Bikes and film are a natural combo, especially steel bikes with friction shifters!
Here are a few flicks from around town. "Town" being Portland, Oregon. My Bike Film Flickr Album <https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnandrewbennett/albums/72177720305975159> John "Rivelo" Bennett *PS: *Thread contributor (above) Shawn Granton has a cool bike / film club. More info here. <https://bikesandfilmcamerasclub.wordpress.com/about/> On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 9:41:19 AM UTC-8 RichS wrote: > Hi Drew, > > Nice work! I especially like the image of the trees (third one going to > the right). That's some quality printing! I'm impressed you're toting a 4x5 > while riding your Quickbeam. Do you carry a small tripod for the Ebony? > Back in the day I used a variety of 4x5s and a very old Ansco 8x10. My last > 4x5 was a Deardorff, made in Chicago. With a Tiltall tripod, film holder, > light meter, etc. it never ocurred to me to try and fit onto a bike! > > Best, > Rich in ATL > > On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 12:19:25 PM UTC-5 Drew Saunders wrote: > >> Looking at my Flickr stream, I only found two photos of my Riv taken with >> a film camera. I thought I had done more over the years, but maybe I just >> haven't scanned them and put them up. >> https://flic.kr/p/67KheV >> https://flic.kr/p/67PtfS >> >> They're obviously taken one after the other, back on Pi Day of 2009. I >> don't recall if I had any pie that day. Anyway, I have long since sold that >> Fuji GA645zi medium format "monster point and shoot" (of course, I sold it >> before the prices exploded...grumble), but I do ride my Quickbeam when I'm >> taking the large format 4x5" Ebony camera out to shoot at local gardens. I >> just haven't yet turned the lens on the bike, maybe I will next time. >> >> That Fuji camera had a data back, so it could imprint focal length and >> exposure information in the gap between frames, which was quite handy. >> >> Drew >> >> On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:29:44 AM UTC-8 jamin orrall wrote: >> >>> Thanks Eric! I appreciate all your contributions to this forum. >>> >>> Thank you Shoji, I bought the frames secondhand from 2 different owners. >>> By coincidence I ended up with 2 Waterfords with custom paint that I did >>> not pick but I am enjoying the colors as well, they really blend in with >>> the landscape. >>> >>> On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 7:06:24 AM UTC-8 Shoji Takahashi wrote: >>> >>>> Great colors-- something special about film. >>>> >>>> Speaking of colors, I love that color on the Atlantis. >>>> >>>> Shoji >>>> Arlington MA >>>> >>>> On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 8:46:45 AM UTC-5 eric...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dang, Jamin, these are great. I especially like that pic of your Homer >>>>> in shadow with the mountains in the sun. Really good! >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 8:17:57 PM UTC-5 jamin orrall wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Accidentally posted this to ibob so I'm moving it here! (pretty >>>>>> Rivendell specific) >>>>>> >>>>>> Got a roll of film back yesterday and it had several shots of my >>>>>> bikes/rides! I thought ya'll might enjoy! Feel free to post any recent >>>>>> Rivendell film shots if you have some. >>>>>> >>>>>> Taken with a Nikon FE on Kodak portra film. Still learning how to >>>>>> use an slr and it's kinda heavy/bulky but I got inspired by all those >>>>>> RSF >>>>>> riders with big honkin cameras slung across their backs. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jamin >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: 000005810033 Large.jpeg] >>>>>> [image: 000005810029 Large.jpeg][image: 000005810023 Large.jpeg][image: >>>>>> 000005810020 Large.jpeg] >>>>>> >>>>>> [image: 000005810008 Large.jpeg][image: 000005810007 Large.jpeg] >>>>>> [image: 000005810015 Large.jpeg] >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/85fefdb4-294a-4a66-ab4d-3b8d6f843348n%40googlegroups.com.
