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The Olympus is itself a classic and using Portra is a nice touch.
I travel with a Contax T2 or a Ricoh GR1S.
Great stuff.
I've really started liking Portra 400 lately.
I feel like Kodak have made it more Ektar-like, as its really smooth and soft.
The myu is unfortunately a replacement for my old GR, so you've made me jealous there.
A friend still has a working GR21, but my GRs have died.
More on them here.
Feel free to add T2 pics, as I've read its a pretty good little machine too?
Here's a recent quick night out to Tatsumi PA:
With the sun going down, I left Shibuya, ran a few errands, and met a friend for a late night chat.
There were two white GT4s out, a pile of other exotica, but it was the Linen Gray 993 that had me coming back for more looks.
I've really started liking Portra 400 lately.
I feel like Kodak have made it more Ektar-like, as its really smooth and soft.
The myu is unfortunately a replacement for my old GR, so you've made me jealous there.
A friend still has a working GR21, but my GRs have died.
More on them here.
Feel free to add T2 pics, as I've read its a pretty good little machine too?
(Camera: Bessa R3a. Film: Kodak Portra 400.)
Great to meet another filmhead-Porsche guy. My full size cameras are a black Contax G2 with the 35/2, and a Konica Hexar. I don't do much digital anymore, but that's because I just shoot for myself these days. My IG is @kochanowskistreet , you can get a link to my site from there, most everything is film. If you like contemporary street photography, www.burnmyeye.org is a group I co-founded.
If I make it to Japan I would really like to take a ride with you and see the local car scene.
Love the night shots, I know that can’t be easy to accomplish with real film. Nice work!
f1.4 and a tripod helps!
Though, with a rangefinder like the Bessa, you can shoot down to 1/8S reasonably well:
The two shots above were taken hand-held, at f1.4, and the bottom one on the chase camera motorcycle idling at the traffic lights.
Originally Posted by idk_alex
If you ever decide to publish these in book form I'd love to pick up, this is so killer
Thanks!
Books are a regular pain though, and the royalties process is ghastly.
Better just to get paid for the stuff straight out of the camera for internet or magazine use.
Originally Posted by andy7777
Great to meet another filmhead-Porsche guy. My full size cameras are a black Contax G2 with the 35/2, and a Konica Hexar. I don't do much digital anymore, but that's because I just shoot for myself these days. My IG is @kochanowskistreet , you can get a link to my site from there, most everything is film. If you like contemporary street photography, www.burnmyeye.org is a group I co-founded.
If I make it to Japan I would really like to take a ride with you and see the local car scene.
A friend just picked up a G2 as well, so eagerly waiting for his first roll.
Thanks too for the links, there's some great stuff there.
As to an intro to the local car scene, no problems.
Between a bunch of us, there's generally always someone doing some driving and / or shooting...
This fantastic thread (thank you, KN!) has inspired me to dig out and dust off my old Yashica T4 that I haven't shot with in probably 15 years. It was considered a great point and shoot back in the day (circa early 2000's) with a 35mm ƒ3.5 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens.
This camera achieved cult status, as some may recall, due to its use by prominent fashion photographer Terry Richardson.
Hope it still works. I'll find out after I shoot the first roll.
That's great on the Yashica, it is a classic. The Japanese camera makers had a war who could make the best compact high end point and shoots back in the '90s. These cameras cost an arm and a leg and now are highly sought after. The focusing systems on some of them were every bit as sophisticated as many DSLRs today, my Contax G2 can essentially lock focus in the dark. Film has a look that stands out even today.
This fantastic thread (thank you, KN!) has inspired me to dig out and dust off my old Yashica T4 that I haven't shot with in probably 15 years. It was considered a great point and shoot back in the day (circa early 2000's) with a 35mm ƒ3.5 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens.
Hope it still works. I'll find out after I shoot the first roll.
I've heard the T4 was meant to be good, so interested in the results!
I think we need to rename this thread Cayman on Film.
Post away...
Originally Posted by andy7777
That's great on the Yashica, it is a classic. The Japanese camera makers had a war who could make the best compact high end point and shoots back in the '90s. These cameras cost an arm and a leg and now are highly sought after. The focusing systems on some of them were every bit as sophisticated as many DSLRs today, my Contax G2 can essentially lock focus in the dark. Film has a look that stands out even today.
The price of alternates to my GR1 are well over USD1000 or 1500 each.
There's the TC1 and the 28Ti too of course, as well as the Fuji Klasse.
You're right too about film; as we've become used to the dry brightness of digital, and as all digital cameras approach parity with real life, they all start to look the same.
I used to shoot Fuji, but in moving to Portra, I suspect I am favoring the filmy looks over anything else.
With hanami (cherry blossom viewing season) coming to a close, we took a day trip out to Okutama-ko on the outskirts of Tokyo for a quiet lunch...
Filling up with ハイオク (hi octane) at my local gas stand, while cleaning the windows and mirrors, they put a label on the Cayman to advise hi octane is being used.
No idea why.
Just one of those 'Japan things' perhaps...
Part of the route, from South to North.
Leaving Shibuya for the expressway, a mature lady in her Carrera pulled up next to me at the lights.
With the green, she was gone...
This happy rat pack were off into the mountains for a few days.
Some of the remaining blossoms.
A very stout kura, the chains I think are associated with its ejectable roof.
Do these 275 30-series tires make my *** look fat dear?
The roads and views are very pleasant.
Unlike Daikoku Futo and other Tokyo car spots, the two car parks at Okutama-ko are generally populated with drivers stopping for a break and a chat - so no neoned exotica or RWB stuff - just kyusha (Japanese classic cars),Tommy Kaira, Alfa, Lotus, Porsche, with the occasional Ferrari.
I wasn't sure what the blue thing was though.
Okutama and the Ome-kaido are still filled with traditional buildings and a semi-rural way of life.
It is always a great explore, and we've been back countless times, and always find something different and interesting.
With the first warming Spring breezes, we enjoyed a windows down smooth drive back into the megalopolis.
With the coming warmer weather, our valley is starting to turn green, rice is getting ready to be planted, fields are filling with color, and BMWs are out for weekend drives...
Thanks!
And, it was indeed a fun day swapping mid-engine sixes.
That Honda sounds amazing at high rpm!
Maybe the next time I visit Japan, you can give me a ride touring Japan (j/k). I agree with you in that the 90's Honda with the VTEC sound amazing at high RPM.
Maybe the next time I visit Japan, you can give me a ride touring Japan (j/k). I agree with you in that the 90's Honda with the VTEC sound amazing at high RPM.
At least some decent tips on what to do and where to go - NP!
Like, a night on the town perhaps:
The driver of the C4 jokingly extended their rear spoiler to 'fit in'. . .
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