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Pinkham & Smith Semi-Achromatic Doublet-Polaroid 804-'3 Glasses'
This is '3 Glasses', another shot of glass w/subdued/indirect lighting and no glow/halos around the highlights. I've got another shot w/glass subject matter that will be uploaded in the near future, and that's it for the Semi-Achromatic and still life for awhile. My next direction for this lens will be portraiture after I take a break from obsessing about this lens.
'3 Glasses' was shot on my favorite surface, brushed aluminum, @F6 on Polaroid 804 film, and the best thing about this shot was it was the easiest shot to focus since I've started using the Semi-Achromatic.
Posted on Friday, August 1, 2008 at 02:38AM
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Jonathan Brewer
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Jonathan Brewer
in Jonathan Brewer, Pinkham & Smith, Pinkham & Smith, Semi-Achromatic Doublet, Polaroid 804, monochrome
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7 Comments
Reader Comments (7)
That is such a beautiful lens. Looking forward to your next project -- after the obsessing is past. Yeah sure !!
Steve
LOL!!!!!!!!!
Simply beautiful Jonathan. Looking forward as always to more.
Thank you Jim for the nice words. I've used up quite a bit of my Polaroid 8x10 and don't have too much left, and I'm essesntially priced out of buying any more, and for those who don't know, a box of 6 year old Polaroid 8x10 film is now selling for $300-$400 a box!!! $25.00 a sheet??? I don't think so!!! I don't know what these folks are thinking.
I am glad that I used the stuff shooting w/the Semi-Achromatic Doublet, so it was worth it.
Have you tried the Efke direct positive paper. I think Freestyle have it in 10x8. Polaroid without the mess :)
Steve
Hey Steve
Yep....Got it. The shame about old Polaroid is that it could do some surprising things when it was very old, strange patterns and textures, it was always unpredictable. It was a gamble either way, because you could do a shot you thought was an alltime keeper, and the chemical pod was totally exhausted and you had nothing on the positive.
Worst thing ever happened to me was I did a shot that I absolutely LOVED, and put the film in the processor, and then peeled the positive from the neg, HALF the emulsion stuck to the positive, HALF stuck to the neg. I was physically ill for a week.
I got Rollei Low Contrast dev. to use w/the Efke Pos. Pap and it works pretty good. Jim Galli reminded me about the 8x10-4x5 reducing back, I went ahead and got it.
So my plan is to proof my stuff w/the Fuji instant FP100C45 which I 'kid u not' surpasses all Polaroid film except type 55, and then shoot the same subject matter w/the Efke positive paper.
Kind of tuff to shoot portraits w/the Efke on acount of its slow speed of 1.
That's wonderful!!