The Burial of my Praktica Super TL3

This is to celebrate the death of my Praktica Super TL3. Without feeling of sadness or disappointment – it occurred more than one year ago. It deserves, now and ever, this written event as a praise for its shooting performance.

As far as I can feel, nice camera with good lens; Tessar 2.8 50 was the lens I used. It stopped shooting but its heritage is interesting photos and that lens, Tessar 2.8 50, which I´m going to use (for sure) with some brand-new-old vintage camera. (It was the beginning of my love for 50mm lens, its angle of vision; and for circular polarizing filters, since I concluded the images gain in contrast and colour relevance with the use of those filters). The images with my Praktica were all achieved without the help of exposure meters (simply because lack of them), all manual (digital, in the sense of fingers) but it was a good option for me to learn how to read the light with my mind.

I started cross-processing, c-41 instead of e-6:

A swift passage through colour negative, c-41:

Then, using slide/positive film and e-6 process:

Therefore, rest in peace, my sweet!

bravopires tarafından 2014-10-06 tarihinde yazıldı