Half Frame Snapshots – Post Box

06-09-22

Saw this makeshift post box outside a church that was having some renovation work carried out. It was really dark and I really didn’t expect much of an image, Fomapan 100 and the little half frame Agfa (and my focus guesstimate) did well here.

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Half Frame Snapshots – Side Effects

28-02-22

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Didn’t quite nail the focus on where I wanted on this one, in my defence it was a really dull day, and the little Agfa camera is totally manual, focussing is a bit of an estimate.

Half Frame Snapshots – Welcome (To the machine)

Couldn’t resist a nod to the Pink Floyd song which I saw them perform live at Knebworth way back in 1975. (It’s how my brain works sometimes)

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Half Frame Snapshots – Camper Van

I would love one of these, this one was immaculate in White and pale Blue paintwork.

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Half Frame Snapshots – Blimp

12-02-22

The wrapping on the side of this building reminded me of a blimp.

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Thursday Doors

10-02-22

My contribution to the “Thursday Doors” over at Dan Antion’s excellent blog, check out the link https://nofacilities.com/2022/02/10/goodbye-wethersfield/ for more great doors.

The Crescent

All images taken on Agfa Parat Half Frame camera, Fomapan 100 @ 200asa, developed in Ilford Ilfosol 3

Apparently in the 1960’s they wanted to demolish these buildings ! thankfully they were repurposed and saved by a local businessman. I really like what we have left of the Georgian style of architecture in the city.

Half Frame Snapshots

09-02-22

Agfa Parat – Fomapan 100 @ 200asa – Ilford Ilfosol

Thursday Doors

From a last September walkabout.

Not too many of these old style shops about anymore. (not Baker Street !)

Side of an old empty factory (now sold)

I took these images with a new to me Half Frame Agfa Parat camera, Fomapan 100 at 200 asa developed in Ilfosol 3. Was so pleased the camera worked as it should, its a fully manual camera so you have to estimate focus distance and exposure. I have the Paramat version too, that one sets the exposure automatically.

To see some more excellent Door photo’s pop over to Dan Antions page.

Monochrome Wednesday

06-11-19

Flowering Ivy

Pentax MX – Pentax 50mm f1.7 – +2 Dioptre Filter – Fomapan 100

With all the rain we have had in my part of the UK the Ivy has gone into overdrive, this is the first time I’ve seen it flower.

Scanning 35mm Black & White Negs And A Sunbeam

“Warning” this post contains some technical stuff, if this causes you to experience yawning or a mild case of narcolepsy just skip to the last image.

The screenshot below shows the interface for the Nikon Scan software that I use for scanning in 35mm film, Pentax MX and Fomapan 100 in this case.

It looks a bit daunting at first but I find it quite intuitive, and it’s easy to turn all the enhancements on or off.

a) Histogram Black & White Points Unadjusted

This is the histogram display with a straight scan from the negative. I scan my Black and White negatives as a positive and invert the image in post processing. It seems to capture all the tones a bit better doing it this way. The small spike on the left is before adjusting the image size where it has picked up a bit of the area outside the negative frame.

This is the cropped and inverted straight scan of the image. I’ve noticed on various social media sites some people make a thing about the fact it’s a straight scan, but to my eyes at least, it looks too flat.

b)Histogram Adjusted to Black & White Points

I’ve adjusted the Black & White points (circled in Red) to just touch the histogram, this is the useful information captured by the film and scanner..

To me it’s starting to look more like the scene I saw when I took the shot.

c) Nikon Scan Image Enhancer

By selecting Nikon Scan Image Enhancer (SIE) from the scan menu it cuts into the histogram a little and gives a bit more contrast to the image.

It does a really good job on some images, but a touch too contrasty for me.

1930’s Sunbeam – The Final Image

Using scan b), Cropped in a bit tighter, some sharpening added, a small amount of clarity and a touch of vignette.