Popular Post Gadgetman! Posted March 9, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2018 A bit bored at the office, so... Shall we take a little hike? you're following a trail when it suddenly enters a dark and forboding forest. Do you enter? Feel free to use that in a game, but yeah, I take payment in candy... Once upon a time... I grew up in this fjord... Lets head up in the mountains. Frankly, I'm not too certain where these next pictures were taken. Now, the next one... This is taken not far from where I live now. About 3Km in distancee and 5hours hike... (Healthier people can do it in 3 hours, maybe) A local beach. Also a nature preserve, so no motorized access. A bit of a view among the trees... A couple of pictures from an early autumn hike last year, up to a mountain lake. Unpacked(read; just dumped my gear in the shelter. ) Yes, it's possible to sleep on the benches, if you bring a sleeping bag and some sort of padding. Which is lucky because there's no flat space large enough to pitch a tent. There's supposed to be decent sized trout in the lake... Unfortunately, my GOOD rod was broken... At 10pm... On my way back down the next morning, I stopped to take a photo or two, and also one of my big camera(Ondurama 17x6) And finally, another one where I'm not really certain where it's from. That's all for now... 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Wondeful! Thx for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintybeard Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 wishing you tight lines when you get take the fishing rod for a walk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterMaryNapalm Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Wow. Quite impressive! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Gorgeous photos... No wonder dad enjoyed his time in Norway, and speaks so fondly of it even a few decades later. I have to playfully say though, something seems missing... How'd the film photos turn out? Medium format panoramic camera, that's rather inter.... No, bad fox, I have a large enough camera wishlist already.!! (Doubly so since I want a pair of the Olympus f1.2 lenses (17mm and 45mm, although I'd be more than happy with just the 17mm) as well as at least one of the Panasonic f2.8 lenses (probably 35-100, although the 12-35 would be really nice to have too) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 The issue with medium format panoramics is that I onlly get 4 pictures onto a $6 roll of film(and that price is for expired film on eBay.) It takes time to learn to handle this properly... Particularly when the camera is a Pinhole camera with f=225. (That evening shot that I did with my cell-phone... The same would take 10 minutes on the Ondurama) One roll of 120 film(it's about 28" long) can hold 12 6x6cm negatives, or 16 6x4.5 (My Lubitel camera has a frame you can install to limit the picture size.) I wish I could use 220 film since it's twice as long, but that type of film doesn't have the backing paper with the frame numbers printed on it. So not only won't I know how much to wind the film, but I'd have to cover the frame window(small, red window on the camera back), but it also requires special handling. I have a few rolls that I have processed, but not yet examined, and a few awaiting processing, so maybe there's a few good ones in there. (It's all B/W, though, since colour processing is a bit of a pain) The Ondurama is currently sold out, so you don't have to worry too much. (It's been listed as sold out for the last 2 years) KS price was about $140 I think. If you want to experiment with film photography and panoramics, you could also source a Zenit 202 'Perfect' edition. It's only 120degrees, and a swing-lens, and about 10% of them are defective from the factory... (Which is actually pretty good for a Russian optics manufacturer... The forgot to put the coating on the lenses for an entire year's worth of production, once) The lens on that is a 28mm from one of their spy cameras, so it's pretty decent stuff. I hope to get some time to play around with my DJI Mavic Pro this weekend... maybe there will be a youtube link here soon? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 3 minutes ago, Gadgetman! said: The issue with medium format panoramics is that I onlly get 4 pictures onto a $6 roll of film(and that price is for expired film on eBay.) It takes time to learn to handle this properly... Particularly when the camera is a Pinhole camera with f=225. (That evening shot that I did with my cell-phone... The same would take 10 minutes on the Ondurama) That's... Quite the difference in aperture to say the least. And ouch at only four exposures per roll. I've though about getting into 6x4.5, or even 6x7, but I suspect if I get back into film I'll go 35mm first since there are a few more exposures on Cinestill rolls in that format (thanks to a few YouTubers, I've fallen in love with how Cinestill 800 looks). Thankfully, it seems most 120 rolls are around the same price as 35mm, it's just you go through it faster. 3 minutes ago, Gadgetman! said: One roll of 120 film(it's about 28" long) can hold 12 6x6cm negatives, or 16 6x4.5 (My Lubitel camera has a frame you can install to limit the picture size.) I wish I could use 220 film since it's twice as long, but that type of film doesn't have the backing paper with the frame numbers printed on it. So not only won't I know how much to wind the film, but I'd have to cover the frame window(small, red window on the camera back), but it also requires special handling. I have a few rolls that I have processed, but not yet examined, and a few awaiting processing, so maybe there's a few good ones in there. (It's all B/W, though, since colour processing is a bit of a pain) Much as I'd love to process at home, the lack of ventilation in our place (plus a terrible fridge that I really should replace) would probably mean it wouldn't work out as well as I'd like it to. I think it's the main reason I haven't gotten back into film yet. So many things that are interesting, but all in you're looking at $20-25 CAD per roll. Nothing wrong with black and white, it's a medium that makes you think differently, and has some rather nice outcomes :) 3 minutes ago, Gadgetman! said: The Ondurama is currently sold out, so you don't have to worry too much. (It's been listed as sold out for the last 2 years) KS price was about $140 I think. If you want to experiment with film photography and panoramics, you could also source a Zenit 202 'Perfect' edition. It's only 120degrees, and a swing-lens, and about 10% of them are defective from the factory... (Which is actually pretty good for a Russian optics manufacturer... The forgot to put the coating on the lenses for an entire year's worth of production, once) The lens on that is a 28mm from one of their spy cameras, so it's pretty decent stuff. I hope to get some time to play around with my DJI Mavic Pro this weekend... maybe there will be a youtube link here soon? Oooh, that's that 35mm panoramic camera right? Despite various things trying to keep it off my list, yup, it's still on my list, I just occasionally forget about it because of other shiny stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Yeah, that's the 35mm panoramic. It's fun to play with now and then. (There's several versions of it, and the latest, the 'Perfect' model is generally considered the best because of the choice of shutter times. ) The Ondurama 135 is still in stock... I just got a developer tank for cine film (50' 8 or 16mm film) and are practicing with a ruined film to spool it on properly. It's not easy... The chemicals used today doesn't give of much fumes, and besides, I do the processing in the kitchen, where I have the extraction hood over the stove... (I have a darkroom bag for transferring the film to the processing tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 for anyone considering a Zenit 202, take a film in good daylight, with the sun always in the 180 degrees in front of the camera(vary whe position as much as possible) because they have a critical flaw. It's a 'swing lens' design, so the lens assembly sits in a rotating drum, and around that drum are some 'light seals'. If they are bad, stry light will cause stripes on the pictures. And no, it's not something you can fix yourself. Most sellers are aware of this issue and will not argue about a swap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted March 9, 2018 Moderator Share Posted March 9, 2018 Beautiful landscapes, thanks for sharing them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Beautiful country. Thank you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 6 hours ago, Gadgetman! said: I grew up in this fjord... In the fjord? I don't recall any Norwegian folk tales about mermaids, lol... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilvish the Deliverer Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just now, Mad Jack said: In the fjord? I don't recall any Norwegian folk tales about mermaids, lol... Seal folk on the other hand.... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Jack Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 14 minutes ago, Dilvish the Deliverer said: Seal folk on the other hand.... Hey Gadgetman, if you can balance this big red ball on your nose, I'll throw you a fish... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gadgetman! Posted March 9, 2018 Author Share Posted March 9, 2018 Well... I did learn to row before I learned to ride a bicycle, but still... I think you deserve to watch this video... on repeat... 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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