Monday, January 8, 2007

PF+ @ EI 200


My beautiful niece, Andrea was visiting from CA, so I wanted to take some photos, as she's growing up so fast, and I don't know how long it will be before I see her again. I was using Pan F+, but forgot to switch the exposure mode selector back to auto from manual when I loaded the film, so I underexposed the film by two stops. The results aren't bad, but I would have preferred to shoot at ISO speed, or use a diferent film, like TMX or Acros for EI 200. This was shot handheld with my Minolta XD-11/ 58mm f1.2.

Film: Pan F+
EI: 200
Dilution: 1:10
Time: 60:00
Temp: 70F
Agitation: Stand
scan: neg

8 comments:

Dan said...

Love the tones.

jdef said...

Thanks, Dan. It's hard to go too far wrong with this subject.

Dan said...

I don't see anything wrong with this image at all, if that's what you're implying. Your subjects are of course always beautiful as well....

You could diversify your portraiture a little with a bit of environmental, situational, or simply quirky/witty stuff. You are already quite good with light and close-up portraits (something I can't claim for myself).

Are you familiar with the "Family" book by Lee Friedlander? Great family pictures... I don't want to turn you off, but see what you can do with a _wide_ angle. That book will provide a lot of insight.

I am biased - Friedlander is one of my favorites.

jdef said...

Hi Dan.

Thank you for your compliments. I don't think there's anything "wrong" with this photo, it's just grainier than it needs to be considering there was ample light to shoot at box speed, and develop normally. I'm happy to have salvaged the film with such significant underexposure.

I love Friedlander's work, and especially his family photos, and even more specifically, his "Maria" photos. When I shoot with my Olympus XA, I feel I'm in a more documentary mode, but I don't typically use WA lenses. That being said, I've been coveting the Fuji 645 RF w/60mm f1.4 lens, and I expect it to be my next camera purchase. Should be perfect for more environmental/available light work. Thanks again.

Jay

Dan said...

Does that 60mm focus close? I have a Mamiya 6, and of course the 50mm for it does not focus closer than 1m.

Other than that, the combination of the square and wide angle is quite "different". The square negative is quite "wide" already even with the 75mm.

You may go even wider with a Hasselblad, or on the cheap and even wider with Kowa 6. Rare, but still possible to find are the 40mm and the 35mm ultra-wides. Also widely availabe is the 55mm lens, and a boatload of accessories. The camera and lenses are bulky and unwiedely to use, but the lenses make pictures just as good or better as those from Hasselblad/Zeiss. They're not very fast lenses though.

jdef said...

Hi Dan.

The Fuji isn't fast either. The ebay listing I read called the lens a 60mm f1.4, but in reality, it's a 60mm f4. Not very fast at all, and I've lost interest. Instead, I'll probably go with the Mamiya 645 with 80mm f1.9. Not a WA, but the fastest MF glass I know of, and I'm very familiar with that system, having owned one before. A friend has a Kowa 6 with its 80mm f2.8, which is nice, but the square doesn't really suit me, and the Mamiya gets 16 frames/roll with the much faster glass, better ergonomics, TTL prism, autowinder, etc., etc.. Not as lightweight, compact, or quiet as the Fuji RF, but it's a good compromise for the fast and interchangeable lenses, including a 35mm. I don't know why Fuji or Bronica don't offer a fast lens for their RFs. f4 doesn't cut it, for me.

Jay

Dan said...

Is the DOF enough at the f/1.9?

Mark Booth said...

I am planning to shoot 4x5 TMY and HP5 film with GSD-10 1:10 Tray development. Preferred developing temp. of 24ÂșC. I anticipate some sheets of film to be shot at 400 EI but I may need to go as high as 1600 EI for some low light conditions in a manufacturing facility, while documenting coffee roasting production. Sounds fun, eh! I would like to work with semi-stand development or minimal agitation, but not full stand in this situation. Please provide some development times/guidelines. Also, Jay I will post some comments in the weeks to come regarding my great success with small format full stand development using GSD-10. I have 50 rolls of 35mm under my belt! I await some scans for illustration, which will be available as soon as possible.
Mark Booth
Seattle, WA USA