Whitby Abbey at Dusk

Paul, that is very, very good.
The composition, the mono treatment,the moon, the clouds, the grain.....
wonderful.

Thanks for letting us see.

Roger.

Just love that composition and those clouds, superb.

Typical of you to find a beautiful and unique angle on this well frequented spot, Paul.

Makes my shots from a couple of weeks back look absolute garbage! Thanks for that!

Excellent, it works very well with the square crop which almost seems to be your hallmark. I think you need a 645D...
I do find that grain never looks quite the same digitally as it does on film, but I sometimes wonder if that'd because I have come to view noise as a nuisance to be got rid of in PP or whether Adobe and others just haven't got it right on that one thing yet.

Thanks for looking and commenting, guys.

Alien', I really do want to lay my hands on a digital medium format camera of some kind, whether it be the new 645D or a Rollei with a digital back, but these things cost far too much.
If I go the film route, then it would be the Mamiya 7II rangefinder or something similar. There is a Mamiya rangefinder that shoots square frames but I've forgot the marque of it. And then of course it comes down to having the ability to scan stuff to a decent quality into a digital file. More money...

I have always loved grain in the film days, and i'm not adverse to noise, but not the chroma kind. I like the noise/ grain that my K20D produces at ISO 800, it is lovely and film-like in my view, 'fine' too.

Well I would love to see what you could do with a medium format camera.....

Nice composition. I agree with the comments above.

Perhaps you mean the Mamiya 6?

There's a review here.

Ever considered a Rollei? I have a Rolleiflex T with the 3.5 Tessar. Gives me the option to shoot 645 as well as 66 and not too bulky.

Like the image btw; the crescent moon and Whitby Abbey is a nice touch.

Oh yeah thanks, of course it's the Mamiya 6.
I would love to try out the Rolleiflex T. I'll definately search around online for it's price and info'. I enjoyed reading about it in your link too, cheers.

What set-up do you have for scanning your negs or slides? Personally for me, getting back into film means a good to great quality option for scanning, not to mention investing in a hard drive or two for what's to come...

Hi Pauly,

I'm afraid I can't help you on the scanner setup as I get a commercial photographer to scan my films at high resolution using his setup, for a nominal fee.

I use my Rolleiflex for medium format, a Nikon F Photomic FTN outfit with vintage Nikkor lenses for critical 35mm.

If I want to go really mobile then I use my Minox B.

Someone who uses a similar setup is Jim Stipovich and you can judge the quality of his results here.

Hope this helps.