It has been a while since I’ve done any kind of photo shoot. I got talked into doing someone’s senior photos several weeks ago. I decided to go all-film, with my work camera that hasn’t seen the day of light in a while – Mamiya 645 PRO. I used two rolls of Fuji PRO 400H and one roll of my precious Kodak Portra 160NC. In reality, I shot 2 frames of HP5+ too, in the Ricohflex, but that’s still at frame #2 so that will have to wait a while. The last lab that processed my film lost my roll in return mail, well, technically the post office did, but who knows. So, this time I used Dwayne’s Photos in Kansas – can’t go wrong with them since they are world famous – they were the last lab that processed Kodachrome.
The shoot went alright, not the greatest since, apparently my subjects were in a hurry. I had about 2 hours to finish up. Technically, we never got around to every spot we planned, and I had to start an hour or two earlier than I’d like to, in terms of lighting. I think the results are a lot better than I anticipated, everything technical is essentially spot on, given the conditions. Some of the poses could be more desirable, however, I always like to keep a certain sense of reality and personal traits in the photo as much as possible.
I think I still know what I’m doing.
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Follow up of this shoot, Portrait with Baby Crown Graphic , and As good as it gets with Portra 400 .
Straight, No Chaser. 
hey you’re back!
sorry to hear about your friend… 😦
umm… that kodak… i love swirly bokeh! (1st shot)
it’s finder looks busy though… and what are all those lil lines that come poking out???
btw… xanga will be “based on wordpress” or sth in 2 weeks… we’ll see what that means haha
Different frame lines for different focal length. It really doesn’t bother me a bit. So based on wp.why not just use wp? Lol
hmmm no i mean within the frameline there’re some smaller lines poking out??
ohhh and u might be able to help me on this… i got an auto-rokkor 58 1.4 (looks sexy! :D) but the focusing ring isn’t smooth… how do i disassemble it?? :O
ha!
actually i managed to open it by randomly taking screws off
i’ve already cleaned the focusing threads but it’s still not smooth… i guess i need some grease / lube… any suggestions?
Lol randomly? So you seperated the helical . Cleaned itcand got everything back together?
Tell me how is it not smooth? Tight whole way or have tight spots?
yea i’ve cleaned the threds, but i guess the threads don’t match up 100%
there’s some friction, sometimes it’s harder to turn, sometimes easier
No. If it’s catching its not 100 % clean. Either use solvent or a pick to go through each and every threads. If they don’t match up u won’t be able to thread it in all all. It also can be double helical
hmmm i thought what’s left is old grease that should be fine?? (i do c lots of old grease around, that r still greasy)
so i need to make it really nice + shiny?? :O
There are some dried grease mixed inside the threads.
alrite lemme try… if it still isn’t smooth then what grease should i get?
Take all old grease off. Wash with solvent like parts cleaner. Use a pick to go through all threads. Apply a very light amount of wheel bearing grease. You will find at automotive store.