What camera are you carrying RIGHT NOW?

Chris101 said:
I'm curious as to your opinion of that film Keith.
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I'm a bit sort of ho hum about it actually. I've got 100ft of it in a bulk loader and only used a few rolls so far and it hasn't exactly impressed me. It suits certain subjects but tends to have that same slightly muddy look that HP5 possesses.

I shot this roll at 200 ISO to see if I get a little more bite and contrast from it with a one stop push.

And ... I shot the whole roll with the 300mm f4.5 Zuiko on a tripod ... lots of bird life in the trees at the GF's place and I think I got some nice shots this morning off the deck of the lurking Kookaburras who are ever ready to swoop in and try and steal your breakfast! 😀
 
Keith said:
... It suits certain subjects but tends to have that same slightly muddy look that HP5 possesses. ...
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Thanks! That makes perfect sense to me.

Keith said:
... I got some nice shots this morning off the deck of the lurking Kookaburras who are ever ready to swoop in and try and steal your breakfast! 😀
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We have this cute little kid's song about kookaburras here. It's good to hear they have an evil side. 😉
 
Chris101 said:
Thanks! That makes perfect sense to me.



We have this cute little kid's song about kookaburras here. It's good to hear they have an evil side. 😉
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They're absolute mongrels! Where I live one swooped on some poor toddler eating something (they see kids as easy marks) and drove it's beak clean through the kid's cheek in a misjudged attempt to get the food! 😱
 
Right now, I’m sitting at home, at my desk. The Bessa R is about 35cm away from my right hand, the Sony alpha 300 maybe 40cm...
In the last days, I carry my Bessa R everywhere, I bring it to school, bring it along, when I’m in the city... So, my Bessa R is my everyday camera 🙂
 
I'm on point duty looking after girlfriend's sick cat, in Cricklewood north London. In front of me is the cat and pal bookbinder Nick's old 111f which I bagged off him to try out, s/n 4244** which I think makes it '47. The toplate is marked D.R.P (Deutsche Reichs Patent) so does this mean the toplate was manufactured before 1945? The lens is a nice folding Summitar 5cm which I have just tried out on my M8 with a Milich LTM adaptor, and my first impressions are good. I've only just bought a '37 'standard' in black - I like black paint, but don't have much experience with LTMs. I'm looking forward to putting a roll through this camera too....
 
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I just packed my stuff for our road trip (Lisa and me are going to visit the great Lluis aka sinetsin here on RFF down in Catalonia), so I have the M2, M4, Mamiya 6 and a bunch of lenses all set up and ready. mediterranean sea begs for colour slides so I threw in a few 120s and 135s of that in as well.
I've got to find more tri-x on the way though, 8-9 rolls are not quite enough...
 
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I drove to Frankfurt airport today to pick my daughters from NYC. My passenger was an M4-P and Leicameter with a 50 summicron late generation.
I used Agfapan 400 as gas.
 
I'm trying the two lens bit: but on 2 dRFs:
An M8 with a CV28/1.9 for 35mm FOV, and my RD1s with a Lux 50mm making it a 75mm FOV; I'm prepping for a NYC trip in a couple weeks, and I wanted to try this outfit, so thought I would get a little practice in to work out the glitches before I need to be Johnny on the spot in NYC.
 
Took my bike to Royal Ground on Fillmore to do some work. M2 & Elmar-M 50/2.8 with LegacyPro400@1600 tagged along with me.

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Chris101 said:
"A kookaburra just ate my baby!"

Keith, I hope one day to climb the Alps so that I may visit your strange land.
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Back to your question about Rollei Retro ... pushing it to 200 certainly boosted the contrast!

A couple of local vandals! 😛


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Just returned from seeing my cousin off at Heathrow airport - took an M2, Zeiss Opton Sonnar with Amedeo's adapter. Took one or two pics - hope they come out ok - film was Fuji Pro 400H.
 
It seems I can't start developing before 11pm. Just finished fixing and Neopan 400 @ 1600 from Rolleicord V is now being washed out. Still in Limbo of E-PL1 vs G2 dilemma. Toying with E-PL1 & 20/1.7, shooting my kitty cat, and M2 & Elmar-M 50/2.8 is on coffee table.
 
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