A Russian tutorial

I decided to go all the way, today. Wow. Although I have to say that composing this tutorial, with the "help" of Blogger was the hardest part.


So I put my Industar 28mm on the FED, innocent like a child. You can see what came out, do I have to name it? Vignetting, coma, everything that's in the book. My fault: it's for the half-frame Chaika...

So beware: they are on Ebay "for Leica etc." but don't do that! And in July, at last, I got my Чаика: perfect! Very nice lens for half frame.

But what did I know. Took a modern Uсrainian Svema and remembered that double-Ilford, it was sooo thin and floppy. And I was right: the FED tore it to pieces.

The Russian standard-drum. I practised a bit, it's an inside-out half-spiral, a bit weird but not bad once you mastered the technique.

The (also Ucrainian) Reaktiv was a bit cloudy, but I used it as prescribed on the film, 7 mins and the negatives were okay, almost as I expected...

After two days the Fixage was grey/brown - never saw that, but it made the film very clear, so no problem here.







Conclusion: the fresh Svema is dangerously thin, the Industar 28mm is very "LOMO"...
Oh, and the Leningrad worked fine, indicating nicely what I expected.

D'dorfa, città deserta

Die Stadt ist verlassen, denn die Strassenbahnler streiken, ach mein armes kaputtes Knie. Ich weh' fast von der Brücke, aber unten sind die Schafe, ein Bild meiner Jugend, ich werde euch damit nicht langweilen...
In der neunziger Elikon 35CM habe ich heute 1992 Свема, wird entwickelt, mehr oder weniger, in Реактив aus den Siebzigern und das Фиксаж ist bestimmt genau so alt...

For technical details about the Russian film, developer, camera, look at my flickr photostream erwinruys

проявитель

This picture is rather special. It's about Western "Pride and Prejudice". Because not only the camera is an old Russian, the 1940 Fotokor, with an old bakelite light-filter for ortho-emulsion, but the film is developed in Soviet developer. Nice and dry, easy-to-solve stuff, decades young. Great.

Altweiber 2012

Soooo gemütlich in der Strassenbahn, man plaudert, nimmt vielleicht schon ein Schlückchen, zeigt etwas mehr als sonst. Es nieselt - hat jemand das bemerkt? Und dass der uralte Fomapan in meiner Yashica 635 nur nach hinten guckt ist mir völlig egal.

I cannot tell you how old this Fomapan is: no box. Her sensitivity went backwards, if you know what I mean. Beneath all that fog (and maybe radioactive ink?) is the carnival in Düsseldorf.

Spring is in the air...

Well, not yet. Definitely no "Elfstedentocht", but the kids are still having fun at the ice-rinks in my street. Pleasant subject for the
 ± 1963 Plus X Prof, and the gruesome details are on my flickr photostream erwinruys ( the link has disappeared, not only on this blog...) but looking up I saw this balloon, hey! Cold up there?

The 1950 Agifold anastigmat on F8, 1/60

Назначение Иркутск

Nice weather to test a Svema refill in the tiny Kiev: -5° and rather sunny. The nature in my back-garden is a bit overcrowded, but we're here to test cameras, not to write poetry. And it's a nice morning walk. More Irkutsk? Look below! Больше Иркутск? Смотри внизу! And our other blog / и наш другой блог: http://destinationirkutsk.blogspot.com/

Nostalgia

While I was developing my "Siberian" film, the doorbell rang and there was my neighbour with a cute little map full of AGFA-papersamples. Real prints on real paper; Lupex, Brovira, Record Rapid, Portriga. Those were the days... Thanks, Jos!

Siberian film? For the Russian stuff you'll have to go to my new blog: http://destinationirkutsk.blogspot.com/