A nice look. I especially like the tree photo. Great light that produces a lovely glow here. Paul On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've been itching to take the old Balda (1955ish Baldix 6x6 folder) for a > walk since it arrived, finally had a chance to do so over the weekend. > > I loaded it with Fuji Acros 100 for testing. I made a loading mistake this > first time which cost me one frame out of the twelve. I know what I did wrong > so I'll not do that one again. > > Otherwise, the camera performed very nicely other than for opening it. The > lens standard mechanism is sticky and I think there's something bent or > slightly out of alignment in it. It opens and snaps into place properly, > eventually, but it takes a lot of careful fussing to make that happen. I'll > bring it by the camera repair shop and see what Fred can do to massage it. > Otherwise, the lens seems good, the shutter seems pretty accurate and the > images have that lovely vintage look to them ... I felt good about posting a > couple: > > #2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8019828444/lightbox > > #6: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8019827304/lightbox > > It's a lot of fun to let go of all the bits and bytes with a camera like > this. And I still love the look of 6x6 photographs. > > Thanks for looking! Comments are always appreciated. > > Godfrey > -- > a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
