rfilipinas sideline

on the way home from the photo shoot in pangasinan, we dropped by a market for some local cigars one of the members. a kind old woman had these beautifully aged hands that photojournalist luis and a few others were able to capture. see also http://luisliwanag.multiply.com/photos/album/41/RFilipinas_in_Pangasinan#45



photos taken with leica m6, summicron 35, lucky 100, parodinal 1:50.

rolleiflex photos again

thanks, uro! these are the photos i took from the tlr you gave me. they are of my favorite balikbayan-cousins with my mom. (rolleiflex tlr, ilford hp5 plus 120, parodinal 1:100).

a gift

the one i repaired is back to its owner. this one is a gift from a friend. and all it needed was a mcgyver fix. it is now ready to use.

it is old and shabby but everything is working. the lenses are a little fuzzy.
the latch needed repair. it would not shut tight. a stud on the body to keep it in place is missing.
so with the help of cyanoacrylate glue and a small screw, i made my own stud on the latch.
it can now securely close shut and protect the film inside. it can use some cosmetic though but that can wait. a roll of 120 film awaits in my drawer.

second roll on rolleiflex

james cutter of quezon circle.
joy on her mac.
my workplace.

salgado family.
mario.

prewar rolleiflex tlr, kodak tmx 100 processed with parodinal 1:100 for 15 mins at 20C, with side 2 of gershwin's porgy and bess RCA three LP recording.

ROLLEIFLEX PHOTOS

joy teaching qi gong.
luisa from school 1.
luisa from school 2.
mara and james.

photos from a pre-war rolleiflex with kodak tmx 120, processed with parodinal at 1:100 at 15 mins, 20C, with pat metheny's flower power album playing. the shots were taken after my "CLA" and i had to go all the way to makati to buy the films.

are you mine?

i can't wait in line. jay is busy with backlog of repairs and that is not even his job! (it's all gratis et amore). so i did it with the help of internet. it is actually just a minor CLA (clean, lubricate and adjust) of a rolleiflex tlr camera. it is for sale. a patient lent it to me.
well, i had time just before a new year lunch celebration with the inlaws. and i finished with enough time for taragon tea.
the timer was not working.
the shutter was not firing at slow speeds.
the gaskets were all gone and one washer was missing -- signs that this had been opened before.

my impatience paid off this time. but i don't think i should be doing this again. but my patient said she had complete trust in me. and i think i had enough guts and a little skill to do it. ;) my father left me that legacy -- both guts and skill. had i been listening and watching more, i would have gotten more skills from him. (he was a mechanical engineer).

the zeiss jena lens is heavily fogged. but i think it will still work well under certain conditions.
postmortem:
the shutter is now working at all speeds but a tad off in the slow speeds. timer is now also working.
it is now ready for a 120 film ... so off i go to buy film today before i visit a balikbayan cousin and my mother. they will be my first subjects.

photos taken with the canon g7.

AGFA folding camera sample photos

the last roll of expired efke 127 film was finally consumed today.
above are the photos. (sorry for the artifacts, i did not have time to photoshop).
the photos of the camera on this link. it will be returned shortly.
http://eddie-concepcion.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-is-this-critter.html