Ranjay Mitra • 08/14/10 •
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Most of the manufacturers have either stopped making slide films. Kodak announced that they will no longer make the KodaChrome (A Tribute to KODACHROME: A Photography Icon) after its glorious 74 years in service. Fuji also announced in August 2010 that it will no longer make the consumer grade chrome (slide) film Sensia.
Very few labs in the US process any of these films. I still shoot a lot of Fuji Velvia for my nature impression photography along with some Agfa Scala. I get these processed at Duggals (New York City). They are one of the best & processes reversal films are a very reasonable price.
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Ranjay Mitra • 07/23/10 •
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This is the 3rd & the last part of the series of tests I have been running with the 1970s Nikkormat EL & the Nikkor 43 – 86mm lens. The camera, though over 40 years old, has been rarely used & so far has proved to be excellent in metering, speed & easy of use.
The Nikkor 43 – 86mm was in production from 1963 to 1976. It has been discontinued since. The range you may have noticed is quite unconventional & hence the interest in owning & using it.
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Ranjay Mitra • 07/17/10 •
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In this second round of test of the Nikkormat EL for performance, handling & metering, I put on an equally competent lens – the Vivitar 55 – 135 mm f/3.5 Manual Lens. The lens is also from the 1970s and was very popular at that time.
I shot over 3 rolls of Kodak 400 BW CN film with this camera & lens combination. All shots were indoor in ambient, almost even lighting, except for a few situations where the light was sharp & abrupt.
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Ranjay Mitra • 07/13/10 •
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I recently got hold of a 1970 Nikkormal EL camera body & a couple of 1970 Nikkor manual lenses. I ran a series of test shots, in indoor-light conditions as well as a few outdoors with the Nikkor 135 mm f/2.8 Manual lens (that is from 1970 too). And the results were stunningly beautiful!
A brief on the Nikkormat EL Manual Camera:
Since the debut of the original electronic Nikkormat EL more than 25 years ago, there were many events, happenings and changes of course in the direction and philosophy of camera design.
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