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K1 Does Black & White

September 4, 2016 Johnnyshoots Leave a comment

Really nice monochrome from the K1 and the Sigma 35mm Art. Also used the old 43mm 1.8 and the 77mm 1.8 both of which are surprisingly good with loads of personality.

Street, Travel

Results From Today’s Dev

August 21, 2016 Johnnyshoots Leave a comment

Formula-

Ilford HP5 rated at 400ISO
Developer- Kodak D76 Stock at 20 degrees
Agitation- Continuous for the first minute then 10 seconds every subsequent minute
Time- Eight minutes
Fix- Ten minutes
Wash- Twenty minutes
Scanner- Nikon LS9000 using Silverfast 8, 16 bit and multi-pass for a 150 megabyte file
Post- Lightroom clarity and sharpening

I exposed most of this by estimation and I was pretty much spot on, good to see that after twenty or so years of shooting I can still nail an exposure without resorting to a meter.

The older Hasselblad lenses are not as contrasty as the CF ones so you get beautiful creamy tonality with excellent edge sharpness- not bad for a lens almost as old as I am.

Product

The Ricoh GR- Pocket Power

August 20, 2016 Johnnyshoots Leave a comment

top — The Ricoh GR family, I still shoot the GR1v film version which is a tribute to the designers at Ricoh- a classic camera.

I have had a film GR1v for some time and it was one of the most impressive compact ever made, the lens was amazingly sharp so when I had the opportunity to try the Ricoh GR digital I was pretty keen.

billie-1 20160820 — The colors are rich and punchy with plenty of tonal range as the files are DNG- perfect for Lightroom and Photoshop.

billie-1 20160820-5 — Handles detail well although it would be nice if the sensor was the new Sony Exmor 24mp rather than the old 16mp one from the NEX-5. Time for an update.

billie-1 20160820-2.jpg — Black and white is pretty amazing and the AF although not lightning fast is OK.

billie-1 20160820-3.jpg — The lens is sharp and will close focus but why would you not have a viewfinder? This camera screams for one.

billie-1 20160820-7.jpg — The close focus is excellent.

Subtle details are rendered nicely by the APS-C sensor and the f2.8 lens.

billie-1 20160820-4 - Copy.jpg — Love the black & white.

Black & White, Product

K-1 And The Macro

August 14, 2016 Johnnyshoots Leave a comment

Got to try the K-1 and the 100 macro while in Canberra. Tiny for a modern lens but it seems to do the trick. Impressed by the K-1 camera, seems to handle just about anything including very wet rain forest.

Film, Street, Travel

The 500CM Goes To Shinjuku

July 24, 2016 Johnnyshoots Leave a comment

The 500CM was introduced in 1957 and remained in production until 1970, my one is from the mid “60s and is very worn. I shot exclusively on Ilford Hp5 developed in Kodak D76 or ID11 (pretty much the same developers). For a camera this old it didn’t miss a beat, no light meter so I guestimated the exposures and mostly was pretty close. The Reciprocal Rule works like this-

The ISO equals the shutter speed at f16 on a bright sunny day. So for the 500cm with 400 ISO film it works out as: f16 at 1/500 sec.

Scanned on the Nikon LS9000 scanner using SilverFast, slow but the quality is amazing.

I worked around that, opening up in the shadows by a couple of stops as needed, usually works fine and is a hell of a lot quicker than stuffing around with light meters.

Still have to do an edit