Vintage Cars, Ricoh AF-80, Fujicolor 800

[iangreenhalgh1]

Supermarket dev and scan, cloudy dull day, the BW I shot in the same camera the same day came out much nicer.

The Fuji 800 film seems pretty good though, not as grainy as I expected, colours seem pretty accurate too.

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[Katastrofo]

These are much better results than I ever got with this film, congrats!

[iangreenhalgh1]

Cheers Bill, maybe dull overcast is what suits this film?

The camera played a part too, it's a really great one - Ricoh AF-80 with a 3.9/30 lens, I found mine for 99p on ebay, see if you can find one, lens is superb imho and the exposure and af systems are both really accurate.

[skida]

The colours are great, and reminiscent of early 70s films - quite apt considering the subject matter. A wonderful trip down memory lane, Ian. You must have had about six cameras round you neck this day!

[iangreenhalgh1]

Yeah, i thought they were quite 70s looking colours too..

I went with my dad and his 1958 Rover 105, so I just had a bootful of camera gear. I used my Kiev-II with Jupiter-12 2.8/35 and Jupiter-9 2/85 lenses, my CZJ Werra with Flektogon 2.8/25 and Cardinar 4/100, my Ricoh AF-80, my Konica FT-1 with Hexanon 4/21 and my NEX-3 with Topcor 1.8/58.

Fun day all round really, vintage cameras and vintage bikes. Sadly the Werra rolls were out of focus, rangefinder needs adjusting. A bit like an old bike or car not being the most reliable, same with cameras, but you live with these foibles to enjoy the vintage experience.

[poilu]

look good for a supermarket scan, the fuji 800 is great but not cheap

[iangreenhalgh1]

Just a random roll of colour film I had, I do see quite a lot of Fuji Press 800 on ebay, usually in 20 roll boxes, it's not that expensive to grab it that way.

[Katastrofo]