divewizard
perspicaz
I have been shooting mostly medium format since I rediscovered film. I love my Fuji 6X9s, but the cost per frame is very high, and they are not exactly lite to carry around. Thus I became interested a small 35mm rangefinder. After looking at example pictures from various Japanese rangefinders including Olympus, Canon, Yashica, & Fujica I decided to get an Olympus 35SP.
So far I have been very happy. The quality of the lens is much better than most of my SLR lenses, and I am very happy with the first results. I have shot two rolls of film; the first was HP5+ @ iso 1600; the second was TMAX 100. The TMAX shots will be in a subsequent post.
For the HP5+ all shots were taken with a Hoya O(G) orange filter, mostly becasue that was the only 49mm filter I had when I first got the camera. I set the ISO for the meter at 1/3 stop below 800 so it would by 1 1/3 below 1600.
I am using a MRB624 Wein Cell in the camera.
This first shot was in a dark restaurant. I spot metered and exposure locked on Kathryn's forehead before composing the picture. From the exposure chart it was close to 1/15s f/1.7.
On this shot she is sitting next to a small table lamp and I again spot metered on her forehead and locked the auto exposure before composing the shot.
The next three shots were made walking around my neighborhood using auto exposure.
The next post will be the TMAX 100 shots.
©2011 Chris Grossman
So far I have been very happy. The quality of the lens is much better than most of my SLR lenses, and I am very happy with the first results. I have shot two rolls of film; the first was HP5+ @ iso 1600; the second was TMAX 100. The TMAX shots will be in a subsequent post.
For the HP5+ all shots were taken with a Hoya O(G) orange filter, mostly becasue that was the only 49mm filter I had when I first got the camera. I set the ISO for the meter at 1/3 stop below 800 so it would by 1 1/3 below 1600.
I am using a MRB624 Wein Cell in the camera.
This first shot was in a dark restaurant. I spot metered and exposure locked on Kathryn's forehead before composing the picture. From the exposure chart it was close to 1/15s f/1.7.
On this shot she is sitting next to a small table lamp and I again spot metered on her forehead and locked the auto exposure before composing the shot.
The next three shots were made walking around my neighborhood using auto exposure.
The next post will be the TMAX 100 shots.
©2011 Chris Grossman
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