Austintatious
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These look quite nice !
A bit better that the first batch, posted above. I think you are getting the hang of it 😀
A bit better that the first batch, posted above. I think you are getting the hang of it 😀
These look quite nice !
A bit better that the first batch, posted above. I think you are getting the hang of it 😀
I was wondering if you have glasses as many seem to be slightly unsharp, a possible focusing problem. It might be the viewing and taking lens are not quite aligned, something that can happen with the Rolleiflex if banged about a bit. Depending on the tech, checking this is or is not part of a servicing.
Also, do you use glasses? If so you may need to adjust for this. The built in magnifier may need to be changed out to meet your individual needs. I was thinking of this since the prior owner's shots seem more in focus. But, it might be simply a learing curve issue for you also, take your time in setting up the shots and like Santa's list keep checking the focus not once but twice.
Are you using a meter? It seems the ev of most of your shots is of or possibly the develop you are using is messing up the development. I had this happen with me. I used a local store that is part of a chain and the negatives were thin and flat. I thoguhtI was screwing it all up, I'd lost my touch but then decided to take 2 rolls of a shoot and have 1 roll developed at that shop and took the other to another shop and it was night and day in results. The chain store results were thin and dead while the other was near spot on technically. Same film, exposure meter, camera, lens, etc. so it was the store.
There are tripod adapters available in well equipped photo shops. If you don't find any I can send you one. You can buy a new screen for $30 from Rick Oleson (google by his name). In the meantime just stop down to f/11 or f/16.
Like this one (see the pic). They cost 1€ a piece here.
If you can't find one, just send me your name and address by PM and I'll send you one in a letter.
But shooting against light is very beautiful thing as well 😀
Beautifull photos!
shoot more before you get too drawn into needing this and that!
I really like them, your camera (and yourself) obviously got character.
oh yes: and nothing wrong with shooting into the sun!
I remember my moms advise from her 50s photography book not to shoot into the sun and to have sun in your back when shooting, resulting in the most borring family shoots imaginable...
When you have love for creating and presenting stories, music, creating mood, relationship distances, square:
Where I End and You Begin.
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"There's a gap in between
There's a gap where we meet
Where I end and you begin"
- Radiohead
Those are really nice shots! The last one especially appeals to me.
Now, on a technical note, did you take these at full aperture? The reason I ask is that I seem to detect slight vignetting in the corners of the images. Not that there's anything wrong with that - I quite like the effect myself - but it seems to be a frequently observed characteristic of older lenses at full aperture and I just wondered if that was likely to be the reason? I've certainly seen it much stronger than that on some old Voigtlander folding cameras I had. Not a criticism - just an observation.