thomas lehne

Went through my files the other day… all three were taken on AGFA APX 100

with a Nikon EM and an East German Zeiss lens [from an old Exa] in late 1997.

That skyline has somewhat changed since then, me thinks…

‘Prometheus und die Okeaniden’ by Eduard Müller [1879]
Entrance to Alte Nationalgalerie at Museumsinsel in Berlin

Contax G2, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar – ILFORD PAN F Plus 50
[Tetenal Ultrafin Plus, 1:6 @ 20ºC for 8 1/2 minutes]

Melting snow in the south has caused the river Main to swell and flood

its riverside promenade in Frankfurt am Main. Park benches partially

submerged in clay coloured water at Ignatz-Bubis-Bridge.

[Contax G2, 2.0/45 Planar - Kodak Elitechrome 100]

Schönhauser Allee in Berlin. Whoever gets there first…

[Contax G2, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar with R25A  - ILFORD PAN F Plus 50]

Unless Banksy has seriously gone into self-promoting recently,

I doubt this is genuine. Still nice to look at though. Hamburg-Sankt Pauli.

[Contax G2, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar - Kodak Elitechrome 100]

Altenwerder Container Terminal, Freihafen Hamburg – uncorrected scan from negative
[Contax G2, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar with red filter R25A - ILFORD PAN F Plus 50]

Nikon 35Ti, Kodak Elitechrome 100 EBX – R.I.P. – You WILL be dearly missed Elitechrome!!!

It’s time to clear out the freezer and stock up on Elitechrome [or whatever Kodak slide film you prefer]. Some of us are NOT happy about this, Kodak… OFFICIAL KODAK ANNOUNCEMENT

Both taken in Berlin.

Nikon 35Ti – Kodak Elitechrome 100 EBX

[scanned as is with Elite Dimage 5400]

The 35Ti’s Nikkor 2.8/35 and Kodak’s EC 100 EBX make for

some interesting colours with the camera left in automatic.

I think the camera was designed for colour negative,

which is why it slighty over exposes transparency film.

[and now guess why it's called Prenzlauer Berg]

Berlin a couple of days ago.

All Contax G1, Zeiss Planar 2.0/45 – Kodak Tri-X 400

[Ultrafin Plus 1:6 at 20ºC for 14.5 minutes]

Thank god, that was my last roll of 20 I had ordered from Macodirect last year. Sure, it comes in Tri-X boxes and the cartridges had the same yellow labels that Kodak use, but the Maco stuff isn’t the real McCoy. For starters, the grain is different and not as nice as genuine Tri-X. In addition to this, the film also has a cheap synthetic base that, when presoaked, results in a rather strangely coloured brew. Even the fix is grey and left in a drying cabinet for half an hour won’t get the emulsion straight either. Curly sh*t!

Now, I don’t mind using the film, but it would have been only fair to their customers if Maco actually admitted to selling relabeled film material, rather than dropping the price by 50 cent a roll claiming to sell the genuine Tri-X. What’s worse is the fact, that a lot of shops over here have been sold large quantities of this crap too. Bullshitting in the name of profit. Won’t buy there again.

Hamburg on the rocks – same roll of FUJI Neopan 400

as last post, but shots taken on previously unexposed half.

left: St. Pauli Landungsbrücken - centre: Vorsetzen - right: Rickmer Rickmers

[Contax G1, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar - February 2012]

Yet another accident… one of my last rolls of FUJI Neopan 400 that had been hidden away in the depths of my freezer was partially exposed in Frankfurt during last summer. Completely forgot about it. The film leader was still sticking out of the cartridge, so I thought I’d take a few shots in today’s winter scenery. This is what came out.

Top: Blohm+Voss shipyard in the port of Hamburg during winter

Bottom: Frankfurt’s Grossmarkthalle (future European Central Bank) at Osthafen in summer

[Contax G1, 2.0/45 Zeiss Planar - FUJI Neopan 400 in Ultrafin Plus 1:6 for 10 minutes]

My first attempts at 35mm pinhole photography…

I kinda like what came out, although the actual pinhole needs to be a lot smaller.

Me thinks I might need the aid of a laser to go smaller though.

Bessa R [Classic] LTM and a Skink made screw in steel adapter with an 0.25mm pinhole.

Apparently, LTM flange is 27.8mm, so this results roughly in a pinhole aperture of f115.

ILFORD FP4 Plus 125 in Ultrafin for 14.5 minutes at 20ºC [1:6]

Scanned at 4800 dpi with Epson V750 and Silverfast. T-Grain could be worse, I guess…

Original scan file was 8344 x 11084 pixels – down sized in Photoshop to 5125 x 7000 pixels.

The shot on the right shows a 100 percent crop of the latter [for pixel peeping anoraks].

Costa Magica at Hamburg-Altona Terminal

[Mamiya 645, 2.8/80 Sekor C with Yellow K2 - Kodak T-Max 100]

Thank you Monsieur Ellis, for today’s decent Scotch and the opportunity

to scan some of those 6×4.5 negs I’ve been filing away for the last six months.

[The file size output of your new gadget is gigantic, mate.]

Youngclassics/ Cyclassics 2011 [Mamiya 645, 2.8/80 Sekor C with Yellow K2 - Kodak T-Max 100]

Blohm+Voss, Port of Hamburg [Mamiya 645, 2.8/80 Sekor C with Red 25A - Kodak T-Max 100]

Pizza Guy, Hamburg [Mamiya 645, 2.8/80 Sekor C - ILFORD PAN F Plus 50]