Images from the Pacific Northwest 1984

I took this image almost 30 years ago of a sunset in the San Juan Islands in the Straits of Juan De Fuca(the northern end of Whidbey Island). I waited until the tugboat and barge was in position to take the shot. FE-2 and 55mm f/2.8 AIS Micro Nikkor and Kodachome 64.



Approximately half of all the tulips grown in the US are grown in Anacortes, WA. Don't let the scene fool you, it is still COAT weather there! There are two Dutch families who grow them up there, with over 300 acres of tulips between the two. It is literally colors as far as the eye can see. I caught this old barn with an FE-2 and 24mm f/2.8 AIS Nikkor on Kodachrome 64.

I need a film camera. NOW.

funfortehfun said:

I need a film camera. NOW.

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Alas, both Kodachromes and Ektachromes are gone, RIP. I really loved the Kodachromes for their sharpness and color saturation, but I often used the Ektachromes, usually Ektachrome 64, since I could process the slides myself with Beseler E6 chemistries. I never mounted the slides, I just kept them in film strips. It was a lot easier to print that way. You just had to keep the temperature of the first and color developers at 100 +/- 1/2 degree F. A water bath and stainless steel (not plastic)tanks handled it just fine.

STM said:

Alas, both Kodachromes and Ektachromes are gone, RIP. I really loved the Kodachromes for their sharpness and color saturation, but I often used the Ektachromes, usually Ektachrome 64, since I could process the slides myself with Beseler E6 chemistries. I never mounted the slides, I just kept them in film strips. It was a lot easier to print that way. You just had to keep the temperature of the first and color developers at 100 +/- 1/2 degree F. A water bath and stainless steel (not plastic)tanks handled it just fine.

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Ahhhhh...Those were the days.

Alan said:

Ahhhhh...Those were the days.

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Well, as much as I loved Kodachrome, I don't miss the kelvin color temperature meter with the large amount of filters needed to balance the color temp, I don't miss the cost of film and processing. And more, I don't miss the weeks spent in the dark.

I do enjoy digital and I do enjoy digital post processing.

But a friend of mine offered me a Yashica 124 G twin lens reflex that I'm very tempted to get. It was my first wedding camera and I kind of like the waist level finder thing… Maybe one day well be able to get digital 120 film with a usb connection to shoot these old cameras tethered to a iPhone or iPad.

Marcel said:

Well, as much as I loved Kodachrome, I don't miss the kelvin color temperature meter with the large amount of filters needed to balance the color temp, I don't miss the cost of film and processing. And more, I don't miss the weeks spent in the dark.

I do enjoy digital and I do enjoy digital post processing.

But a friend of mine offered me a Yashica 124 G twin lens reflex that I'm very tempted to get. It was my first wedding camera and I kind of like the wchoolaist level finder thing… Maybe one day well be able to get digital 120 film with a usb connection to shoot these old cameras tethered to a iPhone or iPad.

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I had a 124 G when I was in High S. Dropped it in a creek when I was doing a water photo project my Senior year. I replaced it with a Mamiya/Sekor 330 which I still have.

Marcel said:

And more, I don't miss the weeks spent in the dark.

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Man that is the best part! I love working in the darkroom, though the only thing I am processing and printing now is B&W and most of it in 120

STM said:

Man that is the best part! I love working in the darkroom, though the only thing I am processing and printing now is B&W and most of it in 120

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Well as long as it was a hobby it was fun, but working in the dark for weeks at times got a little depressing for me. Maybe even more than a little.
I wonder how long it would take me to get back into it...