More Desert Caffenol

Adox Golf Cassar 75mm f4.5 Ilford FP4 Plus Caffenol-C-M - Another shot from my trip to the Sonoran Desert, being a life long East Coaster, the desert landscape seems more like Mars than the United States. Unfortunately, the short nature of my business trip did not allow the time to truly explore this alien land, but getting one roll in was enough for now...

After Desert Coffee

Adox Golf 75mm f4.5 Cassar Lens Ilford FP4 Plus Cafenol-C-M - A shot from the Sonoran Desert just outside of Phoenix in Carefree AZ.. The combination of Ilford FP4 Plus and Caffenol-C-M, did an outstanding job controlling the contrast if the desert mid-day sun. Despite battling bellow pin hole issues, I love shooting with my Adox Golf, it remains my favorite pocket medium format camera.
Scanned using an Epson V500 Photo using Epsons OEM Software.

Loss

Adox Golf Cassar 75mm f4.5 Adox Art CHS 100 Adonal (Rodinal) 1:50 - Sometimes mistakes work. Another shot with the Adox Golf. One where I forgot the rangefinder was uncoupled. The bench should have been the focus point, but obviously things did not work out that way. They more a look at this image the more a like it. It seems to convey some base emotion. Maybe it is just me.

DANGER

Adox Golf 75mm f4.5 Cassar Lens Adox Art CHS 120 Adonal (Rodinal) 1:50 - From my first roll with my newly acquired Adox Golf. One of the shots I remembered the rangefinder on this folder is uncoupled. Seemed only fitting to use Adox film and Adonal for this camera's first roll. This film/developer combo seems to be a definite winner, giving a very "vintage" look.

The Adox Golf

My new folder. My eternal search for the perfect Folding Medium Format Camera continues. Meet the Adox Golf. It's uncoupled rangefinder was the bane of my existence while shooting my first roll with this camera, as the extra step of setting the lens from the rangefinder's measurement was foreign to me. The 75mm f4.5 Cassar lens is nice and sharp (when you remember to set the focus), and the range finder is crisp and accurate. The overall make and feel of the camera is solid and the size is perfect for a medium format carry camera. I discovered with my first test roll with the camera it appears to have a small pin hole in the bellows, but that is easily fix, once I find it.

Graflex Speed Graphic Image no. 1

Graflex Speed Graphic Graflex Optar 135mm f4.7 using a 6x6 120 Roll Back.  Kodak T-Max 400 D-76 Stock. Using the 120 back mean I am shooting through the best part of the glass and it shows. This lens is tack sharp, The Graflex Roll back requires you to remove the ground glass back to install it so it is important to get things nailed down.

Breaking Out the Big Gun

The Weapon of Choice today. My Graflex Speed Graphic with it's Graflex Optar 135mm f4.7 lens. Shooting with a Graflex 6x6 120 roll film back. Images to follow.

Voightlander Bessa 66 Another Example

Voightlander Bessa 66 FUJIFILM NPH400 Arista C-41 - Another shot from the Bessa. Late afternoon so I was starting to get some warm Sweet Light. Nice colors and textures here, again showing off the Bessa's Lens.

Voightlander Bessa 66 Shot

Voightlander Bessa 66 FUJIFILM NPH 400 Arista C-41 - Just a quick snap to show the Bessa's Sharpness and Color rendition.

JZETTE

JZETTE I love old folding cameras. These were the pocket cameras of their day. This is the Jzette. Made in Germany with a Xenostar 7.5cm f3.5, the Jzette sports guesstimation focus and a screaming top shutter speed of 1/150th of a second. An image from this camera will be in the next post.