#6.0 – Diary Shots, 135mm on the F4

Getting dressed. Nikon F4, 135/2.8 non-Ai, 1/60, f/2.8, Neopan 400 (N-2), TMax 1+4

Felt like practicing and missed the F4, so I chose the 135/2.8 non-Ai wide open mostly at 1/125. Neopan 400 (1600), TMax 1+4.

It’s a great lens which also pleases you physically. When pressing the shutter button, the mechanics in the 135 mm lens tube almost drum a sound you hear sometimes when heavy, traditional door locks are opened rapidly: klrmmmk (but within the twentieth of a second). When you hold your ear on the back of the Nikon F4 and press the shutter, you hear the damped mechanism (Soundcheck) and afterwards there is this special resonant reverbing tone, like coil springs – audible only a little on this video. But on the other hand the clip shows the F4 the way I like it: with the slim battery pack MB-20 and not with the monster truck MB-21 (see details).

I could press the shutter button several times a day, especially with the 135/2.8 non-Ai attached on this elegant camera. And so do the girls.

I was interested in capturing her in that partiular light, but the girls move fast and in principle are not asked to pose

1/125, f/2.8 with the pretty glass

Focussing with f/2.8 and a 135mm at this distance is also a matter of velocity when portraing children

Luckily the girls rarely complain about being photographed

 

 

Pollux on 52rolls:

• Launch Status Check: Pollux [Intro]
• #1.0 Neopan 400 & Rodinal
• #1.1 Silvermax
• #1.2 The White Stripes
• #2.0 Fade To Grey
• #2.1 Pushing Silvermax
• #2.2 Know Your Gear
• #2.3 What Took You So Long?
• #2.4 Diary Shots
• #2.5 Compact 28 + Ultramax
• #2.6 On 400H
• #3.0 Hard Boiled
• #4.0 Film Noir
• #5.0/5.1/5.2 Remain In Light
• #5.3 My Personal Holga
• #5.4 The Exhibition Cam
• #5.5/5.6 Portra and 400H
• #5.7 A Peculiar Roll (1993)
• #5.8/5.9 Great Photographer, Wasted Film
• #6.0 Diary Shots, 135mm on the F4
• #6.1-#6.3 Purchasing New Material, Celebrating
• #7.0-#7.2 Concert
• #8.0 Helicopter
• #9.0 Tres Cosas
• #10.0 One Shot per Roll
• #11.0/11.1: Parklife (Nikon F2) 
• #12.0/12.1: Silvermax, F2 (24mm) + F5 (17mm + 210 mm)
• #13: Diary with a Point & Shoot
• #14: Medium Format: The Rangefinder of ’51
• #15: Memories of Friendship
• #16: [Pollux]: Epilogue