Crombie wrote:
A wonderful mystery hidden away in 2 antique cameras I came upon while on recent vacation in PEI. Doing the tourist thing always looking for old cameras came upon an Adox 120 roll film folding camera with a Schneider Radionar 4.5 105 lense. Opening it to my delight was an exposed roll of Ansco 'All Weather'. I believe this film was discontinued in the late 50's or early 60's, anyone know for sure? Next in a harbor shop selling nautical stuff I spotted this worn leather case on a back shelf and asked to have a peek, the retired seaman handing it to me saying he had now idea what was in it... sometimes there is magic!
A 3A series 2 Kodak folding camera in very good condition, This is a relative giant using 122 film, this is almost a LF format with a width of 43/4" and a rising front standard. And once again I find exposed film, Kodak 'Verichrome Pan'.
I only returned from PEI last night and will mix some fresh Microphen this evening and will with my fingers crossed process this way outdated film Wednesday night and will of course share the results with you.
I'm over the moon with this chance to take a peek into a time past and forgotten.
Crombie
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Okay, both rolls of film are now processed with the 122 film just drying. The 120 6x9 'All Weather' Ansco film from the Adox camera has one interesting and salvageable image with the film almost opaque save for this one of a youngster. The 122 just processed is a surprise with no fog or physical density, it has one wonderful shot of a group of kids outdoors in what looks like a fishing harbor, it's sharp. The other huge neg is way out of focus of a mother and baby shot in a small living room.
Give me a couple of days to post these, I'll first show them unprocessed and then after pp. I'm very pleased as these film have been hibernating a very long time.
Good morning all!
A quick update. The Micophen processed Ansco 'All Weather' 120 film (circa 1950) is almost black, no big surprise, but there's one 6x9 salvageable image of a youngster posed full length that is sharp. This roll is from the German Adox folding camera with a Schneider lense. So I'm very pleased and will post this once scanned, and tonight the 122 will be dipped and dunked.
I shot a roll of TMY with this Adox and the negs look technically darn good, so all in all I'm very pleased!
I also used Promicrol back in the day and wish it was still available. Never used it diluted more than 1:1 and the chemistry is fun to experiment with.
Really appreciate your interest. Tonight will tell the story after processing and for me some fogging is welcome and hope for some kind of less than perfect family shots, an old fishing boat would cap and gown it...
Sorry, my first post and should have been more specific. Prince Edward Island is a quaint island connected to New Bruinswick Canada via a 7km long bridge.
Bromide I think is listed as a fog inhibitor which of course I don't have so I figure pp can negate any lack of contrast. Both rolls the backing is very tight to the spools so this is good news and there's no fungus or signs of moisture exposure to the cameras so this is also good news.
My thought is to process the 120 in Ilford Microphen for 8 minutes with almost constant gentle agitation, any suggestions would be appreciated. For the 122 I'll fill a 4x5 tank with the Microphen in total dark do a sort of dip & dunk by hand.
Last year I bought a 4x5 Calumet with holders and 6 of the holders had exposed Tri-X and of course processed them to find very crisp images of coastal shorelines which I think were shot on the East coast. I confirmed this was from an estate no contact information was available for me make contact to see if anyone might like to have this photography. I think estates is where these gems mostly come from. The search continues...
A wonderful mystery hidden away in 2 antique cameras I came upon while on recent vacation in PEI. Doing the tourist thing always looking for old cameras came upon an Adox 120 roll film folding camera with a Schneider Radionar 4.5 105 lense. Opening it to my delight was an exposed roll of Ansco 'All Weather'. I believe this film was discontinued in the late 50's or early 60's, anyone know for sure? Next in a harbor shop selling nautical stuff I spotted this worn leather case on a back shelf and asked to have a peek, the retired seaman handing it to me saying he had now idea what was in it... sometimes there is magic!
A 3A series 2 Kodak folding camera in very good condition, This is a relative giant using 122 film, this is almost a LF format with a width of 43/4" and a rising front standard. And once again I find exposed film, Kodak 'Verichrome Pan'.
I only returned from PEI last night and will mix some fresh Microphen this evening and will with my fingers crossed process this way outdated film Wednesday night and will of course share the results with you.
I'm over the moon with this chance to take a peek into a time past and forgotten.
Crombie
What I'm reading is certainly to the point and mostly well informed. I've been teach at the college level for a fair amount of time and there's been change in the attitude of aspiring photographers. The new breed think they mostly know it all and are looking for 'tips' or ways to refine their magical talent. They don't listen, they'll argue with a mentor right out of the bat. I learned by listening to pro photographers who would unselfishly share their knowledge.
Now, it's buy and camera and instantly a photographer is born, very darn sad. The photo industry sells this with advertising like; gloriously expressing your creativity by capturing the so and so fantastic images with the newest revolutionary wiz bang mk11!!!
It's been a long day and yes I'm being a wee bit outspoken, comes with age not always wisdom.
I'm a career freelancer with experience as a photo/assignment editor. Technical excellence is a given. The absolute critical element is the individuals personality, the ability to work with people, have their trust with their full co-operation and to improvise. I've seen portfolios presented to me that blew my mind to the point of envy. But most of these shooters could not function in the real world of time lines or to the specific parameter's demanded by an editor or art director.
Consumer type photography like wedding's is fairly easily learned so the above is somewhat irrelevant for this level of pro photography.
Ah, sorry, Micro Four Thirds. This is the size of the sensor which is smaller than Nikon's and Canon's. But before making a decision based on the sensor size do some research.
Best!
Hi,
My I suggest you take a close look at the MFT offerings from Olympus and Panasonic. About 5 years ago I traded all my big Nikon equipment in for the technically advanced Olympus EM1's and lenses. What a difference, from a monster heavy shoulder bag to a wonderful Think Tank around my waist. Image quality is there in spades. I shoot professionally with a high bench mark set not by me but by art directors and assignment editors, MFT!
I agree with ya, a hood is best.
If you're paying a premium price for a lens expecting it'll give you the sharpest possible image then it only makes sense to take some time to research what filter(s) are consistent with your expectations. I'm a retired freelancer photojournalist with 30 years experience including combat assignments and had but one front element damaged.
The published lense tests usually look for ghosting, flare, etc. and how many times have they done these tests with and without a filter. Give this a wee bit of thought as to the why.
Hi, years ago a main stream magazine made tests using a Leica 50 Summicron with and without a Leica UV filter and the resolution loss was a almost 20%. And yes they tried additional copies of the expensive Leica UV with the same shocking results.
A filter is like adding an additional front element to your lense and if we think it's of the same optical precision and quality as say a Leica front element we're kidding ourselves. I wander what the cost would be for a Summicron front element or for that matter a Nikon, Canon 85 1.4...oh boy.
Very well done. I assume your pride comes from being her mentor and coach, so good on ya!