In reply to dr_strangeland :
Love the look of old glass.
In reply to dr_strangeland :
Love the look of old glass.
In reply to dr_strangeland :
Love the look of old glass.
In reply to dr_strangeland :
Love the look of old glass.
And speaking of old glass, shot in downtown DeLand, Florida, with my Canon F-1 and old 50.
Look closely at the roof of the Bus: It hinges open so the cook can stand while cooking.
Expired Fuji 400 shot with my Canon A-1.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Nice, what color is that? What's the Cd of that roof rack? 
In reply to VolvoHeretic :
The color is called Ruby Red Metallic. The roof racks whistles around town. Then it quiets down. :)
David S. Wallens said:Look closely at the roof of the Bus: It hinges open so the cook can stand while cooking.
I don't recall that being offered as a factory option....
Skating in a DeLand alley. Backlit but still with some detail. Shot on film.
David S. Wallens said:In reply to dr_strangeland :
Love the look of old glass.
They make everything look dreamy and cinematic, even if it's not really that great a setting or the light is flat.
No auto focus though, so shooting sports and most action is pretty difficult.
Like, I know I shot at least 40 frames to get this keeper. Thank goodness for digital, I guess? It does let me take shots that I just wouldn't try with film, just to see what happens.
Re: manual focus.
I had that same thought at Miata night on Monday as I photographed some cars entering the lot–just at a crawl, basically.
How did we shoot action–manual focus, manual exposure–back in the day?
Very carefully, if I recall. And some guesswork and using film that's really forgiving.
From a cafe racer night in downtown Sanford, Florida. Shot on film with my A-1.
And a PS to the above: That’s also shot with my expired Fuji 400. No editing, either.
Throwback to the local VW show in 2015. More insperation to get my Beetle on the road. 
Strangeland and Wallens griping about no auto focus... Jeez, I did this with a rangefinder Nikon and 135 telephoto that you had to focus with the rangefinder, but compose with an added upper sight that manually adjusted for parallax. Hand haeld separate light meter. Rich Jacksic in his Formcar. Bridgehampton April 1968. Ektachrome 64 I couldn't afford to waste film either at age 16!
Wow. That's seriously cool.
Also, that crash "structure" gives me chills. At least he's belted in, kind of.
Another one from cafe racer night–on film, zero editing.
I’m really happy with the colors and depth of field on this one. This is the sole photo that I took of this setup.
Very nice.
In reply to dr_strangeland :
Thanks.
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Film teaches discipline! Here is another from the Nikon S2/135 tele setup. I still have the camera, Pop bought it new in 1957, and I excercised the shutter this AM. The photo is again a cold April Bridgehampton driver school in 1970, driver is my Pop, in Taraschi BT052, Ektachrome 64
In reply to David S. Wallens :
Are these like large format or something? Admittedly I am no pro, but with my grandmother's inflation not-adjusted $400 Minolta from the 70s I never once got anything so crisp, so far as I recall. Maybe it's also how I was scanning digitally? What are you doing for that?
In reply to P3PPY :
I'll comment that the scanner is definetly the focus limit on the last 2 I posted. I gave a pro processed blow up of the Formcar shot to Rich when it was new. I was 8.5x11" and very crisp, much better than what you see here.
P3PPY said:In reply to David S. Wallens :
Are these like large format or something? Admittedly I am no pro, but with my grandmother's inflation not-adjusted $400 Minolta from the 70s I never once got anything so crisp, so far as I recall. Maybe it's also how I was scanning digitally? What are you doing for that?
Everything I have posted here that was shot on film was taken with my Canon A-1 or Canon F-1 (both 35mm DSLR) and some expired Fuji Superia 400 film.
Processing and scanning by Reformed Film Lab here in Ormond Beach. I started with the small scans before eventually moving to the medium scans. More on their scanning services here.
I’m not editing the scans at all. Just drag and drop.
Glad you’re enjoying the photos, and more of non-car work can be found on my Instagram.
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