One camera, one lens, one roll, a 2-year project.

[Dingo]

Guys,

You tried it before ? This is actually not a serious project at all, and may be some of you are doing it right now. I loaded a Kiev 4A with a roll of Fujicolor 200 2 years ago, then shot with it at times. When the film was finished I took it to develop and scan by a lab...... The result is stunning!

Almost half of the photos are more than satisfactory ( I believe my standard is too low, ha ha ), and the Helios-103 is really amazing too.

Here comes some of the photos, comments appreciated :

Go see the rest:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19654383@N00/sets/72157622501020330/

Thanks!

 

[Jonas]

The last one is really nice! Lots of layers there.

 

[meven]

I just saw them on your Flickr account. They are good and the helios is very sharp!

 

[Dingo]

Thanks Jonas and meven! Yes, the lens is great, up to modern lens standard.

 

[Windscale]

Can you tell me where you go for the scanning? Do they do scanning of 6x6? I am not good with computers at all. Your work is nice. Now I only carry one camera when I go out. The days of carrying heavy gears have long been gone!

 

[Dingo]

Can you tell me where you go for the scanning? Do they do scanning of 6x6? I am not good with computers at all. Your work is nice. Now I only carry one camera when I go out. The days of carrying heavy gears have long been gone!

A really 'local' lab here in Hong Kong, but they gives very high resolution 6300X4100 !

Yeah, I prefer simple gears too, feeling 'light' when shooting.

 

[gohaj]

This is really interesting!

 

[januaryman]

As soon as I saw the colors and the sharpness, I knew it was the Helios. Love that lens. I need to take it out more.

 

[Dingo]

As soon as I saw the colors and the sharpness, I knew it was the Helios. Love that lens. I need to take it out more.

Yeah, it is a great lens, and you don't need to pay a lot for it. BTW, with the DIY adaptor I can use it on my M bodies too!!!

 

[januaryman]

Wouldn't I love that! The Kiev 4AM is okay, but not my ideal camera. Wish I had an adapter like that for my Leica.

 

[Dingo]

Wouldn't I love that! The Kiev 4AM is okay, but not my ideal camera. Wish I had an adapter like that for my Leica.

Find a broken Kiev and a cheap L>M adaptor, with some cutting, filing, drilling.... you can do it too.

 

[Roger Warren]

Great colors