Delta 3200 and the Zeiss Nettar

[Rob MacKillop]

A trip to the Fruitmarket Gallery and the Ingleby Gallery in Edinburgh, with Rhona. The Ingleby had a beautiful exhibition of photographs by Garry Fabian Miller, called Sections of England: The Sea Horizon, which some of you might know about. I didn't feel I should get too close with the camera.

This film has wonderful grain!

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh II by Rob MacKillop


Fruitmarket Gallery II by Rob MacKillop


Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh I by Rob MacKillop


Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh I by Rob MacKillop

Look at the title of the next one:


These Lines Are Driving Me Crazy by Rob MacKillop
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[Brian Moore]

Lovely set, Rob. I agree about the grain. I like the out of focus look on these images.

By the way, did you use a hand-held meter or did you estimate exposure?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Brian. I've got into the habit of bringing the Weston light meter with me, but this time I forgot! So, I was guessing. They are all very dark, and to be honest not what I had in mind. However, it was a happy accident, as I do like their darkness. The developer said three of the shots were too dark to recover anything from. I'm wondering if I had used the Weston, whether they would have been as good.

As for focus - it's a case of guessing the distance, and hoping for the best. Also, the viewfinder on the Nettar is pretty much useless. I'm never quite sure what's in frame and what isn't. [I made a mistake when uploading them to 500px, where I said they were all done with the C330S].

 

[Pete Askew]

Superb again Rob. I really like the gloom of them. The geometry of the last is wonderful but the one before it is my favourite I think. Not only is the composition very nice (with the leading diagonal from the left), but then the figure grabs you and takes you to the two enigmatic images on the wall. And then there is the picture that is partially obscured. Super stuff.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I really appreciate your comment, Pete, about the fourth image, as I did stand for a few minutes waiting for Rhona to walk into that position. Seemed to take forever

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

A wonderful set, Rob.
I am impressed with your guess work and also with Delta 3200 film.
They all have beautiful dream-like feel.

 

[David Mitchell]

I am impressed with the grain of the film even being super fast its not harsh and brings something extra to the images.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, guys. It's hit or miss. I got lucky.

 

[Beth Carter]

#4 is my favorite of the bunch. it's got a mysterious, dreamlike mood to it, partly due to the soft focus and partly due to the tones and grain. you've caught the girl walking through at the perfect moment, she makes a great focal point for the comp. i like the first and last ones too for many of the same reasons as #4. it's the mystery of the image. i really like the layers and depth of the first.

wonderful set of photos. if you don't mind sharing, how do you get the softness, in camera or in the computer after scanning?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Beth. Glad you like the softness. The secret ingredient is Glamour Glow in Nik Colour. The images were dark when processed and scanned, but I felt they could do with a little softening, and I've found that GG is the best and most subtle way of doing that.

 

[Paul Lange]

Lovely glow and I thought it was the lens until you fessed up about the PP glamour glow! I like 1,3 & 5 for their slightly sinister feel and the geometric blocks of shape. I have some Delta 3200 but not used it yet. I was told the grain is very nice.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Cheers, Paul. The lens is good, very good for some things.

 

[Beth Carter]

i thought it was the lens too, just couldn't figure out how you got everything uniformly out of focus.. thanks for sharing rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

No, the uniformly out of focus is due to the distance scale on the lens, not the GG. By setting the scale to focus on nothing, to the space in between the main subjects, it renders everything out. The GG just adds a bit of a sheen.

 

[Peter McCullough]

I like these Rob, where they shot on medium format 6x6 etc..? The grain of 3200asa film is lovely.

I used to shoot a lot of Kodak T-Max 3200asa b/w film but push it one stop to 6400asa, I remember the developing time to be 18.5 minutes as I shot this film very often and self developed, lovely harsh grain effect alright when pushed.
I shot landscape photography with the T-Max 3200 film using both Nikon FM and Fm2n bodies, proper manual photography, then spend countless hours in the darkroom in my garage trying to master a hand developed print, oh the memories, superb!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, Peter, medium format and 6x6, which I love.