Summaron with Kodak 400CN

[Kalkadan]

Strange things going on at the Wintersun car festival.  Bitter cold, rain -  and a Poodle parade.

I love using the IIIf and this time fitted the 35mm viewfinder.  
Used the iPhone App "Light meter" which seems to operate pretty much as a spot meter.

The blue T'bird shown in the D200 set - Summaron 35mm f2.8 LTM on IIIf @ f5.6 (400CN)


Poodle parade judge - same lens @ f2.8 on IIIf (400CN)


Poodle parade spectator - Summaron again @ f2.8


Proud Poodle owner - Summaron @ f2.8 and very slow shutter speed (probably 1/15 or 1/10 - very dim)


Hey Little Devil - Summaron @ f2.8

[brazile]

Fun! I believe I recognized one of those spectators.

You're getting good results out of the IIIf; I need to keep working with my IIIc to see if I can get there. I also use the light meter app for the iPhone and have found it work well, although I also have noticed that the latitude of B&W film is such that my guesswork on exposure generally is close enough most times -- I use the app when I'm uncertain, want to test my guesswork, or just want to be sure. On the other hand, my focusing with the rangefinder often leaves a lot to be desired.

Keep up the good work!

Robert

[lesged]

Dan,

Great to see how much you've been posting lately. By marrying a natural blonde, my preference for women's hair color was publicly declared. Your lovely shot of Annie at the dog show is another one of all you've posted on NFF, that fit the popular product slogan, "always satisfies." However, I have to make an exception for the cute brunette with the triad in the last frame, who gets the blue ribbon as top shot of the current series.

I bought a brand new Summaron 35/3.5 in Stuttgart in 1958 and used it with my Leica IIf and IIIf for ten years (1958 to 1968) I loved that lens and heard it gained recognition in recent times as an underrated  superior lens. I never had the Summaron 35/2.8 version, but can see in the photos above just how good it is.

When I see Your work in b&w, as well as a number of other members, I feel all the more guilty for not  developing one roll of b&w film in 2012. Bad enough not to have used any of my  film cameras since returning from Florida April 1st , even worse is to let the Babel high pile of unprocessed b&w rolls gather moss. Is it a kick in the toches or the need for a fire under it, that will get me souping film again? That is the question.

Viva vecchio vetro!(Long live old glass!).

Btw, what is the root of “kalka” in your avitar “kalkadan?”

[lesged]

Dan,

Haven't found a photo exposed with my Summaron 35/3.5 yet, but did run across another underrated LTM lens, i.e Elmar 90/4. It was mounted on my Bessa-R .
      
      

      Great egret, lighthouse pier, St Augustine, FL circa 2008

      Bessa-R Elmar 90/4 LTM, with orange filter

[Kalkadan]

Les

Thank you so much for those kind comments - my bursts of activity are an indication that work is slow at those times!  

I too have the 35.f3.5 Summaron.  It came in the clutch of gear from the late Mr Walpole.  I particularly like its compactness.  In fact it was the first lens I tried on the IIIf when that camera arrived.  Let's see some of your shots with it if you can find them?

As for your putting off B&W processing, and what will make you get underway again - I suggest you just look at some of those wonderful photos you took in Florence and which were collected by your children in that gallery.  They are inspiration enough for anyone.

Aha, "kalka"?  Well 'kalka' was my father's nickname.  As his eldest son I appropriated it.  My grandchildren call me Kalka.  There was a little railway station over the road from the house where Dad's family lived for a couple of generations.  It was Kalka Station.  He got the nickname from that.  And he carried it throughout his sporting career, through the War and in business afterwards.  Not many people knew him by any other name.  When he died the Police held up the traffic for Kalka.  
Here is a shot I took of him and Mum at the christening of my youngest sister: a strong willed, tempestuous Aussie/Irishman - and I miss him badly at times


But it was only when we went to India in 2009 that I realised where the word Kalka came from.  It is a railway station on the way from Delhi to Shimla, the hill station where the British took refuge from the summer heat of the capital.  Today it is quite a tourist attraction.  My father would have roared laughing.

Love your Egret by the way.  That Elmar 90/4 has a gentleness about it.

Robert:  thank you - yep, the spectator - that's the one!  pops up all over the place like a bad penny.

Dan

[lesged]

Dan,

Thanks for explaining where the name Kalka came from and the serial roots of the name: India to Australia; nicknam of your Dad and you. I'm a name freak and enjoy learning about the root of unusual names: given and family.

I can appreciate your feeling about missing your Dad. I lost mine in 1945. He was in the Navy in WW1 and he died while I was in Army Air Corp during WW2. After the war, they changed the name of service to Air Force and the color of uniforms from khaki to blue.

Your sugestion for igniting my b&w embers, so to speak, is a good one. However, to have the planets in the same alignment as they were while I lived in Florence in 1958 and 59 is impossible.That was my high water mark in photography and I never came close to repeating that "golden" epoch's quality.

The egret was posted from a mediocre scan in my file. I should look for the negative and reprocess it. Btw, I added a note stating I used an orange filter, hence  the darkened sky. It's the only filter I have that fits the 90 Elmar, it's a push-on type.