Rivs on film

[jamin orrall]

Accidentally posted this to ibob so I'm moving it here! (pretty Rivendell specific)

Got a roll of film back yesterday and it had several shots of my bikes/rides! I thought ya'll might enjoy! Feel free to post any recent Rivendell film shots if you have some.

Taken with a Nikon FE on Kodak portra film.   Still learning how to use an slr and it's kinda heavy/bulky but I got inspired by all those RSF riders with big honkin cameras slung across their backs.

Jamin

[Eric Marth]

Dang, Jamin, these are great. I especially like that pic of your Homer in shadow with the mountains in the sun. Really good! 

[Shoji Takahashi]

Great colors-- something special about film. 

Speaking of colors, I love that color on the Atlantis.

Shoji

Arlington MA

[jamin orrall]

Thanks Eric! I appreciate all your contributions to this forum.

Thank you Shoji, I bought the frames secondhand from 2 different owners. By coincidence I ended up with 2 Waterfords with custom paint that I did not pick but I am enjoying the colors as well, they really blend in with the landscape.

[Drew Saunders]

Looking at my Flickr stream, I only found two photos of my Riv taken with a film camera. I thought I had done more over the years, but maybe I just haven't scanned them and put them up.

https://flic.kr/p/67KheV

https://flic.kr/p/67PtfS

They're obviously taken one after the other, back on Pi Day of 2009. I don't recall if I had any pie that day. Anyway, I have long since sold that Fuji GA645zi medium format "monster point and shoot" (of course, I sold it before the prices exploded...grumble), but I do ride my Quickbeam when I'm taking the large format 4x5" Ebony camera out to shoot at local gardens. I just haven't yet turned the lens on the bike, maybe I will next time.

That Fuji camera had a data back, so it could imprint focal length and exposure information in the gap between frames, which was quite handy. 

Drew

[greenteadrinkers]

Amazing images! Wanted to ask what rack are you using to support the black Carridce (Nelson Long flap?).

Scott

Amherst MA

[Shawn Granton]

Hello all-

I don't own a Riv but I'm often around them! And I often have a film camera on me to capture them.

Here's Andy Schmidt's A. Homer Hilsen at his Lord's Luggage studio (check that out!) Taken on 15 Oct 2022.

Camera: Olympus 35RD
Film: Ilford HP5+
Home Developed
Rondinax 35U Daylight Tank
Ilfosol 3 1:9 for 5:30 minutes
This is a scan of a darkroom print that I made at Portland Community College. You'll often find John Rivelo Bennett lurkin' in this darkroom.

And how about some Rivendells on film...at Rivendell!

These were all taken on a visit on 22 June 2022.

Camera: Minolta XD5
Lens: Minolta MD 50mm f/1.7
Film: Kentmere 400
Home Developed and Scanned
Ilfosol 3 1:9 at 5:30 in a Rondinax 35U Daylight Tank
Scanned by Kodak Scanza

Now for some color:

From the same Riv visit. Camera: Olympus XA2 Film: Fuji 200

A Cheviot on SE Division here in Portland, 13 Jan 2023. Camera: Olympus XA Film: Fuji C200

Rivendell Hillborne spotted at Belmont Library, 17 Jan 2023. This is my local branch, and always a good spot to spot bikes. 

Camera: Olympus XA2
Film: Kodak Portra 400

Best,

Shawn in PDX

[jamin orrall]

Great pictures Drew and Shawn! thank you for sharing!

Scott, the rack on the Atlantis is a Nitto "mark's rack"

[Ted Durant]

On Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at 7:17:57 PM UTC-6 jamin orrall wrote:

Taken with a Nikon FE on Kodak portra film. 

He's got Portra, and he knows how to use it ....

Apologies to ZZTop

Ted Durant

Milwaukee WI USA

 

[JohnS]

Thanks everyone for sharing, this is fun! Someday I'll get a film camera...

Shawn, that color pic of inside the Riv shop is great. The shadows are beyond real.

JohnS

[RichS]

Hi Drew,

Nice work! I especially like the image of the trees (third one going to the right). That's some quality printing! I'm impressed you're toting a 4x5 while riding your Quickbeam. Do you carry a small tripod for the Ebony? Back in the day I used a variety of 4x5s and a very old Ansco 8x10. My last 4x5 was a Deardorff, made in Chicago. With a Tiltall tripod, film holder, light meter, etc. it never ocurred to me to try and fit onto a bike!

Best,

Rich in ATL

On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 12:19:25 PM UTC-5 Drew Saunders wrote:

[John A. Bennett]

Bikes and film are a natural combo, especially steel bikes with friction shifters! 

Here are a few flicks from around town. "Town" being Portland, Oregon.

My Bike Film Flickr Album

John "Rivelo" Bennett

PS: Thread contributor (above) Shawn Granton has a cool bike / film club. 
More info here. 

[Drew Saunders]

Rich,

Not sure which photo with trees you're referencing. Anyway, yes, I take my whole 4x5 setup in my RPT ("Renaissance Photo Tech") modified Kelty backpack with my more or less full sized Manfrotto carbon fiber tripod strapped to the side. RPT made a nice system of a backboard that you inserted into the modified backpacks (modified with full zippers and a few other things), to which you attached camera or lens boxes via hook and loop to make the photo backpack of your needs. Sadly, the owner retired and sold off everything (I got a few things for sale). I don't go far with that on my quickbeam, no more than 3 miles each way, and I don't go fast, but it's essentially the same kit I would take if I put it all in the trunk of my car.

Camera, up to 6 lenses, up to 9 holders, dark cloth, meter, loupe, tape measure, extra bag bellows, extra focusing screen for wide angle lenses, and a few other things all fit in there. It's not light, of course! 

I'll get a photo of me on the bike with this setup sometime.

Drew

On Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 9:41:19 AM UTC-8 RichS wrote:

[R Shannon]

Hello Drew,

Please do share an image of you and your QB loaded with your gear. 

BTW, the image I was referring to is the "contrasty" - in a good way - grove of trees. 

Kind regards,

- Rich

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[jamin orrall]

My homer leaning up against an ancient juniper tree

hp5, nikon f2