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Summer holidays are almost over, but until that time I tried to make most of it by going out there a lot and shooting. :)

Minolta Autocord, Kentmere 200 developed in Rodinal.

I thought I lost my old negatives, but managed to dig them up today! I rescanned some of them, I have only a vague recollection of making these, but I like them! This must be around 12 years ago, right before I stopped doing film, because I was always disappointed with the digitalisation.

Things work better nowadays! :)

I recently found my old negatives. (Damn, I shot film a lot more than I remembered) and I decided to have a little test.

Back in the day (20-15 years ago) I digitised with an Epson V700, because that was the way to go if you couldn´t afford an Imacon, and despite reading and trying everything, I was never quite happy with the results. It was one of the reasons I eventually gave up film photography.

I picked film photography up again this summer, and I'm now digitising with a Nikon Z6III and 150mm macro lens on a high quality light panel. It's pretty funny to be proven right 15 years later. (or maybe I've just discovered that tiff files lose their sharpness over time)

This was a 35mm frame on Fuji S-200, shot with a Olympus Zuiko 50mm f/1.8.

For anyone contemplating how to digitise: I wouldn't bother with scanners if you have access to any digital cam and a macro lens.

(edit: Yes I know better scanners exist, obviously, this is just a little test to be taking at face value and nothing deep good people. ;) )

One of the portraits I made during a small local festival which I think came out exceptionally well. We had a fun conversation and a fun moment shooting this one and some photos with and of her friend as well.

(Minolta Autocord, Kentmere 200 in Rodinal)

It seems the aperture is slow to engage?

When I move the DoF preview lever the aperture responds quickly. Unscrewing the lens halves the blades look clean, but I don't think the blades should move so slowly or am I missing something here?

I used to do a lot of (dark) fantasy photoshoots, and have been out of it for years due to long covid and cancer. I recently picked up photography again, together with a Minolta Autocord (I used to have a Yashica-mat), and this was the first photoshoot on film I've done for years. It was a lot of fun getting back into it again.

Film was developed in Rodinal.

I had a lot of fun finding interesting people, striking up conversations and taking their portraits.
Dude on the last photo was a bit weird with his weird 50's camera though.

Dude on the last photo was really weird, lugging around a weird camera with two lenses from '58.

Na bijna 10 jaar niets meer met fotografie te hebben gedaan, en meer dan 10 jaar niets meer met analoog heb ik weer een twee-oog gekocht. Ik ben een tijdje terug genezen van kanker, en viel daarna in een zwart gat omdat ineens de behandelingen over waren en ik niet zo goed wist wat ik met mezelf aan moest.

Naar buiten gaan en straatportretten maken helpt om me de deur uit te krijgen en wat positiefs en constructiefs te doen. Ontzettend leuk hoeveel fijne gesprekken er volgen met mensen als je hiermee bezig bent.

Fotograferen met een twee-oog is wel weer ontzettend wennen, spiegelbeeld en vierkant. Vroeger kon ik dit feilloos, maar nu moet ik echt weer even oefenen.

So, bit of context: My wife and I met through photography, and for a long while it has been a thing be both loved doing, to the points where we shot weddings together as well, next to the more artsy and weird creative stuff we did together.

The last years I have been dealing with being chronically ill, first long covid, and recently cancer.
I'm physically cured of cancer and doing ok again, and we both picked up photography again. We made this during the first photoshoot we did after years. I'd say that is a win, and we're off to a great (re)start!

I bought a Minolta Autocord twin lens reflex from '58, she bought a new Z6III, and for me the Z6 is so much fun to use with manual focus lenses, I was never able to with the D750's we previously used. So, I found a nice CLA'ed Helios 44 we embraced the 60s lens coatings and flares! 😄

To test the camera and have a first roll to develop I went around the lovely city of Dordrecht, asking people if I could take a portrait of them. Had lovely conversations and a great day!

Developing and especially spooling the film in a black bag was a hassle, I used to do it standing in a dark closet, dropping the film all the way down and reeling it in. In the bag everything got tangled up pretty quickly and it was a mess.

I think some of the scratches (the guitarist photo shows them well) are caused by that, but I'm not sure, if anyone has any great ideas I'm all ears.

Also, shooting a TLR again was difficult! I used to be able to hold and shoot it perfectly when I had a Yashica-mat, but compositions and straight lines are all over the place!

Hi everyone! After 12-ish years of being completely done with photography (used to be a wedding photog, even), I picked up a Minolta Autocord and loaded it with Fomapan 200.

I walked around the city, asking people if I could make a quick portrait, which was a lot of fun.

Some of the photos have these kinds of scratches on them, mostly the last three photos. Have I been too rough spooling it? Is is a QC issue from Foma? Did I mess something else up?

Also the first roll with the Minolta Autocord I bought. I went and took some street portraits, had lovely conversations and met some great people, so if all else failed I still had a great day taking photos, but I'm happy to see that everything worked out!

Photographically they're not the greatest since it has been an equally long time since I'd used a TLR camera, but fun was definitely had!

I always used to love the idea of vintage lenses, but on my d750 it's just a pain in the arse to get them to focus right. My wife recently got a Z6III, and damn does focus peaking make my life better in literally every way! It's the best thing since canned bread.

We both used to do weddings, I lost passion and got seriously ill for a long time, but now I'm picking photography back up again, this is the first decent photo again! I also got myself a Minolta Autocord again for medium format film shooting. I'm enthusiastic to get going again, and have some photoshoots lined up in the future with models.

Now of course, I still need film and all the paraphernalia to develop, but those are on their way as we speak.

This is dangerous, because I'm already ogling a Bronica S2a, one of the most fun MF camera's I have had, and I have owned most of them.

It's basically an elaborate effects rack with some minor modulation, and the Divskip, bitbox and Kickain for some perscussion. I'll be focusing on dark and slow drones with a subdued rhythm part that I can build up towards the end of the set.