53: Urban Rot

Olympus XA4 (wide angle 28mm compact camera) + AGFA Precisa

47: Hooked up on even more Slide

cart fetish - have no control over it any more
not a foot freak but I like this photo
car insurance ad

Oly XA2 + Slide

46: Holga on Slide

Holga + Slide

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45: Typhoon & Tetris

Oly XA2 + Precisa

44: Random - Xpro on Holga

Holga + Provia 100F Xpro

43: Random Lodz #003

Oly XA4 + Precisa

43: Random Lodz #002

Lodz, Poland
Oly XA4 + Precisa

43: Random Lodz #001

Oly XA4 + Precisa
in Lodz, off-license

42: Let it Slide

Sure I like scanning slide but seeing it with a magnifying glass is amazing! Almost 3D, great colour and contrast. Nothing compares (sic!) :D

41: Olympus XA4 ! ! !

Hi, I finally got round to write something about my recently purchased Olympus XA4. I had owned an XA2 for almost a year before I bought the XA4 and you have to know the latter is a rare bird. First of all it was produced only in 1985 so there's probably not many to go round these days, second it has got a wide angle 28mm lens so no wonder it is so hard to come by.

Here's the camera itself:

It differs from the XA2 by quite a number of things and what sets it apart from the other XAs is that it has a focal length of 28mm (the rest have 35mm). The XA2 has three focusing zones: close, mid range and far. :) represented by a bust, a couple of people and mountains respectively. The XA4 has 7 focusing zones: 0.3 - 0.5 - 0.7 - 1 - 1.5 - 3 - infinity which gives greater precision, but then again at 28mm what difference does it make if you focus at 1.5 or 3m. After using it for some time I can say that it does make a difference, but getting the hang of setting the value without looking (this camera is known for being used for candid photography) is a little harder than in the XA2 where you had only 3 positions.

Having scanned the first roll of slide I was amazed at the quality. I once compared the XA2 with my Nikon + Nikkor 20mm 2.8 lens stopped down to f/8. For some strange reason the XA2 was considerably sharper. Well. the XA4 is even sharper!

The light metering is great, but I don't see the differences between the two XA in this matter. They are both great. When the camera needs compensation you just have to alter the iso value for this shot. Eg ISO800 instead of the nominal ISO400 of your film for +1E.V. or ISO200 for -1E.V. The XA4 has one advantage when ISO sensitivity is considered, it do

All XAs have a central shutter so you will be amazed what long exposure time you will be able to make hand-holding (I had a couple of occasions where I held a really long exposure like 1/5 to 1 sec[only my estimation] and they worked out great while I was sure they would be smudged)

The leash of the camera can be easily used to measure the two closest focusing distances 0.3m and 0.5m (when extended)

Macro shots (0.3m measured with the leash):

This camera is amazing and I recommend it to anybody who is able to buy one which is not that easy after all.

More technical details availavle on this www.

37: ...Guide to Cross Processing Slide in C-41

And now just a lesson on developing your film the wrong way. There are basically two main processes in colour photography. Negative and slide (positive) films are meant to be processed in C-41 and E-6 processes, but when you process your slides in C-41 you will get a negative and when you process your negatives in E-6 slide image will come out. In this entry I would like to show you images taken on Ektachrome E100G film (rated at ISO 50 and not native 100 for more contrast, but when you cross process slide>negative no exposure compensation is needed in general). Some labs will cross process treating it just as a regular technique, while some others may refuse to do so as apparently this spoils the chemicals. Whether it is true or not I don't know, but what I know is that you can always scrape off the data from your 35mm film casettes and lie to achieve your goal if necessary!

Here are just a few examples of the Ektachrome E100G film developed in C-41:





As you see the 'results may vary' but in fact the differences in colour are just a matter of scanning the negative with different settings. You may want to scan the film and set the desired colour yourself. One thing is for sure: When you develop your slide in C-41 very contrastive and colourful images will come out, the photos will be dominated by one colour (depending on the film), but it is easy to alter that during the scan or post processing. This film was naturally green-yellowish, but I managed to squeeze out nice blues and oranges from it quite easily.

Good luck fooling your lab guys!

Camera used: Pentax 67 + Takumar 105mm/2.4

32: Sunday re-uploaded

I'm terribly sorry for that but Picasa is busting my balls. Therefor I will upload it manually:







Nikon F90X + Nikkor 20/2.8 + Precisa

30: Warszawa

Pinhole 6x6 f/117 + Provia

and something related to listen to:



Brace yourself for some reading, but it will be porn stuff to some of you perverts out there:

I have recently experimented a bit with developing C-41 film in BW chemicals. I'm amazed at the results and currently working on writing a basic tutorial basing on what little information I found on the net and my own experiences. Prepare for a quite reliable development time. I'm also going to provide some photos of the negative and some raw as well as adjusted scans.

29: TETRIS

Check out the whole series 'Letters from the Earth' : http://bit.ly/gjnhN4
Olympus XA2 + AGFA Precisa

26: Snow White

Nikon F90X + Precisa