On the 4th I took my Nikon Nikkormat FS and $20 Nikkor-Q 20cm(!) lens and shot a roll of film. I finally developed and scanned it.
I'm good with the results:
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Friday, November 30, 2018
His Mind Is Not For Rent
I am looking to start a photography-centric blog, so I, naturally, went out and bought as much film as Meijer had in stock last night.
Today, I took off work for a bit and went for a walk in Central Park, and along a couple of nice places in Carmel, IN. I had 3 cameras and 3 36 exposure rolls of Fuji 200 speed film.
I did a roll in my Nikon Nikkormat FS, Minolta SRT-101 and SRT-102. I DID NOT, however, have my Nikon D40x digital camera with me so that I could set up the lenses correctly to account for the dreary, foggy day so I was literally eyeballing it with 3 cameras operating in completely mechanical mode. The Nikon doesn't have anything electrical in it at all, and the Minoltas use a battery exclusively for the light meter. But said battery is mercury-based, so no longer available and I don't have anything else in the slot to sort of work with.
So, with that in mind, these pictures may or may not come out super great at all. I haven't bought film for a very long time, and the last time I sent any off to be developed was August of 2017. I have maybe 10 rolls of who knows what sitting around the house that I shot mostly in October of 2017. Also, the SRT-101 may have had a light leak...The back was not fully closed. I'll find out next week, I guess.
Anyway, I realized something about my style today. With the digital camera I'm basically all over the place. Most of what I take comes out looking pretty good, with the occasional bit of junk. I feel like I experience the adventure almost exclusively through the viewfinder. Today with the 35mm cameras I was actually more engaged in my adventure even though it was for the sole purpose of using a roll of film in each camera. Yes, I was taking pictures left, right, up and down (literally!), but I was focusing on my surroundings (pun was unintentional for once) and trying to get a feel for the world that I was trying to take photos of. Those +/- 108 exposures took me longer to get through than any 108 exposures I have taken in any of the years since I got my D40x. That is no bad thing! I've gotten too swept up in the digital photography mindset.
In some ways my skills have improved, in some ways I have gotten lazy. I've known that for years, but today was the first time I actually took note of it in any sort of meaningful way.
Anyway, I sent off the film today for processing. I will patiently wait for the day it returns in it's developed form so I can scan it and start my series of "A roll with..." posts on both here and wherever my next blog ends up!
Today, I took off work for a bit and went for a walk in Central Park, and along a couple of nice places in Carmel, IN. I had 3 cameras and 3 36 exposure rolls of Fuji 200 speed film.
I did a roll in my Nikon Nikkormat FS, Minolta SRT-101 and SRT-102. I DID NOT, however, have my Nikon D40x digital camera with me so that I could set up the lenses correctly to account for the dreary, foggy day so I was literally eyeballing it with 3 cameras operating in completely mechanical mode. The Nikon doesn't have anything electrical in it at all, and the Minoltas use a battery exclusively for the light meter. But said battery is mercury-based, so no longer available and I don't have anything else in the slot to sort of work with.
So, with that in mind, these pictures may or may not come out super great at all. I haven't bought film for a very long time, and the last time I sent any off to be developed was August of 2017. I have maybe 10 rolls of who knows what sitting around the house that I shot mostly in October of 2017. Also, the SRT-101 may have had a light leak...The back was not fully closed. I'll find out next week, I guess.
Anyway, I realized something about my style today. With the digital camera I'm basically all over the place. Most of what I take comes out looking pretty good, with the occasional bit of junk. I feel like I experience the adventure almost exclusively through the viewfinder. Today with the 35mm cameras I was actually more engaged in my adventure even though it was for the sole purpose of using a roll of film in each camera. Yes, I was taking pictures left, right, up and down (literally!), but I was focusing on my surroundings (pun was unintentional for once) and trying to get a feel for the world that I was trying to take photos of. Those +/- 108 exposures took me longer to get through than any 108 exposures I have taken in any of the years since I got my D40x. That is no bad thing! I've gotten too swept up in the digital photography mindset.
In some ways my skills have improved, in some ways I have gotten lazy. I've known that for years, but today was the first time I actually took note of it in any sort of meaningful way.
Anyway, I sent off the film today for processing. I will patiently wait for the day it returns in it's developed form so I can scan it and start my series of "A roll with..." posts on both here and wherever my next blog ends up!
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Mamma Don’t Take My Kodachrome
Among all of the cameras that I own, my absolute favorite is a Nikon Nikkormat FS. I picked it up at Goodwill for $10 because it had an awesome lens on it. It may have been my first Nikon, I’m a little fuzzy on that point.
Anyway, I bought the thing in the spring or summer of 2011, and used it pretty frequently. It was, for a long time, the backup for the Minolta SRT-101 that I already owned. It had a longer lens, and was completely mechanical, so it was a lot more reliable than my Olympus OM-10 that I picked up at a flea market.
I learned so much with those three cameras that summer!
Anyway, when I got it the thing had a light leak due to a rotted out seal. Said light leak is apparent in some of the photos on the linked page. They are the ones with the bar of overexposure down the right side of the photos.
I cut a piece of weatherstripping off the door of the non-functioning Party Van at work, dug out the rotted out seal and glued the new rubber in it’s place…Problem solved!
Anyway, I never really posted any pictures of the actual camera, so here it is:
I really should take this thing to Robert’s and see if they can clean it out and get it calibrated to the point of like new again.
(From the Wikipedia) The Nikkormat FS, manufactured from 1965 to 1971, was an FT stripped of the built-in light meter with its exposure information system and the mirror lockup feature. The FS was unpopular when new because of the lack of a built-in meter, but this makes it rarer and more valuable than the FTs to collectors today.
Anyway, I bought the thing in the spring or summer of 2011, and used it pretty frequently. It was, for a long time, the backup for the Minolta SRT-101 that I already owned. It had a longer lens, and was completely mechanical, so it was a lot more reliable than my Olympus OM-10 that I picked up at a flea market.
I learned so much with those three cameras that summer!
Anyway, when I got it the thing had a light leak due to a rotted out seal. Said light leak is apparent in some of the photos on the linked page. They are the ones with the bar of overexposure down the right side of the photos.
I cut a piece of weatherstripping off the door of the non-functioning Party Van at work, dug out the rotted out seal and glued the new rubber in it’s place…Problem solved!
Anyway, I never really posted any pictures of the actual camera, so here it is:
I really should take this thing to Robert’s and see if they can clean it out and get it calibrated to the point of like new again.
(From the Wikipedia) The Nikkormat FS, manufactured from 1965 to 1971, was an FT stripped of the built-in light meter with its exposure information system and the mirror lockup feature. The FS was unpopular when new because of the lack of a built-in meter, but this makes it rarer and more valuable than the FTs to collectors today.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
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