tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84357306174165671652024-02-15T00:17:59.091-05:00Miami Street Photographer<b>"...In a distant province, by the sea..."</b><br>
Emir Shabashvili was born in a small town Yelabuga situated in now obsolete Republic of Soviet Tataria which was in turn part of country named Soviet Union, now also long gone...<a href="http://emirco.blogspot.com/2010/05/bio-2010.html">>>more</a>...Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-9341418623035083332023-11-30T16:01:00.012-05:002023-11-30T16:09:14.876-05:00Eliott Erwitt<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDiREb3CmkTKsjpspsCoAc3X54ByWle8JTwAgN7TQ-98lb0sKj8lVubDy2nVJPInnH7pBMPSxBT2Ai3e1oYRGcAAFFm1Yz_Ws4pQBvYf9Jt2D7A3x7H_RfC4dVtpbWrETJ9IVbzvqaXxnOXsfkspZQwMDG5iermH8OCVbSlgr70ygvhndOH3TUeIeQe8/s1600/1939527_809843932365993_2144004765_o.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: left; float: left;"><img alt="" border="0"width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBDiREb3CmkTKsjpspsCoAc3X54ByWle8JTwAgN7TQ-98lb0sKj8lVubDy2nVJPInnH7pBMPSxBT2Ai3e1oYRGcAAFFm1Yz_Ws4pQBvYf9Jt2D7A3x7H_RfC4dVtpbWrETJ9IVbzvqaXxnOXsfkspZQwMDG5iermH8OCVbSlgr70ygvhndOH3TUeIeQe8/s1600/1939527_809843932365993_2144004765_o.jpg"/></a></div>
Eliott Erwitt died today.<br>
Here my photo of him peeking into the room before his lecture in Miami in 2014.<br>
Taken on Tri-X / Leica M2 I think.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-64710821543370273122019-12-08T10:59:00.001-05:002023-11-30T16:04:33.642-05:00Fujifilm photo walk with Fujifilm X-Pro 3 camera + 16mm f/2.8 lens<a href='https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNmHeuGFiRi66YiLV4aBh4FQ66F6PCtD3AikvcUV39DWoBGUgy8Vevwe0BKHh_77g?key=Ty0zTXFRcHBqRHR0clRVc3c4TlY5c2VTc0NXWUVR&source=ctrlq.org'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgncG8h8J6xqH_Tx317j2PAqn_Ja3W_1n9NPnMoT0PDnuI_WAJlX9SkntYcZ9sDzyWIO05NKh0BOmkapon6eXToR8kBaqPv2xNAOTVq-1bSoZfuC6BBC2fn-pffiYJiknYEqf4KGHdGLQ4/w2400/' width="600"/></a><br />
Hello All, it had been a while since I posted here...things changed. <p>In the government building where I work, the high security access had been implemented with X-ray machines and all the cavalry, it became a hassle to bring my film inside; I had to choose a digital replacement to my work-day-downtown-location film cameras. <br />
<p>I tried Leica M10-D and liked it but it is just a tad :) expensive for what it does.<br />
<p>I handled Sony fullframes (A7 III and few others) and actively disliked its ergonomics; so Fujifilm it is.<br />
<p>Yesterday I went for a walk with Fuji team around Wynwood Art District in Miami, FL. There were few of us, most chosen big SLR-form-factor-top-of-the-line mirrorless like Fuji X-T3, accompanied by substantial zoom lenses.<br />
<p>I took, of course, <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/vqJJGKMfuoB7c1mp9">X-Pro 3 and little 16mm F/2.8 lens</a>, a very compact setup, smaller than my Leica M2 with 35mm lens.<br />
<p>We went around the area which had been buzzing with activity due to <a href="https://www.artbasel.com/miami-beach/at-the-show">Art Basel Miami</a> time. I switched the camera's jpeg to ACROS BW film simulation with large grain I like my film photos to have and took some pictures along the route, a few of them presented below.<br />
<p>This was not a formal evaluation of the system, but my impressions are that this is very robust setup: <br />
<ul><li>Lens/camera provide quick auto focus;<br />
<li>reaction time of the system is acceptable;<br />
<li>good flare resistance;<br />
<li>I liked the way LCD build with small one in the back and fold-out main one, nice idea which fits my shooting style.</ul><p>While I usually shoot in black and white only now, I did processed some RAW files using FUJIFILM RAW app; hence some color images in the sequence. I was curious about Fuji film simulations, so all these color images are film sims. I liked the look of "CLassic Chrome" and "Standard Neg Hi", but that of course highly subjective, YMMV. Anyway, till next time... <p><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Abj74ut6znnXeC3TA"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD65OVjg02dRLuoxw0_EP3f_sH1rpk6I7skeitNjFGNrr74Tc7VvzI11oEEyoNX5kd3ZzRwaPztp01dcoHmpaEoZKwuwiH-Weu7aDYCpqQ_7ym0NhdIzjW3Phjxxhw78KwtdtGlXBaRXA/s1600/AlbumIcon.JPG" data-original-width="600" data-original-height="406" /></a> <p>.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Wynwood, Miami, FL, USA25.8042441 -80.19891860000001325.7756531 -80.239259100000012 25.832835099999997 -80.158578100000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-37144480649017117252016-10-20T09:06:00.000-04:002016-10-20T09:31:12.865-04:00Interview with Yamasaki Ko-Ji<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCxOTqOP0prizJeLAOturxr84Sf5aZwecT0wvjBWRnfpicBTEyAj7BmRtZcA5m39tJ1tgANBYr_MqQdWMRcxWAorudhID6YgtYTaGkvVHa45guKyCCyRROos1YakKFw4JuZuo0SrG-Hs/s1600/PDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbCxOTqOP0prizJeLAOturxr84Sf5aZwecT0wvjBWRnfpicBTEyAj7BmRtZcA5m39tJ1tgANBYr_MqQdWMRcxWAorudhID6YgtYTaGkvVHa45guKyCCyRROos1YakKFw4JuZuo0SrG-Hs/s640/PDR.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br />
Interesting interview with Yamasaki Ko-Ji, the photographer from Japan whose book <a href="http://darkslidepress.com/dd-product/in-osaka/">"In Osaka"</a> I published on Amazon in 2015:<br />
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<a href="http://www.120love.me/news/2016/4/7/an-interview-with-japanese-photographer-ko-ji-yamasaki">http://www.120love.me/news/2016/4/7/an-interview-with-japanese-photographer-ko-ji-yamasaki</a><br />
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(by <a href="http://www.pauldelrosario.com/">Paul del Rosario</a>, Japanese/American photographer currently living in Japan)<br />
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PS. If you decide to order the book, do it <a href="http://darkslidepress.com/dd-product/in-osaka/">here</a> and use code 5A2XWLFC for $10 discount.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-45492704387882232412016-09-13T21:19:00.000-04:002016-09-13T21:23:32.038-04:00DASCO bakelite and the Langoliers<img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/164066370/large.jpg" width="600"><br />
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DASCO was (and the one above still is) a bakelite toy camera from 40s. <br />
It is, in essence, a cheap piece of pressed plastic with few little metal and glass pieces. <br />
It was made for 127 roll film.<br />
The roll I found inside is Kodak Verichrome Pan. Kodak VP came out in mid-50s. <br />
After the development, a few frames emerged: people, trees, automobiles.<br />
Ah, 50s indeed (look at the cars and the hat):<br />
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The boy's shirt says "LARRY".<br />
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There is one more frame, the first and the oldest.<br />
Its clearly taken in different settings but what's exactly on it is hard to tell:<br />
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I think I can see the house, two cars, and the woman with child. But this is just a guess.<br />
Look at the fabric of the image:<br />
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these lines are the actual traces left by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_past_Midnight#The_Langoliers">Langoliers</a>, the eaters of Time.<br />
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Dixi.<br />
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Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-91805777150138662782016-07-26T11:01:00.000-04:002016-11-15T15:53:17.316-05:00Miami's Overtown<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNMYKfwGX13T0ue0-JkzaSqDZImSRYPMTfioDJ5TdcOO0IxlEaxadwTyQUVcTx1OvmYc0DTWzH1K4nrNsD-W_ioY8yopkhIoBsIKKw3nPFuWB6Kk6o8e_qyvJvSrMeQXLYzTcsaW-qNY/s1600/Tri-X400-100-12pr1sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggNMYKfwGX13T0ue0-JkzaSqDZImSRYPMTfioDJ5TdcOO0IxlEaxadwTyQUVcTx1OvmYc0DTWzH1K4nrNsD-W_ioY8yopkhIoBsIKKw3nPFuWB6Kk6o8e_qyvJvSrMeQXLYzTcsaW-qNY/s1600/Tri-X400-100-12pr1sm.jpg" width="450"/></a><br />
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Overtown is a place just north of Downtown Miami.<br />
Its use to be a real black town up until early 60s when the major highways (Dolphin, I95) were build through the area; its remnants of the past now, in a form of half-empty old structures with modern condo towers popping around here are there. Once a year,there is a street fair called "Overtown Music and Arts Festival" which I am trying hard not to miss. Yes, its not the biggest one; the weather of mid-summer is atrocious; and it is scheduled for the hottest time of the day. Still, its the best event in Miami one can photograph. Every year I bring something interesting from it. <br />
Here are some of this year's catch:<br />
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Cameras: <br />
- Leica M2/35mm Zeiss<br />
- Olympus XA<br />
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Film: Tri-XEmir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-56398389680504612942016-07-21T15:02:00.002-04:002016-09-13T08:57:42.747-04:00On Pakon film scannerBeen film scanner operator for ~20 years, I tried many Minoltas, Nikons, Epsons ugly ducklings. I settled on Epson V700 photo for preview and Nikon Coolscan V for the final scans. Using this combo for a few years now, I scanned several hundred rolls and finally got tired of the slowness and the buzzzzzz. <br />
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Recently I started looking into the operatorless scanning of a whole roll of B&W 35mm film (I shoot black and white film only, no color). I checked what's available new on the market and >><a href="http://emirco.blogspot.com/2016/07/pacific-image-scanners.html">tested</a><< Prime Film XA, also known as Reflecta ProScan 10T/10M in Europe. The PrimeFilm XA <u>in theory</u> could scan the whole roll, but in my case it did not work very well. Yes, when positioned right and the stars are perfectly aligned it could produce very nice scans; it also had some intrinsic deficiencies making the process very long, involved and tedious. I returned the PrimeFilm promptly.<br />
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Last week I tested Kodak Pakon F135 scanner; this is a pro scanner intended for the photolab market; it hit the shelves a decade ago and use to cost a wopping $12000 new; I acquired a well-used specimen for ~$300. <br />
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After some testing I liked the little ugly beast and it stays. Here is what I found out, in a few words:<br />
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<pre>mine is branded "Nexlab"; its the same Kodak Pakon F135.</pre><pre><b>Specifications:</b>
A/D Conversion: 16-bits
Output Color Space: 16-bit
Output File Formats: Planar (RAW), DIB, JPEG, TIFF, EXIF, BMP
Digital ICE™ Technology
Color Correction: Kodak Image Science
Scanning Software: Pakon Easy Order Scanning Interface (PSI)
OEM Software Interface: COM
Operating System: Windows XP
Interface: USB 2.0 (Dedicated port recommended)
Light Source: LED
Power Requirements: 90-264 VAC, 50/60Hz
Dimensions: (WxHxD): 8.6x6.7x14.9 in. (317 x 343 x 406mm)
Weight (approx.): 9 lbs. (4kg)
<b>Computer Requirements:</b>
CPU: Intel® Pentium III or AMD Athlon 700Mhz
4 GB (min) hard drive free space capable of 30 MBs sustained data rate
OS: Windows XP or Windows 2000 supported
Memory: 256 MB RAM
Data Interface: USB 2.0
<b>Film Types:</b>
35mm Color Negative and
C-41 Black and White with v3.0 software
Pakon Film Scanners Resolutions and Throughput
35mm Images/Hour DICE OFF DICE ON
1000 X 1500 ppi (Base 4) 661 496
1500 X 2250 ppi (Base 8) 293 220
2000 X 3000 ppi (Base 16) 240 ---
35mm Rolls/Hour *
1000 X 1500 ppi (Base 4) 27 12
1500 X 2250 ppi (Base 8) 20 9
2000 X 3000 ppi (Base 16) 10 --
* 24 exposure</pre>The scanner has XP/Windows 2000-based software comprising few separate applications but since the requirements for the computer power by modern standards are low (see specs above) the system could happily run on a virtual OS. Many did just this but not me; I have older PC with 32-bit XP installed and had zero issues connecting the scanner to it and running the software. All I needed is to free up a few GB of disk space and connect scanner to a USB 2.0 port. After some testing and scanning a few rolls, here is the good and the bad of the Ugly --<br />
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<b>Good.</b><br />
1. The appearance of the scanner is extremely cool: yellowed plastic, strange forms; it is hi-tech and vintage at the same time; like a <a href="http://www.tema.ru/jjj/korolev/R0010605.jpg">toilet from the soviet space station "MIR"</a> I've seen once in the museum. I imagine the station been ditched; here its <a href="https://youtu.be/h902KJb0cfE">on TV</a>, coming down in flames. Against all odds, the thing is in perfect working order and ready for a new portion of sh*t every single moment until the very end! :D<br />
2. Using some strange unfinished piece of code called "TLX Client Demo" it could scan every 35mm frame at 2000x3000 and save it into 16-bit RAW file. (Standard photo Lab software PSI will give you 1500x2250 in 8-bit file).<br />
3. Its super silent.<br />
4. YES! It scans the whole roll fast (under 6 minutes) and without human interaction. Afterwards the framing can be corrected if necessary and selected (or all) frames saved to disk. The automatic framing is very reliable as the system scans the whole roll into one huge piece of data and divides it into actual frames programmaticaly; which brings us to (5) --<br />
5. It is possible to scan panoramas of any lenght, as wide as the length of the film roll.<br />
6. It is possible to scan a strip of 4 (and more) frames. Some reported 3-frame strip scanning but this I have not tested.<br />
7. It is reliable but in case of a problem it is absolutely serviceable and the service manual is available for download.<br />
8. I am delighted with the quality of the scans I got from Pakon while scanning Tri-X rolls. The grain is very nice, better than CoolScan's which I never liked. Nikon's grain is too sharp and too contasty for my taste. Tone-wise Pakon's scans are also great, most of the images can be used without much post-processing. And, if I still need a bigger scan...well, I do have Nikon :)<br />
9. There is an active FB group dedicated to the scanner: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakonF135/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/PakonF135/</a><br />
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<b>Bad.</b><br />
1. Its a decade old and could break.<br />
2. Software...how to put it...do you remember Windows 2.0? Well, I do. Nevetheless, I can live with it, and after few rolls I even liked it. I am an old IT rat. I have seen worse.<br />
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Here's a couple of examples, as scanned, without any post-processing: <br />
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/163696625/original"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/163696625/large.jpg" width=600></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/163696626/original"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/163696626/large.jpg" width=600></a><br />
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I have not tested color and Digital ICE since I do not shoot color film anymore.<br />
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There are higher grade pakons out there (F235, F335): same resolution, more speed. I almost ordered the F335 but decided on F135 because of the size and weight. F335 is too big for my office.<br />
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dixi.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-35531901177754622852016-07-05T12:57:00.003-04:002016-07-05T15:19:18.782-04:00Pacific Image scanners I recently tested these two scanners from Pacific Image:<br />
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Prime Film XE and Prime Film XA are also known as Reflecta ProScan 10T and Reflecta RPS 10M, respectively.<br />
Resolution-wise, they both can produce scan at 4K+ dpi. The units I received both had problems:<br />
- XA (the one at bottom) had inherent issues with its film transporting mechanism and it was a pain to align the frame properly.<br />
- XE produced vertical stripes in the midst of the frame on some photos.<br />
I only used them with 35mm Tri-X which is black and white film, slightly curled when recently developed.<br />
I suspect they both will work better with modern C41 films, but I have not tested that as I have no desire to use this type of film.<br />
I returned both. <br />
Oh well..I will stay with my Nikon V, Minolta Multi, Minolta Scan Speed and Epson V700 Photo :DEmir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-11618548805356260132016-06-27T10:45:00.001-04:002016-06-27T10:46:33.279-04:00"In Osaka": one year anniversary<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697291/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
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Yamasaki Ko-Ji's book "In Osaka", published a year ago, had been sold on Amazon and in stores around the globe exactly (ta-dam!) 50 times. Which brings the total print run, including all the copies sold online and offline, given as a present plus author's copies, to 100 (one hundred). <br />
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<strong>Congratulations to the author!</strong><br />
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Enter this code at the <a href="https://www.createspace.com/4982786">>checkout<</a> and you'll get a $10 (25%) discount.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-71081783515980055832016-05-31T10:36:00.001-04:002016-05-31T10:36:33.315-04:00The Night at OceanThis Saturday I've got a chance to stroll the South Beach. The Ocean drive was packed with folks celebrating, flirting, kidding, snapping selfies. My Olympus XA died after years of exemplary service but Lieca M2 worked and these are the pictures (Tri-X shot at E.I.1600 and pushed to E.I.3200 in TMax developer):<a name='more'></a><br />
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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKD8keBVaRsy7Pl0Y7bnwNEYcUbZHExxZaWK8msmxAlb-zjXXLwj4T45x9nVecFFuxmnwZcZGdSwCUXnWM4wIkDPQxlvA1P9FL1jIxKT7nhUsgl5plIAkSIIs_C-fm6zU0AVFy-G4Lnls/s1600/Tri-X400-80-14pr1sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" width="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKD8keBVaRsy7Pl0Y7bnwNEYcUbZHExxZaWK8msmxAlb-zjXXLwj4T45x9nVecFFuxmnwZcZGdSwCUXnWM4wIkDPQxlvA1P9FL1jIxKT7nhUsgl5plIAkSIIs_C-fm6zU0AVFy-G4Lnls/s1600/Tri-X400-80-14pr1sm.jpg" /></a>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-11153654683224017682015-12-17T21:28:00.000-05:002015-12-18T06:52:09.143-05:00Model A from MissouriUnivex model A was a camera. A very small camera.<br />
Here is one, next to my "Zorki 5":<br />
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Three ounces of Bakelite with a bit of glass and a few metal parts.<br />
It was very popular among girls in early 30s, because it was cheap. <br />
Really cheap. Seriously cheap.<br />
Here is the page of the Official Girl Scout catalog, year 1933:<br />
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It is called there "A New Camera" with a price tag of 35 cents.<br />
35 cents! For the price, it was not too bad. <br />
Unlike some other cameras (Japanese "Hit", for one) it could actually take a picture.<br />
Sometimes adults used it, but most of the Univex's users were kids.<br />
The idea of the Univex enterprise was to make money selling film, not camera.<br />
The proprietary Univex 00 film model A ate had been manufactured by Gevaert in Belgium.<br />
The idea worked: Univex sold millions of ugly ducklings until 1940, when Belgium went under and suddenly 00 film was no more.<br />
That was the end of Model A.<br />
End of story.<br />
I received mine from a village in rural Missouri. It had exposed roll of 00 waiting inside:<a name='more'></a><br />
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I developed the roll. Just one frame survived:<br />
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The pretty girl is smiling.<br />
Her colorful dress shines against the freshly painted white siding.<br />
The smell of summer is the smell of paint and dry grass.<br />
Its all open for her, all yet to come...<br />
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fin.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-39285919498070952332015-09-08T11:55:00.000-04:002015-09-08T11:56:40.515-04:00118 Kodak Verichrome roll from 1940s<a href="http://www.pbase.com/image/161236148"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/image/161236148/large.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
I received these rolls from a antique dealer in Fayetteville, North Carolina with 2 other rolls and spools of different vintage.The roll in the center never been exposed; the yellow color film (right) was empty. So what's left is this big bad spool of 118 Kodak Verichrome.118 format roll film was introduced by Kodak in 1900 and discontinued in 1961 but it was not in wide use after early 40s because the <a href="http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Kodak#118_film">cameras made for this film format</a> were out of production by 1930s.<br />
I did my usual tests and developed the roll; a face appeared from the wet darkness:<a name='more'></a><br />
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This is an unusual set of pictures, for a found film. Young man in his late teens at graduation and after. The time frame is probably late 1940s (car's grille and woman's dress). As always, I wonder who was the photographer (parent, friend?) and why the pictures were not developed. I have a feeling that the photographer was old; probably grandparent of the young man. The one who received his 118-format Kodak folding camera somewhere in early 1900s, when s/he was also very young, and used it throughout the life developing and printing pictures -- that is, until this last roll. We don't know what exactly has happened but the film had been sitting exposed in the camera for a very long time. I know this because of the last frame; these white round spots are always there due to a slightly radioactive lens exposing film when camera is folded and left alone. The two white circles means that someone moved the film a bit at one point and again, let it sleep for years and decades. This last frame is a perfect metaphor of a passing time: one can see the shining cylindrical tube, the notorious way to heaven or hell, even the souls drifting to the center of the light and lingering on the edge...our young hero should be close to 90 today, one of these souls, leading the way for all of us.<br />
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Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-30030265885906056472015-08-08T22:28:00.000-04:002015-08-08T22:36:25.290-04:00Brownie Vecta from UK<a href="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160964282/"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160964282/large.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
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I received this camera from the village North of Manchester, UK<br />
Small Kodak Brownie Vecta had been in production from 1963 to 1966<br />
Like many other brownies, it has dark lens and one shutter speed, not much to talk about.<br />
This one had film inside, 127 Kodacolor II, exposed. <br />
I developed the film as B&W just because silver survives the ordeal of time much better then the color dyes.<br />
<a name='more'></a>There I found four frames: dogs, woman, kids, cars...<br />
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The film was in production from 1973 to 1982.<br />
Images look like 70s or early 80s.<br />
The rover in the last frame seems to be more modern but this type of body was in production starting 1973.<br />
Bye islanders, bye-bye sunny weekend, soon to become cloudy Monday...just like here, now.<br />
Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom55.378051 -3.4359729999999912.188302499999999 -86.05316049999999 90 79.18121450000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-6782186262411951492015-08-04T14:01:00.000-04:002015-12-17T21:02:16.686-05:00"In Osaka" by Yamasaki Ko-Ji at Leica Store Miami 08/20 at 7PM<font size="+1">Join us on Thursday, August 20, 2015 for a book presentation: "In Osaka" by Yamasaki Ko-Ji. Publisher Emir Shabashvili will present the book and talk about "Provoke" photographers and about style/time relationship in photography. <br />
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Yamasaki Ko-Ji is a Japanese photographer from Kobe who documents his daily life with street pictures taken in Osaka, where he works.<br />
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RSVP on the event page: <a href="http://goo.gl/H9hzIN">http://goo.gl/H9hzIN</a></font><br />
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</table>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0372 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables, FL 33134, USA25.7490983 -80.262198099999978-2.5771191999999985 -121.57079209999998 54.0753158 -38.953604099999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-62144003156829939862015-07-21T15:56:00.000-04:002015-07-21T20:32:29.576-04:0011x14" Prints on Arista EDU Ultra RC paper<a href="http://41.media.tumblr.com/e4f58b0b2e5119e1940d0a3a32466fba/tumblr_nrurppOj2B1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg"><img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/e4f58b0b2e5119e1940d0a3a32466fba/tumblr_nrurppOj2B1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
I'm out of Ilford MG IV paper and switched to Arista EDU Ultra. All I have now is 11x14 inches. Last weekend I printed a few frames from 2012 and they came out fine. The prints are somewhat more neutral compared to Ilford (I use LPD developer in 1:4 dilution) and the image takes longer to appear in developer, but otherwise the paper is great. The office scanner I used does not do the prints justice, but that is what I have for this bigger format.<br />
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<a href="http://40.media.tumblr.com/db8d35093cd195e13045ce25bd0e17bf/tumblr_nrus663YYO1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg"><img src="http://40.media.tumblr.com/db8d35093cd195e13045ce25bd0e17bf/tumblr_nrus663YYO1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" width="600"></a>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7616798 -80.19179020000001425.5329123 -80.514513700000009 25.9904473 -79.869066700000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-9725305594072717652015-07-16T11:00:00.000-04:002015-07-16T11:02:57.512-04:00Bessa L / 25mm / Red filter : new darkroom prints<br />
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Up until now I had just the digital scans and digital prints for this series of downtown street photographs from Oct 2008. Last week I printed them in darkroom, they came out good; better than expected, better than digital! <a name='more'></a><br />
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I am really enjoying working in darkroom... Here is few more of the recent prints:<br />
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Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-18310868487794478402015-07-10T16:29:00.000-04:002015-07-12T15:00:32.981-04:00"IN OSAKA" by Yamasaki Ko-Ji<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697291/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
So it happened: the <a href="http://emirco.net/darkslidepress/dd-product/in-osaka/">>book is out<<</a>. <br />
Yamasaki Ko-Ji is a photographer from Kobe, Japan. He documents his daily life with pictures taken mostly in Osaka, where he has a day job. His work is truly unique for these days: all film, almost all in black and white, all printed in darkroom. He is not very well connected to the online photography community of today. He has a site all right: <a href="http://yamasakiko-ji.tk/">http://yamasakiko-ji.tk/</a> , but he is not on Flickr or Facebook, so his work is not widely known, but for those interested in the style of "Provoke" movement (Takuma Nakahira, Daido Moriyama etc) he is important as one of the keepers of the flame. I love his work. My style is very different but his pictures have influenced me deeply and that is why I published his book.<br />
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This post is a quick review of the book from the publisher's -- mine -- point of view. <br />
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We all know what a photography book usually is: the while pages framing the pictures plus some text at the beginning and/or at the end. Well, at least that is what photography book have been for a very long time. There is a reason for this. The classical concept of a photography book represent a believe that photography print is a primary medium and a gallery exhibition is a primary way to view the photographer's work. So a photography book, in this classical concept, is a secondary representation of the said exhibition; with pictures on the pages representing the individual prints. <br />
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Now, this book is different. Pictures placed on the pages in different fashion: there are many full-page spreads, many pictures tilted at an angle, some in contact with each other and two even overlap! That is because of my believe that Yamasaki's work is not suitable for a "classical" presentation. <br />
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In his case, a book is the primary medium for presenting his work, not a print, not a gallery. A book.<br />
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There are no virtual gallery walls no prints hang here; you'll get what you see: a soft cover book of grainy and moody black and white pictures actively interacting one to another on its 180 pages.<br />
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The big numbers on the pages are not page numbers. These are image numbers. Just for you to know.<br />
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The paper in matte, no gloss, so is the cover.<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697279/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
The color shift you see in some of the pictures here is due to my photographing it at night under the artificial lightning. The B&W in the book is pretty neutral for the 10 copies I have seen so far.<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697289/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
the quality of the binding is good; it should not loose pages as did one the MAGNUM's monographs I own.<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697287/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
The book has an interview with the author at the beginning and a short biography at the end.<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697273/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
It has ISBN (978-1942180005)<br />
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It is in Library of Congress (2015939477).<br />
The book can be ordered in a number of places at Amazon in USA or in Europe, but if you order it here: <br />
<a href="http://darkslidepress.com">http://darkslidepress.com</a> use the code "<b>W3TL8W8X</b>" for 15% discount.<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697274/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
There will be an event in early August where you can hold the book and probably buy you copy; it will be at Leica Store here in Miami; exact time and date TBD. Stay tuned!<br />
<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/160697284/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
and this is the last page<br />
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Dixi.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan34.6937378 135.5021650999999634.4848083 135.17944159999996 34.902667300000005 135.82488859999995tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-25795155130905763532015-04-15T16:06:00.000-04:002015-07-13T12:03:45.671-04:00Printing in dark room vs film-to-digital workflowI started in darkroom in my early teens, somewhere in 68 or 69. Back then, everything was simple: not too many graded papers available, one developer, water from the tap, fixer and free time, which I had aplenty. I did not use any advanced techniques. Masking with my fingers for dodging and burning was the farthest it went. Because of this, there were negatives I could print easily and some I did not know how to print, the negatives too dark or too contrasty...when I had one, I just skipped it. Here is one of the prints from the time: some TASMA film pushed to 500 ISO, some old paper my father gave me:<br />
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<a href="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/129328389"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/129328389/original.jpg" width="530"></a><br />
<i>(View from my darkroom AKA attic room. Yelabuga, 1973)</i><br />
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I had been returning to darkroom many times over the years to print few family photos. In yearly 2000s, I resorted to digital processing of my films. Because of this, my darkroom techniques has not improved much...that is, until recently, when I started using a real big darkroom with all kinds of stuff regularly. Gradually, I restored my non-existing printing skills and went further. I started using split-printing on variable contrast paper, I cut masks and dodge/burn with different contrast filters, I use mainly RC paper but also fiber when I feel like it. I use different developers/dilutions for contrast control and for color variations. No toning though (not yet). Little by little, I started feeling confident enough to try printing "the bad and the ugly" : overexposed, underexposed, too contrasty, you name it...negatives. I use manual cameras most of the time; in real world of candid shooting often there is no time for fiddling with camera and as result I have this kind of photo junk all over my rolls. Even some of my most loved shots have wrong exposure, wrong development or both. <br />
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So, I decided to give it a try and spent some time printing from these crappy frames. In this post I'd like to share the results and compare printing in darkroom with scanning/processing/digital printing I had been mostly doing for the last ~ 10 years. <br />
[<i>Disclaimer:It is not a formal test. It is just my impressions. Its not digital in general or film in general. It is just my B&W films/paper and my scanning/digital processing.</i>]<br />
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Ok, let start from the peculiarities of my digital workflow.<br />
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<h3>Scanning</h3><br />
For 35mm I use two scanners, one is old Minolta Multi II and another is Nikon V. The Nikon V gets most of the work. I use Vuescan because NikonScan software is clipping some highlights and I don't like this. Nikon V is noisy, slow, but good enough for my tasks. It has LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) for a light source and because of this it tends to exaggerate the grain. In the darkroom world, I'd compare it with enlarger equipped with a point light source: prominent grain, high contrast, sharp edges, all irregularities like dust and scratches greatly exaggerated. Its just specifics for a particular film scanner and not all scanners, but that is what I am limited to in my film->digital workflow.<br />
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<h3>Digital processing</h3><br />
In case of film photography, digital processing in general and Photoshop in particular is atrocious. Its true; like a double-edge sword it cuts your instead of your enemy all the time... and ruined picture is just one click away. Don't get me wrong, I am not a novice, I use it for many years, I am very comfortable with it, I am in IT by trade. I profile my monitor, I control lighting in my room, and I try to process my images so that they would look natural. Still, I have many frames where I just couldn't quite get the image I want. For instance, the blur is out of the question -- use blur tool and it will ruin the grain structure while the very definition of 35mm pictures -- at least, my 35mm pictures -- is based on grain. Masks are powerful way to process scanned film images but one little mistake and you have visible artifacts. And the list goes on and on, counting every tool in PS's palette: curves, levels, filters, you name it. In my view, the ability to process films digitally did nothing good to many film photographers: their (printed in darkroom) pictures from the film era look great, but new work, also done on film, but processed digitally, look unnatural: too contrasty (levels, curves), too sharp in every dot (sharping filters), no details in shadows or, the other side of the coin, shadows HDRed to the point where you wonder: was it really shot on film?! In my film-digital workflow I try to avoid these but it had always been a struggle. It is especially hard with overexposed and problematic in other ways (for instance, pushed to the limits) negatives. <br />
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<h3>Digital Printing</h3><br />
I am not a very good digital printer, but I have 2 photo printers at home (HP 7060 and Canon Pro-100) and managed to configure them to produce fairly neutral B&W prints. I don't like much any of the inkjet papers I had to use; some I dislike less then the others. All in all, this step is the most simple and straightforward in my digital workflow.<br />
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<h3>Darkroom, Printing/Comparing</h3><br />
I took three negatives I know I had issues with while scanning, processing and printing digitally. In darkroom, I spent one hour on each; could easily be 3 hours/each, I just didn't have the time. Here are the best prints I've gotten:<br />
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(<i>Calle Ocho, June 2011, Tri-X pushed to E.I. 1600</i>)<br />
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This one was no problem: printed on Ilford MG RC IV 8x10 paper, aperture f/8, split printing in 3 exposures:<ul><li>Filter #0 (low contrast): sky only 32 sec<br />
<li>Filter #0 (low contrast): all but left side (Cafe with the couple) for 32 sec, plus dodging cyclist's face for 22 sec during the exposure<br />
<li>Filter #4 (high contrast): whole frame for 18 sec, dodging faces of woman and cyclist for 10-12 sec.</li></ul>Remembering how much time I spent trying to figure out how to process the scan and print it right, I was surprised how easy I've got descent print in darkroom. I was expecting more hard work. Here is the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/9YSG4W">digital version</a> to compare -- the sky is completely white -- that's because I could not get it without ruining the picture! <p><a href="http://36.media.tumblr.com/b19c05e68061b31c3be39c55d56217a1/tumblr_nmrvprzipR1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg"><img src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/b19c05e68061b31c3be39c55d56217a1/tumblr_nmrvprzipR1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" width="600"></a> (<i>South Bech, June 2013, Tri-X pushed to E.I.1600</i>) <p>The negative is much worse, its grossly overexposed; I bet I will reduce it one day. To get some clouds, I had to do this: <ul><li>Filter #0 (low contrast) at F/0 66 sec, sky and building on the right only.<br />
<li>Filter #0 (low contrast) at F/8 34 sec, masking (i.e. dodging) girl's faces for 12 seconds each<br />
<li>Filter #5 (high contrast) at f/8 26 sec, dodging girl's faces 10-14 seconds</ul>It worked, to a point. The print is ok, but probably needs additional work (or better reducing the negative). Again, I was doubting my ability to get a descent print at all from the negative that dense...but it turned out to be not too hard. In the <a href="https://flic.kr/p/eCKRgp">digital version</a> note the horrible grain in the sky.<p><a href="http://36.media.tumblr.com/b9af7c2dc5eb4ebd33c8f201512ae800/tumblr_nmrw9r97gI1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg"><img src="http://36.media.tumblr.com/b9af7c2dc5eb4ebd33c8f201512ae800/tumblr_nmrw9r97gI1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" width="400"></a></p><p>(<i>Little Haiti, Kodak 3200 TMZ film @ E.I. 12500</i>) <p>This negative had great difference in contrast between background and foreground, but it was task simplest of all: <ul><li>Filter #0 (low contrast) F/8 for 34 sec dodging girl's figure and face<br />
<li>Filter #3 (normal contrast) F/8 for 44 sec</ul>The <a href="https://flic.kr/p/cffzaQ">digital version</a> <h3>Bottom line</h3><p>It is not an impossible task to match or even surpass film-digital workflow in darkroom printing. There are few advantages I noticed while comparing prints made digitally to analog:<ul><li>the grain structure is better on analog prints. And for me it is very important.<br />
<li>some artifacts present due to heavily pushed film are less noticeable on analog prints. For example, I spent some time battling nasty changes in brightness in the areas of high contrast -- for instance, on the image #2 that would be where cafe roof borders the sky. There was no such problem in the analog version of the print. I was expecting it, and it is there, but does not look too bad. It still has this look of pushed film, but not as much as digital print and as a result it looks much more natural.</ul><h3>The final word</h3><p>If you had been scanning your negatives for some time, try printing in darkroom. The results may surprise you.</p>Dixi.Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-75773850697485583242015-02-10T15:45:00.000-05:002015-05-06T15:17:59.144-04:00"In Osaka" by Yamasaki Ko-Ji<a href="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101632"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101632/large.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
Yamasaki Ko-Ji is a photographer from Kobe, Japan. Here is a dummy of his book I am working on right now. Printed on laser printer to check the layout, it became a real one the moment I attached the loose leafs of paper to each other with binder clips. Somehow the images survived a truly terrible print quality. If you familiar with Japanese photographers of PROVOKE era (Takuma Nakahira, Daido Moriyama, Yutaka Takanashi and others), you will recognize the style. The book will be on Amazon sometime this year (the release date still TBD). More images from the dummy book below. The site of the photographer: <a href="http://yamasaki.ko-ji.com/">http://yamasaki.ko-ji.com/</a> <a name='more'></a><br />
<a href="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101633"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101633/large.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101637"><img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/159101637/large.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
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Stay tuned!Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com1Miami, FL, USA25.7616798 -80.19179020000001425.5329123 -80.514513700000009 25.9904473 -79.869066700000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-37908371178336448282014-12-01T15:59:00.000-05:002014-12-01T15:59:49.062-05:00Leica Store Miami Instagram Contest<img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0253/1179/files/L1008854-2.jpg?6324" width="600"><br />
From Leica Store Miami:<br />
<blockquote>During the festival we will be running an Instagram contest. Share your best image that embodies the spirit of street photography via Instagram with the hashtag <b>#mspf2014</b>. One image will be selected at the end of the festival and the lucky winner will receive a Leica Akademie voucher (value of $199) to be used towards a future workshop. All submissions must be posted between 12:00 AM Thursday, December 4th and 11:59 PM on Sunday, December 7th. <br />
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To see what others have been posting visit our live <a href="http://leicastoremiami.com/pages/miami-street-photography-festival-2014-instagram-feed">Instagram streaming gallery!</a></blockquote>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7616798 -80.19179020000001425.5329123 -80.514513700000009 25.9904473 -79.869066700000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-47028363332593104872014-11-30T19:43:00.000-05:002014-11-30T19:44:26.565-05:00Framing pictures for Miami Street Photography Festival<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnLLAGMLnpKOpmLVLBQ31R9IUVy0XTc2G57aI3MzrRa0CMG4B76LfKFuaXfyfUWdNLNdTQoaYeDGLYiVh53Ad3SkeTKc4V0GrtVM1-t8csH4b_F7P1cLhdrS3EuZ49wp3DRuIwR9WjhM/s1600/PB296928pr1sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxnLLAGMLnpKOpmLVLBQ31R9IUVy0XTc2G57aI3MzrRa0CMG4B76LfKFuaXfyfUWdNLNdTQoaYeDGLYiVh53Ad3SkeTKc4V0GrtVM1-t8csH4b_F7P1cLhdrS3EuZ49wp3DRuIwR9WjhM/s1600/PB296928pr1sm.jpg" width="600"/></a>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-19549782220582241532014-11-27T12:02:00.000-05:002014-11-27T12:02:02.244-05:00Miami Street Photography Festival is next week!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPP-qlau3HJW7kKLDC79NngFnvFs79Gudavjq_rVh0KGiZjEoNwkFhkj_PADvGZ4WOpO6KkalG8VXcMM8mBqEEyxEccxLsSLqCkvY_cOWsv92Ti_EhwXcy9cn2u-1zxcR3L97p0r5xg8/s1600/10604619_568246026653316_1954645099743351311_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFPP-qlau3HJW7kKLDC79NngFnvFs79Gudavjq_rVh0KGiZjEoNwkFhkj_PADvGZ4WOpO6KkalG8VXcMM8mBqEEyxEccxLsSLqCkvY_cOWsv92Ti_EhwXcy9cn2u-1zxcR3L97p0r5xg8/s1600/10604619_568246026653316_1954645099743351311_o.jpg" width="600"/></a>Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-77724501439260884162014-11-03T09:37:00.001-05:002015-03-11T08:42:41.585-04:00Testing Kodalith in DektolI always wanted to try the extreme, absolute contrast; so here finally comes (ta-daMM!!) a Kodalith.<br />
Kodak Kodalith is a very high contrast film made for copy work, lithography and alike. <br />
It use to come in many formats but had been discontinued a while ago, along with its special contrast developer bearing the same name.<br />
I recently found a few hundred feet of it in 35mm format (6556), circa 2003.<br />
This film is low sensitivity material and has to hold well, so I tested it on my morning walk with Sir Charles Darwin Zhewalsky:<a name='more'></a><br />
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To get the contrast, I developed the film in Dektol, which is a paper developer, but was created (and used in the past) as a film developer.<br />
In 1+1 dilution it usually yields a very high contrast, and it did!<br />
So, the film was exposed at ISO 12 and developed in Dektol 1+1 for 2 minuted at 68F/20C with violent agitation for 30sec out of each minute.<br />
I've got what I've been after: the black and the white and almost no gray.<br />
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PS<br />
Original Kodak's >><a href="http://www.carlmcmillan.com/Pdf/FilmData/Kodalith%20Type%203.pdf">PDF</a><br />
Few points to remember:<ul><li>Speed: ISO 12 or 25, depending on development.<br />
<li>Spectral sensitivity: orthochromatic, i.e. unexposed, it can be handled under red darkroom light (#1A or Kodak's "light red")<br />
<li>Triacetate base is extremely transparent.<br />
<li>There is no grain. Well, it must be there but I can't see it. Great resolution.<br />
<li>I know that this film can be processed to yield a full range of tonal gradations, it is just not what I wanted in this test.</ul><br />
Dixi.<br />
Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-58439884761113779772014-10-29T11:29:00.000-04:002015-08-08T10:31:00.648-04:00<a href="http://41.media.tumblr.com/5d8dfb2007c6360ee2248bfbc318c795/tumblr_ne2ihbcWKf1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" ><img src="http://41.media.tumblr.com/5d8dfb2007c6360ee2248bfbc318c795/tumblr_ne2ihbcWKf1rtcf20o1_1280.jpg" width="600"></a><br />
Counting change in Rain...love the grain of expired EK5222Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7890972 -80.20404350000001225.5603297 -80.526767 26.0178647 -79.881320000000017tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8435730617416567165.post-84341787818443756752014-09-02T11:49:00.000-04:002014-09-11T09:13:00.107-04:00ORWO N74 Plus in TMaxORWO is a trade name for a range of film products from Germany, from the company named <a href="http://www.filmotec.de/?page_id=112&lang=en">Filmotec</a>. I the 70s, I use to shoot ORWO slide film (UT 18). Recently, in my search for an affordable B&W 400 ISO film to replace Arista (aka cheap Tri-X) I came across ORWO NP74 plus, a movie stock said to be around 400 ISO. I bought one 100ft can of it from <a href="http://orwona.com">http://orwona.com</a> and tried it in my daily shooting. Here are my findings:<a name='more'></a><br />
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- it has nice traditional type grain, very different from Tri-X's.<br />
- it is pushable to 1600 in TMax, but it is better at 400.<br />
- the times are 25% longer in TMax developer compared to Tri-X.<br />
- it has less contrast in TMax developer compared to Tri-X.<br />
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<h3>Examples</h3>E.I.1600(TMax developer 1+4, 9 min at 75F/24C) : <br />
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<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/157230663/original.jpg" width="600"><br />
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E.I.400(TMax developer 1+9, 12 min at 75F/24C)<br />
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<img src="http://www.pbase.com/amirko/image/157230624/original.jpg" width="400"><br />
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<h3>Bottom line:</h3>The can I bought was $55 + shipping. Not overly expensive, but not too cheap either since the same size can of Ilford HP5 will cost the <a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=24734&gclid=CJCH4rDmwsACFSxk7AodVXUAYQ&Q=&is=REG&A=details">same</a> at B&H or Adorama with free shipping.<br />
So, I'll probably buy the HP5 insted next time, unless I will be able to buy ORWO NP74+ cheaper. It is out of stock at <a href="http://orwona.com">http://orwona.com</a> anyway...Emir Shabashvilihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298550057243875310noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7890972 -80.20404350000001225.5603297 -80.526767 26.0178647 -79.881320000000017