[LRflex] Re: Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ...
- From: Alex Hurst <corkflor@xxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:26:07 +0000
Douglas writ:
Alex,
many moons ago my father tried to enthuse me for darkroom wizardry,
but I never really enjoyed playing with chemicals in the dark (for
that matter, home movies weren't for me either, and certainly not
9.5 mm Pathe), so I became the slide photographer of the family.
With my newly-acquired changing bag, I certainly don't intend to go
further than developing the negs. Thereafter it's into or on to a
scanner, and from there my digital darkroom takes over.
You're right, every now and again you discover little gems hidden
away and gathering dust in second-hand stores or in your own
cupboards/cabinets, I've got a Canon LTM 1.9/85mm and a 3.5/135mm
that haven't had an outing yet - chromed massive brass beauties
with a well used patina, from the 50's too I think.
Do please post some pix if you ever choose to exercise them.
The only thing I'll be digging out of the garden shed is a rake to
get all the dead leaves in a pile for burning in the patio stove :-)
Quite why my tanks ended up in the shed I don't know. I suspect the
feminine logic of my better two-thirds. But all they need is a good
wash, and away I go. There are some unopened chemicals in the shed
too. I'll be rediscovering the joys of Acutol, which was my standard
brew in my university days.
The shots from the Nikkor look gorgeous, not a focal length I often
use, but recently I fell in love with an early Zeiss Planar 1.4/85
with its strange triangular aperture in Rollei QBM mount, an
absolutely wonderful lens for the Rollei 3003 and it fits nicely on
the 20D too.
Aah, they don't make 'em like they used to.... :-) Watch this space
for 50/2 LTM Nikkor shots.
Somewhere in my cupboard I have a 200mm LTM r/f coupled Komura. Even
have the universal viewfinder, but I seem to remember the lens optics
weren't up to much. Maybe I'll dig it out again for fun.
Best
Alex
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