Everything is much more optimistic than it seems – the area is old but not as scary. The lost doll is disturbing though.Zorki 4,jupier 8+russian yellow filter tmax 100 in tetenal ultrafin,epson 4990 48 bit color scanned with dilverfast SE,discolored,cleaned and resised in PS elements.Watched A Prairie Home Companion. Nice movie.
I can’t handle color (the scans look like crap) but the BW looks great. I scanned it in 48 bit color and it added the cast. I like it. I removed the dirt and thats it – no white point no nothing.
plus-x in tetenal ultrafin,nikon fm2n 50/1.4 and sigma 28/1.8 Tel Aviv(a couple of months ago).
Children of the revolution.
The fashion nowdays…
Scratch my belly,damnit!
Today I got 2 Kiev 35A’a and a minox EL in the mail(Thanks Iggers)!
Only one of the kiev’s works so I will crack them open. First try new batteries though.
Today I visited the man who got me into photography in general and into old cameras in particular – I fondled his leica m2 and rolleiflex planar as he explained me the exposureisocomposition bit. He shoots a minoilta 7d and rolleiflex nowdays.
He gave me his nikon f3 with 50/1.8E Series on a “permanent” loan(he will contact me if he needs them as well as some film and some advice. We will go shoot together someday – he lives in the pastoral kibbutz Brur Hayl.
Thank you, Nir Domany!
I decided to buy the epson 4490. It cost as much as 50 crappy lab scans so it will pay for itself very fast(I have 25-30 films waiting at least and 10 undeveloped in the fridge).
Here’s a couple of images from Petra. They were shot with the nikon fm2n and 50/1.4AI or 28/1.8 sigma lenses on kodak profoto 100 film. They were lightly cropped (5% or so to remove the ugly scanning frame).
I looked at the scans – they are all dusty and the color is off. Something is wrong with the scannersoftware. I managed to Salvage three pictures out of 70.
I am thinking of buying an Epson 4490. I just wonder if it’s good enough for 20×30(8×10) and 30×40(11×14) prints from 35mm negative scans. I know it is good enough for medium format.
How good is the ICE?I need it for color(and BW for web use only).
Any opinions?
Here’s a picture of Sunrise in the Arava(the road from the Negev to Eilat).It’s one of the theree decent pictures from the scans.
Nikon fm2n,75-150/3.5 E series zoom lens,100 iso kodak profoto film,handheld,about 4:30 in the morning.
Greyhoundman was very kind and sent me a new focusing mechanism for my yashica lynx 14! I installed it – some adjustment needed but will be done later(He was kind enough to explain me how to do that as well).
Iggers was generous and sent me three toys-at his expense(minox el and kiev 35a that need repair and a kiev 35a that works – waiting for the mailman now!) I will send him the elicon 35cm and vilia auto(I need to thank the man somehow,and besides he showed interest in them).
I am considering getting an Olympus PEN F with a couple of lenses(“normal”38/1.8; soligor 100/2.8) for very cheap – the problem is that it is jammed – I need to check if I can find a repair tech for it or do it myself. I wanted one for a while but they are pricey.
Wouldn’t mind finding a nikonm42 adapter for it.
I recieved three scanned films from Avi Agronov(color – two from Petra one “generic”) so something will be up pretty soon.
Recieved 20 or so records, mostly classical(Vienna Boys Quire singing Lieders for example – A romanian conductor I don’t know doing highlights from Peer Gynt and Nutcracker ), One Uriah Heep(cute), the Rolling Stones(Live at ’81 – great) and a couple of really ecclectic ones(WHAM!-to the bin ,the soundtrack from Zorba the Greek and Amalia Rodriguez).
Will listen and throw awaydonate what I don’t like. The scratched ones are “plastic cover donors” for my old records that have bad ones.
Mood is positive.
Where did all the cowboys go
(Jerusalem-probably pentax k1000+50/2 with tmax 100 or 400)
Untitled
(probably nikon fm2n+50/1.4AI Beer Sheba film sis either tmax 100 or pan 400)
Nature embracing son of god(Carlstejn pentax k1000+50/2 with tmax 400)
Watched Clerks II(Smith stll has it but I liked the first one MUCH better) and Shortbus(pretentious and average – the live sex is realistic and unpleasant to watch-distasteful gimmic) yesterday. Listened to Wagner’s Parcifal(deutche grammophon recoirdings,von Karajanb conducting vynil).
I like Wagner.
Some kind of thristle. Or just looks like it.
Beyt Guvrin,southern Israel. Praktica mtl3;135/2.8 pallas magenta auto lens;konica vx 200 or kodak gold 200.
Armenian Church “The spirit survives the sword”
The Israeli Goverment doesn’t aknowledge the Armenian Holocaust. Apperantly trade with Turkey is more important
A private residence in the Muslim quarter – probably someone in the family returned from a Hajj.
A church entry on the Olive Mount.
I think the backlighting adds a mystical feeling – lost between two worlds.
This one is from Santa Anna church (Muslim quarter). It was shot on color film. The tourist was probably Italian.
The pics were either taken with a nikon fm2n,50/1.4 or a pentax k1000+50/2 SMC.
the films are either fuji x-tra 400 or fuji proplus II 100 for color and tmax 100 or 400 in tetenal for BW.
