Praktica MTL5B, Meyer Primagon 4.5/35, Ilford FP4

[iangreenhalgh1]

Developed the FP4 in Paterson FX-39, 1:9, 8mins, 20C. Discovered the hood I used on the Primagon was a bit too deep and caused vignetting so had to crop these and a lot of the shots were useless. No PP on these apart from a boost in contrast:


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[Orio]

A pity for the vignette, but I find the tonal results very pleasing and the details rich and lively.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers Orio. The FP4 definitely works better in the Paterson FX-39 than it does in Rodinal. Today I'm going to try a roll of C-41 in the FX-39. I've run out of 35mm BW and waiting for my Fomapan 100 and TMAX 100 to arrive. Got a Zenit 412 with Zenitar-M2S to test.

[Attila]

Great series ! I love them!

[skida]

I love B&W shots of subjects like these, where texture and mood are emphasised. I wonder if that Cortina is a doer-upper?

[iangreenhalgh1]

I think it can probably be revived, didn't look too rotten, horriffic bright purple/pink paint job on it though.

[skida]

[iangreenhalgh1]

Oh yes, I cringed when I saw it, shocking pink like a tart's nailvarnish...

To me, a Cortina like that shout be cream and green with a Lotus badge

[Katastrofo]

Yeah, that's a nice dev, the Paterson. How can you manage to shoot with such a slow, crappy
lens? J/K, the Primadonnagon worked very well in these.

[iangreenhalgh1]

Oh I love the Primagon, I tried many 35mm lenses and even though it's only 4.5 the Primagon was better than nearly all the others. On the NEX it's flippin awesome.






I also have the matching Primotar 3.5/50 which is equally good, the old silver Meyers are much better than the later ones, I think the GDR gave priority to Zeiss from the late 60s on so Meyer/Pentacon had to make do with the leftovers in terms of materials etc.

[Katastrofo]

Really love the comps and lighting in 2 and 3. Will be looking for the Primagon, and yes, one of my
absolute fave 50's:



The camera this was stuck on went for so cheap, the lens was like a body cap.

[fish4570]

those are some fine BW "prints." but - and i'm a BW guy - i might like the color rendering even more; very impressionistic palette ...

[iangreenhalgh1]

I have exactly the same camera/lens combo as that one Bill. I also have an M42 Primotar as well.

Cheers Fish, I was lucky that day, the light was just perfect and no wind so the water was still and reflective.

[mmelvis]

The 2nd shot in the cars series is very nice. Love the look of the cars

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers, I'm just glad I managed to save the shots despite the vignette problem.