maxmuenster
Newbie
Ok, this is actually not the very first roll i put through my rangefinder, it's the third - but these are the first results to be published so far.
i really would like to show some stuff from the first two films, but those rolls were slides and i didnt have the time/money/equipment to get them digitalized. so what you see here, are cheap scans from our hp all-in-one office printerscannerhwhatever - contactprints 10x15cm in size, scanned at 300dpi.
high quality scans as you correctly assume.
the film was relabeled 400 ISO fuji from a local grocery store chain. certainly not a relabeled superia i would guess looking at the colors.
however, about the most important part, the pictures:
i was at the birthdayparty of my grandmother's (75th) and left the boring conversations at the kitchentable soon after coffee and cake, to start a photographic journey through the house. i used to live in this house until my 6th birthday, we then moved to our own house - i assume living in the same house as his mother in law wasnt quite easy at times for my father. we left the rooms empty, and my grandparents renovated them.
the rooms are not in use at this moment, empty and even freshly painted - the more suprising it was for me to still recognize some kind of secureness - even though i havent put a foot inside those rooms for good 12 years.
the feeling of standing in an totally empty, perfectly renovated, with the scent of fresh paint in the air, something that would seem strangely sterile to must people, but still recognizing the room itself, evoking memories from my childhood (sitting at the kitchentable, swallowing that lego-brick, etc.) was so surreal, i just had to take pictures of those empty, yet familiar rooms.
the other pictures are just plain looks outside of the windows and of the abandoned flat of my dead great-grandmother.
working with a rangefinder in this situation was really a revelation - it was just so extremely intuitive working with the cam, something my fuji s5 pro would never give me in this situation.
i'm quite sure, that these pictures cannot transport what i was experiencing in those rooms - i hope i could just make my personal approach into rangefinderphotography visible.
bessa r2a + vc ultron 35 1.7
regards,
max
i really would like to show some stuff from the first two films, but those rolls were slides and i didnt have the time/money/equipment to get them digitalized. so what you see here, are cheap scans from our hp all-in-one office printerscannerhwhatever - contactprints 10x15cm in size, scanned at 300dpi.
high quality scans as you correctly assume.
the film was relabeled 400 ISO fuji from a local grocery store chain. certainly not a relabeled superia i would guess looking at the colors.
however, about the most important part, the pictures:
i was at the birthdayparty of my grandmother's (75th) and left the boring conversations at the kitchentable soon after coffee and cake, to start a photographic journey through the house. i used to live in this house until my 6th birthday, we then moved to our own house - i assume living in the same house as his mother in law wasnt quite easy at times for my father. we left the rooms empty, and my grandparents renovated them.
the rooms are not in use at this moment, empty and even freshly painted - the more suprising it was for me to still recognize some kind of secureness - even though i havent put a foot inside those rooms for good 12 years.
the feeling of standing in an totally empty, perfectly renovated, with the scent of fresh paint in the air, something that would seem strangely sterile to must people, but still recognizing the room itself, evoking memories from my childhood (sitting at the kitchentable, swallowing that lego-brick, etc.) was so surreal, i just had to take pictures of those empty, yet familiar rooms.
the other pictures are just plain looks outside of the windows and of the abandoned flat of my dead great-grandmother.
working with a rangefinder in this situation was really a revelation - it was just so extremely intuitive working with the cam, something my fuji s5 pro would never give me in this situation.
i'm quite sure, that these pictures cannot transport what i was experiencing in those rooms - i hope i could just make my personal approach into rangefinderphotography visible.
bessa r2a + vc ultron 35 1.7
regards,
max
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Naumoski
Well-known
I like the DOF, colors and light. Widnow light it's always brilliant and gives true colors, especially on cloudy days.
I am curious, does this lens give such vignetting? I like that, but it's different on some photos, i gues it's due the different lighting situations.
I am curious, does this lens give such vignetting? I like that, but it's different on some photos, i gues it's due the different lighting situations.
Gregoryniss
Well-known
I really enjoy the colors of this film... haha what was it?
Great shots by the way, especially the wine and landscape of the houses/road.
Great shots by the way, especially the wine and landscape of the houses/road.
batterytypehah!
Lord of the Dings
Thanks for sharing these and don't give up on the slides. Try capturing them off the projection screen with your DSLR, or directly if you have a macro setup.
Neare
Well-known
This is great work, you've got your 'style' of photography showing throughout. Especially like the one with the crosses above the bed.
Gorgeous colour too, you pulled up a good roll.
Gorgeous colour too, you pulled up a good roll.
maxmuenster
Newbie
sorry double negative, muenster in my case is just my family name - we're from bavaria, actually, a bit on the other end of germany 
. no connection to the city muenster as far as we know. But we do actually have relatives in the states in connecticut that found us through genealogy (google translate gave me this word, dunno if its right). they are not called muenster , tho.
the film is just the domestic brand ISO 400 of a local drugstore - according to the box, it is made in japan, so i suppose its from fuji. very cheap - in fact the same ISO 200 no name film is about 40% of the price of a "real" fuji superia 200. but superia has given me way better results in the past.
about the vignetting - there is vignetting on this lens - but from the few results i have by now, i can only say, that it strongly depends on the lighting situation and the focus distance.
for example the picture with the stove: it was only lit by a small windowjust behind me, so the falloff to the edges is both vignetting and natural lighting. the vignetting effect ist probably slightly increased on some pics, because i subtly postprocessed the scans in photoshop, to let them look more like the contactprints.
personally, tho, i really love vignetting.
thx again for the positive feedback, i will probably give that pic-of-projection thingy a try this evening !
regards,
max
. no connection to the city muenster as far as we know. But we do actually have relatives in the states in connecticut that found us through genealogy (google translate gave me this word, dunno if its right). they are not called muenster , tho.the film is just the domestic brand ISO 400 of a local drugstore - according to the box, it is made in japan, so i suppose its from fuji. very cheap - in fact the same ISO 200 no name film is about 40% of the price of a "real" fuji superia 200. but superia has given me way better results in the past.
about the vignetting - there is vignetting on this lens - but from the few results i have by now, i can only say, that it strongly depends on the lighting situation and the focus distance.
for example the picture with the stove: it was only lit by a small windowjust behind me, so the falloff to the edges is both vignetting and natural lighting. the vignetting effect ist probably slightly increased on some pics, because i subtly postprocessed the scans in photoshop, to let them look more like the contactprints.
personally, tho, i really love vignetting.
thx again for the positive feedback, i will probably give that pic-of-projection thingy a try this evening !
regards,
max