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 This is my first post of a scan from film. Last summer I brought home my father's old (very old) Welta Weltax camera. This is a medium format (120 film) camera made in Germnay, probably pre-World War II. It is a major change for me because there are absolutely NO automatic features of ANY kind. Not even so much as a range finder for focus. So it forces me to think about every setting, use a hand held light meter to get exposure, guess the distance and set it, manually cock the shutter, frame the picture in a tiny little viewfinder, and squeeze off the shot. Then after taking the picture to remember to wind the fim, because there is nothing to prevent double exposures. So I threw a roll of Fuji NPS 160 color film in it last summer (I had meant to shoot 6x6 but in my excitement at getting the camera I forgot to remove the 6x4.5 mask from inside the camera) and have taken a few shots from time to time with it, finally finishing the roll last week. I was not particularly happy with the results. Mostly my fault, out of focus pictures, three double exposures (out of 16 total frames!), camera shake, poor composition using the viewfinder, etc. The film itself seems terribly grainy for 160 ISO. Next, I will turn to B&W hopefully picking up a good deal on eBay. As many of you know, Expressions had a little hiccup last night and forgingahead was offline for about 10 hours from last evening until early this morning. Back up now. This week, Keith at Crackingshot has turned over the pictures to his wife, 'Mrs. Crackingshot.' As all the regulars to this fine site know, her pictures have been stunning all week and many of us are begging for her to become a regular on the site or better yet to start her own blog. Today, she gave us an amazing photo, titled Boy Playing With Cars - Calgary that on first opening makes every parent gasp in fear! When you realize that it is not some photoshop trick it is all the more amazing. Enjoy!  | |
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