Slides from Budapest, 2007 - part 1

[Orio]

Some slides from my Budapest trip in 2007. First scanned yesterday, never published yet.

These are from the second roll (from a total of 10 rolls taken)
Film used was for most part Agfachrome 100, plus a couple of Kodak Gold fillers.
My equipment was the Bessaflex TM and a bunch of M42 lenses: Flektogon 4/20, Tamron 2.5/28, Lydith 3.5/30, MIR-24M 2/35, Pancolar 1.8/50, Sonnar 2.8/85 Rollei, Jupiter-37AM 3.5/135, Jupiter-21M 4/200.

In the hindsight, I should really thank the lab for having screwed up this roll with a continuous scratch. If you read me: really, thank you, guys.

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[Attila]

So many great images! I love them all!

[LucisPictor]

This was 4 years ago already! My God, time flies!

Very nice images. I like the statue shots and Monica's picture the best.

Isn't it a nuisance when labs work so badly. This happens to me all the time. Shooting on film is no fun anymore when labs destroy your results.

[Orio]

Thanks guys!
I am also very happy with these photos. They make me very nostalgic of the Agfachrome slide film. It was cheap but in my opinion it was the best for colours and light.
Monica's portrait was taken with the Rollei Sonnar 85 (which I bought from Michael - long time no read from him!) and it shows how powerful the lens is, much more than it would be possible with digital.
I own a couple of the best digital cameras but none of them (albeit more realistic than film) can make portraits look as good as a good film.
There is something in the way Agfachrome captured light that is just unmatched by digital, photo #10 was taken for no other reason than the sunlight reflection on the floor's granite.
It's still there and looks as charming (to me) as it did originally. Same as sunlight on Monica's face. After all when we take a photo we photograph the light first and foremost.
See also water reflection in #7, it feels soft, I have photos of water from fountains taken with digital and the water looks hard edged.
Highlights from an Agfachrome have a look that no highlights from digital camera can succesfully replicate yet.

[poilu]

nice series, great colors, a pity the labs scratch