Photograph and Camera talk

[Finn666]

now that looks like a great wedding to me. perfect weather, great looking guests and bridal couple…was that in sweden/ finland/... ?

you have more than these 12 images though, right? would like to see more

[Guest]

What kind of photo related blogs/sites do you guys frequent? I think it would be cool if we shared a few links.

http://www.japancamerahunter.com/

–> basically a guy in Tokyo who'll buy you any freakish camera you can think of, I like his "what's in your bag" feature and all the camera pr0n

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/

–> interesting real world reviews, rather leica-centric

http://kenshukan.net/john/

–> Tokyo based film photographer with interesting book reviews and nice insights into darkroom work. the same guy who does http://tokyocamerastyle.com/

http://www.petapixel.com/

–> my favorite for upcoming camera releases

http://www.youtube.com/user/DigitalRevCom

–> best video reviews out there imo, not for everyone as these guys are absolutely silly and often overdo it... I still prefer them over most serious reviewers

[Finn666]

shot this yesterday, not sure about the editing i did on it though…

opinions?

klick for bigger view

[derivative666]

Very leicaesque

[loghill]

@Finn666:

now that looks like a great wedding to me. perfect weather, great looking guests and bridal couple…was that in sweden/ finland/... ?

you have more than these 12 images though, right? would like to see more

Thanks. Pics are from Helsinki Finland. I don't have more than those 12 online, I tend to keep my photosets small.

[Finn666]

@derivative666:

Very leicaesque

well this sounds like a good thing, right?

[derivative666]

I am a huge fan of dark contrasty street photography

[Finn666]

same here…I just love b/w street art!

[madmonday]

loghill great photo set.

[zendeen]

beatboxman

[rocket]

cool

[ChuckDenim]

Today I want to give you a look at my Rheinmetall Weltax. I got the cam from my grandfather. He bought it around 1958. It´s a medium format camera use rollfilm and produce 6x6 negatives. It´s real work to shoot with, because it´s full manual. The difficultest part is estimate the distance. But if you make it right, the camera produce wonderful pics.

[derivative666]

^amazing

[Guest]

It's beauty! I had a Adox Golf 6x6 folder once. Those kind of cams are really fun to shoot

[Finn666]

love it!
have some old once at home as well…if I find the time I'll post some pics of'em!

[ChuckDenim]

I scaned some pics to show you how the camera works. I think it does a nice, what always called as bokeh.

[Guest]

Very nice pics, man! Very dreamy look. Carl Zeiss Jena made some awesome lenses. I particularly love the look of the Biometar 80/2.8, the standard lens for the Pentacon Six.

[ChuckDenim]

Is this your Pentagon six on the avatar pic? Heavy stuff!!!

[Finn666]

great pics steffen…love that "filmy" look, that´s something i miss on my DSLR. always have to use PS to add that kinda look!

[Guest]

Chuck: no, that's a pic I ripped from an old Pentax 6x7 ad

I never had the Pentacon, but lots of my favorite pics on flickr have been shot with the Biometar. I had the Kiev 60 with a 50mm CZJ and 80mm Volna for a while, the russian equivalent. Yes, very heavy and the Kiev is unfortunately just as heavy as unreliable.

Here it is with the CZJ Flektogon:

. by the švabo, on Flickr