Yes, this was made while driving down I-40. I wasn't driving, so everything is cool.
This was made with a Zenit E and an Industar 50-2 lens. The camera and the lens are Russian made and quite industrial as has been written before in other blogs.
The thing is I like them both. They are each no nonsense and just get the job done in a no frills way that I rather like.
The camera came from a fellow filmwasting friend in the UK, and the lens came from Kiev, via the online auction site we all use.
I bought the lens March 9 and it finally arrived yesterday...seems it sat in the Customs bin in Los Angels for two weeks....?
It's a very small lens, that some refer to as pancake...yeah, it's that petite...kinda like a little Disney princess.
The film was Ilfrod Fp4, which is a dream to use because it is fine grained, develops easy in caffenol, dries, then lays flat in the scanner. Truly a girls best friend!
The only hiccup with this camera is it has a knuckle busting rewind knob, and if you don't totally disengage the film for rewinding, the camera is notorious for breaking the film.
I only split mine in one place while rewinding so I feel pretty good...and to think this was not my first time using the camera. I'll just have to be more cautious in the future.
Looks like that camera is going to do some good work for you. Nice that it accomodates M-42 lenses.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm fairly happy with it...other than it has the ability to shred a film in half...but that's a user quirk to get used to.
ReplyDeleteOtherwise I really like the utility of it and the lens renders scenes to my preference.