125tx / Bessa I Vaskar

[Nesster]

The Bessa is suited to this sort of photography. I shot these two through a train window. Tri-X developed in T-max, scanned at 1200 DPI on a 4490 using Epson software, curves adjusted and image downsized to 1500 wide in ps CS.

It was a cloudy day, in the evening, and through a tinted window... I set aperture nearly wide open and shutter to 50.

[Spotmatic]

I really like them - the B&W is very suitable for the subject. I wouldn't have thought this was shot through a window... Thanks for posting!

[patrickh]

Very impressive (even though it is NJ )


patrickh

[Laurence]

Wow, even the tonalities in the grey sky got picked up nicely. Who ever
said that Vaskars are the "poor man's lens" for the Bessas? Talk about SHARP!

[Shiladitya]

The second photo is Fantastic, not only because of the sharpness or tonality but really due to the moment (all the cars, even in opposite lanes diagonally arranged to potray a "static dynamism)

Fantastic.... this is what makes photgraphy worthwhile.

[Nesster]

Thanks, the cars lining up was an unexpected bonus! I was hurrying to snap while the train was lined up with the view

It's not hard to look sharp with a 6x9 negative...

[supahmario]

i like the first one for its cold sadness.

[Mist]

I like the second one, so contrasty.

[Nesster]

Thank you, I like how these turned out.

You really do need a sharp lens for shots such as this: