Old news ... GSN test roll

[Papercut]

Not "new news" to anyone who has used them before, but just got my test roll back from an ebay GSN purchase. Really, really pleased ... what a lovely lens and the meter is flawless too ... but you all knew that already!

Just throw away shots, nothing really special (and the scans are just craptacular low-res Walgreens' "Photo CD"!), but sure feels good to see results like this from a $50 camera!!

http://flickr.com/photos/22781179@N08/sets/72157604177861592/

Count me a convert!

 

[Keith]

Nice photos and I have to say the woman in the pics is strikingly photogenic!

Out of curiosity ... what film?

Seeing these 'my first pics from my Electro' posts always makes me wish I used mine more ... they really are a briliant camera. 🙂

 

[Papercut]

I think the film is in the descriptions -- Kodak 400CN. Processed and scanned at the local Walgreens. Mostly exposed at ISO 320, but a few at 400 and a few at 800.

Woman is my wife -- got way, way lucky. 🙂

Gah -- just realized that when you rotate the small thumbnails on Flickr, they don't rotate on the "All sizes" page! How silly is that... bleagh!

 

[Keith]

I wouldn't have picked that to be 400CN ... I used to use that film a lot and never got that sort of contrast with it.

The shots of your wife relaxing with the dog on the lounge really are in the zone of contrast that appeals to me.

 

[NickTrop]

You mean these photos weren't taken with a vintage, only 6 ever produced, 1957 multicoated Nikon Serranon 47/f1.2?

Know what the problem with the GSN is? It doesn't cost enough to appeal to camera snobs and it isn't rare enough.

Oh, the lens performs - literally, just as well as the most expensive cameras as evident in the wonderful series you shot (fave is the dog "kissing" you wife...). And it's faster on the draw, and you can premeter (important for natural light candids), and set aperture/depth of field... etc., etc., etc...

I defy anyone to look at this series and explain how any other rangefinder would produce better results. The GSN is the best 35mm camera ever made.
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[Papercut]

Having read the "other" thread on that subject, NickTrop, I'll just say "I agree 100%" and leave it at that! (I wonder if my GSN has any anxiety about the Zeiss Ikon ZM that should arrive tomorrow morning ... naaaaah, not a bit I'm sure.)

Keith, I've never used Kodak's chromogenic b/w before. Years ago I shot regularly with ilford's XP2, but I never got this sort of contrast with it either, so I wasn't expecting the results I got with the 400CN. I just grabbed whatever was closest at the camera store to run through as a test roll ... I'll definitely give it another try now though!

 

[seph barretto]

just picked mine up the other day for 25bucks! (dollars)

ive shot a roll of kodak black and white c41 on it, and im not shooting another roll before i have them both processed.

 

[Papercut]

seph -- hope the roll turns out wonderful. twice as good a deal as mine ;-) make sure you post a link so we can enjoy along with you?!

 

[tunznath]

Hi NickTrop - Dont evangelise about the G series electros too much - we want them for ourselves ;-) the converted

 

[imajypsee]

Keith

Keith

The contrast (and color) in those photos come from having the film developed and scanned at Walgreens (or Walmart). For some reason the scans come out with that sort of greenish tint; and I'm almost certain that they scan the prints not the negatives. When I first started using that film I had Walmart/Walgreens do the developing and scanning and really didn't like the color. Now, I've been sending it to Target for developing only and scanning myself and not getting the green tint.... which I now like.

And, I used my newly acquired GSN (would you believe I gave one away a couple of years ago) to do some photos for the local Harley folk who will use them for promos... I love my GSN.

I wouldn't have picked that to be 400CN ... I used to use that film a lot and never got that sort of contrast with it.

The shots of your wife relaxing with the dog on the lounge really are in the zone of contrast that appeals to me.

 

[Papercut]

There were no prints made from these -- developed and scanned only. They didn't even cut the negatives. The scans are from the negs, not prints.

 

[seph barretto]

seph -- hope the roll turns out wonderful. twice as good a deal as mine ;-) make sure you post a link so we can enjoy along with you?!

i just ran a kodak bw 400 roll on it (the one that isnt the cn version but still used c41 process) and also a fuji velvia 100 on it. will get the results from the lab tomorrow :dance:

 

[seph barretto]

i am in awe at what this camera can do

 

[ibcrewin]

i am in awe at what this camera can do

I'm in awe at what she can do!
😀:angel:

 

[Papercut]

Nice shot seph! love the nose-wrinkle! 😉 lens does a nice job

 

[imajypsee]

now that I think of it

now that I think of it

My scans from Walgreens/Walmart had the black borders that scanning negatives in batches will give. So, they must have scanned my negatives as well. Actually, they probably print from the scans... anyhow, I sure didn't get such nice quality as you got. I've rescanned some of those early ones because the scans were too dense.

Mary in Florida

There were no prints made from these -- developed and scanned only. They didn't even cut the negatives. The scans are from the negs, not prints.

 

[seph barretto]

Nice shot seph! love the nose-wrinkle! 😉 lens does a nice job

thanks!

heres one from a cross processed roll.

this little boat took us around Anilao Batangas (one of the best dive spots in the Philippines) to go island hopping.

Velvia 100F (cross processed)

 

[Papercut]

Lovely and sharp!! I like the cross-processing effect, too. Pic brings back memories of a family vacation in the Philippines -- bonka (spelling?) rides were some of the most memorable times of that trip.

 

[seph barretto]

Lovely and sharp!! I like the cross-processing effect, too. Pic brings back memories of a family vacation in the Philippines -- bonka (spelling?) rides were some of the most memorable times of that trip.

spelled as either "banka" or "bangka" and pronounced as is!

i cant stop using this camera. its now strapped onto my back all the time