A Hasselblad, more than 40 years after first looking.

Dervla said:
The eyes, and the hand, and the tent; very nice, as usual, Vince.
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Many thanks - yeah I wasn’t quite sure what he was doing with his hand/arm, but it almost looked like he was taking a pledge or something along those lines. Not sure why he was doing it and the others weren’t.

That day was great for clouds - I was pretty lucky.
 
I have never considered using the SWC for portraiture but yours look great Vince. They looked like they were shot with a 60mm. Biogon magic!
 
Wow,

the eyes, an overflowing box of body parts, a drumstick, a drum, and at first glance I thought his right foot was missing,

this one, like so many of your photographs, is special.
 
Dervla said:
Wow,

the eyes, an overflowing box of body parts, a drumstick, a drum, and at first glance I thought his right foot was missing,

this one, like so many of your photographs, is special.
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Many thanks - I took three shots of this young fellow. At first when scanning the film I chose the third frame, but then I noticed that in the second shot (this one) he was looking right at me. Bit of a death stare I’d say!
 
With a new-to-me Arsat 30mm f/3.5 lens on the 1000f, Ilford Delta 400.


Gettysburg Nov2023-25 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

I got this lens for a very good price, otherwise I wouldn't have purchased it (since its fisheye view isn't one I'd want to use all the time). The lens mount is similar but not quite the same as the 1000f (it was originally intended for the Kiev 88), and as a result I had to do a few things in order for it to properly work with the camera: i) I had to remove the aperture stop-down pin from just inside the lens mount (though leaving the linkage in place); ii) I had to remove the lens locking pin on the side of the lens mount; iii) I cut off the four 'wedges' that make up the lens hood, otherwise I'd have vignetting in the corners. Here again, since I got the lens for a good price these modifications didn't bother me.
 
Vince Lupo said:
With a new-to-me Arsat 30mm f/3.5 lens on the 1000f, Ilford Delta 400.


Gettysburg Nov2023-25 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr

I got this lens for a very good price, otherwise I wouldn't have purchased it (since its fisheye view isn't one I'd want to use all the time). The lens mount is similar but not quite the same as the 1000f (it was originally intended for the Kiev 88), and as a result I had to do a few things in order for it to properly work with the camera: i) I had to remove the aperture stop-down pin from just inside the lens mount (though leaving the linkage in place); ii) I had to remove the lens locking pin on the side of the lens mount; iii) I cut off the four 'wedges' that make up the lens hood, otherwise I'd have vignetting in the corners. Here again, since I got the lens for a good price these modifications didn't bother me.
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This doesn't even look like a fisheye image, which is about the only way fisheye images ever work for me. They're a nearly impossible tool to control and use well, but you've succeeded!
 
Retro-Grouch said:
This doesn't even look like a fisheye image, which is about the only way fisheye images ever work for me. They're a nearly impossible tool to control and use well, but you've succeeded!
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I think part of it might be trying to keep the camera as vertical as possible, then you might not get quite the wackiness if you tilted up or down. Plus I think it depends on the subject matter.

This lens is pretty good, all things considered. And given the fact that the Zeiss version is $2k and up, I think for the money this is a good buy.
 
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