Re: Chama Time: More NG Lemons . . .

Greg Monroe Wrote:
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> Dutch - I like the old tyme look - many old vin-
> tage photos will have similar flaws.  My main
> photographic interest is getting vintage looks
> in my NG shots - for this I may use high ISO
> film (1600 or even 3200), add a sepia tone in
> the computer, and most of all I will often use a
> plastic Holga or one-use (throwaway) camera
> to get the varied image softness, corner vignet-
> ting, and maybe over or under exposure through
> their uncoated plastic lenses and limited shutter
> (only 1/125) / aperture (f/8 or 11 only) selections.
> If one enjoys this type photography (I do!) it is
> mucho FUN!

Greg Monroe {also} Wrote:
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> I agree on the 300 lens not being the tool for the
> old tyme look - altho a 300 f/4 has been one of
> my most favorite lenses since about 1990, never
> for the NG when a vintage look is in mind.  For
> that I prefer the Holga's lens (medium format
> 60mm 35mm equivalent about 30mm, which is
> a mild wide angle; or the 24mm lens on a 35mm
> one-use camera.  I have also gotten a lot of
> good results from a good old fashioned 50-
> mm 'normal' lens on a SLR..


Mssrs. Flatt & Monroe * -

I had no choice in the early and mid-1960's but my dad's old East German Practika, which very early on in my railfanning "career" acquired a cinder or two that – along with its very mediorcre 55mm lens – virtually guaranteed photos similar to the one posted above (except for the sepia toning), even after significant efforts to clean them up.  I posted several of them (probably way too many) here on the NGDF a few years ago — see the thread starting at [ngdiscussion.net] . . .

- Roosso

*  In addition to old-timey photos, do youse guys also like old-timey music?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 11/11/2018 10:41AM by Russo Loco.