Τετάρτη 10 Οκτωβρίου 2012

Agfa Optima 1035 2nd try

I tried once more to see if the camera works correctly. Unfortunately it didn't. I got about 10 photos from a 36 exposure film, the rest was blank, the shutter did not open.
film was a long ago expired Agfa 100 XRG set to 25 ASA on camera.

At an airshow
 from a walk
 sunset

Τρίτη 9 Οκτωβρίου 2012

Kiev 60 TTL, the monster

I bought this enormous medium format SLR from a Russian street seller. It belonged to him but did not use it for over 15 years. It came with a big case, two interchangeble viewfinders (waist and eye level), a Volna 80mm/2.8 standard lens and a Jupiter 150mm/2.8 portrait one, filters, extension tubes for macro and release cord.
This thing is huge and heavy. It takes 120 film for 12 6x6 exposures. I did not put any film yet but we had some fun in the office.




More from the Olympus Trip 500


A nice toy camera. Some more photos from the first film.

At the beach







 And at the gas station


Τετάρτη 3 Οκτωβρίου 2012

Olympus Trip 500

I bought it from a homeless seller for 5 euros, complete in the box, with the garantee card, case and strap. It's a simple camera using a fixed focus 28mm lens with a fixed aperture of f5.6 and a fixed shutter of 1/100s. Flash is automatic and cannot be switched off, therefore useless for candids.


I loaded the camera with a Fujifilm 100 ASA and got amazing low quality pictures. Unsharp, oversaturated photos with big vignetting. The film was scanned in the lab, I only corrected the horizon.







Τρίτη 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012

Fed 50, more from the 2nd film

more from the second film, exposure was made automaticaly by the camera.

Pericles watching
 The Runner
 Japanese protographers
  Calatravas bridge

Old and abandoned railway station

 Crossing the tracks


Fed 50, 2nd film

I used the expired Agfa 100 XRG film set to ISO 25 and 16 on the camera.
The scanned images needed a little boost in contrast and correction of a blueish - cold cast.

At the flea market in the morning.