Film match Tengor 54/2 1928 picture

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

Finally I bought best brand of glass I could afford in coming years. Its Goerz Frontar on Zeiss Box Tengor 54/2 1928-1934. I bought the camera from pasific rim camera.

I am looking for a film solution to match below picture taken with above camera.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57267002@N03/10125113475/in/pool-box-tengor_gallery/

Umut

 

[Denverdad]

In terms of the color and saturation, that image reminds me of results I have seen with Kodak Ektar 100.

Enjoy your Box Tengor by the way! They have always struck me as being the box camera to have, being generally reported to offer surprisingly good image quality for the class. I happen to have acquired a 56/2 version that I am looking forward to running some film through one of these days.

Jeff

 

[ntenny]

That sample photo is quite nice, isn't it? I'm surprised to see how little the image breaks down in the corners---IIRC the Frontar is just a two-element achromat, so I wouldn't have expected particularly good correction, but there it is.

I find box cameras rather liberating, although mine is a rather lower grade with a meniscus lens. The only choices you really have are compositional, so you MUST think in terms of the image rather than the gear.

-NT

 

[alienmeatsack]

I own a nice little Box Tengor 54/2 myself and it's really a fun little camera. I am surprised by how well the slow shutter speed seems to do OK when handheld. I do tend to brace it against my body, breathe out and click, so that helps.

Not sure on the film in the same photo but it's colorful and vivid. Could be Ektar as said above, or possibly Fuji Reala or similar. It wouldn't hurt to try and contact the photographer and see if they will give up the info.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

Thank you all ,

Jeff , I think you are right , it is Fuji Reala , I saw similar colors at internet at the past and completely forgotten. I dont know if Fuji Reala is still in production but after writing this , I will order if they dont want three times more than the film price for shipment. Thank you for good wishes.

Ntenny , Good gear is like good painter , you dont want to make your portrait by an amateur but a respected one. Yes , It is excellent lens and 20s to 50s gear are my favorite. I dont have finance to buy a large format Dagor from the 800s.

alien , thank you for the trick , I will do the same , I am sure as my name this is reala.

Umut

 

[alienmeatsack]

I purchased some 120 Reala from Mel Pierce Camera not too long ago at a reasonable price. They are out of stock now, but I'd bet others will have some of it as well. I know it's been somewhat recently discontinued (Middle of last year) so finding it may require some flexibility in the budget and patience. A quick look on eBay brings up quite a bit, good luck.

I have not actually shot any of mine yet as I was waiting for Spring to arrive to use it properly. But I can say I think Kodak's Ektar and Portra line are excellent and have wonderful color rendition and may be a good current substitute for the Reala. Also, you might try Fuji's Superia 120 films. They are available outside the US so you shoiuld be able to find them. I believe they have a 100 ISO version if that speed is what you are looking for.

 

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

I have Fuji 400H at my hand and I will try the camera with best possible development in Istanbul. I think until the June , We would not see a pasific blue at the sea or orange brown soil. Is there a tripod socket at the camera ? And rolling fresh film on to 6x9 camera have a risk to burn the a band on the film. I saw superia shots and some of them heavily casted painted with baby colors , fog looks like Swan Lake blue. I did not use this kind of film , lets try , funny. It is cheaper also. Portra is excellent but I cant say with Ektar. Strangest film in Kodak line.

 

[alienmeatsack]

Unfortunately there is no tripod socket on the Box Tengor cameras. (That I know of.) I don't think any of the box cameras from that era had one.

What I do personally is use a large wide rubber band that looks sort of like a piece of a rubber inner tube from a bicycle. My tripod has a nice flat top surface, so I just sit the camera on that and use the rubber band to hold it on there directly. It's nice and snug but not too tight to crush the camera and it does the job.

I saw someone elsewhere using a flat peice of wood a few inches wide and long with a small hole about the size of the tripod screw with felt or some kind of fabric on the camera side. They used a similar rubber band to strap the camera to that, and that to the tripod for a more stable surface.

Maybe this kind of thing might work for your needs?

As far as loading film in, I always turn my back to the sun so my body is a shield and carefully load the film that way. I also keep some tape to put over the counter window in back for shots when the sun is strong and could expose the film through the red window.

 

[Denverdad]

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As far as loading film in, I always turn my back to the sun so my body is a shield and carefully load the film that way. I also keep some tape to put over the counter window in back for shots when the sun is strong and could expose the film through the red window.

I generally follow that same protocol with my old shooters too. However the Tengor actually has a sliding cover for the film window (at least my 56/2 does and I think the 54/2 as well), so no need for tape. Just another nice feature of this "premium" box camera.

 

[alienmeatsack]

I haven't used mine in a bit, I need to check to see if mine has that as well.

I typically prefer to shade the film anyway even for the loading process and don't always trust the little window covers on some of the cameras. A few of mine, the little cover usually slides open on it's own. I've had a few where I kept my finger over it when I didn't have tape. Only one I really like is the one on my Voigtlander Perkeo II, it stays closed when I close it.