Old style Old Warden

Yes – bubbles would block development locally. Choosing “sharpen” in my program just adds noise.

ASA 50 film probably helps there!

Adrian

Yes – bubbles would block development locally. Choosing “sharpen” in my program just adds noise.

its a beautiful German made thing from the 1960`s. (Diax = Zies when spoken) everything is so smooth when adjusting.. the 3 windows are for different lenses. wide,tele and normal. i stuff it im my pocket when im off visiting somewhere special. They hold their money well also

Goodness – never heard of a Diax before! Having had a bit of a google, it looks like an interesting beast, though I bet the three viewfinders can lead to confusion.

I know what you mean about the shutter sound – I have a Purma Plus where you really can feel the shutter at 1/500 because the whole camera bucks in your hand, and a Nikkormat that makes such a convincing guillotine sound effect that I keep waiting for the “plop” afterwards!:eek:

Adrian

mines not quite as old as yours but i do bang off a couple of good ole b/w 35mm now n then. it makes a lovely sound when i press the shutter button. its a sound you can feel if you know what i mean 😀

You need to fondle a Leica to know. I’m sure it’s been serviced a few times in its life, but it still made my Nikon F3 feel agricultural by comparison. Luckily I can’t afford one!

Film was 120, Adox CHS-ART50 (which, I fear,has now gone out of production), and 6×9 negs.

Processing was semi-stand development in Rodinal at 1:100 – 30 seconds agitation, 30 minutes standing, another 30 seconds agitation and then a final 30 minutes standing – total one hour.

Scanner – Epson V500. Post-processing minimal, just trim the edges of the scan, resizing to a sensible size and a dab of the “Sharpen more” button in my elderly version of Photoshop Elements. If that seems like cheating, remember that I’d up the contrast a grade in the darkroom – and besides, IIRC the need to sharpen is a consequence of digital technology (ie the scanning).

Wish I knew what the blobs were myself. They were all on the top edge of the lowermost roll in the tank, I wonder if they were bubbles? It’s not film storage as it was in date and kept at 4C.

Adrian

Unbelievably sharp and beautiful. Why do you need a Leica? Please could you post details of the film and neg size, processing and scanner?

What do you think the blobs are? If it was fogging, they would be light, not dark, so is it some sort of shadow or is the film old and stored badly?

Thanks, everyone!:o I always enjoy camera spotting at OW too – all sorts of bizarre things round people’s necks (the first time I went there were two transvestites in their 50s, each with a German SLR…), and getting to fondle the chap’s Leica was great – I finally start to see why people get so up themselves about Leicas – but it’s not that often I see anyone else’s results. It just seems so right to use a period camera there.

I didn’t exactly use a tripod – I have a little period tripod which is unstable as a drunk on Friday night when used as a tripod, but when used as a monopod it’s the perfect height for a waist-level viewfinder like the Brownie’s, and gives just that bit more stability.

Thanks!

Adrian

Outstanding results with an historic camera– I am very impressed by these indeed! Brilliant, mate.

How refreshing.

There is no doubt that today’s cameras produce some pixel-perfect images time after time, but they can become a little .. er… monotonous.

This is something really different – well done 🙂

Moggy

Great idea!!! I have a similar Kodak nr 2 Folding Brownie with red bellows in my collection.

Fantastic pics! Especially from the old’un. Did you use a tripod?

Regards
Bill