Your firs ever XPan/TX pictures (one from the firs roll)

[berci]

Hello XPan/TX Users & Everyone,

I have attached my favorite picture from the firs ever roll taken with my XPan.

It's not a big deal, but something.
Fortepan 400, 1/45:f8 as I remember, handheld

Post yours! :) One from the firs roll.

Berci

[berci]

At first I attached an image which was enormous, and then when I deleted it I was unable to update the original post with a new smaller picture, however, here it is.

[FrankS]

Berci, great picture! Perfect subject matter for the format! I'm sure this would make a beautiful print!

[berci]

Hey Franks,

It seems that there is no life out there so I have changed the rules.

Post a picture from the first roll of your favorite camera, just to relive the excitement. :)

Berci

[schaubild]

Okokok, here is one from my first roll. :-)

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/500/707Schloss_800.jpg

[berci]

Hey schaubild :)

I like the pic. I can almost hear the voice of the shutter. Singing birds and the silent click of an RF.

Berci

[Doug]

Nice urban shot, berci! One wonders what's around the bend...

And ok, I'll bite now that you've changed the rules! I do not have an XPan or any other pano camera, but here's a shot from the first roll (Ilford XP1) from the used Fuji GA645Wi I got last year; 45mm wide-angle lens, cropped to pano proportions.

[FrankS]

Very nice picture Doug! I have an older Fujica GS645W camera that I really like.

[MP Guy]

All I can say is, What a great format! the subject matter takes on a different meaning when shot in Xpan.

[berci]

Whoa Doug,

That really is a nice one!
Have you used a filter?
The secrets of the trade.

Berci

[Doug]

Thanks, Frank and berci... Bare camera, no filter, no tricks, just nice Fall color with leaves having turned all yellow and orange, except the evergreens.

This is up in a canyon in Central Washington, cowboy country. There is a creek running along at the base of the slope behind the trees.

I've found that the Ilford XP1/XP2 has better red/yellow sensitivity than, say, Tri-X, so that may explain a bit of the tonality; I do like that film.

Looking at my records, this was XP2 Super, not one of the old refrigerated rolls of XP1 still on hand as I'd assumed.

[peter_n]

Wow, that's a beaut, Doug. Great tonality and as Jorge says, the format definitely adds to the effect.

[quigley13]

Here is a pic from my first roll... steeler game.

[laurentvenet]

as everyone, I do love your shot doug, I was first thinking it was made with XPAN. If I had not so many different gears. I might be tempted by GAS again.

[Doug]

Interesting shot, Quigley! Is that the 30mm lens? Thanks Laurent, I appreciate your comment. :)

[quigley13]

Thanks Doug! Yes, that is with the 30mm. Handheld at f11 with center filter removed (Gasp:) Velvia 100 - Sorry for the not so great looking scan... I need to tweak it out to get it closer to the chrome.

Mike

[tamerlin]

Here's mine!

45 mm lens, 1/125 at f/11.

A sunset over the Charles River.

[nksyoon]

Rented an Xpan with 45mm and 90mm lenses couple of weekends ago. Here's one from the first roll: handheld with HP5 plus.

I've also attached 2 more, but not from the first roll.

Very interesting to use and certainly forces a different viewpoint, but not sure I'd use it often enough to justify buying one.

[vincentbenoit]

Wow Nick, the first two are great! Well done.
Cheers
Vincent

[ERV]

Here are two from my first roll.
Xpan is way cool!

[Doug]

ERV I really like your shadows!

[ERV]

Thanks Doug!
One great thing about having little people is they are always available when you want to test out a new camera. (as in "hey kids, come stand againest this wall and do something funny")
I shot these on TriX and developed at a 1 hour photo shop. They were scanned on a Epson 4870 flatbed scanner and left as is.

[dermo]

Here's my first xpan pic that I got printed! Taken with trusty Velvia 50.

[berci]

Hey dermo,

It really is a very good first one!

Berci

[dermo]

thanks! It's not from the very first roll, but it's the first print..

[Doug]

Dermo, good one! The colors and gradations are lovely...

[bun]

I'm new to this forum, and also new to the world of rangefinder... :)
here is the first pic from my camera:

[Doug]

Very simple composition, Bun, and welcome to RFF!

[OpenWater]

Rented an Xpan with 45mm and 90mm lenses couple of weekends ago. Here's one from the first roll: handheld with HP5 plus.

I've also attached 2 more, but not from the first roll.

Very interesting to use and certainly forces a different viewpoint, but not sure I'd use it often enough to justify buying one.


I like #1, but #2 is something Cartier-Bresson might have done. Nicely done!

[GeroV]

I got my Xpan three weeks ago and the first roll I put through it was Ilford FP4. Here is one shot, taken hand held before catching my train. I believe it was approx 1/6 sec at f/4.

Union Station, Washington DC.

[tamerlin]

I got my Xpan three weeks ago and the first roll I put through it was Ilford FP4. Here is one shot, taken hand held before catching my train. I believe it was approx 1/6 sec at f/4.

Union Station, Washington DC.

Hey, we're practically neighbors!

[laurentvenet]

Hello GeroV

For a first unexpected shot, it's a very goo result, and you did not shake

Laurent

[GeroV]

Laurent,
thanks for the kind words. I wasn't sure how it would come out, but I'm also pleased with it.

Gero

[oeyvind]

http://www.pbase.com/oeyvind/image/53778570.jpg
Hindu idol of Sri Krishnan Temple

Fujifilm TX-1, 45mm f/4, AGFA Optima 200, Polaroid SprintScan 120