Topic: Summer, Solinar, Ektar

[Sandeha Lynch]

At £7.90 for the dev and postage I'm not much inclined to shoot colour, but if I do then 6x4.5 makes some sense rather than the usual 6x6.  However, it does mean that a roll is likely to hang around for half a season rather than getting done in a weekend.

The Solinar in question, a 75/3.9, was originally fitted to a broken Agfa Billy 0, a 127 camera from the 1930s that came to me after some years in a garden shed.   That camera was designed to shoot 4x6.5, and even if I particularly liked the format, going to the trouble of slitting 120 film seemed a waste to get only 8 shots.  Instead, I transplanted the Solinar onto a Zeiss Nettar 515 6x4.5 to give 16. 
























This is an uncoated lens so no prizes for guessing which day I forgot to use the lens hood.

[jojonas~]

interesting! I've got a roll of ektar sitting in the fridge and I just dunno when and how to use it.
I've seen the same blues in shade from a friend and those first shots is something that I want to achieve. light cloudy weather?
other than that I think it does really well when the sun goes down~

anyhow, nice mix of shots. the first two at the rocky shore are spot on in my book. exciting and calming at the same time.

[Sandeha Lynch]

Thanks.  My fave is the second picnic shot.  Other lenses and films might have done the same but this combo has worked well.

[Paul Mitchell]

Hey! that second one is me! Changing the film in my Zero 2000 if I remember correctly...

A quality lens that Sandeha!

Paul

[Moiz]

And that first one is me! Not sure what I'm doing, faffing probably.

Some nice pics there Sandeha!

[imagesfrugales]

And I would have been happy to join the picnic. Nice set and I also like the Ektar very much.

[Owlsflight]

Great shots Sandeha! I'm a big fan of Ektar myself. That first one is a bag of eye candy, but the whole set is just beautiful.