1958 Rover shot with 1952 Schneider Radionar

iangreenhalgh1 · Expire: 2014-01-07

I have two of these Radionar 4.5/105s, both 1952-53, the one I tried today was the silver faced one from an old Adox folder.

1988 expired Orwo NP22 rated at ISO 100 then developed for 8 mins at 20C in stock DK50. First two are 1/5 sec at f8, last one is 1/2 sec at f16. Lens is a good, sharp one, I think as sharp as my Schneider Xenar 3.5/10.5. The limiting factor for sharpness here is the film, which is quite grainy when developed in DK50, which isn't a fine grain developer, you can see from the 100% crop that the grain is limiting the sharpness.

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mmelvis · Expire: 2015-05-09

Shot 3 is great shot along with the subject in the picture. That car is a rolling work of art.

iangreenhalgh1 · Expire: 2014-01-07

Cheers, glad you like it. It's surprisingly tricky to gt the exposure right for a black car with a lot of chrome brightwork, hence the highlights are a bit blown, but I think it works okay.

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

very impressive!