My first roll of film with the GW690II.
Shot on Foma Fomapan 200 Film, developed in Kodak Tmax developer.
The Viewfinder is big and bright with parallax correcting moving frame lines, the rangefinder has good contrast and is easy to focus.
It is simple camera, fully mechanical camera, there are no batteries to worry about, no light meter built in.
I love the shooting experience with this camera, the simplicity of it is great, and the shutter button on the front makes it very ergonomic.
Although this camera looks huge, it's not that heavy.
My Canon Eos 30 with a 105mm sigma lens and portrait grip is about the same size (just the body is a bit narrower) and weighs the same.
My Canon Eos 30 with a 105mm sigma lens and portrait grip is about the same size (just the body is a bit narrower) and weighs the same.
The focus is on the middle of the picture, on the canal, with aperture of f8.
Because of the light fog, the bridge pillars fade in to the noise of the background.
Because of the light fog, the bridge pillars fade in to the noise of the background.
The extremely shallow depth of field is showing on this photo.
The was focus was on the graffiti on the left side of the wall.
The was focus was on the graffiti on the left side of the wall.
It was shot at 1/30, f3.5, handheld.
The wide range of tones on this picture look interesting.
There is some motion blur on the picture that decreases the sharpness because i shot it at 1/30 handheld.
The sun began to set, wish i brought a tripod.
Love the harsh contrast between the top of the wet pallet, and it's almost completely black underside.
Shot handheld, 1/30 F3.5
The framing is a bit off, but i like the low angle and the textures on this picture.
I cloud not get a better position, because there was a fence in front of it.
This construction site looks busy but at the same time, it has very clean, organized shapes.
The depth of field was way shallower then i expected, rendering both the columns in the front and the building in the background out of focus.
This camera has an infamous T-mode instead of bulb mode.
This means that after pressing the shutter, in T-mode, it stays open.
To close the shutter, either the shutter speed needs to change or the film has to be advanced.
As it can be seen here, i fumbled a bit with it, the far away lights are blurred, the closer light sources created a bright lines on the picture as i bumped the camera, trying to disengage the shutter.
Also, thanks foma, for letting me know, on the picture what frame i'm on. Some ink from the backing paper seems to have stuck to the emulsion, showing the printing from it in the dark areas of the image.
This means that after pressing the shutter, in T-mode, it stays open.
To close the shutter, either the shutter speed needs to change or the film has to be advanced.
As it can be seen here, i fumbled a bit with it, the far away lights are blurred, the closer light sources created a bright lines on the picture as i bumped the camera, trying to disengage the shutter.
Also, thanks foma, for letting me know, on the picture what frame i'm on. Some ink from the backing paper seems to have stuck to the emulsion, showing the printing from it in the dark areas of the image.
The final shot on the roll.
I covered the lens when opening the shutter, and also when closing it, so no more blurring due to that.
I covered the lens when opening the shutter, and also when closing it, so no more blurring due to that.
This was a long exposure, of about 8 minutes, at F11.
The negative come out a bit thin, Foma films need a lot of correction for reciprocity failure for long exposures.
This also shows some ink from the backing paper.
The negative come out a bit thin, Foma films need a lot of correction for reciprocity failure for long exposures.
This also shows some ink from the backing paper.
The gray cast on the lower left is coming from the street lamps.