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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:45 am Post subject: Foma: Kern River Field, 1984 |
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cooltouch wrote:
Some photos taken with Foma back when I worked for Getty Oil Company at its Kern River Field facility just outside Bakersfield, California. These would date to 1984. Developed with D-76. Shot with a Canon FTb. I don't remember which lenses I used in the following photos, but back then my inventory wasn't very large -- a Canon FL 35/2.5, FD 50mm f/1.8, a couple of Albinars -- 28/2.8 and 80-200/3.9 -- and a Sigma 600mm mirror. I was really fond of the FL 35 back then, so some of the shots were probably taken with it.
I don't know if it's the same stuff as back then, but as you can see, the grain was pretty coarse. Contrast was good, though, and I liked the effect of having coarse grain with good contrast. _________________ Michael
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mo
Joined: 27 Aug 2009 Posts: 8979 Location: Australia
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:51 am Post subject: |
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mo wrote:
It does look good gives it a aged look...... #3 very apocalyptic _________________ Moira, Moderator
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Nesster
Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 5883 Location: NJ, USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:47 am Post subject: |
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Nesster wrote:
Excellent excavation of old film. I especially like 2 through 4, there's some mighty fine industrial detail. _________________ -Jussi
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martinsmith99
Joined: 31 Aug 2008 Posts: 6950 Location: S Glos, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:37 am Post subject: |
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martinsmith99 wrote:
Nice series. Grainy B&W really suits this. _________________ Casual attendance these days |
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cooltouch
Joined: 15 Jan 2009 Posts: 9096 Location: Houston, Texas
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Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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cooltouch wrote:
Thanks, folks. I guess what I especially like about this film was that, even though it was rather grainy, it was good at capturing fine detail. I think #3 is a good example of this.
Those of you who shoot the modern Foma, is this sort of graininess still characteristic of it?
I don't remember anymore which ISO (well, it would have been ASA back then) it was. The film edges don't say. It's grainy like 1984-vintage ISO 400, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was ISO 100. _________________ Michael
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trifox
Joined: 14 May 2008 Posts: 3614 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:33 am Post subject: |
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trifox wrote:
Hi cooltouch .. very documentary set..
We used the FOMA in tons - film or paper -
Back to 1984 - I was 15 and I can confirm that the FOMA film ISO 100 (21 DIN) always has had superb DETAILS with fine grain and also we used this material at school where I used to go at - school for printing industry
I hated all these things around film material, gradation curves, temperature of developers, bla bla etc ... -- it was something boring for me in age of 15
FOMA ISO 400 has more visible grain but still nice details..
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marty
Joined: 09 Apr 2009 Posts: 767 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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marty wrote:
Excellent documentary set. Technically unexceptionable, stunning tonal rendition. I like the grain , exactly the effect I would look for if I had to photograph a similar subject.
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