{"id":733,"date":"2018-02-02T07:04:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T12:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/classic-camera-revival-episode-37-baby-its-cold-outside\/"},"modified":"2023-02-15T12:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:01:54","slug":"classic-camera-revival-episode-37-baby-its-cold-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/02\/classic-camera-revival-episode-37-baby-its-cold-outside\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic Camera Revival &#8211; Episode 37 &#8211; Baby It&#8217;s Cold Outside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/ccr-logo-leaf-300x300.png\" alt=\"ccr-logo-leaf\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/media\/player\/ydfwg-8541c2?from=yiiadmin&#038;skin=1&#038;btn-skin=103&#038;share=1&#038;fonts=Helvetica&#038;auto=0&#038;download=0&#038;rtl=0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re in the midst of a cold snap here in Ontario but that&#8217;s no reason to always stay inside. So the gang brings up their best and worst choices for cameras out in the cold weather! We also discuss the weird things we do to film in shooting and processing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold Weather Cameras &#8211; The Best<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat are our cameras of choice when out in the cold? Well everyone has a different approach to why they pick certain cameras when heading out for some cold weather shooting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mamiya m645<\/em> &#8211; When it comes to usability outside, a camera that relies on a battery and electronics may not be the best choice. But to Alex, part of usability in the winter includes the ability to use the cameras with gloves on. And with the m645 being a professional workhorse, it&#8217;s large controls makes it easy to operate even with mittens on! Plus he&#8217;s never had an issue operating the camera even in close to -30C weather over the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4636\/25246675518_d57450470e_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"CCR Review 78 - Mamiya m645\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Mamiya<br \/>\nModel: m645<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: Medium Format, 120\/220, 6\u00d74.5<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Mamiya m645 mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 1975<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4591\/38806591054_38f7100b96_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" alt=\"CCR Review 78 - Mamiya m645\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4679\/38740261084_5bc5eb4872_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" alt=\"CCR:FRB - Review 02 - JCH StreetPan 400 - Roll 02 (TMax Developer)\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Hasselblad 500c\/m<\/em> &#8211; John&#8217;s first pick for his winter camera is the reliable Hasselblad 500c\/m, even in the winter wearing gloves he doesn&#8217;t have an issue with the exposure control on the lens. Although a large focusing lever does help!<\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Hasselblad<br \/>\nModel: 500c\/m<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: Medium Format, 120\/220, 6\u00d76<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Hasselblad V mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 1975<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jm-500cm-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4044\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jm-500cm-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"934\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4045\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Fuji GSW690II<\/em> &#8211; When it comes to winter there&#8217;s something to be said about capturing the beautiful winter snowscapes especially when it&#8217;s on a 6&#215;9 negative. That&#8217;s why the GSW690 is James&#8217; pick for a winter camera. Not to mention with a nickname &#8220;Texas Leica&#8221; it&#8217;s big enough to use with those winter gloves.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/39124774904\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"CCR - Season 4 - Recording Session 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4767\/39124774904_5d37423780_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" alt=\"CCR - Season 4 - Recording Session 1\"><\/a><em>James with his newly aquired GSW690II<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Fuji<br \/>\nModel: GSW690II<br \/>\nType: Rangefinder<br \/>\nFormat: Medium Format, 120\/220, 6\u00d79<br \/>\nLens: Fixed, EBC Fujinon-W f=65mm 1:5.6<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 1985<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jl-690-ektar2-1024x697.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"436\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4042\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jl-690-ektar-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4041\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Nikon FM2n<\/em> &#8211; When it comes to winter photography, Bill&#8217;s choice is out of both need for something that works in cold weather, and is compact enough to pack when he&#8217;s out skiing. And the vertical shutter on the FM2n is his choice as it has yet to fail even deep into the -20s.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/20659290682\/\" title=\"CCR - Review 16 - Nikon FM2n\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/652\/20659290682_77e7ff6309_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" alt=\"CCR - Review 16 - Nikon FM2n\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Nikon<br \/>\nModel: FM2n<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: 135 (35mm), 24x36mm<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Nikon F-Mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 1983<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/39655879272\/\" title=\"Abandoned Caledon Farm House Two\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4660\/39655879272_eb0a0cae15_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Abandoned Caledon Farm House Two\"><\/a><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/39656073832\/\" title=\"Really Cold on Wortley&#x27;s Wiggle\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4602\/39656073832_a3e1106f0e_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"672\" alt=\"Really Cold on Wortley&#x27;s Wiggle\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Canon A-1<\/em> &#8211; Despite what Bill says, Donna&#8217;s main choice of winter cameras is the Canon A-1, it&#8217;s compact enough to fit in a pocket and has the needed size to be handled even in gloves.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/9003149716\/\" title=\"Fade To Black\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7422\/9003149716_90f9e97238_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"Fade To Black\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Canon<br \/>\nModel: A-1<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: 135 (35mm), 24x36mm<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Canon FD-Mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 1978<\/p>\n<p><em>Canon Elan 7ne<\/em> &#8211; The best way to handle cold weather, easy, get a camera with eye-focusing and a great program mode. For Mike that&#8217;s the Elan 7ne, with one of the best eye-control focus, the camera tracks his eye movement across the frame and adjusts, if that&#8217;s not good for gloves, then we don&#8217;t know what is!<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/38392153165\/in\/photolist-21uzPzg-22iaWua-21BQFtS\" title=\"Canon EOS Elan 7NE\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4590\/38392153165_dce8214ec9_b.jpg\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Canon EOS Elan 7NE\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Canon<br \/>\nModel: Elan 7ne<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: 135 (35mm), 24x36mm<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Canon EF-Mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 2004<\/p>\n<p><em>Contax N1<\/em> &#8211; When it comes to cold, there&#8217;s no better choice than the biggest, baddest camera you can get your hands on. And for Trevor, that&#8217;s the Contax N-1, built by Kyocera and features some amazing Zeiss lenses. But don&#8217;t go out looking for one, your wallet will hate you for it.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/axle81401\/39834130131\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"CCR - Season 4 - Recording Session 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4604\/39834130131_d82955382e_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"651\" alt=\"CCR - Season 4 - Recording Session 1\"><\/a><em>Trevor showing off the Contax N1<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera Specs<\/em><br \/>\nMake: Kyocera<br \/>\nModel: Contax N1<br \/>\nType: Single Lens Reflex<br \/>\nFormat: 135 (35mm), 24x36mm<br \/>\nLens: Interchangeable, Contax N-Mount<br \/>\nYear of Manufacture: 2001<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film Abuse<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve all done some crazy things to make film do what we want. From extreme pushes and pulls, cross-processing, and odd developing methods. But sometimes you just have to do what you need to get the results you want. Or just because you want to see if you can! Not to mention tales from the deep jungle and hockey arenas across the country there are plenty of ways that you can abuse film and make it give you the results you want! <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4672\/38861730705_2b9f66bf32_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"702\" alt=\"Country Charm\"><em>Alex&#8217;s favourite, the Panatomic-X trick,<br \/>\n take TMax 100, expose at 32 and soup in Rodinal or Xtol<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/jl-tmax-diafine-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4043\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Kodak TMax 400 pushed rather far and souped in Diafine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/photosblia\/7739920950\/\" title=\"Polypan @ 1600\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8285\/7739920950_938d9e30b5_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" alt=\"Polypan @ 1600\"><\/a><em>Who says you can&#8217;t take a 50-speed film up to 1600, Mike sure can with Polypan F<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/funwithcameras\/39168342194\/\" title=\"Night Alley\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4697\/39168342194_4a69839355_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Night Alley\"><\/a><em>And you can&#8217;t deny that Tri-X you can do pretty much anything you want with it and it&#8217;ll spit out great results<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking for a good spot to get your gear and material fix check out <a href=\"http:\/\/burlingtoncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burlington Camera (Burlington, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncamera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Downtown Camera (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmplus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Plus (Toronto, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bellarte.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belle Arte Camera (Hamilton, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guelph.fotosource.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pond&#8217;s FotoSource (Guleph, ON)<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fotoart.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foto Art Camera (Owen Sound, ON)<\/a>. Out West there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecamerastore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Camera Store (Calgary, AB)<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beauphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beau Photo Supply (Vancouver, BC)<\/a>. Additionally you can order online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.argentix.ca\/index01.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentix<\/a> (Quebec), <a href=\"https:\/\/buyfilm.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">buyfilm.ca<\/a> (Ontario), the <a href=\"http:\/\/filmphotographyproject.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Film Photography Project<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freestylephoto.biz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freestyle Photographic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also you can connect with us through email: <a href=\"mailto:classiccamerarevivial@gmail.com\">classiccamerarevivial[at]gmail[dot]com<\/a> or by Facebook, we&#8217;re at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classiccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Camera Revival<\/a> or even <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ccamerarevival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter @ccamerarevival<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re in the midst of a cold snap here in Ontario but that&#8217;s no reason to always stay inside. So the gang brings up their best and worst choices for cameras out in the cold weather! We also discuss the weird things we do to film in shooting and processing. Cold Weather Cameras &#8211; The Best What are our cameras of choice when out in the cold? Well everyone has a different approach to why they pick certain cameras when heading out for some cold weather shooting. Mamiya m645 &#8211; When it comes to usability outside, a camera that relies on a battery and electronics<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/02\/classic-camera-revival-episode-37-baby-its-cold-outside\/\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[35,34,36],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3439,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions\/3439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}