Filmwasters
Which Board? => Main Forum => Topic started by: Francois on November 01, 2017, 07:55:03 PM
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Yesterday I tested the AGAT 18 half frame camera I got through Share the Love 2017!
And to make things more fun, I also tested a short roll of unknown stored in the desert film I got this summer at a garage sale in a bulk loader.
It turns out the film was one of the oldest ones I've shot in my entire life! It's a roll of Ilford HP5... notice I didn't write HP5 Plus or HP5+ ;D
Ilford stopped making HP5 in 1989... I exposed it at EI 100, but in reality it should have been at EI 50 or 64. But I didn't know it at the time.
Emulsion was super fragile. I even managed to wipe some off the leader with my fingers after development.
But do I love those results! Grain madness!
The camera is really nice, but the shutter button could be a bit more sensitive. But so far, it's really a camera I love!
Here are a few select shots from my really short test roll.
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I like it!
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Thanks!
And that film really does have quite a story.
Lucky for me its previous owner was an early adopter of digital technology! Otherwise there wouldn't have been any left for me to enjoy :)
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Francois, I'm very pleased to see that the Agat has found a good home! It seems to like you better than it did me. :D
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I think it likes me too :)
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Yesterday was a nice day here, so I loaded the Yashica FX-2 from Bryan with Fuji Neopan 400 and set off. I put in a battery adapter which gives the required 1.3V and the meter is about as accurate as one can expect from a 1976 model SLR. The FX-2 is a nice camera that handles well, and I have some nice Zeiss and Yashica glass to go with it. The attached frames are scanned from a curly film (couldn't wait), so they are not the best representation of what this camera can produce.
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I'm glad you like it Kai, sounds like you'll get more use out of it than I would have.
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Finally got the test roll from the XA2 Bryan sent my way. Fun little thing to play with, and certainly quite capable. A few samples:
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4550/26766742009_338e7a73d8_c.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4555/37826693394_764d55b48e_c.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4524/26766742169_523245b581_c.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4550/37826693574_af75fce5e1_c.jpg)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4575/37826693674_66c8f68696_c.jpg)
Thanks Bryan!
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Great job Andrej, I especially like the teddy bear. Glad you’re happy with the camera.
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Small and capable. That's what we like :)