Roll 276 - My first film roll with the Zorki 4
Two things became apparent. Firstly the camera has a light leak - it was designed with metal U channel seals and doesn't use felt or foam. I need to find a way of fixing this light leak. Secondly, composing was interesting as I used a 35 mm lens, and the viewfinder is for a 50 mm lens. No frame lines! I may have to get a turret finder!
Camera: Zorki 4
Lens: Jupiter 12 (35 mm)
Film: Ilford Delta 100
Developer: Ilfotec LC-29 1+29 - 7.5 minutes
Agitation: Four inversions at the start, then four inversions every minute
Digitised: Nikon Z6 and Capture One software
This is what happens when you don't take off the lens cap.
Note there is a slight light leak along the bottom edge. It was a lot worse in some of the other photos.
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Working out the field of view - part 1.
The viewfinder is for a 50 mm lens, and I used a Jupiter 35 mm lens. There are no frame lines in the viewfinder!
I framed this shot with a pylon on the left-hand side of the viewfinder. The 35 mm lens should have a wider field of view than the 50 mm viewfinder. But, the pylon is not even in the photo!35mmfilmanalogfilmforeverishootfilmbelieveinfilmfilmphotographyblackandwhitebnwbwblackandwhitephotographybnwphotographymonochromemonochromephotographyilfordilford filmdelta100
Working out the field of view - part 2.
I framed this shot with a pylon on the right-hand edge of the viewfinder. This time the position was more like what I was expecting.
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This was shot at f4. Borderline sharp. Larger apertures will be soft - see next photo.
Note the light leak from the bottom edge.
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Shot at f2.8. Vert soft.
Note the light leak is not present in this photo.
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A village street.
And the light leak is there again. This time on the right-hand side because of the portrait orientation.
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Depth of field test
Shot at f2.8. I set the focus on the first vertical window burglar bar.
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Shot at f8. The sharpness is OK at this aperture.
I set the focus on the first thicker railing post.
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Flare test
I kept the sun out of the frame (top left)—lens flare from the reflection in the water and the bench armrest.
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Shot straight into the sun.
I like this. The lens held up well.
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Aperture was f5.6
I focused on the right-hand entrance post.
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The aperture was f5.6 and I focused on the prominent flower in the middle of the lower pot.
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