Konica SLR half-frame

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Do you have an early Konica AR with the half-frame option? Post your halves here.

I was recently given a mint Autorex + 57 1.4. The lens is a dramatic sketching tool. Using the half-frame option with full frame development makes me seek cool juxtapositions.













 
No Konica here, but I did this with all my halfframe cameras. Lots of fun.
I really like your tombstone pictures, Robert. Being a stonemason myself I can feel the work my fellow workers have done in the past.
 
Just a general question about half-frames. If you want both shots to be on the same print, is that do-able (e.g. new full frame at every even number) or do you need to fix that pp?
 
Thanks, Zeno. I would love to see some of your stonework in your photos. Pioneer Cemetery is 16 acres next to the university where I work. No really old stones--the cemetery dates to the 1860s--but many interesting stories and textures in what's there. Soon I think I'll do some work in the older Masonic cemetery, on a forested hill in my neighborhood. It's where the city 'founder' Eugene Skinner is buried, along with many early city elders, professors, deans, et al. Even better variety of stonework there. My wife and I have bought our own plots there, a 5 minute walk from home. Both cemeteries are notable for how well forested they remain, including massive firs over 150' tall (still young as Douglas firs go; planted around 1867).

Griffin: it depends on your tech. I assume a standard 35 frame scanner would produce images like these. I haven't done my own development in many years, but the folks at Dot Dotson Photos (3rd generation, going strong) can scan the half frames as individual frames or as full frames, which then retain the overexposed dividing line between frames. I treat this as a tool for emphasis or juxtaposition, so plan my paired shots carefully. (Best to shoot a whole roll of half-frame to avoid getting the wrong pairings...).

I love this Autorex and its 57/1.4; the full-frame shots are just wonderful. But I also just purchased a 40/1.4 for my Pen FT (which I got cheap with 50-90 zoom), and it should produce similar results in a smaller package.
 
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