First trip to Tuweep, what film to bring for ikonta 6x9 and kodak stereo camera?

kingbuzzie · May 29, 2019

We are taking a trip out to Toroweap point, my second out to the north rim of the canyon but my first since I got back into film photography. I'm taking an Ikonta 6x9 521/2 with novar lens for landscapes. It is very early June, so I assume slow film and I am thinking velvia 50 and ektar. I've never tried color with the ikonta, so I am a little nervous how it will turn out with the triplet lens. I know I'm supposed to stop it down to around f11 to get sharp results with the novar correct? I am also thinking of bringing along some ultra slow speed 35mm b&w films (iso 6 and slower) I have been hording as well, but that would necessitate me taking along a third camera...

pbromaghin · May 29, 2019

No need to worry about the Novar. This is Velvia through an early post-war 521/16, roughly the same vintage as your 6x9. I would be most concerned with vignetting at wider f-stops. f8 should be just fine.

Sirius Glass · May 29, 2019

A polarizer can bring out more colors, just be careful with very wide angle lenses because the sky will vary as the angle relative to the sun.

kingbuzzie · May 30, 2019

Good to know about the lens. I don't have a polarizer, but I was able to pick up a cheap rubber lens hood for the camera from a trick I learned on flickr: https://www.flickr.com/groups/574362@N21/discuss/72157623299765450/

bernard_L · May 30, 2019

kingbuzzie said:
I assume slow film and I am thinking velvia 50 and ektar. I've never tried color with the ikonta, so I am a little nervous how it will turn out with the triplet lens. I know I'm supposed to stop it down to around f11 to get sharp results with the novar correct? I

That is not consistent. Unless you bring a tripod, you will (on occasion) either need to use the full aperture of the Novar or suffer from camera shake. And fail to obtain what either the Novar (at f:8 or smower) or the velvia/ektar might achieve. With a 6x9cm image, the grain of a 400ISO film is a non-issue. Your choice of slow film, allegedly for high resolution, is counter productive.
Unless, yet again, you bring a tripod and shoot your Ikonta in LF style.

kingbuzzie · May 30, 2019

bernard_L said:
That is not consistent. Unless you bring a tripod, you will (on occasion) either need to use the full aperture of the Novar or suffer from camera shake. And fail to obtain what either the Novar (at f:8 or smower) or the velvia/ektar might achieve. With a 6x9cm image, the grain of a 400ISO film is a non-issue. Your choice of slow film, allegedly for high resolution, is counter productive.
Unless, yet again, you bring a tripod and shoot your Ikonta in LF style.

I don't recall saying I was determined to shoot handheld.... I assume most landscape photography is on tripod unless terrain prevents it.

Sirius Glass · May 30, 2019

I tend to shoot ISO 400 film and even with that when I use Tri-X 400 with Orange filters and the Zone system, even I find I occasionally need a tripod.

kingbuzzie · May 30, 2019

I've been wrestling with what to bring all day. We'll be gone for two weeks, but I feel greedy packing more than a small domke bag. This would be the time I wish I had a functioning minox 35.

Paul Howell · May 30, 2019

I recommend Porta 160 and 800 in 120. Although best if kept refrigerated Porta can held at room temps for a couple of weeks without much issue. For 35mm I recommend Kodak Gold 200 and 400, they do really well at room temperatures. I just tired a roll of Cine Still 50 and 800 tungston, very sharp, colors not overly saturated, the 50 is a little on the contrasty side. For a 3rd camera, if you can fine one a good all weather point and shoot like a Minolta Weathermatic or my Fav Pentax IQ zoom WR. Not small, but there are thunderstroms this time of the year on the rim. To travel light, take a WR point and shoot, light wt tripod, Gold 200.

kingbuzzie · May 30, 2019

Paul Howell said:
I recommend Porta 160 and 800 in 120. Although best if kept refrigerated Porta can held at room temps for a couple of weeks without much issue. For 35mm I recommend Kodak Gold 200 and 400, they do really well at room temperatures. I just tired a roll of Cine Still 50 and 800 tungston, very sharp, colors not overly saturated, the 50 is a little on the contrasty side. For a 3rd camera, if you can fine one a good all weather point and shoot like a Minolta Weathermatic or my Fav Pentax IQ zoom WR. Not small, but there are thunderstroms this time of the year on the rim. To travel light, take a WR point and shoot, light wt tripod, Gold 200.

I have a weathermatic duo, but it's a bit too clunky for me to take, I'm not going to be standing out in the rain anyway.

First trip to Tuweep, what film to bring for ikonta 6x9 and kodak stereo camera?

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