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London at night with a Hasselblad
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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:26 pm
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Visited London with a few members of Brentwood Photographic Club. I took my 2002 Hasselblad 501CM loaded three backs with various films to finish up -- in one A16 I had 2002 dated Fuji NPC 160 and in another I had 1999 dated Fuji Velvia 50 -- I processed teh NPC 160 in C41 but the Velvia is not processed yet as I do not do E6. I scanned with an old Epson 1650 flatbed, Vuescan Pro and PhotoShop 7 Exposures were 'Guessed' by experience. I used a Slik 88 tripod.
The O2 Arena from across River Thames, 80mm f2.8 CFE Planar T* lens
London Night 01 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
Young Lady Fire Dancer -- we 'gatecrashed a 'Private Party' in river-side Hotel to take photos -- nobody cared -- they were all drinking in the warm and the poor girl was performing on her own ! 80mm f2.8 CFE Planar T* lens
London Night 03 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
Some House Boats moored up in a Dock, 80mm f2.8 CFE Planar T* lens
London Night 05 by pentaxpete, on Flickr
The Financial District where all the 'Swizzles' take place ! 50mm f4 CFi Distagon T* lens
London Night 08 by pentaxpete, on Flickr


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Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:38 pm
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Hi Pete,

Those are great captures on the outdated film and it's stunning that you've nailed exposure basing on your experience. That's something I would love to achieve, but have a lot to learn in that matter. The highlights are not lost, the mid-shadows are visible as should be, blacks are black... seriously Pete, you're a show off Wink

The only thing that spoils a little bit, otherwise perfect captures, is that there's problem with level = horizon not being straight horizontal.
I'm waiting impatiently to see Velvia scans as well.

Mateusz
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