Portrait - vintage 120 rollfilm

macfred, these old frames are all great! This one in particular seems to have a 3d quality about it as if it were post-processed just for that effect. I don't know how or why, but all four of these people look literally like they are in front of the image, not just the depth of field out of focus background. I am looking especially at the right hand and arm of the little boy in vest, if he raised his arm it would just poke out of the paper or screen. The older girl's hands and arms even against her sharply focused body stand out in apparent (anti) relief. What a fantastic street shot of an active and animated moment in their daily lives.

I also like the old shots. Because the subjects are likely known & have much more context, I'll be you love them alot. This one does seem to have extra qualities I won't try to describe. If additional images catch your attention, please post.

These are great. Nothing like candid photos for relatives. Wonder what it will be like in 50 years when all the cell phone photos are gone. Too bad.

What a wonderful treasure, Macfred !!! Thank you! (Sorry because my english is mostly technical one ... computer science ;-))

I know what you mean about a lens having a 'feel' that isn't in others of the same length. I love the way the old (uncoated) Tessar on the ikonta gives a rendering my other gear can't duplicate. Certo6 says the perkeo is a color skopar. I looked, and didn't see another that had a coupled rangefinder and that color skopar lens. I lost courage about using an uncoupled rangefinder myself. Its been a while, but I thought it was Sirius Glass that mentioned enjoying a certo 6 camera? (another Tessar). 'Strange. I like my more modern stuff, but every time I use that Ikonta, I come away w/ a big smile on my face & almost always images I love. I hope you get to enjoy that perkeo. It always seemed like a rather great camera.

@HiHoSilver : Josef's Perkeo I has a Vaskar 80mm f/4.5 (it was kind of an economic version in that Perkeo range) - the one with the Color Skopar 80mm f3.5 should be the better one. I really doubt those photographs were taken with the Vaskar lens. Meanwhile Josef is failing to remember - I guess there was yet another 6x6 120 folder in his life ...

Definitely a step into the past. Very nice.

The lady and the children are all very well dressed. Germany in the 50's was still battered in places. What is the word at the top of the sign--Handlung? Very interesting photo. Thank you for posting.

macfred, first of all i can't comment on whether your english is good english english, but it is certainly perfect american. No worries there. And perfectly said about photography being about the light not the words. Your images tell a story more than not, really cool. My images seem to need the story to be told, which isn't really what it is meant to be about. I hope to grow into the former place in my making of images. And i still cannot get over that 3d quality in these photos.