The Texas peaches are in. We drove to a local orchard's roadside store. Open air. Friendly. Nice place. Good peach ice cream! Afterwards, we visited the local winery not far away. A lovely, but beastly hot, day.
I finished both rolls of Chrome I loaded on July 4. Mike Johnson's challenge, "Shoot at least two films a week" is tough. Especially when you work all week and it's 900 degrees outside.
The holiday is over. All black & white now. Fresh film in one body. Expired film in the other. At the moment, Plus-X 100 and old Delta 100. No metering confusion.
The 90mm Elmarit has yet to come out of the bag. Are 3 lenses 1 lens too many? I will force myself to use the 90mm lens. Assuming I can do without either the 35mm or 50mm lens.
It ain't easy.
Cheers!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Saturday, July 4, 2009
July 4, 2009
Day 4. The first day with cameras in hand.
Small town 4th of July celebration. Firemen. Firetrucks. Fireworks. It's going to be a Chrome kinda day. Koda and Exta loaded in Bigfoot and Bubba. The honking big Canon EOS-1 will get a roll of 400UC for the fireworks tonight.
Black and white will have to wait. Color is for holidays!
Happy 4th Y'all!
2:00pm update:
Open House at the Fire Deptarment was great. 35mm and 50mm lenses. Fast and loose PJ style. Something I haven't done since forever.
This is fun!
Small town 4th of July celebration. Firemen. Firetrucks. Fireworks. It's going to be a Chrome kinda day. Koda and Exta loaded in Bigfoot and Bubba. The honking big Canon EOS-1 will get a roll of 400UC for the fireworks tonight.
Black and white will have to wait. Color is for holidays!
Happy 4th Y'all!
2:00pm update:
Open House at the Fire Deptarment was great. 35mm and 50mm lenses. Fast and loose PJ style. Something I haven't done since forever.
This is fun!
Friday, July 3, 2009
I can get started now
Day 3
Back at home. Me, Bigfoot, Bubba, the 3 lenses and a pile of film are all in one place. Time to get busy.
Darren at the Rangefinder Forum asked if I had one film and delevoper in mind. That got me to think about what films and developers I have. Quite a list. Very contrary to the 1 film, 1 developer advice dispensed over and over.
Developers:
Xtol
Rodinal
D-76
Microdol-X
D-19
Microphen
In my previous photographic life in the 60s & 70s, I used D-76 1:1 and Rodinal exclusive. In my current photographic life, I am exploring Xtol 1:3 with Rodinal for special purposes. I really don't know if i will use the other developers I have.
35mm film on hand:
200' bulk Ilford PanF+
6-8 rolls Ilford Delta 100
7 rolls Agfa APX25, for the Rodinal!
8 rolls Arista Premium 100
10 rolls Arista Premium 400
10-12 rolls Kodachrome
That's a lot of film. More than I would have used in several years long ago. I really must get busy!
Cheers!
Back at home. Me, Bigfoot, Bubba, the 3 lenses and a pile of film are all in one place. Time to get busy.
Darren at the Rangefinder Forum asked if I had one film and delevoper in mind. That got me to think about what films and developers I have. Quite a list. Very contrary to the 1 film, 1 developer advice dispensed over and over.
Developers:
Xtol
Rodinal
D-76
Microdol-X
D-19
Microphen
In my previous photographic life in the 60s & 70s, I used D-76 1:1 and Rodinal exclusive. In my current photographic life, I am exploring Xtol 1:3 with Rodinal for special purposes. I really don't know if i will use the other developers I have.
35mm film on hand:
200' bulk Ilford PanF+
6-8 rolls Ilford Delta 100
7 rolls Agfa APX25, for the Rodinal!
8 rolls Arista Premium 100
10 rolls Arista Premium 400
10-12 rolls Kodachrome
That's a lot of film. More than I would have used in several years long ago. I really must get busy!
Cheers!
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Off to a very rocky start
Day 2
I can't do much since the cameras and lenses are still at home and I'm still at work 250 miles away. This is getting boring I know.
Passing the time and filling up space...
Yesterday I gave a brief lists of films I plan to use initially. In light of Kodak's recent announcement, I will definitely use the 10-15 rolls of Kodachrome that I have on ice. I have 7 rolls of APX 25 (Thanks Kevin!) that I keep overlooking as well. Oldest film in first!
On Tuesday the mailman delivered a pinhole body cap for the Pentax 6x7. I will put that to good use to break the monotony of 35mm photography. I probably have more old 120 film than old 35mm film. Way past time to use it up.
Tomorrow. Returning home. Bigfoot & Bubba will be loaded. I'm behind schedule already.
Cheers!
I can't do much since the cameras and lenses are still at home and I'm still at work 250 miles away. This is getting boring I know.
Passing the time and filling up space...
Yesterday I gave a brief lists of films I plan to use initially. In light of Kodak's recent announcement, I will definitely use the 10-15 rolls of Kodachrome that I have on ice. I have 7 rolls of APX 25 (Thanks Kevin!) that I keep overlooking as well. Oldest film in first!
On Tuesday the mailman delivered a pinhole body cap for the Pentax 6x7. I will put that to good use to break the monotony of 35mm photography. I probably have more old 120 film than old 35mm film. Way past time to use it up.
Tomorrow. Returning home. Bigfoot & Bubba will be loaded. I'm behind schedule already.
Cheers!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Teaching the Old Dog a New Trick
July 1, 2009.
Day one of my Blogging experience. Wherein I shall share miscellaneous trivia and ramblings from my world.
You may be wondering about the title, "A Year With Bigfoot and Bubba" ©. Simple. Bigfoot is the firat Leica M5 body that I purchased in 2006. I liked Bubba so much that when Sonny Carter offered his M5 for sale, I bought it. Coming from the South, and Bigfoot's younger sibling, Bubba seemed appropriate.
That explains Bigfoot and Bubba. The Year part is a personal photographic project based on two things:
1. "You will want 35, 50 & 90." Advice offered by the one and only Leica rep. I have met and spoken to on the occasion of my first rangefinder camera purchase in Lafayette, LA circa 1967.
2. Mike Johnson's advice to spend a year with one Leica and one lens and black and white film.
Having already spent more than a year with a single camera and lens, I combined #1 & #2 and came up with "A Year With Bigfoot & Bubba" ©. When I began to purchase rangefinder cameras ans lenses in 2006, I didn't give much thought to the long forgotten advice of using 35mm, 50mm and 90mm lenses with a rangefinder body. As a result, I bought several lenses. Too many in fact. When Mike Johnson's article came to my attention, I remembered the kindly old Leica man's words. I decided it was time to put the lens trio to the test. I even had the luxury of multiple candidates. I settled on the following:
35mm/2.0 Konica UC-Hexanon
50mm/2.0 Leitz Dual Range Summicron
90mm/2.8 Leitz Elmarit
Over the last few years I have accumulated a motley assortment of expired and fresh B&W film. I have a couple hundred feet of bulk Ilford PanF+ and a few rolls of ancient Delta 100. Complimenting the Ilford films are 10 fresh rolls each of Arista Premium 100 & 400. Xtol and Rodinal are my developers of choice today.
Ironically, I don't have Bigfoot, Bubba or the lenses with me today. A scheduling snafu left the cameras at home and me in Houston. No worries. I shall have everything in place on Friday the 3rd.
Hopefully the coming year will open my eyes. Foster some changes perhaps. Find any skills I may posses.
Day one of my Blogging experience. Wherein I shall share miscellaneous trivia and ramblings from my world.
You may be wondering about the title, "A Year With Bigfoot and Bubba" ©. Simple. Bigfoot is the firat Leica M5 body that I purchased in 2006. I liked Bubba so much that when Sonny Carter offered his M5 for sale, I bought it. Coming from the South, and Bigfoot's younger sibling, Bubba seemed appropriate.
That explains Bigfoot and Bubba. The Year part is a personal photographic project based on two things:
1. "You will want 35, 50 & 90." Advice offered by the one and only Leica rep. I have met and spoken to on the occasion of my first rangefinder camera purchase in Lafayette, LA circa 1967.
2. Mike Johnson's advice to spend a year with one Leica and one lens and black and white film.
Having already spent more than a year with a single camera and lens, I combined #1 & #2 and came up with "A Year With Bigfoot & Bubba" ©. When I began to purchase rangefinder cameras ans lenses in 2006, I didn't give much thought to the long forgotten advice of using 35mm, 50mm and 90mm lenses with a rangefinder body. As a result, I bought several lenses. Too many in fact. When Mike Johnson's article came to my attention, I remembered the kindly old Leica man's words. I decided it was time to put the lens trio to the test. I even had the luxury of multiple candidates. I settled on the following:
35mm/2.0 Konica UC-Hexanon
50mm/2.0 Leitz Dual Range Summicron
90mm/2.8 Leitz Elmarit
Over the last few years I have accumulated a motley assortment of expired and fresh B&W film. I have a couple hundred feet of bulk Ilford PanF+ and a few rolls of ancient Delta 100. Complimenting the Ilford films are 10 fresh rolls each of Arista Premium 100 & 400. Xtol and Rodinal are my developers of choice today.
Ironically, I don't have Bigfoot, Bubba or the lenses with me today. A scheduling snafu left the cameras at home and me in Houston. No worries. I shall have everything in place on Friday the 3rd.
Hopefully the coming year will open my eyes. Foster some changes perhaps. Find any skills I may posses.
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