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DiaposMonday, 23th September
Universal Waist Level Viewfinder
A few weeks ago, I bought the Universal Waist Level Viewfinder from Reflx Lab, and I just received it. It's super bright and really cool. I think I'll get good use out of it, although the field of view wasn't quite what I expected.
Tuesday, 14th May
Scanning B&W Rolls
I'm currently scanning in my spare time three rolls of B&W film from three small cameras: Canon A35F, Nikon L35F, and Olympus Trip 35.
Stairs and Shadows. Nou Barris, Barcelona. Nikon L35F. Film: Kentmere 400
Sand and Bird Footprints. San Agustin Beach, Gran Canaria. Olympus Trip 35. Aperture: f/22. Shutter Speed: 1/200. Film: AgfaPhoto APX 400. Focus: 1m.
Scarecrow. Nou Barris, Barcelona. Canon A35F. Aperture: f/5.6. Film: Kentmere 400. Cropped to 5:4
Saturday, 04th May
Universar Auto 55mm f/2.8 - Sharpness at infinity
Quick test of the Universar Auto 55mm f/2.8 lens, focusing to infinity (or nearly), using all apertures, on El Burrero Beach
Tuesday, 23rd April
Getting back to pictures
I haven't updated this site for many months, nor have I uploaded any new pictures. Let's see if I can change that. Out for a walk with an Industar 50-2, and testing two Taxonas.
This cat has always been very distrustful. I've known him for over a year. During the first few days, he would bare his teeth if I approached, but now he gradually comes closer and stays near me, calm and curiously watching.
El Carrizal, Gran Canaria. Fujifilm X-A2 with Industar 50-2 (50mm f/3.5) + Viltrox focal reducer. ISO: 400, Aperture: f/3.5, Speed: 1/680. Closer view
Saturday, 2nd December
Yashica FR with expired film
I've just finished scanning at home a roll of expired Kodak Gold 100 film, expired 08/2006, loaded in a Yashica FR.
El Confital. Gran Canaria. Yashica FR + Yashica ML 50mm f/1,7 Aperture: f/5,6 Speed: 1/250. Kodak Gold 100, expired 08/2006. Camera set to ISO 25.
These are taken with a Yashica ML 50mm f/2, full of fungus
Fountain grass and flares. Carrizal, Gran Canaria. Yashica FR + Yashica ML 50mm f/2. Aperture: f/2 Speed: 1/1000. Kodak Gold 100, expired 08/2006. Camera set to ISO 50.
Rusty Car. Carrizal, Gran Canaria. Yashica FR + Yashica ML 50mm f/2. Aperture: f/2 Speed: 1/125 Kodak Gold 100, expired 08/2006. Camera set to ISO 50, and metered to shadows.
Friday, 3rd November
Risespray CCTV
New page, this time for a small CCTV lens: Risespray 35mm f/1.6
Carrizal de Ingenio. Fujifilm X-A2 + Risespray 35mm f/1.6 CCTV lens. ISO: 200 Exposure time: 1/4000
Wednesday, 1st November
More pages, more lenses
More pages for my lenses, A.Schacht Ulm Travegar R 100mm f/3.3, a wonderful triplet lens and Voigtländer Talon 85mm f/2.8, a projection lens
Bored cat. Carrizal de Ingenio, Gran Canaria. Fujifilm X-A2. A.Schacht Ulm Travegar R 100mm f/3.3 + Viltrox EF-FX2 focal reducer
Tuesday, 31th October
Samyang 12mm f/2
Another page, here's the link for the Samyang https://diapos.net/samyang-12mm-f2
Time passes. Barcelona. Fujifilm X-A3, Samyang 12mm f/2. ISO 200. Aperture: f/2 Exposure time: 30 secs
Monday, 30th October
CZJ Tessar
New page to showcase photos taken with the Tessar 50mm, here's the link https://diapos.net/carl-zeiss-jena-tessar-50mm-f28
Sia. Torre Baró, Barcelona. Fujifilm X-A3. Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8 + Zhongyi Lens Turbo II focal reducer. Aperture: f/2.8 Speed: 1/220 ISO 200. Snapseed.
Thursday, 26th October
Lomography
I've just registered on lomography.com, here is the link; https://www.lomography.com/homes/diapos , let's see how it goes. It seems like a very active community for analog lovers. The first photo I uploaded is one of my early attempts at scanning at home with a macro lens and a mirrorless camera. I hadn't gotten used to blowing air beforehand to remove dust and hair from the negative, and it shows.
Talking about the picture, the light meter in the camera seems to be broken, so I used a handheld one. I should have removed those filters to get a better shutter speed; 1/30 is too slow even though the photo doesn't appear blurry. I think I overexposed by 3 stops to compensate for the loss of light from the filters.
Las Canteras Beach, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Fujica ST605. Pentacon 30mm f/3.5. Ilford XP2 (expired ~10 years). Deep yellow filter + Polarizer. Speed: 1/30 Aperture: f/4
