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Sometimes the mundane captures your eye more then the spectacular.

pentax k-1000 dont remember the film(pan 400).


lifeless thai marionette.I think it it someone morbid. These tourist trinkets made by the locals are lifeless and scary.

Taken with a start soviet slr with a helios 44 on ilford pan 400@800 in tetenal ultrafin 1+20. Not bad for a for a 47 year old camera with a 49 year old lens with film I just cant handle.

I traded my canonet GIII QL for a sigma 28/1.8 for my nikon.
I have mixed feelings about the canonet – I think it’s a great lens trapped in a shitty camera.I know it has a large following,i JUST DONT LIKE IT (And the 5 element diaphragm is awfull).
The sigma is great-at least according to negatives. It has crazy distorsion which I like. I got the zorki 4 + jupiter 8 (1958) from Oleg Khalyavin and shot 2.5 films through it. I am now considering a jupiter 12

Review will be posted soon.

film is dead.dont make me laugh.

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Taking into acount the recent demise of many film camera manufacturers I started to worry. So I did a little searchin’ on the internet .

The news are about 8mm film. If they still make it,and release new products,35 mm is ok. According to all the big 8 mm film sites there are 40 or so brands available(some are new some are about to be discontinued,some are new).

http://onsuper8.blogspot.com/2006/0…uji-velvia.html
http://onsuper8.blogspot.com/2006/0…o-it-again.html
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/motion/s8mm/7280.jhtml

I dont think anyone makes new 8 mm film cameras since the sixties.

People will most likely sell and resell the classics and repair them for a long time yet. I am not sure about electronic cameras though,but I dont care for them much.

8mm is an awkward and unpractical technology – apparently it still has a strong following.

I am sorry if I annoy anyone with this thread(film is not dead is an annoying subject – but it worries me).

P.S.

did you know AM radio is stereo now?that was a shock to me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AM_stereo
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Shadows and Fog;Roger Waters;Nikon 50/1.4;36-72/3.5;75-150/3.5

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watched Shadows and fog Woody Allen tribute to german expressionist cinema.Not bad, but he has better films.

Used a couple of lenses(the 50/1.4 i own)

Nikon 50/1.4 AI very very very sharp lens,great color rendition. wow. Blows away my pentax 50/2 and carl zeiss jena auto 50/1.8.It is sharper then the canonet 40/1.7 which is razor sharp.

Nikon E 36-72/3.5 which I loaned from a friend is sharp but prone to flare,but thats life.

Nikon E 75-150/3.5 is a lens I ordered (for 60$)to cover that range(it’s about all the telephoto I will need – it has a reputation of sharpness and compactness)

ROGER WATERS IS COMING TO ISRAEL!!!!I already bought a ticket.375NIS(80$).That IS once in a lifetime experience.Hope he wouldnt cancel.

for whom the bell tolls,eilat,nikon

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went to eilat for my B-day with Anna.It was fun.

finished For Whom the Bell Tolls.liked.Finished Borroughs’s “Junkie” a couple of days before.liked.

Love the nikon-shot 4 films and finished two.
discovered tmax 100 looks good in tetenal.

hazy canonet finder

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I cleaned it in 5 minutes-it made a good finder a great finder.Wow!!!
Thanks Rick Oleson,as usual!

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-30.html – how to remove the top plate

http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index-165.html – made the rf flare proof

Harold and Maude ; Green Mile ; Down By Law

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Finished reading Stephen King’s Green Mile – a very nice book – I was pleasantly surprised

Watched Harold and Maude – A Nice Freaky Movie,original,shitty soundtrack – the shahid Cat Stevens

Watched Down By Law by Jarmusch – not bad – bud slightly to slow for my taste. Tom Waits kicks ass as always.

Mamiya M645 hands on review

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A friend lend me his Mamiya m645(top speed 1/500) with 80/2.8,two inserts,chimney finder,lots of filters and close up rings. He wants to sell it but doesnt have the time to check its operation.

I clicked away one film,will do another then develop – the camera handles well but is bulky and heavy to be used handheld for a long time. I like it.

2/2/06 UPDATE
I shot two films with the mamiya(both kodak pan-x 15 years expired developed for 15 minutes in tetenal ultrafin liquid 1+20 at 20 degrees centigrate) they are tack sharp and I want to print them by hand- not to ruin my impression by the overpriced minilab scans of shitty quality.

Things I like about the Camera:

1)Handholdable at 1/60 with no grip and normal lens,didnt try lower
2)very sharp and contrasty lens,gresat details
3)AE possible with prism
4)15 frames on film(not 12 as in 6×6 I am familiar with)
5)great image spacing-very constant(a problem with many older mf cameras)
6)Stop Down Via auto-manual lever on lens
7)80/1.9 is available as normal lens
8)losts long on 1 battery
9)very cheaply available today,lenses also
10)bright focusing screen
11)looks sturdy-I think it wont break easily if dropped

Things I don’t like about the camera:

1)no accessory shoe
2)practicly impossible to shoot vertical shots with the chimney finder
3)finder isn’t sealed- seems to attract dust
4)requires battery for shutter(6V)
5)for that sizeweight I would prefer 6×6 negs
6)needs changing bag to change inserts in mid roll-back is easier-but more expensive
7)no half stops on the normal lens
8)15 frames per film(not 16)

I want to test it with slides to see how the lens renders color.