RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted April 8, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2012 Very interesting thread this one. Just out of interest, does anyone here still use 35mm film equipment? In a word, yes. A trusty Canon T90 is my favourite, although I occasionally use an EOS5 alongside digital bodies. I also have a pro medium format kit which gets an occasional outing. Film still has its attractions for me, but when a 6 megapixel digital compact can equal the quality from a 35mm Kodachrome 64 transparency there's not a huge incentive to stay with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 8, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 8, 2012 Very interesting thread this one. Just out of interest, does anyone here still use 35mm film equipment? I've still got most of my old cameras hanging around and put a roll through them sometimes, almost for a bit of nostagia. Are 35mm cameras even made now? My first one was a Zenith 12 that weighs about a hundredweight but still takes a nice photo. I think high-end 35mm cameras are still made. I'm sure Leica still churn out their M-series in 35mm format, and Nikon still make their F6. There will be others - e.g. Voigtlander's very affordable rangefinder cameras. Like you, I started with a Zenith, and have a number of film cameras gathering dust, but they really have very little value these days other than as curios. As most of my photography involves sports-cars, a Nikon F5 that chews through a 36-exposure film in 5 seconds isn't much competition for a digital equivalent which can manage about 100 shots in 14 seconds before the buffer fills up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Very interesting thread this one. Just out of interest, does anyone here still use 35mm film equipment? I've still got most of my old cameras hanging around and put a roll through them sometimes, almost for a bit of nostagia. Are 35mm cameras even made now? My first one was a Zenith 12 that weighs about a hundredweight but still takes a nice photo. Reading this post inspired me to bring out one of my vintage cameras when I popped out for some steam photography today. After all, if you're photographing a train that is meant to be in 1950s condition, why not use a 1950s camera to do it? I know modern film emulsions are rather different, but the optics are genuinely vintage at least. In a few years time when I've got around to buying a decent scanner I will post the results here too... (the camera, incidentally, was a Zeiss Ikon Nettar; and I did take my DSLR with me too. An example non-train shot from the Nettar is here: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 I finished work at 5.30 and working in Colwyn Bay I dashed on to the prom at Old Colwyn What a sight magnificent.First time I've seen a Duchess on the main line.She was like a ghost machine quiet powerful and just looking like the old Hornby Dublo Duchess Question what shade of green is she it looks totaly different to the Brunswick green of the East Coast Pacifics. being a Gresley fan I can only say Mr Stanier did design a nice loco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Mrs coach and I happened to be on Anglesey this afternoon (yuk - sun barely out and windy), so what more natural than to drive over to Malltraeth to snap the first 'North Wales Coast Express' of the season. Larry, Is that your personalised reg in the foreground? Lovely picture, what a mix of coach colours behind the A4! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2012 Some super pictures on this thread Larry. I was fortunate to see 48151 last month whilst on a business trip to North Yorkshire. My colleagues alerted me to Statesman Rail's Wednesday "Fellsman" specials from Lancaster to Carlisle and so two of us bunked off for a while to snap the train as it accelerated away from the Long Preston stop on the morning of 11th July. I had expected a bit of noise and drama as this is the bottom end of the Settle & Carlisle, but the loco came past with barely an audible chuff and a clean exhaust, suggesting a very experienced and competent crew. The 8F seemed to be running very freely, with none of the clanking that might be expected of a freight loco. We saw the return too and she was running just as quietly there, albeit coasting, with more noise coming from the coaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2012 Thanks Larry. I was actually sitting astride the top of a wooden fence so I could shoot over the long grass and shrubbery. One false move and the family jewels would have been at serious risk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 5, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2012 47580, County of Essex 47798 on the back, hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 5, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2012 Expect some dribbling from New York at the sight of a Stratford-style 47... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Blubalub..............County of Essex too. Does it still have the "Cockney Sparrer" sticker? Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Thanks Beast, very grateful. The Union Jack bedecked 47 took me back a few years too. When 47164 first came down on 11th October 1977 the Llandudno Junction S&T lads phoned to say they wanted their picture taking in front of the loco. It had worked a Darlington-Llandudno. Bet they are all retired now. Let's see the picture again and i'll tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Hi Larry, some very nice and interesting shots in this thread, I don't know North Wales very well, but there's a lot more variety than I expected! I use a Canon 400D, and have had pictures at ISO400 published, they came out fine. I'd think your 600D is better from a noise perspective, too, so you shouldn't have any problem jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 21, 2012 Share Posted August 21, 2012 That's a big step-ladder..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 22, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2012 I won't volunteer to produce the safety case for that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mow Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Thanks for posting the photos - I liked the recent shots of the LNER interloper. Could have done with a ladder like yours the other day, just to avoid the nettles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 I used it on the platform at Ty Croes (up against a wall) on Anglesey and after the shot appeared in print a chap tried to replicate my photo. As an aside that why 99% of the copies of the famous "Abbey Road" shot never look right. The photographer was standing 6ft high on a step ladder on the previous traffic island using a medium throw lens (I don't know what the exact specs of the lens was). Best, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danemouth Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Good photos as always. Happened to be in Ian Allan in Cardiff today looking at the books. In the bit that deals with North Wales there were three copies of a book of photos called "Colour on the North Wales Main Line" I think taken by somebody called "Larry Goddard" Nice pictures in that as well. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 I watched her come through Colwyn Bay (Old Colwyn prom) My attempts at photos rubbish as you say into the sun but she was running beautifully quiet, like a sewing machine and she looked grand, .I must say being a North Eastern modeller it shames me to say this is the first time I have seen her.I moved down here just as she was being finished and have always managed to miss her (But well worth the wait). I wonder if it will be Union of South Africa doing the runs this summer I see she is rosterd for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2013 We've had floods and high winds in NWales but never a Tornado, so as well as looking at the colour of track and rails at our local station, I photographed this years first mainline steam run to Holyhead. The cameramans curse(clouds) found us just as the train was approaching! WEB Tornado A.jpg Is it just me that thinks that first photo looks like one of Gilbert's photoshopped images. It somehow doesn't look real. I think it's the absence of detail in the background, and the way the track just seems to disappear under the footbridge. Having said which, they're both great photos, Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted April 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2013 Hi Larry. Sorry, I wasn't suggesting that you had photoshopped it, just that it looked like one of Gilbert's shots on Peterborough North. As I said, I think it's the lack of any detail on the skyline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 7, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2013 Arriva Trains 150283 about to depart Tal-Y-Cafn & Eglwysbach with the 16.20 Llandudno-Blaenau Ffestiniog on 6th July 2013. I bet the spell-checker had fun with that! Cheers, Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Just a grab-shot between the photographers legs who was stood behind me while I got my shot crouching down. Must have been quite a sight! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Personally I can forgive Gresley all his faults when I see the K4. What a lovely design and one of my favourites. Greenfield will move to the Scottish Region if a RTR K4 ever materializes! Why move Greenfield ? The Loco has been almost everywhere for the past 50 years. I want one too ! Merf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 5, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2013 3200ASA. 500th @ f8 Says it all, really. No such shot would have been available in film days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 First time out in the motor this teatime since last Friday and went for the K4 returning from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Preston on the drop from Llanddulas to Abergele. Shot at 300mm which is around the equivolent of a 500mm lens on 35mm film..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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