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10.02.2010
Valokuvaus
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Project 365: Day 39 With Extreme Bokeh

Turquoise bokeh

Nowadays I see bokeh everywhere. I cannot watch TV or movies or even drive a car without noticing bokeh circles all over the place. It’s a disease!

On Monday (8th of February, day 39 of my 365) I was sitting in my car in traffic lights, waiting for the green light. It was snowing and the snow flakes melted on the windshield. I stared at the red light and noticed that the melting snow flakes made nice bokeh effect when I didn’t focus on them.

So, in the evening I went to sit into my car again (the car was safely in the parking lot) and took a few photos of the windshield bokeh. The white balance is set based on the light in the car. The lamp posts outside gave the turquoise touch to the photo. I added only a hint of light in Camera RAW.

Click on the photo on the left to see it in larger size.

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03.02.2010
Valokuvaus
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Project 365: Day 34

Project 365: 34 / 365

It’s day 34 and in three days I’ll get 10% of my Project 365 done. I’m sort of lacking ideas for photos at the moment. Especially on work days it’s difficult to be innovative because when I get home, it’s already dark outside. I’m hoping to improve my project quality next weekend. Here’s today’s photo which was inspired by my lack of inspiration.

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02.02.2010
Laitteet, Valokuvaus
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Vintage Folding Camera

On Saturday we visited an antique fair in Oulu. There were almost 100 exhibitors and sellers and most of them sold vintage dishes (glass, porcelain) and ornaments, and old stamps and postcards. I was hoping to find an old camera and just as I was giving up on hope, I run into this beautiful pocket-size medium format folding camera called Welta Weltax. It was made in Germany after WWII and it’s in full working order.

Welta Weltax folding camera

The camera has a Meyer-Optik Trioplan 1:3.5 / 75 V lens and a Prontor-S shutter. The aperture goes from f/3.5 to f/22 and shutter speeds are from 1/250 seconds to 1 second and bulb. It also has a working self-timer (the red switch on the left side of the lens). The camera uses 120 roll film and originally it has been possible to take both 6×6 and 4.5×6 shots but during the 60+ years the 4.5×6 mask has been lost. I’ve read that it might be impossible to find a suitable mask so I’m going to take 6×6 photos with it. It will also be possible to shoot on 35mm film with it but that requires some DIY action.

Welta Weltax vintage camera

The camera does not meter light so it’s good to have some kind of exposure meter available (proper exposure meter or digital camera). It does not have a rangefinder either so the distance to the object has to be guessed. The focusing ring has options from 1.6 meters to 12 meters and infinity.

On Sunday I shot a test roll with my new beauty and found out that the camera really works. Here are two photos taken with Welta Weltax on Kodak Tri-X 400 roll film.

Kodak Tri-X 400 Kodak Tri-X 400 black and white film

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