Kodak Signet 35 and Fomapan 200

[Katastrofo]

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.

[Attila]

First one looks best to me!

[rbelyell]

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!

[Katastrofo]

Attila, thanks, glad there was one you liked!

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.

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.

[rbelyell]

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!

[Big Dawg]

[Katastrofo]

Thanks! This was a private show hosted by Dr. Bob Bentley on Grimwood
Road. My buddy Wayne (owner of the '31 Caddy) invited me.

[tobbsman]

Fabulous photographs and cars.
For me the last - how much ist it ?

Cheers
Tobias

[rbelyell]

K, that wouldnt be your friend wayne carrini would it?

[martinsmith99]

Great pics Bill!

[Katastrofo]

Tobias, thanks, have no idea how much that car cost him.

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

Martin, thanks!

[rbelyell]

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...

[Katastrofo]

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. One of the stranger ones I've seen...

[rbelyell]

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!

[Big Dawg]

[Katastrofo]

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
cropped square

[Big Dawg]

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.

[Excalibur]

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

[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. It was the first car marketed/targeted for women--
I never saw a man behind the wheel back in the 60's.

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

[Katastrofo]

[Orio]

Very enjoyable series, and great results, Bill. I love both the black and whites and the colour one. My favourite I think is #2.

[Excalibur]

[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. It was the first car marketed/targeted for women--
I never saw a man behind the wheel back in the 60's.



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
BTW very good and interesting shots.

[Katastrofo]

Orio, thanks, had a lot of fun listening to engineers discussing design, etc.

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

[Big Dawg]

It's a Nash-Metropolitan.

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