Regardless of various potential issues, I purchased a Pentacon Six medium format SLR earlier in 2021. I had wished one for some time and the article by Ludwig Hegelstein right here on Emulsive satisfied me that, the issues have been manageable. I purchased one among these stable East German medium format cameras that look quite a bit like 35mm SLR gadgets. I took word of what Hagelstein had written and in addition checked out a number of different sources, together with YouTube movies. Most issues appeared to return from movie loading and previous grease. These might result in shutter issues which in flip produce photographs which might be double uncovered.
The primary roll did certainly give me a few photographs like this. I persevered. Hagelstein had famous that lack of use might have been a reason for the grease downside. I famous that the second roll was higher. I additionally puzzled in regards to the greater temperatures right here in Thailand: hotter than Europe. I rotate using my cameras so it was just a few weeks earlier than I attempted the Pentacon once more. I ran a roll of ILFORD SFX 200 by means of it, one among my favorite movies. Not solely have been there no downside double photographs, however I managed 13 photographs from the roll, one thing that may be achieved with care, or in my case, luck. There have been various acceptable photographs from the roll and an attention-grabbing pair of photographs which might be proven.
I typically take photographs at stations on the Bangkok metro system and workers are usually cooperative. I took these photographs on the Siam Interchange station. The second and third of those photographs lined up properly and I scanned them collectively to take care of the impact. The agricultural photographs are just a few hundred metres from my dwelling. I had observed the farmer turning the wealthy soil, which frequently brings wading birds. The subsequent morning I walked over with the Pentacon, and my Nikon plus telephoto lens.
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Solely two herons have been digging for meals. The fields are wealthy in vitamins and when flooded even have fish, together with a number of species of eel. The pair have been squabbling after I arrived however retired to a good distance: one to the left of the primary picture, one close to the nook of the sector. Behind the bushes is the principle railway line from Bangkok to the south. The farmer was on the opposite facet of the sector digging deep into the just about black soil. Inside just a few days this was flooded. In a month this might be wealthy inexperienced because the rice grows. I used a shelter to change cameras and lenses. Close by there was a meals stall. There all the time is in Thailand.
The Pentacon is near the load of my Hasselblad, so these days I plan rigorously with regard to the gear I carry. This roll of always-reliable ILFORD SFX 200 confirmed me simply what a superb digital camera the Pentacon is with its 2.8/80 Carl Zeiss Jena lens.
~ Graham
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