I use old cameras. My most contemporary are an LX and MX. I have
Spotmatics and an H3v that I use now and then. I have a Mamiya C220 that
I use fairly often. I would guess it dates from the mid to late sixties.
And I have a Speed Graphic (late forties or early fifties?) that I use
when I have time for the setup, and money for the film.
As far as film emulsions go, I'm not sure that there really are any
old ones around. Tri-X has been changed a half dozen times since I
started using it in the seventies. I use a lot of Ektachrome, but I
think it resembles the old stuff in name only. I like the modern
versions of both of these films a lot more than I did the early ones.
Tri-X is tighter grained than it use to be and perhaps less contrasty as
well? Ektachrome 100VS has far better color balance and saturation than
the old Ektachrome 64. I like the new films as well. I use a lot of
T-Max 400 in my old cameras. Once you work out a processing scheme for
this film, it's really quite excellent.
Paul
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
>
> I just sent a message to another list member and noted that I
> generally use older gear for my photography, and tend to prefer
> older B&W emulsions as well. That got me to wondering what the
> oldest cameras, lenses, and emulsions list members may be using on a
> regular basis. Fir me, the oldest camera and lenses that I
> regularly use go back to 1959, and the B&W film I most often use
> goes back to those times as well. What about you?
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> Shel Belinkoff
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> There are no rules for good photographs,
> there are only good photographs.
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