Zeiss Ikon Nettar : Abstaction

Just got a roll of Fuji Velvia 100F, X-processed at the lab.

The abstraction is pleasing! I just love the fact that these images were created on film!

Catch up with more of my recently developed photos on my Portfolio site.

nicholerosa-portfolio.tumblr.com

Searching...

The internet brings offers too many tangents. It's the button clicking game. Can you stay on task? Will you discover something worthy?

Today I came across a photo blog in the midst of my various searching results. A woman by the name of Valerie J. Cochran started a photo blog called   your waitress  in 2004 of all analog photography. I can't help but be drawn to the name of the blog as well as the content. (Reason being...I am a waitress and a photographer...I can relate.) Most subject matter consists of urban landscapes and elements within. She once lived in Berkeley & Oakland, until a recent move to her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.

ode to miss, san francisco 2008, film noir

Her blog reminded me alot of what I am interested in, as far as photography is concerned.

It is the spontaneous moments.

Time and Place

The urban setting.

The people.

The things

Subject Matter.

The composition.

The camera.

The film.

The Tools.

 The romanticism of the everyday can be exposed in a photograph. Especially when it is grainy!

good good taste, new york city 2008, these streets

HAMSA

Fatima's Hand, Beware of the evil eye, Good omen, Superstitious? 

HAMSA.
I wear a hamsa around my neck. Once gifted to me by my mother and boyfriend it seems to have become a part of me. I hate to take it off, and if I do, it is back on in no time. Call me superstitious?

I just recently got my roll of film developed from the Zeiss Ikon Nettar, with so many unpleasant, out of focus photos as result. I began to see some symbolism within this photo. An abalone shell becomes an eye.

So why not... wacky and tacky here we go!

    

repetition... 

imagine an entire room with this wheatpasted to the walls! 
Installation! Oh art... how I love you. 
SO who will let me do this... 
hmmmmmm maybe a little guerrilla install first?!?!?!

Vintage camera find!

I have had my eye out for a medium-format camera. This weekend I went to the Ashby Flea Market in Berkeley and found an interesting camera. I checked it out carefully to be sure everything was working correctly. To my surprise all functioning parts were well intact, functioning and sound. To top it off, it takes 120 film! At $25, coming with it's personal carrier case also in great condition, I snagged it.

So what camera is this?

It is a Nettar II 517/16" (folding camera) made by Zeis Ikon, a German company!

 

I had been holding onto a pack of Lomo 800 Color Neg. 120 film, just to encourage myself to get a medium format camera. I eagerly went to Looking Glass Photo, where they kindly showed me how to load the film. Now it was trying to figure out the settings. 

Here is some information I found on the net about this camera:

Photos  created with camera

Flicker Discussion on Camera

• Year of release: 1949
• Film Format: 120 roll film (6×6cm exposures)
• Shutter: Vario leaf shutter (or Pronto or Prontor-SV) , speeds 1/25 sec – 1/200 sec (or Prontor-SV: 1sec - 1/300 sec).
• Lens: Novar Anastigmat 1:6.3/75mm, other version with a 1:4.5/75mm
• Aperture: 6.3 to 22 (or 4.5 to 22)
• Viewfinder: optical direct vision viewfinder below flash shoe

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Zeiss_Ikon_Netta

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Now about specs. This specimen  uses Novar Anstigmat 75mm f/6.3 lens which is quite slow but usable.  It has 3 shutter speeds + Bulb mode. Speeds are 1/25, 1/75 and 1/200th of second. Sadly very limited selection and 1.5 stop difference between them.  Because of this getting correct exposure is quite hard, thus i won’t be using slide film with this nice camera. Focusing is done rotating front ring for distance marks and guessing distance. Not best method but most folders of that time had this, only more expensive models had coupled rangefinder.  Camera also has hole for flash sync and another one for shutter release cable.

http://nameisisfilm.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/camera-of-week-12-zeiss-nettar-51716/

 

I can't wait to get the film developed!
It will be the moment of truth to see if it REALLY works!

GP Hero

WOW.
I just found out that the GP Hero has a waterproof case. In fact, maybe it was meant to be an underwater camera?!
Anyway...coincidence is that when I purchased this camera at UrbanOre, there was the exact waterproof case featured in the photo below. I thought of buying it, but because of it's price, decided not to.

sourced from Snacky on Flickr.

Now I really want to go hunt this thing down.
Underwater photos! YES!
AND...
Now that I think of if...

G P   stands   for   GoPro
...ONE of the ORIGINAL GoPro cameras! AMAZING!