ian_kennedy1 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 i traded my nikon d100 for a bessa r2 and a 50mm f1.5 because i had a bad case of rangefinder lust after a friend brought over her m7 and 50 f1.0.... anyway, here are the results of my first couple of test rolls last week.... uncropped and unretouched, shot on fuji superia 400 'grocery store' film and processed at a drugstore minilab. comments welcome. <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb13_12.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb13_2.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb13_3.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb13_4.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb15_13.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb16_08.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/feb16_14.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/test6.jpg"> <img src="http://www.starkitten.com/photo_dir/bessa_test/test8.jpg"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_lee2 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Well done. Certainly makes a strong argument for the Voigtlander 50/1.5, not to mention photographic proficiency in general (i.e., it's the photographer stupid). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambrick007 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 nice stuff. how scanned? by the lab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
________1 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 "bad case of rangefinder lust after a friend brought over her m7 and 50 f1.0..." Consider yourself lucky, you got off lightly. Photos look fine, keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_kennedy1 Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 thanks - yes, by the lab. $4 for a cd and the colors matched the prints pretty closely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadji_singh Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Some nice shots. I like the lemons/limes shot the best -- good composition and colors. Now run away from this board as fast as you can 'cause they'll try to convince you that you can't take "real" photographs unless you're using a Leica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takkinda_. Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricks Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 hey, those works for me - especially the bathroom scene ;-) (you just had to do it, right?) cute kid, by the way! and nice punch in the photos, that film/dev combo certainly provides highly saturated photos, but I for one thinks it looks cool! as someone said, now, stay away from this forum or you will soon upgrade to first a M6TTL, then a M7, tons of lenses, discuss the advantages of brand X strap over brand Y etc. etc. You are off to a great start! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_lazzarini Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 ian,<p> Excellent start, and as someone previously said, <i>a good case for the bessa r2 and a 50mm f1.5..."</i><br> btw, i like that last photo the best. keep up the good work<p> fwiw, if you ever come across any of jay's strange remarks, ignore them as he's goingthrough a period of ego inflation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmarkpainter Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, Cool stuff...you're going to have lots of fun. If you ever 'upgrade', your R2 makes an excellent 2nd body. I got an R2 and later got an M3 and I use them together quite a bit (one with Color, one with B&W). jmp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_lee2 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Er, follow-up question: how would you compare your experiences, digital SLR versus rangefinder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambrick007 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 �yes, by the lab. $4 for a cd �<p>Cool. Which drugstore chain? My local Longs also charges only $4.00 for dev and scan � TIFFs at a good enough resolution for a 4x6 print @ 300 dpi � but they don�t looks �smooth� as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_darman1 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 These are all superb technical and artistic images from an obviously talented photographer. Why is the choice though a D100 or rangefinder? If its a question of money (need $$ from D100 to buy other) then ok, I see it, but both tools meet kind of different needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_kennedy1 Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 yeah, i still suffer from leica lust, but i seriously doubt my wife would go for it... i sold her on the bessa because it was a trade and the bang to buck ratio of the voigtlanders is high. andrew - the difference between the d100 and bessa is huge, as you might imagine. not the results necessarily, as there isn't much you can't do with a nice dslr and some time on your hands, but everything else. i was really wanting to get back to an all manual 'think carefully' type of shooting. i have a minolta st-202 and mamiya c3 which i love, but neither offered the combination of portable, unobtrusive, and well-engineered that i was wanting... digital photography is great and i will likely pick up a d70 by the end of the year, but i think the bessa will be my everyday body for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_hoffman Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, You were born to use a rangefinder. Nice shots. This could be a perfect "Why I like the 50mm focal length" essay.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luisarguelles Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, I have a 50mm f/3.5 uncoated Elmar, a 50mm f/2 collapsible Cron, a 50mm f/2 DR Cron and a 50mm f/2 M-Hexanon. Now, because your pictures I must have the 50mm f/1.5 Nokton :). By the way, I specially like pictures number 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patricks Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, you are a wise man listning to your wife/including her in your buying decisions. that's more than the bulk of us do around here - for obvious reasons... I too gave up on DSLR a few weeks back (Canon 10D in my case) so I can relate to your decision. Now, keep'em coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_d5 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Hi Ian, technical detail, please. If you don't mind. WONDERFUL SHOTS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beau 1664876222 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, very promising beginning there. Nice photos and, yeah, nothing I can see that suggests you need to upgrade anything ever. It's funny, I see something that I noticed on my first rangefinder roll: everything's framed just a tiny bit high. I think it's caused by not reframing quite fully after concentrating on the focus patch in the center. See it? No matter, you'll quickly adjust. Where do you live that you get both live chickens and good drugstore scans in the same place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandler Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Nice stuff, Ian. I especially like the mascara/beer moment and the lemons&limes. Well done. (Oh, and welcome to the asylum!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugon Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 good! i like 4&7 esp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_kennedy1 Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 thanks everyone - i'm actually rather surprised to be receiving praise from such great shooters.... (beau, your folders are *amazing*). chisso - all of these are shot with the 50mm nokton, most of them pretty close to wide open if shot indoors. i'm used to having the exif info ready to tell people more technical detail, but this was just two test rolls. beau - we live in a suburb of atlanta called peachtree city, but we are moving next month to athens, ga (kinda a homecoming) where i suspect i will be shooting much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayton_p._strickland1 Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Great photos Ian. I live on the other side of Atlanta (Cartersville) and would be very interested in knowing what lab you used (if it's a chain). I use Leica and for work a D100 and I must say I wish we were still shooting film sometimes (except on deadline when digital is a godsend) so I could use my Leica more. Have fun in Athens! The Rome Tribune News is looking for a photojournalist if you know of anyone who might be interested. The job is posted on the GPA website (gapress.org). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adnan Posted February 18, 2004 Share Posted February 18, 2004 Ian, those are from PTC? Hard to believe... I didn't spot a golf cart in any of those pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_kennedy1 Posted February 18, 2004 Author Share Posted February 18, 2004 dayton - believe it or not, these were all processed at eckerds. i loved the d100 - nearly all of my shots at <a href="http://www.starkitten.com">http://www.starkitten.com</a> and <a href="http://www.slipphotography.com">http://www.slipphotography.com</a> (which, if i ever get motivated will look more like the as yet unfinished <a href="http://www.starkitten.com/slip_photo/">http://www.starkitten.com/slip_photo/</a>)were shot with the nikon. it felt weird sending it off, but it has more than paid for itself in the past year and a half, and with the d70 just around the corner, i thought i should try to get as much value out of it as i could. plus, i was at the point of wanting a rangefinder where it was starting to hurt not having one.... also, i plan on doing some photoblogging with a leica-wielding friend who lives in l.a. on http://www.fiftymillimeter.com in the near future. <br><br> adnan - rest assured that there was likely a golfcart no more than 50 yards beyond any of those photos. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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