Today I purchased my first medium format film camera. Its a Rolleicord III TLR. Its manufacturing date is between 1950 and 1953. Shes quite old but everything seems to be working smoothly and in great shape. Ill be getting my film developed at a shop in downtown Austin until I have my own dark room set up. I shot film and developed through highschool but once I moved into college, everything was digital. So its been 6 years since Ive shot film but hopefully I wont have any problems. As I get pictures, Ill load them up here for you all to enjoy/criticize/say whatever you want about them. Main reason why Id like to post them up is to see how I progress over time. If you wish to see my digital pictures, they can be seen here: Flickr: SoulfulRecover's Photostream Some pics of the "new" camera: the leather case that came with it still has one of the previous owners name in it. tried to get some pics of the glass back Anyway, I hope you follow along
Finally got back my negatives. I had no real way to upload them so I set my computer back ground to white and then used my camera to take a picture of the negative. then loaded them into photoshop and inverted the photo to come out with a positive and cropped it down. the computer screen created the cross hatching in the pictures so sorry about that but for now its the only way to get them up here. Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr this one came out over exposed Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr all the the others were over exposed or ended up not lining up right and having weird half multiple shots on the same frame kinda thing. just glad to see the camera works. now to go out and take some real pictures now that i know it works!
Dude, you need to get a scanner, lol. Get your negatives scanned when you develop them. Using a digital camera to make positives from negatives is like the worst of both worlds. Sorry, a little bit harsh, but I'd really like to see some proper scans (good contrast, sharper, no cross-hatching, etc.). Exciting on the "new" camera though. How much do you know about setting up a home darkroom? I'm currently in the process of setting one up and am a little apprehensive about getting proper alignment in the enlarger. About the photos, well, let's see some scans!
I'd love to see some proper scans as well. Medium format allows for so much detail. I have the Kodak equivalent of your new camera though. I really need to purchase some film for that thing to see if it's working correctly.
Kodak Reflex II. You know a good place to buy 620 film? I think you can spool 120 on it, but I'm not sure how I'd go about that.
I didnt get prints or scans of this set because I had no idea if the camera even worked so it was just a test shoot. Once I get out and take some decent photos Ill have prints and get them scanned with a nice scanner. I do know how to use a dark room and was looking at a setup a local guy was selling. I havent done it in 6 years though so Im sure Ill be rusty and Ill need to practice a bit.
youll have to excuse that these are pictures of the film pictures. no scanner Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr Untitled by TestPhotos123, on Flickr
Untitled by SoulfulRecover, on Flickr Untitled by SoulfulRecover, on Flickr you can find more pics of her on my flickr page. This one is my digital photography stuff Flickr: SoulfulRecover's Photostream
Hey man, have you brought out your TLR lately or scanned any of your negatives? Very beutiful camera. I've held a Lubitel before which is very similar, and it looks like it'd be amazing to use and get perfect framing. This shot is my favourite: