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Erik van Straten

Erik van Straten

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Leica II, Voigtländer Color Skopar 50mm f/2.5, Tmax400 printed on Ilford MGIV fb.

Erik.

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It's a good lens, Erik, and that is what matters. As for the II, what you want is accurate focussing and correct shutter speeds: and, of course, no light leaks or curtain perforations.
 
Loved the composition. Is great to see these cameras in use. I have a 1A and have only put two films through it, but intend to use many more. It is a delight that cannot be matched by digital.
David
 
It may be an accurate representation of the tones of an overcast day, but as a photograph it is too dark overall.
 
Erik,

Nice to see your scans of actual prints. Are you using the glossy or matt Ilford MGIV?

The lasting impression from these examples to me is that with printing you can make even a new Color-Skopar look like it was made 50 years ago. The lens matters, but the printing can make a lot of difference.
 
Jerevan said:
Erik,

Are you using the glossy or matt Ilford MGIV?

The lasting impression from these examples to me is that with printing you can make even a new Color-Skopar look like it was made 50 years ago. The lens matters, but the printing can make a lot of difference.
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I use glossy MGIV fiberbase, great material.

Yes, but the character of te Color Skopar is very much like the old Leitz lenses, only the contrast is (much) higher.

Erik.
 
I'm not quite sure what I'm meant to be looking at here - are you demonstrating that this camera can take any type of photo, or something else? It's nice to know which camera body you used but its somewhat secondary to the end result which is more to do with lens, exposure, film, developement, paper etc.

Erik, I like your enthusiasm for sharing your pictures, but to help and educate us it would be of benefit if you could explain why you've chosen to post a specific image to illustrate the point you wish to convey.

In other images I've seen you post you've chosen them to demonstrate the characteristics of a specific lens and here it's related to a camera model.

Your comments will be enlightening, otherwise these may as well be in the photo gallery section.
 
Erik as an aside, eferring to the picture fo the canal, can you tell me the name of it. I was in Amsterdam some years ago and recognise it, having taken a picture from this same bridge and in the smae direction, unless I am mistaken. Although there was more water then.

To those others who have queried the images, I can attest to the fact that Amsterdam can be very foggy, moody and dark. I was very impressed with this fact when I first saw it...it reminded me of a painting by one of the Dutch or Flemish masters. I took photos in color at the time and loved the low contrast painterly look they had.
 
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peterm1 said:
referring to the picture fo the canal, can you tell me the name of it. I was in Amsterdam some years ago and recognise it, having taken a picture from this same bridge and in the same direction, unless I am mistaken.
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There are many bridges and canals in Amsterdam, but this one is the Amstelkanaal, wich is called on the left Amstelkade and on the right Jozef Israëlskade. It dates back from the early 20th century and is not in the center, but in the southern part of the town. It has nothing to do with the famous 17th century canals of Amsterdam. The bridge from wich the shot is taken is the passage from the Van Woustraat to the Rijnstraat. There is in fact a lot of water in the canal, but it is partly frozen, so it seems there is not much water in it.

Erik.
 
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Erik van Straten said:
I use glossy MGIV fiberbase, great material.

Yes, but the character of te Color Skopar is very much like the old Leitz lenses, only the contrast is (much) higher.

Erik.
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Yes, the glossy MGIV is very nice, although I was actually guessing it was the matt version. :) I agree that the Skopar has a higher contrast.
 
>Hi Erik, I have loved everyone. The important thing is the response to the image, irrespective of intent, body or lens. The pleasure was heightened, for me, by knowing that such a venerable camera was used. I find it reassuring! You have has much better results than my own efforts thus far. Every time the shutter clicks you learn something new (I reassure myself with this!).
How do you decide on exposure? I have metered from a DSLR, guessed and also used a Sekonic meter. Would be interested to here more of your own technique. Why the Leica 11?
Excellent pictures, love them.
David
 
Next: "Actual shots taken while using a Sekonic Light meter" - this thread makes no sense whatsoever. Besides that, the last one and the one with the bird plus thermometer are nice.

martin
 
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