Why you think?

Marcelo Paniagua · Sep 6, 2022

Read somewhere that Koudelka moved from film to digital. Seems he lost his soul

NB23 · Sep 6, 2022

snusmumriken said:
Didn't you just post one above?

Koudelka's photos certainly have humanity, but do you really think it's because of the lens designs?

That was only a flukey one.

snusmumriken · Sep 6, 2022

NB23 said:
That was only a flukey one.

The way the shadows make a clown face was nicely spotted (sorry, accidental pun).

BrianShaw · Sep 6, 2022

I prefer my soul on a dinner plate instead of in my film. Gimme some oxtails, greens, candied yams, cornbread and sweet tea!

miha · Sep 6, 2022

NB23 said:
Find the clown.

I've seen this before - a winner!

lobitar · Sep 6, 2022

NB23 said:
This past august I shot 110 rolls of film. Was on a beautiful trip.

I could have used any apo/asph/expensive lens. The kind that even collectors are jealous about owning.

But no.

I used a Rolleiflex 2.8E2 Schneider

Leica IIIg + hektor 28mm

Leica IId + 5cm nickel elmar.

Why you think?

Because my images need a LAYER OF SOUL.

And Soul lives between the grain, that very place that cannot be reached by the cold asph and apo devices.

Thank you for this opening statement of yours, sounds very sound to me.
Except 110 rolls of film sounds expensive!

albada · Sep 6, 2022

lobitar said:
Thank you for this opening statement of yours, sounds very sound to me.
Except 110 rolls of film sounds expensive!

Some of us do well to shoot 110 frames.

Huss · Sep 6, 2022

NB23 said:
Find the clown.

There is something awesomely terrifying about that pic! Not just the clown, but the rigid posture perfect man behind him.

Moose22 · Sep 6, 2022

Huss said:
I got a picture of topless men pulling a giant set of boobs. I think that counts.
This was taken with an M3 and Summicron DR - nothing more soley/souly than that get up!
Plus check out that kid figuring things out....

I have the collapsible version. It's not quite as high resolution as the rigid one you're using, so that's more souley, isn't it?

Next time I see a parade of people dragging giant boobs along the beach I'll take a shot and we can compare.

Helge · Sep 6, 2022

NB23 said:
This past august I shot 110 rolls of film. Was on a beautiful trip.

I could have used any apo/asph/expensive lens. The kind that even collectors are jealous about owning.

But no.

I used a Rolleiflex 2.8E2 Schneider

Leica IIIg + hektor 28mm

Leica IId + 5cm nickel elmar.

Why you think?

Because my images need a LAYER OF SOUL.

And Soul lives between the grain, that very place that cannot be reached by the cold asph and apo devices.

Oh, you pure precious poet.
You chose to use those hobo cameras and glass when you heard the call of the muse.

Laziest attempt at humble bragging in some time on these pages.

You’re a wonderful photographer, and you are also cultivating a Prima Donna persona… that I have to admit I find amusing.
Perhaps that is the point?

NB23 · Sep 6, 2022

Helge said:
Oh, you pure precious poet.
You chose to use those hobo cameras and glass when you heard the call of the muse.

Laziest attempt at humble bragging in some time on these pages.

You’re a wonderful photographer, and you are also cultivating a Prima Donna persona… that I have to admit I find amusing.
Perhaps that is the point?

You saw right.

But I needed a cleanse. A nonchalant IId with a elmar provided me with La bohème that I needed. Did I capture the moment? Did I see the light correctly? It didn’t matter, there would be at least something on film, and that would be enough!

Indeed, I should have chosen a Rolleiflex 3.5f over the 2.8E2, but that schneider lens was one that I wished to discover more in depth. I have shot 45 films with it, of essentilly old doors, door knobs, and old wallls. A few rusted cars and other dead lifeless things. With time, and out of spite, I have indeed started to have a passion for shooting sidewalks, cracks in the street and walls. No jokes.

jimgalli · Sep 7, 2022

Full plate film and a good soft focus vintage lens ~ soul by brute force.

Arthurwg · Sep 7, 2022

lobitar said:
Thank you for this opening statement of yours, sounds very sound to me.
Except 110 rolls of film sounds expensive!

What's money when it comes to photography?

mshchem · Sep 7, 2022

My wife and I visited a beautiful park on Sunday. I had a nice Leica IIIf 28mm CV lens and my Leica 2.8cm Brightline viewfinder on top, all chrome, had a roll of Kentmere 400 in the camera. The men with plasticy DSLRs looked at that pristine rangefinder the way sailors look pretty girls!

Just to prove my coolness when I processed the film, I didn't have the lid snapped on tight, I got a magnificent artsy light strike across the edge of the entire roll of film!

That's Soul!!!

mshchem · Sep 7, 2022

jimgalli said:
Full plate film and a good soft focus vintage lens ~ soul by brute force.

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No one is driving! You're lucky that you got the shot without getting rundown!

Helge · Sep 7, 2022

jimgalli said:
Full plate film and a good soft focus vintage lens ~ soul by brute force.

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film_man · Sep 10, 2022

You can pretend you have soul with your 110 rolls you shot but I get actual soul and the holy ghost by shooting 110 lomo film on my Agfacrapic 2008. Beat that sucka!

Trask · Sep 10, 2022

MattKing said:
Someone has to have a photo of a circus clown at hand for posting here!

Yah, here's one more, or at least his giant head. Happy, ain't he?

grat · Sep 21, 2022

albada said:
Some of us do well to shoot 110 frames.

Ohhh... I thought he said 110 film, and was wondering what the fuss was about.

Sirius Glass · Sep 21, 2022

albada said:
Some of us do well to shoot 110 frames.

That is a lot of pictures of a subject. Are you doing it with a movie camera?

Bill Burk · Sep 21, 2022

You know, I went out and shot much of one roll of TMY2 at and on the Golden Gate Bridge a couple weekends ago with an ESII and SMCT 50mm f/1.4 that I overhauled earlier this summer.

I had in my mind that I would take unusual pictures, close-ups of bolts and cables.

But I forgot my earlier idea that I would have hands in the pictures to give them some humanity.

Dang. I have to go back and do it again.

p.s. I found the absolute best parking spot. Go as if to Crissy Field from 25th and just before you go under 101 there’s a row of 2 hour free parking spots on McDowell. Trail from there gets you right up on the bridge.

p.p.s. I got to experience one of NB23’s photos the other day. Good stuff.

tomatojoe · Sep 21, 2022

NB23 said:
This past august I shot 110 rolls of film. Was on a beautiful trip.

I could have used any apo/asph/expensive lens. The kind that even collectors are jealous about owning.

But no.

I used a Rolleiflex 2.8E2 Schneider

Leica IIIg + hektor 28mm

Leica IId + 5cm nickel elmar.

Why you think?

Because my images need a LAYER OF SOUL.

And Soul lives between the grain, that very place that cannot be reached by the cold asph and apo devices.

What do I think? I think you are a wonderful photographer. You make negatives and print them and really love what you make. THANK YOU for sharing your fun.

Helge · Sep 22, 2022

tomatojoe said:
What do I think? I think you are a wonderful photographer. You make negatives and print them and really love what you make. THANK YOU for sharing your fun.

Sorry Mr Mollycoddle, Mr Cynic here. Nothing is as simple as that. But on the other side of that realization there is another rainbow.

guangong · Sep 22, 2022

snusmumriken said:
Show us the results, or rather a selection of the best. I want to know what a layer of soul looks like. Sounds kinda fishy.

Should read “a layer of sole.”

tomatojoe · Sep 22, 2022

Helge said:
Sorry Mr Mollycoddle, Mr Cynic here. Nothing is as simple as that. But on the other side of that realization there is another rainbow.

Mr Cynic, as simple as what? Saying thank you for sharing ? Can you explain, I do not understand

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