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Thanks folks.

McGregNi wrote:
Kris, these have that special quality that only the film (and scanning process) could provide. Nice viewpoints and great DOF too.

Having stopped shooting film a while ago, what jumps (back) out at me are the blown highlights out the windows, something that I now routinely eliminate on digital, in the quest to obtain a full DR with detail (although of course we don't really get detail back into these sorts of hotspots, only a greyer tone which is less distracting).

This sort of characteristic is of course 'natural' to negative film (this is neg isn't it?) - we just get used to not seeing it now. I always understood to 'expose for the shadows - let the hotspots go', and its interesting to see it here. Hey, like everyone else here, guess you just can't wait to go Full Frame eh

If I was doing my own developing I could try and pull back the highlights by exposing differently and adjusting the developing time a la Mr Adams. Full frame? Personally I'd love to go back to Wells and shoot these on my 5x4 view camera. These days I hardly shoot any digital images. At the moment I am using my Agfa Isolette II (a medium format folder I got from a charity shop for £12.50), a Werra IV (an East German 35mm rangefinder from about 1957) and my ME-F with my newly acquired (and functioning! yay!) AF35-70 lens. I used my K20D for the first time in ages today and that was to photograph some keys I am returning to the dealer.

Cheers, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on Wells Cathedral Chapter House at 17/11/2012 - 18:27

Dodge69 wrote:
How To Poop In Heels - ??? lol

Clearly a necessary skill in some circles...

There are some truly terrible images on that site.

K.

Comment by womble posted on your not a photographer at 17/11/2012 - 18:19

I do wonder if the sloping horizons are the result of the film-maker...? I'll see when I go! K.

Comment by womble posted on Ansel Adams Expo, Greenwich at 17/11/2012 - 13:29

I have been plotting to visit this exhibition since I first heard about it. Adams is my favourite photographer. I have read his autobiography (a really good read and highly recommended) and have his series of books "the camera", "the negative" and "the print". Of the prints that are around some are by Adams himself, some are prints made under licence. He was also a superb pianist and was a hair's breadth from becoming a musician. A truly fascinating and talented man.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Ansel Adams Expo, Greenwich at 17/11/2012 - 13:21

If you're in the UK send it to Robin at Harrow Technical, if you're in the US send it to Eric Hendrickson.

With a good professional CLA it'll work for years more. It seems a bit expensive, but I personally think it is worth it to have a reliable camera.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Me Super on the fritz..... at 17/11/2012 - 12:51

Pentax ME-F, SMC Pentax-M 20mm f/4 lens, Fuji Neopan 1600, scanned using a Minolta scan dual II and slightly tweaked in CS3.

Cheers, Kris.

Comment by womble posted on Wells Cathedral Chapter House at 17/11/2012 - 12:48

Try Harrow Technical? Probably cheaper and definitely faster than the "official" Pentax service centre which would probably not deal with discontinued film cameras anyway.

K.

Comment by womble posted on 645 experience at 16/11/2012 - 09:52

Try sanding the contacts and the battery cover (which acts as a contact). Surprisingly little corrosion from a dead battery will stop the current passing.

K.

Comment by womble posted on Electrically Dead ME Super at 13/11/2012 - 16:54

Brilliant.

Comment by womble posted on New York Blackout at 10/11/2012 - 23:09

I mainly use my ultrawide (the Pentax 12-24) for architecture and urban stuff. Out in the countryside I often find myself using something longer. On film, I love 135mm for landscape!

K.

Comment by womble posted on Landscape Newbie at 08/11/2012 - 12:59

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