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Kodak Signet 35 and Fomapan 200
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:01 am    Post subject: Kodak Signet 35 and Fomapan 200 Reply with quote
Here are a few larger files from a recent roll using Rodinal, 1+50, 9 mins,
20C:







At an auto show last Saturday, last pic is a custom car that has a '73 Dodge pickup chassis underneath.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
First one looks best to me!


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
i think the quality of these is awesome for a camera of this age. i am so excited because i just received one in the mail last week and i cant wait to use it!

ya' know, you can zeiss, you can nikkor, you can canon L or even leica, but for the money, you cant beat an ektar! Very Happy


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila, thanks, glad there was one you liked! Smile

rbelyell, I'm not ashamed to admit this is one of my fave 35mm RFs.
I thought it appropriate to shoot these American-made cars with a
completely American-made camera. Wink

Here's one I forgot to scan from last March using Arista Premium 400>800, Diafine, 4.5+4.5 @24C:



Hope you like yours as well. I have two of these and am thinking about
sending one to CameraObscura for a complete CLA and new skin.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
yes, the american car/cam thing did not escape me, nor did the edsel fom the year of my birth!

great portrait. i am torn because i also just got a new mercury ii, also totally american, that i havent shot with either...dont know which one to shoot first!


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:08 pm    Post subject: Re: Kodak Signet 35 and Fomapan 200 Reply with quote
Katastrofo wrote:
Here are a few larger files from a recent roll using Rodinal, 1+50, 9 mins,
20C:







At an auto show last Saturday, last pic is a custom car that has a '73 Dodge pickup chassis underneath.


Where was the car show? Great photos.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks! This was a private show hosted by Dr. Bob Bentley on Grimwood
Road. My buddy Wayne (owner of the '31 Caddy) invited me.


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fabulous photographs and cars.
For me the last - how much ist it ? Very Happy

Cheers
Tobias


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
K, that wouldnt be your friend wayne carrini would it?


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great pics Bill!


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tobias, thanks, have no idea how much that car cost him. Smile

RBY, no, Wayne Scites is an engineer, owns his own firm.

Martin, thanks!


PostPosted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
oh. i had a brief fantasy you onew wayne carrini who stars in the cable show 'Chasing Classic Cars' and has a classic restoration biz in connecticut...


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
RBY, curious to see how you get on with the Mercury. Did a Google and
the cameras look like they have a 50's era parking meter stuck in the
middle of them. Smile One of the stranger ones I've seen...


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah, its actually a cool DOF scale at each f stop. it is really handy because focusing is by zone set on lens, so it makes finding hyperfocal legnths easy.

on the back is a very hard to see exposure chart for different times of year and different degrees of light. lenses are 35mm either 2.0 or 2.7, pretty fast for the ’30s & '40s! they are also interchangeable screw mount, though ive never come across lenses independent of cameras.

theyre half frame like the old olympus pen series, so 36 exposure roll gets you like 65 shots. all american made!


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 4:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Katastrofo wrote:
Thanks! This was a private show hosted by Dr. Bob Bentley on Grimwood
Road. My buddy Wayne (owner of the '31 Caddy) invited me.


Ya lucky Dawg!


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big Dawg, it was a fun time! Here's Wayne (on the left) and the guy that
built the custom car on top of the '73 Dodge, Whidby I think is his last
name, will check with Wayne.



1937 Voigtlander Bessa RF Heliar 6x9, GP3 100>400, CCM, 12 mins @21C
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
All I can say is he did a great job. Should be a durable arrangement. I should be able very soon to get out and about with the New To Me 645 and all these Zeiss P6 mount lenses I recently acquired. I am really looking forward to film again. I sold the Kodak to get a larger format and more dependable body. Sure hope they live up to my expectations.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like shot no 2 might be similar to a strange British export to the US market i.e. A small car that was designed to appeal to Americans?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C238391


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excal, yes, it looks like Austin (part of BMC) built these cars for the
American and Canadian markets. I was mistaken thinking it was built
in America. Embarassed It was the first car marketed/targeted for women--
I never saw a man behind the wheel back in the 60's. Laughing

this one is a 1960 model, in color this time:


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Big Dawg wrote:
All I can say is he did a great job. Should be a durable arrangement. I should be able very soon to get out and about with the New To Me 645 and all these Zeiss P6 mount lenses I recently acquired. I am really looking forward to film again. I sold the Kodak to get a larger format and more dependable body. Sure hope they live up to my expectations.


Looking forward to seeing your efforts with this excellent cam, BD! Are
you planning on developing your own BW?


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very enjoyable series, and great results, Bill. I love both the black and whites and the colour one. My favourite I think is #2.


PostPosted: Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
[quote="Katastrofo"]Excal, yes, it looks like Austin (part of BMC) built these cars for the
American and Canadian markets. I was mistaken thinking it was built
in America. Embarassed It was the first car marketed/targeted for women--
I never saw a man behind the wheel back in the 60's. Laughing



One of the few advantages of being old is that I can remember seeing them on the road in the UK, but too old to remember if more women than men were driving them Laughing
BTW very good and interesting shots.


PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio, thanks, had a lot of fun listening to engineers discussing design, etc.

Excal, though not as old, getting to know the feeling, thanks!


PostPosted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a Nash-Metropolitan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Metropolitan
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