Super Ikonta A visits Gettysburg College

[bcostin]

I went to an IT conference at Gettysburg College earlier this month for work. Gettysburg is only about a 30 minute drive from my home in Maryland so I've been to the town many times, but this was the first time I've ever visited the College. When I had a break, I loaded my Super Ikonta A with a roll of Pan F+ and took a stroll around the campus.

Here are a few of the more picturesque older buildings.









Unfortunately I forgot to take a hood and I was not as careful about shooting into the sun as I should have been, so I had a bit of trouble with flare. I've made liberal use of curves and levels to help equalize the contrast in some of these shots. The negatives also turned out unusually thin, which is strange since Diafine and Pan F+ usually get along really well. Not sure what's up with that yet. Still, I was pretty happy with the results.

 

[Solinar]

That camera looks to be keeper. The Super Ikonta A is well built.

That Pan F looks nice actually. What ISO did you shoot at?

 

[bcostin]

Thanks Solinar. This camera was my father's, one of his favorite 120 shooters. Judging by the worn exterior it's spent a lot of time in a lot of pockets, but it works well.



I shot this roll at between 80 and 100 ISO. That's Diafine's recommendation for Pan F+ and I've found it to work pretty well with 35mm; this was the first time I've used this combination in 120. The roll was also somewhat expired, though that seldom matters much with low-speed B&W films.

 

[Schlapp]

Lovely shoots and well processed too.
You mention a hood for this little gem and i was wondering what size they are as i have one of these cameras - sans hood.