Even a gold RB, m645 and hasselblad (which i forgot to take a picture of)

So, to put an end to the “deleted history” on the Internet I will leave this here. (My personal archive) Japanese magazine Car Styling 1981 special edition on Giugiaro and Ital Design.

To my knowledge there ain’t no remaining or closer source to that fact. Even in this magazine the texts are carefully chosen. There are few other pages too from gallery-exhibition etc where Ital Design displays Nikon EM along with F3. And without motordrive-E but still attributed to Giugiaro.

And it is heck of a comfortable camera if you are willing to live with only 2 fps per second spendings that is.

So, in my opinion and by my research it seems that the Nikon EM and its motordrive-e both were actually designed by Giugiaro but the corporate constraints so to speak kind of erased that knowledge over time.

PS: Those poor Philips shavers on the last image unfortunately didn’t make it to production.

Back to the Future ;)

Canon vl2 + Jupiter 8

Taking the Olympus XA for a stroll and a coffee in an English village. And yes, the sun was out!

I'm traveling to Taiwan in a couple days to visit my wife's family. Counter to what I see most people traveling with I'm going as light as possible. I wish the lens was wider but I'm going to resist the urge to bring more gear and just ride with this.

Hey peeps(This is my first Post on reddit dont be to harsh :)) . I found 2 Cameras as you see above. They are from my Great Aunt who gave them to my Family. I did some Basic Research and seems like the Rollei really is kinda special( Rollei 35 S „Silver“). Now I dont know much about Photographie even less on the whole Analog-Theme. I would appreciate some advice to where I should bring them, because I dont know if they work or not and how to use them properly. Maybe someone can give me advice and to be more specific im based in Germany.

Appreciate any Help People. Thank you :)

My first attempt at developing black and white film turned out to be a great success (you tell me). The hardest part was loading the film onto the spool in complete darkness—I had to redo it a few times. But after that, it was just a matter of measuring the chemicals and timing everything right.

What I loved most is the opportunity to get the negatives on the same day I shoot, instead of waiting seven days for lab processing.

Really happy with how it turned out—especially for a first try!

For reference, I purchased a 42 inch x 33 foot roll of Ilford MGRC Deluxe satin pearl. This is the widest I have used so far and wasn’t sure how to fix the curl.

With this who needs cookers am I right?

Canon vl2 + Jupiter 8

So I took out a roll of Cinestill 800 to shoot night photography and everything went pretty well except for this photo. Something about it being so deep fried and contrasty and just ugly really threw me. To me it looks like when you crank the "clarity" slider on photo on your phone lol. Is this something I did? Or was this from the lab I got it developed at?

A good dose of improvisation and an even bigger one of isopropanol, but I'm getting there...

Price is in UYU, 3400 UYU = 80USD. Crazy.

I just got back from a trip to Mobile AL to shoot the SS United States in port. I took three rolls of Kodak E100 with me to maximize the amount of slides I can sell down the road and shot all three today. However, because I normally shoot Ilford HP5 400 (and meter for 320), I forgot to adjust my ISO settings to 100 to reflect the change in speed… and shot an entire roll of E100 at 400. I’ve never made this mistake, and while I know of pushing/pulling during developing, I don’t know anything about how it’s addressed. I normally go through Dale Laboratories for color film, but I don’t know if they will do push/pull on E6, as they only develop once a week due to small order quantities. I haven’t yet contacted them, as I’m running short on sleep for work tomorrow and figured I’d cover a few more bases here tonight here.

Attached iPhone photo of the SS United States and a CSX train rolling by because I thought it was pretty neat

For the first time ever after 2 years of shooting film I dropped a fresh roll of film (Lomo 100) when trying to load my camera on holiday. The disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.

I've decided to downgrade. I got somewhat discouraged with my photography, and decided to part with my beloved RZ67. It was too heavy and too limiting for me, since I usually shoot during walks, and never in a studio. I've heard really a lot of good stuff about 124G (everyone seems to like it sooo much), and I thought it would be a great choice for my first TLR. It's super lightweight, it's relatively cheap, and it provides excellent results.

But boy... the focusing process and the ground glass are absolutely terrible. I got disappointed right at the very moment I popped up the viewfinder lid. You just can't see shit, and the infinity focus is soft for some reason (I still wait for my test rolls to check them). The microprism is not helpful at all, it's just too dark to understand if the object's in focus. My first idea was to change the glass, but a good glass is about 120 bucks, which is half the price of this camera. Well... Shooting the test rolls was no fun at all.

Leaf shutter is kinda interesting, I like how stealth it is. But at the same time, it was hard to understand whether the camera took any picture at all. It's so quiet and smooth, that I think you can shoot at 1/15 or 1/8 handheld if you hold your breath. I think I just missed the sound of a really nice and loud slap of a mirror. Ergonomics are not great, the controls are too loose for my taste. When changing speed/aperture, there's no "stops" or "clicks". The wheels just go all the way down, so it's not really intuitive, and you can't switch without actually looking at the figures.

I still have to check the test rolls to better understand if there is any problem with the optics. Maybe the camera needs some calibration and CLA. Still, this is the first time I got so disappointed about the camera I felt so enthusiastically about. If the test scans are good, I'll give it another chance and see how it goes.

Hello all, I just discovered that my TLR camera has an English chart on the back of it instead of Germans. Is this an import model? Thanks all!!

I'm new tot analog photography and have a question about EV. When I use the Sunny16 rule and set my camera with a 100 ISO b/w film to 1/125s and f11 (sunny weather and a few clouds), the photo should come out right. The light meter app on my phone says EV 11 with the same values for shutterspeed and aparture. Do I need to change some settings? There is no EV setting on my camera.

It sucks that there aren't any affordable color film in 4x5 or 8x10.

BW sure, we got cheap Xray film and other emulsions to practice with and use without breaking the bank.

But color film? Not so much. We're pretty much down to the 4 Kodak films plus Cinestill with the cheapest being $62 for 10 sheets currently(in the USA).

I know the chances are nearly 0%, but it would be nice to get gold in sheet film if the price was much lower and affordable.

I don't even shoot color with my 4x5 because of the cost. :(

Can anyone share what their raw unedited scans look like? I’m always concerned that I am using levels to correct my scans too much. I have to tighten them up a good bit.

Any advice on how to move forward with this?

I spotted this beautiful F3/T at a local shop in Singapore and I was blown away, so beautiful! This is about 1280 SGD, which equates to about 950 USD. Definitely one of my dream cameras to own!