Kiev II - J-8 - Provia

[spiderfrank]

Hi guys, I put a roll of Provia slides in my old camera, and I must say I like the results

Lights and shadows

"stolen" portrait

blue sky

twilight

bokeh

your opinions, please!

 

[Spyderman]

Very nice. I like them all. And it seems the exposures are spot-on.

Is this the Kiev II you got fom Fedka ?

 

[acheyj]

Yes very nice indeed, well done. I am impressed whith your images, how did you scan them and with what ?. I use an epson 4870 no matter how I try get some spots which I clean up with CS3. The scanner is wondefull for MF. If I was to use 35mm more I would get a dedicated scanner, but mostly I shoot digital or MF film.
Any way regardless of technique I really like the composition and contented of your work.
BTW just got a black 4a and 35mm lens from Yuri and it looks really good, post pics soon.

Ronald K. Johnson

ron

 

[Peter_Jones]

Very impressive, how did you meter ?


It would've been interesting to have people guess the lens 😉

 

[spiderfrank]

Very nice. I like them all. And it seems the exposures are spot-on.

Is this the Kiev II you got fom Fedka ?

Yes, it's that camera. There is still a little issue, but it's almost perfect,

 

[spiderfrank]

Yes very nice indeed, well done. I am impressed whith your images, how did you scan them and with what ?. I use an epson 4870 no matter how I try get some spots which I clean up with CS3. The scanner is wondefull for MF. If I was to use 35mm more I would get a dedicated scanner, but mostly I shoot digital or MF film.
Any way regardless of technique I really like the composition and contented of your work.
BTW just got a black 4a and 35mm lens from Yuri and it looks really good, post pics soon.

Ronald K. Johnson

ron

I have an Epson "Perfection 3170", that is all but "perfect" ;-)
Anyway... I scan at 2400 dpi in TIF, then remove the white points with Photoshop, and finally reduce the file to a 800x600 JPG with Faststone, adjusting the levels if needs...
The shot of the harbour has also a step in noiseware to reduce the "film grain effect" in the sky

 

[spiderfrank]

Very impressive, how did you meter ?


It would've been interesting to have people guess the lens 😉

Yes, I have a good lens, I saw the slides projected on the screen, and they are good... A lot of peaople couldn't believe it's a russian lens from 1957 !

To answer to your questiuon: I meter with a Sekonic L208 (the cheapest one), it's a good little tool...

 

[newspaperguy]

Very nicely done. I loved the back-lit ladies.