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

[kingbuzzie]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.