rxmd
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Jupiter-3, wide open, Kodak E100 slide film.
David Hughes
David Hughes
There's some very nice shots here but I can't help thinking that in going from film negative to print we are getting it second-hand and then from print to scanner for the forum, we get it third hand and I wonder just how good the scans are compared to say what would be done with a LF negative and a drum scanner. I've some beautiful shots I'd like to show but can't do them justice and so don't bother. Also I worry about putting a file that size up.
And the other problem is that FSU lenses are cheap and so we don't take them seriously enough. I bought a Summar a while ago and it was useless. Having paid good money for it I quite happily paid even more to get it tested etc and, in the end, spent a fortune to discover someone had wrecked it by regrinding etc two surfaces and attempting to coat it. Speaking to the technician I was told that getting a guaranteed one (ie a Summar) would set me back ever more but that they sold them.
And he had a high opinion of the FSU lenses but I shuddered to think what it would have cost to have all mine tested and set up exactly. And for my usual 8" x 12" stuff it doesn't really matter as I seldom shoot wide open. I guess that, like the rest of us, I know what works well enough on what camera and leave it at that.
Just my 2d worth. Regards, David
And the other problem is that FSU lenses are cheap and so we don't take them seriously enough. I bought a Summar a while ago and it was useless. Having paid good money for it I quite happily paid even more to get it tested etc and, in the end, spent a fortune to discover someone had wrecked it by regrinding etc two surfaces and attempting to coat it. Speaking to the technician I was told that getting a guaranteed one (ie a Summar) would set me back ever more but that they sold them.
And he had a high opinion of the FSU lenses but I shuddered to think what it would have cost to have all mine tested and set up exactly. And for my usual 8" x 12" stuff it doesn't really matter as I seldom shoot wide open. I guess that, like the rest of us, I know what works well enough on what camera and leave it at that.
Just my 2d worth. Regards, David
malkmata
Well-known
Thanks. Mathomas! Excellent samples of FSU lens shots in this thread.
Tech info for my shot as requested: Canon P + Jupiter-12
film: Fujicolor Superia 200 converted into monochrome with Photoshop CS3.
SimonK
Established
How about a couple of then and now. This is the Place de Costa Rica in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The first picture was taken in 1940 by the Hungarian photographer Brassaï, although I don't know with what sort of camera. The second was taken by me last year using a FED 2 and Industar 61.
These two pictures show Passy metro station, firstly during construction in 1903, and the second last year, again with FED 2 and Industar .
These two pictures show Passy metro station, firstly during construction in 1903, and the second last year, again with FED 2 and Industar .