Pyro

 

Well Rick it just shows GREAT minds think alike. I have been a dyed in the Wool Austin Healey fan most of my life.... My Dream car has always been the Austin Healey 100 with the electric OD. I came close once... but lack of funds ...held me back. Here'S one from shwo a lllllooooonnnnnggg time ago This is a scan from a real darkroom "print"

 

 

 

Austin Healey 100 1956 BN2 series

 

 

 

 

Rear View 1956 Austin Healey 100 ( referred to as the 100 because the average lap time at Le Mans was clocked at 100mph ...though now I read from Wiki that it could achieve 100 mph?? ) Anyway a lovely car.

[rick_drawbridge]

chuck_foreman said:

Well Rick it just shows GREAT minds think alike. I have been a dyed in the Wool Austin Healey fan most of my life.

 

Just beautiful, Chuck. Those definitely were the days!

[Bill Bowes]

One of the most Erotic sportscar made ! Aloha, Bill

[Moving On]

My Eyes! My Eyes!

 

......now where are those Raybans....

[Alan Johnson]

Trying out my old folder Kodak 66 Model 3. It has a plastic top plate and only weighs 450g.

I don't think anyone ever made a lightweight 6x9 folder for 120 (they were 620).

 

[Moving On]

I love the light.

One of my favorite opportunities is that short time when the Sun breaks through heavy clouds.

[rick_drawbridge]

Alan Johnson said:

Trying out my old folder Kodak 66 Model 3

 

Lovely photograph, Alan. That soft light seems to be restricted to the coast, in my experience, probably due to mist and moisture in the air. Great capture.

[Moving On]

I have noticed light like that on rivers in the morning and in the Ozark and Smokey mountains.

You probably nailed it with the moisture laden atmosphere effect being the catalyst.

[Bill Bowes]

Here are several "tourist scenes" taken during a recent walk-about to kill time between medical appointments. Voighlander Vito II, UFX 400, Hypercat & V600 scans. Aloha, Bill

[Moving On]

Arkabutla Spillway Nikon S3

Be glad when the clouds lift around here....

Edited February 27, 2020 by Moving On

[Ricochetrider]

Voitlander R3m

Voitlander Heliar f3.5 lens

Rollei Superpan 20 film

 

Just got this lens so I tried it out in a variety of situational lighting, including anything from bright sunshine to varyingly lit underpasses at night, to inside my house on a rainy day. Never before shot Superpan 200 either, I have a couple more rolls of 35mm and 3 of 120 so by the time I finish all that I guess I'll know if I like it or not.

 

Kinda weird, despite my using the Bessa R3m metering to set the exposures, they were somehow all over the place!

 

This underpass is in the city near home (Harrisburg PA). This is a railroad bridge right near the local Amtrak Station- although this is a Norfolk Southern line. It's well lit tho. It was raining as I shot this so I was holding an umbrella with one hand and shooting with the cable release in the other hand. Night shots shot on a tripod, as were the next shots of the old bridge.

 

 

 

This is old iron bridge on Sheepford Road, also nearby. The bridge is is bad shape and is closed now, but there's a sudden movement to "save our bridge". It crosses a famous trout stream, the Yellow Breeches.

 

 

 

 

 

Another (more dimly lit) underpass, same Norfolk Southern line, a few blocks away from the one shown above.

 

 

 

I've been looking at this funky old T-Bird for sale for like ever, finally stopped to get some (film) photos the other day

 

 

Here are a couple shots of our house plants... not the most scintillating subject matter, I admit. Kind of an experiment in texture and bokeh. These were shot on a rainy day, in front of and looking out of, our big windows.

 

 

 

Got some 120 Ektar 100 developed as well, and also shot a roll of long-expired Svema 32 in the 1930s folding Voigtlander Bessa the other day, so I'll have some of those images to show you all pretty soon.