Category: Analog Film

Do My Research

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I recently got a Jupiter 12 35mm/2.8 lens. A copy of the classic pre-WW II Carl Zeiss Biogon I picked it up inexpensively planning to use it on my Contax IIIa body, but after I bought it I found out the lens was not compatible, so in order to use the lens I needed to get a Kiev body. The Kiev was a Ukrainian-built copy of the Contax body. but with the lens comparability.  Luckily Kiev bodies are not expensive either. Together they make an impressive combination; I love the look of this lens in this test roll I finished yesterday in Taylor Creek Park!!

Kiev plus Jupiter 12

 

Kiev IIIa, Jupiter 12 35mm/2.8 lens,
Svema Foto 200 film developed in Pyrocat-HD,
1+1+100 fo 16 minutes @ 20 C

Portrait of the Artist: Channeling Lovecraft

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My images today are of my friend Leeman Kessler, actor and creator of the Ask Lovecraft video podcast. In this podcast, he portrays author H.P. Lovecraft, reanimated to answer viewer questions. In the photo shoot, I was shooting “behind the scenes” as he recorded an episode. Leeman can certainly channel intensity! I chose three images below:

Channeling Lovecraft 1

Channeling Lovecraft 2

Channeling Lovecraft 3

 

For this shoot I used my Mamiya 645 Pro TL and Rolleiflex E3 medium format cameras, shooting in available light wit with Ilford Delta 3200 film, and Kodak Tri-X film, pushed to EI 3200.

The Walkway

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Another image from the old railway station near Yonge/Summerhill in Toronto. I love what the 15mm lens does for scenes like this!

Walkway

 

Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helios 15mm/4.5 lens,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 for 16 minutes @ 20 C

Lines and Curves

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Still getting used to the Voigtlander Helios 15mm f4.5 Superwide angle lens, shot here with my 1930’s vintage Leica IIIa 35mm rangefinder body. I love what it does with the entrance an old train station (now a liquor store) near Yonge and Summerhill in Toronto, taken on a bitterly cold Saturday morning recently.

Old Train Station

 

Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helios 15mm/4.5 lens
Tri-X, developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 16 minutes @ 20 C

Commonplace

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An abandoned shopping cart is not that uncommon a sight in a large city, but I liked what the combination of the morning sunshine and the extreme wide-angle perspective did to it.

Grocery Cart

 

Leica IIIa, Voigtlander Helio 15mm/4.5 lens,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat-HD 1+1+100 for 16 minutes @ 20 C

Those Swirl the Days

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I love photo gear that imparts character to images, and this is one area where vintage film gear beats digital. This image was taken with an old Soviet-era Zenit 3M SLR, and a 58mm f2 Helios 44/2 lens. A Russian copy of the Zeiss Biotar lens, when stopped down to a small aperture it is quite sharp, but when used wide open (as it was in this image of my friend and fellow film fanatic Ori) you can get an amazing “Swirl” in the out of focus areas, especially away from the centre of the frame.

Shooting film

Zenit 3M SLR, Helios 44/2 58mm/f2 lens
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100,16 minutes

The Quiet of the Snow

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Another image from the snowy shoot with Justine this past Saturday in High Park. The snow is like nature’s diffuser: the light is softened and sounds are muted, sharp edges and angles are rounded by a covering of snow. This image is not tack-sharp, but for me I feel it captures the mood of the the shoot.

In the Quiet of the Snow

 

Rolleiflex E3, 75mm/3.5 Xenotar
Tri-X @ EI 800, developed in Diafine.
Post work with Lightroom and NiK Efex

Tree Stump

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This image of a lonely tree stump was taken in  Taylor Creek Park, using a Voigtlander Bessa L 35mm camera and 15mm/4.5 Heliar super wide angle lens. I loved the textures at this spot!.

Tree Stump

 

Bessa L, 15mm/4.5 Voigtlander Heliar, Svema Foto 200 film
developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 15.5 minutes @ 20 C

The Flat and the Curved

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My first post from 2015, with an image from one of my last rolls of 2014: I saw the ups and downs of the fence, against an eternally flat horizon.

The Straight and the Curved

 

Bessa R, 35mm/2.5 Voigtlander Skopar,
Tri-X developed in Pyrocat HD 1+1+100, 15.5 minutes @ 20 C