Infrared - Digital

So today was an exciting day.  Between shooting a few frames of B&W film, and the odd shot here and there on my Mirai using some Redscale, I decided to put a roll through my Rolleicord V.  Some Ilford PAN F 50..  at the moment, it's awaiting developing, but should be developed and scanned in over the next couple of days.

However, I have not broken my vow of a year on film, not in the slightest.  In fact, I consider this some heavy practice until the day I actually shoot it for real on a roll of Efke AURA 820 that I bought back in October.

I spent a bit of time down at the Lakeshore and ever managed to get a shot or two on the CNE grounds... 
If the IR shots come out anything like these, I'm going to be a very happy camper!

 I have not added any kind of Tone-Mappy to this image, nor have I converted it to an HDR.  It's an AS-SHOT image.  I really really really do like this IR stuff!

 The fun part about (above photo) is trying to get a kid to sit there for more than 1 second perfectly still.  This is the first image that my son managed to sit completely (almost) still for the 4 second duration of this shot.  I have several others, but this one is truly the best of the bunch!

Rollei-ng Walk

Rolleicord V - 75mm ƒ/3.5 Xenar Lens - Kodak EKTAR 100
Processed At Toronto Image Works

I have a thing for park benches, that is true. Something about the look, and design of many park benches just gets me drooling for a photo of them, and honestly, I can't really say why.  Perhaps it's just the intrigue of the future opportunity to have a photo-shoot revolving just around a park bench, or perhaps that the design of many are age-old yet unchanging.
I just know that I really can't help myself whenever I happen to come across a park bench, especially one that looks like it is either an antiqued design, or one just well thought out.
This one, although rather plain, does have some interesting character to it.  The arms and legs are nicely curved... Look at me, describing the character of a park bench!?  Man, I need to get out more..
Well, this gave me a good opportunity to give the camera a whirl.  I don't always get the chance to put it through its paces, but from time to time I do get the odd chance to give it a bit of a workout.  This is one of those cameras that I can't leave it sitting for months on end.  I just have a hard time taking it outside, as it is just so unique that I feel it'll be viewed with such envious eyes.  My Duaflex IV has gotten similar looks, except I wouldn't care as much if someone tried to rip me off of that one.  I would care, but hardly to the same degree as my Rolleicord.
The whole aspect to shooting with this camera is rather unique, from the composition, to how your hold it, to how you cock and fire the shutter.  It's just different, yet far from uncomfortable.  In fact, I really like how it works, although the shutter cocking level CAN slip out of your fingers while you're actuating it, which can easily cause the shutter to trip, wasting a frame.  Of course, I've learned, quickly, how to combat this.  It's really simple, actually, by simply covering the taking lens while you cock the shutter, if it slips and fires, well, you haven't wasted the frame at all, so you are free to recock the shutter and take the photo.
I've saved many frames of film this way, but I must admit.. It doesn't ALWAYS work out like that.  Sometimes I forget to cover the taking lens when setting the shutter, and it slips and fires. A bit of a pain, but a constant remind to myself is all it takes for me to remember, "Cover the lens!"

Hopefully I'll get some more 120 film to take out with me soon, and give this camera another fair workout.
Until then,

Keep those shutters firing!

Cheers

Spring has finally arrived! (Although Winter Never Did)

A beautiful early spring day, with temperatures upwards of 17°C (62.6°F), was a fantastic day to be out shooting.  The sights to see were wonderful, and as the year continues, I'm sure those days are only going to get better!

It was a day like today that makes you wish you had some colour film to go along with the black & white.
Bright blue skies, a soft warm wind, and some incredible light! 

Went out shooting with my Canon T80 loaded with, believe it or not, Kentmere 400ISO film, and coupled with my Vivitar 28mm ƒ/2.5 FD Prime, along with my Ricoh Mirai 35-135, loaded with Fuji NEOPAN 400 B&W CN-41 film, plus I decided to bring along my Kodak Tourist II and Kodak Hawkeye Flash box camera. 

As I have only scanned the T80 shots, so far, I will post a couple, but it'll be followed with some shots on the MIRAI and Kodak cameras.

Bridge Over Turbulent Waters
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Stump Bench


Onward & Upward


Out For A Ride

Above Images Shot On Canon T80 35mm SLR w/28mm Vivitar ƒ/2.5 FD Prime & Kentmere 400 developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 1+14 6.5 Minutes @20°C

My Newfound Love

Now this was fun..  A fellow Flickr contact sent me a roll of Fujicolor 200ISO film (35mm) that he had redscaled.  Now, having never shot REDSCALED film I was unsure of how to handle it.  Turns out, as soon as it is flipped, it instantly loses 2 stops of speed (EI50).  So, that means I have to compensate by dialing the ISO speed down to 50 so it'll meter properly.
I was originally told to shoot it at EI80, but I tossed that to the wind and figured, heck, at 50, if it's blown out, I can do it again.
WRONG!  50 is the golden number, it appears.  What a fantastic time I had with that film!  I am so impressed, I can hardly contain it.  What a marvelous idea to flip it, as it gives all the images a great red tint, but that's not all.  It increases the contrast, while acting like a Sepia filter, and red filter, all in one.  The blues aren't exposed very well, so blue skies end up becoming a brownie colour instead.

I must say, if you get a chance to shoot your film redscaled, you won't be disappointed, but be forewarned... remember to dial your ISO down a couple of stops, otherwise you'll be receiving a nasty surprise with very underexposed images.

Until next time!



Canon EOS 1000F 35mm SLR w/Canon EF 28-90mm ƒ/4-5.6 Wide-Angle ZOOM & Fujicolor 200 Redscaled @ EI50

Weston - The Sites And More Sites

While walking up Weston, you can see some interesting characters.  Now, it isn't as much fun as travelling downtown or in crowded areas for Street Photography, with wide sweeping sidewalks, or with throngs of people walking and milling about, it's more personal.  Every now and then you can catch someone, just minding their own business, yet completely unaware of what is going on around them.  Like the person below;

Taken on Canon T80 35mm SLR w/Vivitar 70-210mm ƒ/4 FD Telephoto Zoom on Polypan F 50 developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 1+14 6:30s @20°C
She was waiting for the bus, and enjoying her cigarette, which seems a rather oxymoron, considering how harmful those are to your health.
She was completely unaware of the camera being turned on her as she stood in the sun, albeit cold sun, waiting for her ride to wherever she was off to.

Yet this is just one of many images from wandering the streets of Weston.
It's also nice to see that there are other stores that are using cameras as a method of attracting attention and potential buyers, such as this little pawn-shop just a few minutes walk from my work who is using a Polaroid camera as a gimmick to entice would-be buyers in;

Taken on Canon T80 35mm SLR w/Vivitar 70-210mm ƒ/4 FD Telephoto Zoom on Polypan F 50 developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 1+14 6:30s @20°C
This isn't the first store I have seen doing this, and to be honest, this sort of thing does catch the eye.  A nice vintage camera does have some appeal to it, even if it is just a plastic old Polaroid.

There is art everywhere you look, all you have to do is frame it.  The funny thing is, that is true with paintings, sketches, drawings, etc.  Although Art is subjective, you can still find it everywhere you look. 
Even something that someone did to be funny can be considered a bit of art work.  And considering that ART is something that is used to express yourself, they were expressing their humorous side.

Taken on Canon T80 35mm SLR w/Vivitar 70-210mm ƒ/4 FD Telephoto Zoom on Polypan F 50 developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3 1+14 6:30s @20°C
A glove shoved onto the top of a pole, looked over by thousands of eyes every day, yet it just takes one eye to catch it and realize that someone was making a statement by putting it there. Regardless of whether they thought they were being destructive, or humorous, it is some form of statement. Until next time! Cheer

Up Weston - A View On Construction

Today I took a trip up Weston Rd.  Not a far trip, just a short walk up the street, taking in the sites and collecting a handful of images along the way.  One thing that really stood out was that there is an awful lot of construction taking place and causing a horrible bottleneck in the city.  With the digging of the streets as they replace watermains from Lawrence Ave. to the ONT401 Highway, it has just caused a traffic nightmare! 

At least there is hope, with the construction project in the local area starting to near its completion.  It is still a few weeks away, at least locally, but hopefully the damage that has been done to the streets doesn't mean that we'll be seeing even more construction as they return to dig up the road to repave it.



Above images taken on Canon T80 w/Vivitar 70-210mm ƒ/4.5 FD Lens, Polypan F 50ISO film & developed in Ilfosol 3 1+14 for 6:30 at 20°C

Although, for those of you that are stuck in this kind of a mess, whether you are local, or abroad, you can just think to yourself....  What would I need to not have to sit in this kind of a mess?
Here's a hint!

Above image taken on Canon T80 w/Vivitar 70-210mm ƒ/4.5 FD Lens, Polypan F 50ISO film & developed in Ilfosol 3 1+14 for 6:30 at 20°C

Until next time everyone!

A Walk In The Park

So I went for a walk through Weston Lions Park today, and thought I'd give my cameras a slight bit of excercise.
Decided to give the EOS 750 a bit of a workout, and it turned out to be a very smart thing.  The camera, apparently, has a touch of a light leak from the film door at the "peep hole for the, which is very easily corrected, with a bit of either black tape, or as I have done, scotch tape and the flap of a film cannister box.

The fun part about using this camera, is that it is not the typical 35mm SLR.  It's a "Program" only SLR, that has two settings.  ADEP for auto depth of field, or PROGRAM.  Very odd, but allows the user to take their mind off of settings on the camera, and just focus on the images they are planning on taking.
For this particular outing, I mated the camera with an M42 lens, instead of the usual EF lens, and the lens of choice was a 50mm ƒ/1.8 Pentacon M42e lens.  What a nice little lens!  Needs a touch of cleaning, but besides that, it is a wonderful lens to use.






Above Images shot on Canon EOS 750 w/Pentacon 50mm ƒ/1.8 M42e Prime on Polypan F 50 souped in Ilfosol 3 1+14 6:30s @ 20°C
Scanned from Negative on Epson Perfection 4490