Imfamy, Imfamy,

[CharlesDAMorgan]

they've all got it imfamy as Julius Caeser said while carrying on.

I've been published on 35mmc with an article about shooting the M5 with Zeiss Biogon 35mm f2.8 on Kentmere 400 at 200 in Perceptol (Erik's formula yielding continued excellence.)

5 Frames with a Leica M5

And in the same week, I was in my local camera shop when this chap was buying a Mamiya 645 for his girlfriend. It turned out to be Mike Berkofsky, a photographer who won fame and enough fortune to buy secondhamd Mamiyas (unbeatable he said) with his iconic photo of Jimmy Hendrix.

Evidence that shooting at 200 at f1.4 with a big conk on a subject is not my metier....

 

[peterm1]

"........they've all got it imfamy as Julius Ceasar said while carrying on."

I am so glad you opened with that. As soon as I saw the title of this thread on RFF's main page that was exactly what I thought of.

For those not so imbued with classic British comedic culture as we appear to be, here is a Kenneth Williams classic clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6BJJe9JV_A

 

[David Hughes]

"........they've all got it imfamy as Julius Ceasar said while carrying on."

I am so glad you opened with that. As soon as I saw the title of this thread on RFF's main page that was exactly what I thought of.

For those not so imbued with classic British comedic culture...

You can't help but feel sorry for them; will they ever understand "Good Moaning" or "I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy" but luckily a lot of them got "Can I do you now Sir?".

I reckon that's my contribution to Christmas cheer, so I won't have to post hundreds of cards now....


Regards, David

 

[peterm1]

You can't help but feel sorry for them; will they ever understand "Good Moaning" or "I'm Julian and this is my friend Sandy" but luckily a lot of them got "Can I do you now Sir?".

I reckon that's my contribution to Christmas cheer, so I won't have to post hundreds of cards now....


Regards, David

Or..............Bennie Hill

 

[helen.HH]

lovely portrait Charles !

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Not sure what it all means.
I like The young ones and Benny Hill. And Mr. Bean.

I have tried Mamya TLR and 645 SLR and get rid of them. I guess, it is for highly I'm famous.

 

[MJ Buckpitt]

Ko.Fe. If you are interested, look up the British Carry-On movies, there is a bunch of them and you will find a younger Benny Hill honing his craft.

 

[peterm1]

Not sure what it all means.
I like The young ones and Benny Hill. And Mr. Bean.

I have tried Mamya TLR and 645 SLR and get rid of them. I guess, it is for highly I'm famous.

The "Carry on" movies were comedy movies from the 1950s and 1960s (mainly). They were irrepressibly and irredeemably British of that era. Very non PC, both camp (thank you Kenneth Williams) and blokey (Sid James) simultaneously, full of unsophisticated slapstick and tiresome (but much loved) double entendres, hopelessly predictable situations and therefore in theory unfunny but so predictable that they were loved by many for it. They were Benny Hill before Benny Hill was Benny Hill.
As for myself, I never much appreciated them when I was a kid because "I had aspirations" (i.e. I was full of myself and took myself too seriously). Now I can enjoy them now and then....as they say, they don't make nostalgia like they used to!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq4KVOEVeEw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZtlJ72IhfA

 

[mcfingon]

If you discussed the M5's well developed viewfinder in the language of those films, would you describe it as a "good looker"?
John Mc

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

He wanted her to have a Mamiya RB67 but thought it was a bit bulky to start with. She intends to shoot portraits.

 

[zwicko]

I have a bunch of Kentmere 400 that I always found awfully flat. Your pics provide the sort of contrast that I like though. May I ask for further details regarding development?

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Hi Zwicko - I use Erik von Straten's recipe of exposing at 200 then Perceptol 1:2 for 10 minutes - usual 1 minute agitation then 10 seconds each minute. The negatives are excellent then for printing or scanning, and I will use Lightroom to get the balance of contrast, midtones etc from what is an excellent negative.

I have to say that I was very pleased using this method with Kentmere. It results in something that you don't think came from something inexpensive.

 

[zwicko]

Hi Charles, thanks a lot, will try as soon as possible.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

lovely portrait Charles !

Thanks Helen! He was fun in a very dry way. He kept on joking to his girlfriend that she needed a long lens, otherwise his nose would be way too big in a photo. I kicked myself to be shooting with slow film, as an extra stop or two could have got that fine proboscis and face in better focus. But you grab what you can!

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

If you discussed the M5's well developed viewfinder in the language of those films, would you describe it as a "good looker"?
John Mc

Oo er Missus...

 

[David Hughes]

Thanks Helen! He was fun in a very dry way. He kept on joking to his girlfriend that she needed a long lens, otherwise his nose would be way too big in a photo. I kicked myself to be shooting with slow film, as an extra stop or two could have got that fine proboscis and face in better focus. But you grab what you can!

Hmmm, we are back to Benny Hill again...


Regards, David

 

[David Hughes]

Getting back to photography...

Getting back to photography...

Digital is beginning to endear itself to me as I can be wandering around with just my little P&S and suddenly need 64000ASA and get it in seconds by holding my nose and diving into the menu. And the zoom means I can switch from 90mm to 24mm in seconds and so on.

A big plus is that I can set up just one shot and take it and print it seconds, or perhaps minutes, later. No worries about being stuck with what I have in the camera and then unable to push it without ruining other shots or sacrificing them.

I can guess the responce this will get but digital means I can take a lot more pictures without cursing as I left the "right" camera at home etc. The trouble is, I love film and the film cameras; it won't mean a messy divorce in the future but it can be an irritation at times deciding what to carry...


Regards, David

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I have a bunch of Kentmere 400 that I always found awfully flat. Your pics provide the sort of contrast that I like though. May I ask for further details regarding development?

Portraits here are good, but looks like scans. Many films are flat on scans.
One thing which forgotten to be mentioned, it is not just Perseptol, but prints from Erik.
I print from Kentmere, HP5 which is often awful on scans. Print is the game changer.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Digital is beginning to endear itself to me as I can be wandering around with just my little P&S and suddenly need 64000ASA and get it in seconds by holding my nose and diving into the menu. And the zoom means I can switch from 90mm to 24mm in seconds and so on.

A big plus is that I can set up just one shot and take it and print it seconds, or perhaps minutes, later. No worries about being stuck with what I have in the camera and then unable to push it without ruining other shots or sacrificing them.

I can guess the responce this will get but digital means I can take a lot more pictures without cursing as I left the "right" camera at home etc. The trouble is, I love film and the film cameras; it won't mean a messy divorce in the future but it can be an irritation at times deciding what to carry...


Regards, David

I don’t take many pictures on film. Even if I walk with film camera every day. But I waste enormous amount of time just to get decent image from film. Time I simply don’t have anymore..

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

Portraits here are good, but looks like scans. Many films are flat on scans.
One thing which forgotten to be mentioned, it is not just Perseptol, but prints from Erik.
I print from Kentmere, HP5 which is often awful on scans. Print is the game changer.

100% agreement - fortunately I've just discovered a good local darkroom a mile from the new house, so come the new year I'll start printing. I can't wait, finally!