As part of the National Camera Day, I shot a roll of film through a brand new used 1953 Agfa Stileto that I had just gotten but hadn't used yet. This was taken down in Seal Beach California. One of the fun (sarcasm)aspects of using the Agfa was that it didn't have a film counter, so I had to try in vain to keep count of where I was on the 36 exposures.
I remember how well film handles highlights. Instead blowing out like in digital, the highlights seem just graduate across the blown area.
This was Kodak Colorplus 200. The camera store was out of Ektar 100, so I was stuck with 200 and that's where the 1/200th of a sec fastest shutter speed made it a bit of a pain. Handholding the polarizer in front of the lens helped, but the frame of the polarizer cut across the View Finder which on the old film cameras was a separate optic, so composing was a bit crazy with the ring cutting across my field of vision.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
I remember how well film handles highlights. Instead blowing out like in digital, the highlights seem just graduate across the blown area.
This was Kodak Colorplus 200. The camera store was out of Ektar 100, so I was stuck with 200 and that's where the 1/200th of a sec fastest shutter speed made it a bit of a pain. Handholding the polarizer in front of the lens helped, but the frame of the polarizer cut across the View Finder which on the old film cameras was a separate optic, so composing was a bit crazy with the ring cutting across my field of vision.
All comments are welcome,
Jim
