
You probably remember this lucky purchase. Last weekend we finally managed to release the shutter of our Mamiya: these are the results. Two and a half complete failures, the rest of the images is tolerably recognizable.
Have a look at image #2 in row #1, and image #3 in row #2: here the effect of the shift lens can be seen rather well. The trick is to align the camera horizontally (!) and then to adjust the shift lens at an appropriate angle. The results are quite satisfying.
The two interior shots of St. Antonius (this is a free-hand photo with my Canon) eventually shows that this camera is well prepared for more ambitious architecture shots. Fine! :-)
(Any spots, dust etc. is due to our crappy scanner.)
My (old) coffee-table book of selected postings.
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@Linerberry: All beginnings are difficult. :-)
@Japanalia: We have already learned what is still missing...
@akarui: This is just a scan of an A4 copy, I'm very curious how they will look in big. The loss of distortion due to the shift lens is indeed convincing.
@Ana Lúcia: 7 / 10 is not bad, but I know we can do better! :-)
@MARIANA: Bigger copies soon! :-)
@JoeB: Watch your nose! :)
@Jen: I'll need a better scanner!
@Steven: Me too! Patience! :-)
@dj.tigersprout: For the church shots we used an exposure of 2 and 2.5 seconds. My Canon was used as photometer. :-)
@Ronnie 2¢: There are several things that have to be done: get more practice, fasten the production process (bathroom as darkroom?), get better hardware (stable tripod, scanner). Whew! :-)
@Twelvebit: Not sure about this. Maybe I was trembling, maybe it was my sh*tty tripod (will have to buy a more stable one). Could also have been the film. I'm learning it the hard way. :-)