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Post by landsknechte on Dec 30, 2006 1:23:44 GMT -5
A couple of test shots from a Voigtlaender Bessa folder from the late 1940's:   |
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Post by PeterW on Dec 30, 2006 8:59:56 GMT -5
Nice pictures. Where did you find an abandoned factory like that? That looks like the commutator from a huge electric motor. I don't think there are any old factories like that left in the UK, they've all been cleared for scrap metal and the buildings either reused for other work or pulled down for new developments, unless John has found one or two up north.
It's also nice to see more pictures from older European cameras.
PeterW
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Post by landsknechte on Dec 30, 2006 12:13:55 GMT -5
It's actually quite visible from a major freeway. It neighbored some facilities that were still in use by the same company, and by the looks of it was rendered unsafe for habitation during the 1989 earthquake. It's in a part of San Francisco that has a number of abandoned and semi-abandoned old industrial buildings scattered about, the photogenic result of post WWII obsolescence.
I had been oggling this place from the outside for a while, until one day taking advantage of someone else's creative use of a blow-torch...
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Jan 3, 2007 0:28:45 GMT -5
Nice job, I really like both pictures. As a confirmed Bessa nut I'm curious which particular Bessa, lens/shutter combo? Keep up the good work.
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Post by k38 on Jan 3, 2007 1:08:33 GMT -5
Very nice work!
I really like the look of your black & white. Did you scan the negatives with a flat bed or do you have a medium format film scanner? I am wanting to get back to using some of my 120 cameras.
Dwight
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Post by landsknechte on Jan 18, 2007 1:21:38 GMT -5
I used a CanoScan 8400F, which is a flatbed scanner with an insert/backlight capable of doing medium format.
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Post by herron on Jan 18, 2007 15:48:03 GMT -5
Nice shots. Don't know how I missed them when they were first posted. I find it interesting how the light seems to change when you move from the "area" shot to the close up of that electric motor commutator. I have a few old Bessa 120 folders myself, and when I see work like this it makes me want to get them out and start shooting. Which one was this again?  |
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Post by landsknechte on Feb 4, 2007 15:41:17 GMT -5
This is the same model, but not the same exact camera (not home right now):  |
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