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 Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:09 am Post subject: Mont Blanc, Nikkor 20mm and Kodachrome |
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gaeger wrote:
More digging in my trunk full of slides uncovered these shots from a trip to France in February 1986. Two friends and I flew into Brussels for a couple days, drove to Paris for a couple days (I picked up new skis and boots at Aux Vieux Campeur), then headed for Chamonix, stopping along the way to buy a huge chocolate cake, which we ate while stuffed into a small Opel (my friends are former football players, so there wasn't much room for me).
We had a whole week in Chamonix, staying at the Hotel Le Stade (I think) and skiing every day. We had spectacular weather, except for one snowy day, and a fantastic day skiing down la Vallee Blanche. On the way back to Brussels, we stayed outside of Strasbourg with a woman we had met on the flight over. She and her friends became lifelong friends. In fact, one of them sent her teenage son over to stay with us for the summer a couple of years ago, and our son is going over to stay with them this summer.
So, wonderful, wonderful memories of that beautiful country and its people. But, anyway, here are the photos!
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Esox lucius wrote:
Wonderful scenery, the verticals are exactly right for this landscape. The exposures are also beautiful, with plenty of tones in the blue channel. Another fabulous set, I love these "old photos on film" topics.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:31 am Post subject: |
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ylyad wrote:
| Esox lucius wrote: |
| Wonderful scenery, the verticals are exactly right for this landscape. The exposures are also beautiful, with plenty of tones in the blue channel. Another fabulous set, I love these "old photos on film" topics. |
+10 Superb!
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PaulC wrote:
Superb, the flare on the fourth one is perfect.
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LucisPictor wrote:
WOW! That's amazing photography, worth being shown in National Geography! Really! Have you ever send them there?
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pich900 wrote:
WOW  ! What a beautiful serie, colours are stunning, just perfect landscape snow scenery on my eyes.....Could you tell me (us) witch cam and lens did you used for this serie?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:09 am Post subject: |
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Esox lucius wrote:
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| which camera and lens did you use for this serie? |
I took the liberty of peeking at gaeger's Flickr account, which says these photos were taken with a Nikon F2 and lens is the Nikkor 20mm f/4K
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/k204.jpg
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/lenses.html#20 |
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poilu wrote:
great series!
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greg wrote:
Very nice. I haven't shot slides since 1962, perhaps ............... |
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Attila wrote:
Stunning series!!
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Attila wrote:
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| Very nice. I haven't shot slides since 1962, perhaps ............... |
To start again never too late I am great fun of slides.
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Kram wrote:
Wonderful! Perfect setting for Kodachrome too. Love the flared one! |
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gaeger wrote:
Thank you, gang, for the very kind comments. These indeed were taken with a Nikon F2 and the Nikkor 20mm K version, a lens that I unfortunately broke just a couple years ago (very sad). An interesting observation for me on these slides is the detail in the shadows on the last shot. This is precisely the kind of scene that would absolutely flummox my D300 -- it would blow out the highlights and leave the shadows so dark that it would be difficult to pull any detail from it. I haven't shot with a full-frame Nikon, so can't say if those would be better or not in this situation. It seems to me that current Canon bodies have the advantage in these situations.
So a question -- I'd like to try some slide film that would mirror (or better) the results from K64. What should I try?
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| So a question -- I'd like to try some slide film that would mirror (or better) the results from K64. What should I try? |
I found Fuji Provia 100 did works to me best. (I don't know any Kodakchrome)
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cooltouch wrote:
Wonderful photos and yet more great examples of Kodachrome's awesomeness.
When I saw the title of this thread, I was assuming it was a still-life with a Mont Blanc fountain pen.  Shows you where my head's at. 
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Kram wrote:
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| So a question -- I'd like to try some slide film that would mirror (or better) the results from K64. What should I try? |
Nothing can mirror Kodachrome. A truly unique film and development process.
Sadly gone forever.
If you can manage to scan it well, Fujichrome Velvia is very good, fine grained with rich colour saturation. Comes in 50 and 100 ISO's. I prefer the 50.
It is difficult to scan though, so I like Fujichrome Provia and Astia. Astia seems to be a bit warmer and better suited for people/portraits.
Some recent examples of Provia and Astia on my flickr (the Astia is the mushroom image):
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Esox lucius wrote:
Try Velvia 50. It is of different character, and you need to master exposures as it oversaturates the dominant color channel - learn its characteristics first. You will like the results though.
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| my D300 -- it would blow out the highlights and leave the shadows so dark that it would be difficult to pull any detail from it. I haven't shot with a full-frame Nikon, so can't say if those would be better or not in this situation. It seems to me that current Canon bodies have the advantage in these situations. |
You are referring to dynamic range, and your perception is not entirely right: the first Canon body on DxOmark.com's dynamic range measurements for sensors is 1DS MkIII, position 27.
http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/en/Camera-Sensor/Sensor-rankings/%28type%29/usecase_landscape
This is not the practical truth however. Lightroom 3 is the dominant RAW converter on the market, and Adobe's Camera RAW handles Canon files much better than Sony, Nikon and others. 12 f-stops of dynamic range is more than enough, especially that 99% of image use is as 8-bit JPEG on quite modest computer screens... |
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symphonic wrote:
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| I love these "old photos on film" topics. |
+1.
Mighty good photos.
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BenediktW wrote:
I love these pictures, they give so mich atmosphere and great memories of similar settings. And this slide film magic, incredible. This once again shows us what we have lost by the victory of digital photography...
And the Nikkor 20mm F4 K of course, this is just the version I have. It is such a wonderful lens.
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ylyad wrote:
Actually, the mont-Blanc is on none of the pictures 
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fish4570 wrote:
beautiful, beautiful photographs ...
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Katastrofo wrote:
Agree with above, beautiful scenery, beautiful memories, beautifully
captured. |
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mikenco wrote:
I'm humbled.. 1986 was the year I left school and began my apprenticeship as a car mechanic.. many moons and gainful employments have passed since then.
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ManualFocus-G wrote:
These are incredible! Sharp, deep colours...awesome
Which 20mm Nikkor was it?
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gaeger wrote:
Hi there, it was the K version, f4 non-AI.
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