Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On my latest trip to Vancouver, I didn't bring any cameras. Instead, I simply went from one end of Tom A's toy cabinet to the other, trying every conceivable combination of odd things I could (although nothing quite as kinky as the 1937 90mm f/4 Elmar lens head bolted via OUAGO and 14167 adapters to an R7 I use at home, but hey -- I was a guest, so I figured I'd better be on my best behaviour, right?) Anyway, halfway through my foraging I came across the Fuji TX-1 (also known as a Hasselblad XPAN when dressed in a dinner jacket). Pop some old FP4 into it, head down for the beach one morning, and Robert's your father's brother. (Some) of the results of this can be seen at: http://www.ida.liu.se/~marho/vpan/ A few amateurish prods at the LF contemplative-style stuff (which usually bores the unmentionables out of me, but I could really get into this paranoi... eh, panoramic, stuff), and one or three familiar faces. I also afforded me the opportunity to play with duotones in Photoshop, so chances are it'll all look like crap on your computers ;) And since this brings back such wonderful memories, many thanks to Tom, Tuulikki, Ted, Henning, Arthur, Barnack, and anyone else my senile mind may have forgotten. (BTW -- If you ever want to feel like an old fart, hang out with Ted for an afternoon. They say age is a state of mind: well, Ted's living proof of a septuagenarian teenager ;) M. [Technical details for the those of you into that stuff: Fuji TX-1, 45mm f/4, Ancient Ilford FP4 (not FP4+), Agfa Rodinal 1:100, Epson Expression 1600 Pro Firewire, Adobe Photoshop 5.0.2] - -- Martin Howard | "Once you understand the process of co- Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | ordination, it's much easier to avoid. email: howard.390@osu.edu | Knowledge is power." -- K. Christoffersen. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +--------------------------------------------