My first rangefinder images

[Ronald_H]

Canon Canonet GIII 17 QL

Posted these before in a reply but I'd like to have more feedback. Or is it just vanity? Anyway, pics taken in the Marshall Museum in Overloon, the Netherlands. Film: Ilford FP4+ (rated at 250). Developer: Diafine. Scanner: Nikon Coolscan V. This is literally the first roll I ever shot with a rangefinder, basically to test the state the Canon is in. No worries there then 😉

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[bmattock]

Nice photos!

 

[craygc]

Certainly not the sort of things I'd be found photographing but you have some really nice tonality going here ...great work Ronald!

 

[charjohncarter]

Excellent subjects, I'll have to go there some time, I went to a cool similar museum in Paris. I guess you don't have to worry about the camera, everything looks great.

 

[Ronald_H]

Thanks guys. As for the content, what can you do on a boring gray Sunday?

The national war and resistance museum in Overloon (The Marshall museum is a part of it) is my country's largest museum devoted to remembering WWII.

The first time I was there as a kid I was just about old enough to grasp what war is all about... and I still remember being more impressed by the documentation center than by the exhibits outside. Fast forward 25 years and the museum still has all the information you could want how life was in The Netherlands during the war years. It also has an excellent collection of WWII vehicles and beyond, the best stuff is now restored and tucked safely inside as well. Mostly US stuff, but also German, Russian and British.

If you are a US citizen you will probably appreciate the Marshall museum a lot.

 

[jplomley]

Are you scanning these with GEM enabled or using some other noise reduction program? Also wondering what sharpening techniques you are using not to overemphasize the grain.

 

[Ronald_H]

No grain or noise reduction was applied at all. I resized the originals and applied very slight unsharp masking. Although FP4+ is rather grainy and grain does not translate well to a computer screen at that, I resisted the temptation.

The GEM feature I never use btw; if I want to reduce grain I use noise reduction software (Neat image). Grain IS noise after all. I usually copy the processed image over the original and adjust opacity for the best results.