Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
After completely b@llsing up my first roll of Ilford PanF - I figured out where I had gone wrong, and loaded up a roll of FujiFilm Provia 100, to give the Werra another test flight.
I did a mixture of metering techniques, from Sunny 16 Rule, through to precise spot metering - and the camera delivered the exposures as expected - so at least the shutter speeds are about right.
Not bad for a camera that hasn't been used since it was manufactured in the 50s.
Here are a few shots from the roll:
Mid-Week at the Beach
Trestles
Life of Pi
Amcor Building
6600
Agave
The Zeiss Tessar lens did a good job - It's certainly of a higher quality than the rest of the camera, which is a little tinny.
I did however enjoy the quirky film advance, twisting the lens base between each frame - very cool, and it works well.
As expected, the viewfinder is a little challenging when close-in to subjects - it has no bright lines, and no parallax correction to speak of - so composition at close range can be a little hit or miss.
Shutter action was smooth and quiet, but rewinding the film was a real pain, without the normal fold-out rewind crank.
I did a mixture of metering techniques, from Sunny 16 Rule, through to precise spot metering - and the camera delivered the exposures as expected - so at least the shutter speeds are about right.
Not bad for a camera that hasn't been used since it was manufactured in the 50s.
Here are a few shots from the roll:
Mid-Week at the Beach
Trestles
Life of Pi
Amcor Building
6600
Agave
The Zeiss Tessar lens did a good job - It's certainly of a higher quality than the rest of the camera, which is a little tinny.
I did however enjoy the quirky film advance, twisting the lens base between each frame - very cool, and it works well.
As expected, the viewfinder is a little challenging when close-in to subjects - it has no bright lines, and no parallax correction to speak of - so composition at close range can be a little hit or miss.
Shutter action was smooth and quiet, but rewinding the film was a real pain, without the normal fold-out rewind crank.
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There's nothing wrong with the geometry of the lens is there and you've some very nice results from it. Like the shot of the pool especially.
