john_van_v
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http://thinman.com/images/poughkeepsie
http://thinman.com/images/late_autumn
I am shooting exclusively with my Jupiter and Industar Lenins, I mean lenses. I would rather go Tri-X in D-76, but fortunately I have found a great drugstore for photography, Rite Aid in New Paltz NY where I bring Kodak bw400cn.
Also, things being what they are, I am moving around a lot so I have limited myself to one camera, so I am screwing my FSU lenses on my Bessa R.
I am slightly over exposing the negatives, scanning them in color on an Epson, and then darkening them with Picasa.
http://thinman.com/images/late_autumn
I am shooting exclusively with my Jupiter and Industar Lenins, I mean lenses. I would rather go Tri-X in D-76, but fortunately I have found a great drugstore for photography, Rite Aid in New Paltz NY where I bring Kodak bw400cn.
Also, things being what they are, I am moving around a lot so I have limited myself to one camera, so I am screwing my FSU lenses on my Bessa R.
I am slightly over exposing the negatives, scanning them in color on an Epson, and then darkening them with Picasa.
Ducky
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I put a Jupiter 8 on my Kiev but was not too happy with the images. I prefer the Helios 103, it seems sharper. These images you posted, however, are excellent. Maybe I'll put the Jupiter back on for well lit exteriors.
Florian1234
it's just hide and seek
I like your results. Okay, I'm not that a sepia lover, but looks very good.
I especially like the water-valve and the man with the newspapers.
I especially like the water-valve and the man with the newspapers.
john_van_v
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This isn't sepia, it's the color of the negative. I imagine the color of the light affects the color of the negative, but also the scanner never scans the same way twice, oddly.
I have been told my Industar would be more clear than my Jupiter, but in the end they seemed the same. As for clearness, I think I am at the limit of the film; both the lenses are sharper than bw400cn film.
I have a Jupiter-3, and I very much want to use it, but I have to dial-in the focus, as the glass element is a new one, and the exterior a gift from another RFF FSU user. I will want to do night shots with it, and i am not expecting crystal clarity, but again, I think the lenses are ahead of this film.
What I am seeing from the Jupiter and Industar are great lighting effects. I want to do portraits, and they won't be with a 90mm Jupiter, as those are getting expensive.
There is one Olympus 1.4 SLR photo in the bunch: the old store front in "late autumn," there for comparison. I would love to go back and photograph that store some more -- closed for at least a decade. That is in Great Barrington, MA.
I have been told my Industar would be more clear than my Jupiter, but in the end they seemed the same. As for clearness, I think I am at the limit of the film; both the lenses are sharper than bw400cn film.
I have a Jupiter-3, and I very much want to use it, but I have to dial-in the focus, as the glass element is a new one, and the exterior a gift from another RFF FSU user. I will want to do night shots with it, and i am not expecting crystal clarity, but again, I think the lenses are ahead of this film.
What I am seeing from the Jupiter and Industar are great lighting effects. I want to do portraits, and they won't be with a 90mm Jupiter, as those are getting expensive.
There is one Olympus 1.4 SLR photo in the bunch: the old store front in "late autumn," there for comparison. I would love to go back and photograph that store some more -- closed for at least a decade. That is in Great Barrington, MA.
Florian1234
it's just hide and seek
I'm looking forward to finish my first colour roll with my camera and its Industar 26M lens.
However, I am looking around for other lenses, Jupiter 3 and 8 and Industar 61.
However, I am looking around for other lenses, Jupiter 3 and 8 and Industar 61.
gudlagoba
Established
Beautifu! The Jupiter 8 is also one of my main user lenses. They are all very nice, especially the sepia looking power lines.
john_van_v
Well-known
Thank you so much !!
giovatony
Well-known
Impressive pictures indeed!
Makes me want to remove my J-8 and put the J-12 back on my Kiev.
John
Makes me want to remove my J-8 and put the J-12 back on my Kiev.
John
mravigna
Established
May I suggest something?
May I suggest something?
I am not sure what kind of scanner that you are using but if you plan on scanning a lot of negatives, I would suggest that you buy one with digital ICE to get rid of the scratches and specks of dust on your prints. The pictures are really nice but I just could not help but notice the scratches and dust spots. I use a Nikon Coolscan V ED and this thing will eliminate dust and scratches on any negative or slide.
I also use a small software (photoshop plug in) called Focus Magic which will help you sharpen your prints without using too much USM. Just a few suggestions.
May I suggest something?
I am not sure what kind of scanner that you are using but if you plan on scanning a lot of negatives, I would suggest that you buy one with digital ICE to get rid of the scratches and specks of dust on your prints. The pictures are really nice but I just could not help but notice the scratches and dust spots. I use a Nikon Coolscan V ED and this thing will eliminate dust and scratches on any negative or slide.
I also use a small software (photoshop plug in) called Focus Magic which will help you sharpen your prints without using too much USM. Just a few suggestions.
john_van_v
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Thanks, I hear you there about the scratches and dust. For the moment I am just collecting pictures because I only "got good" in the past year, or actually recovered the skill I had when I was a teenager.
Sometime in the future I will probably switch to a full sensor sized digital camera to concentrate on a night photography project. Whey I do that, I will simultaneously get the right scanner and also post-process my pictures with something better than Picasa. Right now I use GIMP as I have been in the public domain software community nearly all my life, though Photoshop is looking like a "must."
Some of the negatives from my youth are horribly "specked" and I remember spending hours retouching the prints I exhibited with a "one hair" brush. Yeah, I exhibited! My stuff was in the Whitney when I was in High School. People ask me how I did that, how I got into the Whitney. The restrictions on art by the controlling monoplies of curators and gallery owners are fairly recent, and I believe helped popularized the "other" street art: modern classical grafitti. In past decades museums provided access for everyday artists such as we, and especially for children.
Sometime in the future I will probably switch to a full sensor sized digital camera to concentrate on a night photography project. Whey I do that, I will simultaneously get the right scanner and also post-process my pictures with something better than Picasa. Right now I use GIMP as I have been in the public domain software community nearly all my life, though Photoshop is looking like a "must."
Some of the negatives from my youth are horribly "specked" and I remember spending hours retouching the prints I exhibited with a "one hair" brush. Yeah, I exhibited! My stuff was in the Whitney when I was in High School. People ask me how I did that, how I got into the Whitney. The restrictions on art by the controlling monoplies of curators and gallery owners are fairly recent, and I believe helped popularized the "other" street art: modern classical grafitti. In past decades museums provided access for everyday artists such as we, and especially for children.
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Santafecino
button man
Some of your images are truly striking. I love the soft -- but sometimes rough -- images of nature. The pictures consume the whole frame and press us to recognize the beauty of small forms that we could have missed. Thank you very much; these are generative pictures.
--Lindsay
--Lindsay
john_van_v
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Wow thanks, I hope you don't mind if I cite your comment in the future !!
I looked at your profile, and I think it is cool that you are an environmental lawyer.
I looked at your profile, and I think it is cool that you are an environmental lawyer.
john_van_v
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Just a note about the picture of the abandoned drug strore in Great Barrington:
The OLY 1.4 gets very high ratings; keep in mind it is "effect" we are looking for here, along with clarity. I guess bokeh is best known "effect" but there is a general softness and glow that come with wide aperature lenses. I have a Nikkor 1.2, but no old school Nikon at the moment.
When I start my night time project, I will put the Nikkor 1.2 on a Nikon D40; I will set the speed/aperature adjustments by simply taking sample pictures and judging by the tiny screen results.
I actually took this picture in color, probably 200 generic Kodak, so it is not a fair comparison. I need to take a roll with my OM1 1.4 side by side with the Jupiters and Industars using Kodak bw400cn to make a fair comparison.
The OLY 1.4 gets very high ratings; keep in mind it is "effect" we are looking for here, along with clarity. I guess bokeh is best known "effect" but there is a general softness and glow that come with wide aperature lenses. I have a Nikkor 1.2, but no old school Nikon at the moment.
When I start my night time project, I will put the Nikkor 1.2 on a Nikon D40; I will set the speed/aperature adjustments by simply taking sample pictures and judging by the tiny screen results.
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Santafecino
button man
Your pictures, which go back several decades, appeal to me. The still lifes and landscapes in particular evoke the spirit of the northeast. It's cold and wet, but there are people and plants there.
--Lindsay
--Lindsay
