First Roll - Zeiss Ikon Nettar

[Rob MacKillop]

Well, I knew that I'd screwed up this roll before sending it off for development, but there were 5 shots salvageable. First a couple of unedited shots - complete with double exposures, due to me forgetting to advance the film!

000005 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


000004 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


000001 by RobMacKillop, on Flickr

And now some Nik variations - just darkening really


Chairs in Light by RobMacKillop, on Flickr


Chocolate Seller by RobMacKillop, on Flickr​

I like the original Chairs In Light - the quality of the light on the chairs is beautiful, I think. So, there is hope for the future, once the photographer stops being an idiot

 

[Paul Lange]

Shame about the double exposure as you are right, the light on the chair is nice. I wouldn't worry too much though as the double exposures add something else to the images. It adds a sense of surrealism as you see things together in the image that you wouldn't normally. This element of unusualness is interesting.

 

[Pete Askew]

It is indeed and I quite like the serendipitous effect of double exposures - it works well in the second one too. And you can see why modern lenses are coated now! The stained glass has come out well hasn't it?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Too kind, but appreciated. I have to say, I am enjoying the surprise element in waiting for the postman to bring the developed and scanned shots. Who knows what is in there? I was so focussed, so to speak, on waiting for these shots, I had forgotten about three rolls of 35mm from the T90 which were also in the package...

 

[Pete Askew]

Obviously a late RPF Birthday gift!

 

[Brian Moore]

Looks like you got a good 'un there, Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Brian. Shaky start, but promise...

 

[Pete Askew]

So, where's the other nine then?!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I'm sure I put them in a safe place...

 

[Chris Dodkin]

They are very square Rob

So how are you metering the shots Rob? The stained glass one must have been very tricky

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Very square indeed, and I love it!

Metering the shots, eh? I'm guessing. But you are right, I imagine, in that I should probably be a bit more scientific. I have a Weston light meter, and an iPad app, and I've used them in the past. But I'm trying to figure it out by just staring [stalkeyes] and sometimes it works out the way I expected it to, sometimes it doesn't. Yes, it would be good to get it right every time. But where's the fun in that?

I was told by someone (I can't remember who) that with these old lens, don't be afraid to point at the sun. Not true! So that screwed up a couple of shots, including the garden one above.

I think I should use a tripod more often, as a few of my shots are too shaky. Also, the viewfinder with this camera is not so easy to use, knowing what is in frame and what isn't.

 

[Paul Lange]

This might help

http://www.realphotographersforum.c...exposure-calculator-based-sunny-f16-rule.html

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Paul.

 

[Hamish Gill]

I live the low contrast and the flare when shooting into the light.
i see that as the reason to shoot with these old cameras ... The old lesser coated lenses produce these wonderfully serendipitous shots. I love it... And that's why I would use a camera like this! I think that's hat people mean when tey say don't be afraid to shoot into the light ... ...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Which is why I took the shot with the light streaming through the stained glass window onto the chairs. I guess it works sometimes, and not others. Worth the gamble.

 

[Hamish Gill]

Def worth the gamble!!!