There is something so different in the quality of a photo taken with a film camera, rather than a digital camera. It is apparent even more so when it is done with an uncoated lens from 1937. The lens in question is a lovely Schneider Kreuznach Xenar 2.8, 75mm, taken using 1937 Welta Weltur camera. It is a folding camera that takes the still-available 120mm film. I used Ektar 100 by Kodak, and applied the Sunny 16 rule for manual exposures.
I have a 6×6 version with a 6×4.5 reduction mask. I thought I had removed the mask – but hadn’t. All my supposedly square images came out rectangular! I stitched two images together in PS6 and then tediously removed threads and dots of dust that were apparent even after scanning with Digital Ice on the Epson V600.
This photo makes me think of landscape paintings of the 1700s and 1800s – especially that turquoise sky. Mayhap a painting will follow.
Ink, Yarn & Beer 
Bravo on shooting this oldie. Leaving the mask on by mistake is the kind of thing I do too.
Beautiful!
What a nice picture. Thank you for sharing the camera information. I was wondering, how that worked.
That’s a winner, yes paint it.
Thank you! I will – watercolor or gouache? Maybe both.
Glad you like the picture. What are you curious about specifically? I’ll be glad to answer if you want more information.
Thank you, Anne!
Glad to know I am not the only one who forgets things! I like these old folders – have a few others. I reloaded the Weltur before I got the film back, but fortunately hadn’t shot anything yet. Loaded it with Ilford SP2 400 – using a filter, too – looking forward to seeing the results.
Oils 🤣
Sorry! Fat free painting here!
I’m surprised you haven’t had a dabble in oils, they are gorgeous to work with.
Did about 50 years ago! 😟
I don’t know much about photography which is why was intrigued about how you achieved the vintage look and feel of the photograph (because it does not look like you ran it through a PS filter). If you have a post about your process, what your equipment looks like, etc., I would be glad to read it.
Hope this helps you out. I used Kodak Ektar 100 film in 120mm format (medium format). The camera info can be found in the link in the post. It is a real film photo, and the images were cleaned up in LR and On1 for dust and threads, which are often found on processed film. I scanned it myself, too. The lens is from 1937, so it has an old-fashioned look to it. The lack of coating on the lens decreases the contrast, which I probably upped a bit in post. So, you have a real film photo, scanned to become digital, digitally processed to clean it up, and spliced together using panorama software (PS6).
I hope this helps you out. I didn’t use a filter of any sort. Follow this link to get more images, and info, on the camera itself: https://www.petrakla.com/products/1937-welta-weltur-cla-d-6×6-medium-format-coupled-rangefinder-camera-freshly-serviced?variant=13800750284852
Thank you so much -N-, for explaining in detail. What a fascinating approach. Congrats again on that wonderful picture. It reminds me of the set of Agatha Christies’ “Under the Sun”.
You are welcome. I’ll have to check out Christie’s novel – I read one of her earliest ones not too long ago, written ca. 1920, just after WWI. So different than her later work!