Recent content by Alexandra

Thanks for the comments guys! I do feel a little better about it now. I'll keep posted on what happens with the repair.

Hi all, I recently acquired a Voigtlander Bessa R3M with a 40mm nokton lens. Unfortunately, I was in an accident barely weeks after purchasing it. The camera fell, landing directly on the lens. The lens is allegedly beyond repair - the optics are perfectly fine, but it got compressed an the...

I usually use d76 with tri-x. Also not the finest-grain combo, but I don't usually mind grain unless it's all reticulated and messy. I'd heard that Rodinal promotes a fair amount of grain, but when I saw my negatives I was very happy. It's a nice and even grain, and it's very very sharp so I'm...

It was my first time using it (usually stick to d76), so I didn't play around too much. 1:25, 20C, 7min as it said on the bottle. I wasn't all that pleased with the contrast, so on my next roll I tried it at ~25C for 7min, and I liked it a lot better.

Why on earth would a Montrealer ever want to go to Toronto :greenpbl: But tell you what. My company makes all this software for scanners, so once I'm back in the office I'll go look if I don't have access to some better machines than my 10 year-old. I'll re-scan and re-send, see if that doesn't...

Bump? C&C anyone?

Hey! a fellow Montréalais :) Nice stuff!

Yeah I agree with limr. And besides making the shot more balanced I think that would also make the boat a little more prominent. The boat is very mid-toney and kind of fades in comparison with the very contrasted posts. So it could use some increased visibility. But in general I quite like the...

I wouldn't touch it any more :) I think there's enough to look at that it doesn't need any added pop from pp. Just enough to make sure every element is at its best.

I find it a little bit over-edited but beautiful image nonetheless. Looks like the Shire ;) What is it that you find difficult about taking farm photos?

Considering the situation I think the brightness is a decent compromise. If it were any brighter the skyscrapers would be completely blown-out, but if it were any less exposed to get some detail in the sky then you'd lose the much more interesting details in the darker places. And I agree with...

Yeah, you're right... But as a matter of fact as long as my cameras aren't interchangeable, I'll be just fine. I hate choosing :P

I think the highlights could be a little brighter, and it would be really cool if the DoF was even shallower. But other than that I quite like it. Always loved frost :)

You know, I wouldn't hesitate a second, and I wouldn't even care about how much it could cost or how difficult it would be to obtain materials... But my 35mm camera is my one and only, and sort of a family heirloom piece ^_^ Maybe I could get a MF and only take it to planned shoots though...

I think the exposure is spot-on on the first one. Nice compositions too. I'm starting to think of getting into medium format myself, looking at all this... :O