Lets see some low light Pics

[Byuphoto]

I love the low light quality of my GSN. Here is one I took at a wedding. I was not shooting it but the PRO could not shoot during the candle lit part as the bride requested no flash Her new Gee Whiz 2000 digital was useless with an f4.5 lens :D Shot with Kodak Tri-X 400 and f1.7

[Marc Jutras]

Check my recent post about shooting an industrial music concert with a Stylus (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?p=108335#post108335).

Check my gallery or website for lots of very lowlight shots.

Shooting "available darkness" is becoming a real passion for me (as much as the subjects themselves!). ;)

[Roman]

I also love 'available darkness'-shots - check my gallery for lots of those (though the ones scanned from negs, not from prints, are handicapped by lots of scanner noise...)

Roman

[ray_g]

Here's one from my gallery: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/5081/candles.jpg

[Pherdinand]

Here are two of mine, shot with a contax IIIa + Sonnar 50/1.5 on Delta3200. The first one was probably f/2 and 1/50-1/100 s; the second one, f/1.5,1/10 s (supported by a table).

[XAos]

Paging Merciful....

For my contribution -
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/data/5021/medium/xa2-451.jpg was shot with my XA2, Fuji 800 and a very very long exposure, no tripod, but carefully propped and fired. Lighting is one overhead fluorescent at the far end of the bay - it was too dark to read standing by the truck.

[Doug]

Embers glowing in the evening after a duplex burned down. (Bronica RF, 65mm, NPZ.)

[phototone]

Here is a nice low-light shot:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=12699&cat=4198&page=1

And here is one shot with a GSN:

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=10230&cat=4198&page=1

[Wayne R. Scott]

Here is one that may count as a low light shot. Contax IIA with 21mm f4.5 Biogon. Fuji film I think and f5.6 for 20 seconds or so.

Wayne

[back alley]

inspired by my canadian compatriot, merciful.

[GeneW]

I normally shoot B&W film for available-light shots, but here's one I took in colour at the recent RFF Gathering in Toronto. Zorki 3M, CV 25/4, 1/25 @ f/4, Kodak HD400.

Gene

[Byuphoto]

I have a question? Why are all the photos blocking up on my monitor? Is it just me. It does not do it on any other site except this one and photography corner

[ray_g]

Okay on mine. BTW, I just noticed this was a "Yashica" thread. Sorry about that!

[XAos]

Hmmm so it is. If you get to threads from "Recent Threads" it's easy to get in on all kinds of stuff that you didn't mean to. I'll go scrounge some gsn pics. On the subject, I took some available light color at the fireworks on July 4th. Fireworks turned out far better than I hoped (I mostly planned to shoot the folks I came with, and try a few fireworks for context - I ended up having a bunch of film left when it got too dark for anything else.)

One shot however that didn't turn out so well baffles me. There are no visible light sources to fool the meter. It's about dusk, and it's underexposed. I was shooting Kodak 800, and the rest were great. But I expected to get well exposed blurry shots rather than underexposed shots with the GSN in bad light. Kind of suprised me.

[Roman]

Okay on mine. BTW, I just noticed this was a "Yashica" thread. Sorry about that!

Ooops, I had not noticed either...
But then, some of mine were shot with a Yashica Lynx! Phew! ;)

Roman

[Marc Jutras]

I always use the main page of the site with the most recent post all toghether. I didn't even know there was a Yashica forum! To me, RFF is one single forum, all topics mixed together.

[Roman]

Yes, that's the was I use RFF - unfortunately, that leads to multi-brand GAS...

Roman

[Doug]

My experience is the same as Marc's. I only notice the forum a thread belongs to if I specifically look for that info at the top of the window. And on occasion I've gone to the Forum listing when searching for an older thread.

[CleverName]

Here's a photo of Ryley sharing his bed with our new kitten Fiona.
Shot with my GSN and Ilford 3200 @ 1/30 (flash setting). I don't remember the aperture but I'd assume wide open. The light was evening sun coming through a window about 12' away.

[Iskra 2]

I love the low light quality of my GSN.

Me to. :D This one is not "real" low light but enough to demonstrate the excellent autoexposure capabilities of the GT. Of course the Kodachrome 200 helped. :D

[jdos2]

1/15th second, 1,200 ASA Tri-x (Diafine, of course) and wide open with the Noctilux...
Portugal. Good coffee, good friends. Just go.

[jdos2]

Gabriel.
1/60th, or so. Light from the window. F/1.

[jon_flanders]

Here's a GSN shot from 2004. Cellist Matt Herron at the Old West Church in Calais, Vt.

I was a little cock-eyed on the horizon, but decided to leave it that way. Seems to be a problem I have with rangefinders, keeping level.

[jdos2]

Voigtlander Prominent with a Real Nokton, wide open.

Oh, it's my brother.

[kiev4a]

This was shot at an accent in 1979. Won third place in the state press association annual competition.

Tri -X. Unfortunately it wasn't shot with an RF -- Mamiya M645.

[Wayne R. Scott]

Oh, Yashica thread. Well then here is a GSN shot at sunset. Guess what fast food place is only 6 miles from here?


Wayne

[suzums]

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=12808&cat=3721&page=1


Here is mine! :)

[Henk W]

The day after I bought my Yashica GX I was passing with friends this interesting shop with old things, curiosa, almost antique with a lot of light in it. Just in a hurry I placed the camera on something solid and took this picture. 400 ASA, aperture f4 or f5.6, exposure about half a second to one second I think.

[Bertram2]

Since a while I shoot more and more at night, it is a new and exciting experience.
If you like colour shots too you will find some more in my 2005 Paris album..

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showgallery.php?ppuser=1018&cat=500

..and in the Strolling album:
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=8895&cat=3949&page=1

Some B&W low lights are in my old album which I could not migrate :
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=247&cat=3234&page=4

Best,
Bertram

[Skinny McGee]

tri-X pushed to 12850

[rbiemer]

This construction was going on directly in front of my local newspaper for 3 nights before they had anything in the paper about it!
Not a Yashica, sorry, handheld Canonet, 400 speed film with the camera set at IIRC f1.7 and 1/15th sec.
In my gallery HERE (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=4092&cat=3563&page=1)
Rob

[Honu-Hugger]

Last trip to New Orleans...

[Honu-Hugger]

Okay,
Here is one from an Under-Rated Nikon lens, the 55mm F1.2. This multi-coated AI-Series lens has the fastest "T-Stop" (transmitted light) of anything Nikon ever made. The Nikkor 5cm F1.1 was a 9 element beast, single coated, compared to this lens. Over the center 2/3ds of the image, it is sharper than the 50mm F1.4 AI series lens. It is soft at the edges used wide-open, but not too bad.

Nikon F2AS, 400ASA, F1.2 and 1/60th. Focus on the profile.
That's a beautiful shot, Brian. Where it is soft is just perfect...nicely done but of course we need to credit your model, too :).

[Stephanie Brim]

The 55/1.2 was the other lens I was trying to decide whether or not to buy when I first got my FE. I ended up going with the 50/1.4 AI due to so many people saying what a wonderful lens it is. I may relook at getting the 55.

[chenick]

Here's 2 shots from my Yashica Electro GTN, both handheld, wide open. Great camera!

Temple Bar, Dublin (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2484&cat=3322&page=1)
River Liffey, Dublin (http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=2573&cat=3322&page=2)

Nick

[sockeyed]

Here's one shot on Provia 100 using my Canon F-1 and FD 50/1.4

Sarlat, SW France.

[cathy_w_J]

This is Oskar lounging in the afternoon sun. Electro GSN wide open, film was fast and grainy ....3200, Kodak? <---Lost the box and don't remember what it was for sure.

I like this thread.

[Guy Mann]

First post here...

I know most people are using b&w for available darkness...personally I like the results i get from neopan 1600...but I was wondering what people like for color in low light? I love the way Portra 800 looks when shot at 800 but like it a lot less when it is pushed. I am struggling to find something i like in a low-light color film ...perhaps I am wasting my time?

Could you fine folks perhaps post some low-light color shots that you are especially proud of and note the film/speed/etc used? I have a Lynx 14 coming my way and want to get ready to see what it can do.

[stet]

about time ... here's my first shot uploaded from the Rapid Omega 200 with Hexanon 90/3.5. It was about 8 p.m., fairly dark outside already, but lit by fluorescents inside. Shot either at f/4 or f/5.6, 1/15th (handheld, a big coup for me in itself) on Tri-X 400 and developed in D-76 1:1.

I might try to redo this shot. It's from my second roll with the RO, developed at home, and I've somehow got some water-spot funkiness going on in the top right and lower left (but I think it's in the neg, not on it), not to mention the butchered scratches from struggling with the reel in the changing bag. Besides that and the crooked floor, I'm pretty pleased, but that's not hard at this stage. :p

[Pherdinand]

Hi Guy, and welcome here!

"Low light" colour film would not be a problem, only that it is almost always tungsten light, meany\ing strong orange cast over the colour negative. Can be corrected somewhat in the printing stage, but far from getting back the original colours. Of course, you might ask what are the 'original colours' in this case...colour, after all, is made up by the incident light and the reflecting material, so a blue thing in orange light is not blue, so why should it be blue on the photo...
And, sometimes the colour casts works great just to give the cvorrect atmosphere to the photo.
Anyway, i can't find any colour low light shots of mine that i've shot with a rf, but here's one with a slr+24mm. On NPH400 rated 320.
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2361531

Here's another one, also slr, 50mm and NPH400 @ E.I.320:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2376177

and here's one on fuji reala i think:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1420763

[Doug]

but I was wondering what people like for color in low light? I love the way Portra 800 looks when shot at 800 but like it a lot less when it is pushed. I am struggling to find something i like in a low-light color film ...perhaps I am wasting my time?Welcome, Guy! It's surprising how well some modern films handle odd/mixed interior lighting. The first shot below was shot with a Contax G2 and Kodak UC400 film. The second comes from a Bronica RF645 with Fuji NPZ800. Pushing, (underexposing and overdeveloping) color negative films is I think a recipe for bad results; better to go for normal processing with "generous" exposure as with these two shots (EI 250 and EI 500).

I use a lot of Fuji NPZ800, mostly in 220 size but sometimes too in 35mm where it surprises again with relatively fine grain, with excellent color and sharpness. Ok, here's a third pic... with 35mm NPZ800 film, EI 500 as usual, fluorescent light... :) (same school library as the second shot, actually)

[Gabriel M.A.]

I haven't uploaded this on my gallery or my site, so I'll attach it here (sorry it's a bit small).

This was shot with a Leica M6, Summicron 50mm f/2 hand-held, on Fuji 800 X-tra. Talk about unplugged, eh? (well, except for the light meter, which I didn't pay much attention to anyway).

[Bertram2]

I haven't uploaded this on my gallery or my site, so I'll attach it here (sorry it's a bit small).

This was shot with a Leica M6, Summicron 50mm f/2 hand-held, on Fuji 800 X-tra. Talk about unplugged, eh? (well, except for the light meter, which I didn't pay much attention to anyway).

Maybe a bit small but as far as I can see it is perfect, a great stage shot ! Superia 800 has a stunning performance., I used it a lot.
Regards,
Bertram

[sockeyed]

Here are a couple of other Superia 800 images, shot on my Canonet QL17 at night in a local restaurant, handheld and probably close to wide open.

[dmr]

Here are two "available darkness" shots I took many years ago. These are scanned from old B&W prints, taken with Tri-X on my original Mamiya SD. The only light is coming from the bare overhead light bulbs.

For some reason, I think the incandescents gave these stations a certain charm that you don't see today with the more modern lights.

[Brian Sweeney]

Nice Shots! Yes, those Bulbs really work out well. These remind me of some of the published 1950's shots of the NY subway that I've seen.

Guy, you are going to LOVE the Lynx 14. I sold mine to raise funds for a Nikon SP. Someday, I will have a Lynx again.

Lynx 14, wide-open, ASA400 Speed Film, Shutter speed ~1/60th. Sunlit scene near sunset. Nikki in Jul, 2002, (Still coming off of Prednisone).

[dmr]

Nice Shots! Yes, those Bulbs really work out well.

Thanks. :)

These remind me of some of the published 1950's shots of the NY subway that I've seen.

Well, I'm not *that* old! :) :)

Actually, I am, :( but I wasn't taking photos back then.

I'm gonna say this was 1970 or 1971. That's about when they started converting the IND stations from bare bulbs to fluorescent tubes. It was shortly after I got my first real camera and discovered Tri-X and available darkness photography.

[Byuphoto]

Thanks. :)



Well, I'm not *that* old! :) :)

Actually, I am, :( but I wasn't taking photos back then.

I'm gonna say this was 1970 or 1971. That's about when they started converting the IND stations from bare bulbs to fluorescent tubes. It was shortly after I got my first real camera and discovered Tri-X and available darkness photography.
Me too small world. I had a Yashica Mat 124 D and plenty of school supplied Tri-X

[furcafe]

Here's a fairly recent night shot, from last Friday, when I was visiting NYC:

http://photos22.flickr.com/29385832_4a0bce7bfb_o.jpg

f/1.4 @ 1/12th sec., Fuji NPZ, Leica M7 w/35/1.4 Summilux-M ASPH