It's the end of January. My never-ending misery of a cold is finally out of my sinuses. And it's time to start making some photos again. I've posted a couple since January 1, but they were all photos taken last year.
Today's photo was taken with a lightly modified 1954ish Kodak Retina IIIc on Ferrania P30 film. This particular camera I got for next to nothing because it had a badly dented top cover and a broken light meter. It has the Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Xenon 50mm f/2 version of the standard lens—a lovely performer!—and was otherwise working well, so I had the top cover removed, the meter removed, and then fitted it with the top cover and other needed bits from a Retina IIc that I bought (again for near nothing) as a parts camera. The result is a meterless and slightly smaller, trimmer IIIc with this superb lens. And, since the top cover is now straight and the accessory shoe aligned properly, I can use the accessory 35mm and 85mm lenses on it too with the matching viewfinder accessory. Ferrania P30 even with my modified processing remains a punchy performer. The high silver content give it a striking look rather different from a lot of other films. This exposure popped out at me even before I scanned the exposures: Woman Having Breakfast - Mountain View 2025 :: https://flic.kr/p/2qHtdL7 The negative was captured to digital using the Leica M10 Monochrom fitted with a Leica Macro-Elmarit-R 60mm f/2.8. Inversion and rendering work (very light!) was performed in Lightroom Classic. The camera performs beautifully, I'm going to enjoy a lot of shooting with it. It's very handy to carry since it is a folder and the lens is automatically protected when it's not in use ... great to slip into a large pocket or a small bag. About half the exposures on this roll I used a tiny Sekonic light meter to gauge exposure for, the other half I used a meter app on my phone ... or just guessed. Fun stuff! onwards! G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night." – Charlie Brown -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
