Since finishing the 365 project in June, I've been diving back into my film cameras a fair bit.
A recent spate of late-night auction site action led to a 80mm Distagon coming my way for under $400 (Win!_) and maaaybe a Jobo processor as well, for even less.
Casually mentioned to the wife that a small, counter-top film processor is on the way and then quickly switched to talking about her trip away to Israel/the dog/oh the cat's doing something cute etc. This is the real challenge of all enthusiast photographers - how to smuggle new equipment into the small apartment you share with your significant other without them figuring out how much it cost/where it will go.
Hopefully it will integrate into the kitchen with little hassle.
Talked with Eugene Tan from Aquabumps yesterday, and he tells me he's got a 60ft tripod arriving soon.
How he will get that past his pregnant wife I don't know - but he's a super-successful pro-shooter who's able to say "But I need to stay ahead of the game babe!". I on the other hand am not. Hence, I'm dealing with hand-developing my own film in the kitchen sink and buying 2nd hand, average condition lenses off of eBay until I can justify the expense of some serious Leaf-Shutter action.
Anyway, the nice Postman brought the new (old) lens today, and I strapped in on the front of my beaten-up 500C to shoot a few test frames on Fuji Instant film.
Looks good wide open, tricky to get DOF right on a self-portrait with a cable release but it's all looking good.
Here's a frame that is interesting because it's a double exposure, on one frame the flash didn't fire (there was an air-gap in the Pocket Wizard set up) and on the other I'm looking to make sure it does, after having just taken a meter reading.
I'm on location tomorrow so I might shoot some film with it and see what happens.
It's always important to document your work.
Strobist: Vivitar 285 poverty-pack gutsy flash on 1/16th, Hasselbad on 500th at f/4. Fuji 100-B instant film .
Scanned on the dustiest scanner in the land.
