Tag: takumar 35mm
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I have not been shooting a ton over the past few months. Instead I’ve been spending my photography time in the darkroom, working on prints to give away this holiday season. That work has been very rewarding, but I wanted to create some new negatives so I finished shooting a roll of FP4 that’s been…
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I’ve taken a lot of indoor photos with my macro lens, but I’ve never thought of it as my everyday walking-around lens. And I’m not sure why. It may not be as nice or fast as my ‘normal’ 50mm lens, but it’s still a 50mm lens. And it comes with the added bonus of close…
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My third roll of the trip was Ferrania P30, a stock I had not used before. As I keep reminding myself, before shooting a new stock do some basic research on how best to use it. I did not remember to do that this time!
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My second roll of the trip was Kodak XX, the Film Photography Project version. Metered at their suggested 200 ISO and developed in Rodinal (1:60 for 7:00). Which is a first for me. I’ve shot XX before, but have always used the recommended D96 developer.
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In February I took a short trip to Guadalajara, Mexico. And, naturally, I brought a camera and a bunch of film. Unlike last year’s trip to Bogotá, I brought no color film. Guadalajara is very sunny. As a result it has a built environment that provides a lot of shade. So I have a lot…
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A slightly shorter post this week as I recover from being sick. Going the opposite way from my experiments in pushing hp5, I pulled this roll by metering and developing it at 200. The HP5 article I mentioned earlier didn’t talk much about pulling so I didn’t really know what to expect. But, as the…
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After learning that my partner and I were heading to Sparta, Wisconsin, a friend of mine suggested we visit the FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard just outside of town. It looked like a great place to take photos so I brought the Spotmatic and the Moskva V. It was very cloudy and a little rainy during…
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Recently I purchased a SMC Takumar 105/2.8 lens with the hope of using it in portrait photos. And it works great for that, I’m happy to report. But it also left me wondering how my other lenses and cameras work in portraiture. So I pulled together some good representative examples.
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Another new lens, the very small Takumar 35mm/3.5. I have a 50mm/1.4 that I use a lot. And I have a 24mm/3.5 that I like. This new lens slots right in between those two. A little wider than the 50mm, but with less distortion and distancing than the 24mm. With this lens I think I…
