First year with film, M6 and rangefinders

[Florian1234]

very nice stuff - and welcome. 🙂

 

[Gary E]

You're definitely off to a good start.

This is one example of one lens one body, and in your case you had no choice; it is all you have. I see you use the VC 35/1.4 which some had said had a bit of distortion. I wasn't looking for it in your photos, so I didn't see any 😉

 

[Peter David Grant]

Thanks all for the further replies.

randomm & Mcary, I've had a little play in photoshop. its by no means perfect... but...

before

after

Mcary, if I've got any worth sharing in a few weeks / months time, I'll be sure to put them up.

Cheers,

PS: Doh, appears I've exported the new version at 800px not 900px!

 

[Peter David Grant]

You're definitely off to a good start.

This is one example of one lens one body, and in your case you had no choice; it is all you have. I see you use the VC 35/1.4 which some had said had a bit of distortion. I wasn't looking for it in your photos, so I didn't see any 😉

I've noticed a bit of distortion, number 2, in the original post was corrected in LR, to straighten all the horizontal lines.

Thanks for looking.

 

[tj01]

6 is good the way it is. The strengthen version looks too clinical . You just showed how to shoot romance. I love it and would gladly buy an FB print off u.

 

[Robert Lai]

These are tremendously good photographs.
Being a father of a toddler boy, I found myself laughing with sympathetic amusement at #5 "Bum".

Hmmm - M6 TTL with 0.85 finder and a 35mm lens. That's the secret sauce - not!
It's your great visualization ability. But, I'm still interested in getting a kit like yours.

 

[PatrickT]

Great photos! Thanks for sharing and welcome 🙂

 

[Keith]

I think I prefer the umbrella shot with the tilt ... the way it was taken!

I tend to rotate photos myself at times in post but often think afterwards that I was mistaken to do so and go back to the original.

 

[River Dog]

I only adjust rotation when major verticals are clearly off as they are usually true, like telegraph poles, buildings etc. The bench might have been on a slope so that doesn't count in my book 🙂

 

[photokalia]

Beautiful results! I wish I got pics like that from my first 50 rolls 🙂

My favourites are 1 and 2 from your second set.

 

[healyzh]

The second photo is so good it hurts.

I'd say that not only about the second photo, but the third as well, and the second photo from the second group. All three of those are top notch in my book.

BTW, I bought the same camera and lens last year, I love them both. The difference is I've been shooting film for a long time. While I've just gotten back into darkroom work in the last year or so, I first did it in the early 80's.

 

[Jager]

Most excellent images. All of them. Congratulations on your clearly-wise move to rangefinders and B&W film. They obviously suit you. I look forward to seeing more.

I'm also one of those that think your original bench shot is stronger than the corrected version. The straightened version loses a bit of the emotive zing that the original has.

 

[RMarques]

Traded a DSLR for a M6? Yes, I can imagine How crazy ir seems to be. Everyone thinks you'r crazy... But then the results are a huge surprise. No more vacations with 10.000 Photos or weekend trips with more than a 1000. Just a few meters of bulk loaded film. Sometimes people look at you like a strange animal, because you'r loading a film camera at the café, while All the others are reviewing their Photos on the 200,000 pixels LCD.
But then you return home and develop the film.. And It's a kind of magic!

PS: photo nr 6 looks fabulous!
Keep posting this great stuff

 

[Peter David Grant]

I have to agree with you all in preferring the original bench photo, it does add romance and emotion to use tj01 & Jager terms, which I think are great terms for that photograph.

Tj01, excuse my ignorance, but whats a FB print?

RMarques, your so right, its exciting to develop, pull out the film and see what you might have got. It is magic!

Thanks all for looking again, and sorry for 'bumping' this back up, spent all day in London yesterday... only took 10-15 shots though.

 

[h_A_Z]

Wow.... seriously awesome set! How I wish I can have that kind of eye...well off to practice! 🙂

 

[bronney]

understatement, first post, #3, my mouth wide opened and couldn't close it, especially after spending an hour reading up salvador dali, please come close it for me.

 

[ChrisN]

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Tj01, excuse my ignorance, but whats a FB print? ...

FB = Fibre Based (as opposed to RC or Resin Coated paper) - traditional darkroom printing paper and the preferred choice of many for the highest quality prints.

 

[braver]

The second photo is so good it hurts.

QFT! Man that's good. Also, 3 and 6.

... I've had a little play in photoshop. its by no means perfect... but...

I don't the skewed one.. it becomes a bit more obvious and constructed if you correct it, less interesting. I try to straighten some of mine sometimes, but always something is lost in the process.

 

[ElectroWNED]

this is proof that if you want to take nice photos, all you need is a Leica...



just kidding, really nice stuff here 🙂

 

[Peter David Grant]

Wow.... seriously awesome set! How I wish I can have that kind of eye...well off to practice! 🙂

practice make perfect!

understatement, first post, #3, my mouth wide opened and couldn't close it, especially after spending an hour reading up salvador dali, please come close it for me.

HK is quite far me to come... you'll have to wait a awhile. Sorry, until then you could try duck tape?

FB = Fibre Based (as opposed to RC or Resin Coated paper) - traditional darkroom printing paper and the preferred choice of many for the highest quality prints.

Thanks for the explanation Chris, I'd love to have a go at darkroom printing sometime... one day I am sure.

QFT! Man that's good. Also, 3 and 6.



I don't the skewed one.. it becomes a bit more obvious and constructed if you correct it, less interesting. I try to straighten some of mine sometimes, but always something is lost in the process.

Braver, I agree, there is a time and a place for straightened images, and this isn't one. Thanks for the message.

this is proof that if you want to take nice photos, all you need is a Leica...



just kidding, really nice stuff here 🙂

Good job it worked for me then. Thanks Electro.