I forgot the extreme ends of my collection - I have an almost complete spy setup of Minox B camera and accessories - just missing the packets of chemistry. I rigged up a couple of exacto blades to slit 35mm film to load in Minox cartridges, techpan and tri-x. I only played with the cameras though, no spy work. On the other end, I had a 20"x20" process camera on horizontal rails that I bought for the 19" lens. I mounted the lens on an 8x10 for portraits. One of the points I like about the Nikon system is that I can use all of my old Nikon glass on the current digital bodies. For my next photo adventure, I'm re-building the Woody's Pusher with a plexiglass dome nose with a mount for the D750 - I'll be able to "point and shoot" with the airplane, just like a gun camera in a fighter. My current favorite lens for aerial video is the Irix 11mm on the full frame D750 - almost fisheye coverage, but rectilinear drawing.
On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 6:29 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > When I was into B&W photography in high school I always preferred Ilford > film and paper. Seemed to have a higher contrast, deeper blacks, which I > liked, I thought Kodak always came out looking washed out and grey. > > Last time I shot any film was about a year ago, shot a roll of Fujicolor > 35mm and was aghast at what it cost to get the film processed and scanned > to digital. That pretty much put an end to any thoughts I had about getting > back into film photography. > > Allan > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2021, at 4:14 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > I typically shot Kodak Plus-X (ASA 125, IIRC) in black and white, > Vericolor for color negatives (rarely used) and both Ektachrome and > Kodachrome for color slides. For color I almost always shot slide film, as > it’s far more stable than color negative film and the dyes in it can be > complimentary to the type of subject you’re shooting, as in Ektachrome for > blues and Kodachrome for red. Besides that from an archival standpoint > color slide film, especially Kodachrome, is significantly more stable than > any other films. That and the print reversal process made it easy to get > prints out of color slides. > > > > I have 35mm Kodachrome slides my Dad shot in the 1950s that still look > like new. It was a sad day when they stopped selling Kodachrome, as well as > when the last lab, a place in Kansas, I believe, stopped processing it. > > > > -D > > > > > On Aug 18, 2021, at 2:23 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > I'm going to use the Indie Film lab: https://youtu.be/TCxoZlFqzwA > > > About $16/roll for the B&W stuff I bought. Until I went to buy film I > didn't realize that there was anything other than B&W in 120. I've never > used color in one. > > > -Curt > > > > > > On Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 2:17:30 PM EDT, Jim Cathey < > jim.cathey...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > >> Not only is 120 still available it's not really that expensive, 5 > rolls with shipping was less than $32. > > > > > > That's about 50 cents per shot, in 6x6 format, less in 6x4.5. Not too > bad. > > > Of course, developing and printing is extra. > > > > > > -- Jim > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
