Film (Analog) Photography Thread
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84west
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13844660:C_dub said:
Could be a little of both, but it looks like you need to work on your settings when you scan. How are you color balancing when you scan? Are you using automatic correction, manual correction, or none at all? It looks like you shot on a bright sunny day, and even cheap drugstore film should do pretty well in that light. Did you have the film developed or do it yourself?
84west
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13845611:C_dub said:
yeah then I would save up to get a decent scanner. The epson v600 is pretty affordable and does a decent job. In the meantime your lab should probably be able to to scans for like $5 a roll at like 1200x1800 at the time of developing. (pricing may vary that's just what we charge where I work for base res)
No.Quarter
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13845651:84west said:
I have been very happy with my V600, great scanner for the price and very easy to use. 90% of the photos in my flickr are scanned with the v600 and then processed in the included Photoshop Elements, stuff like cleaning dust and fixing exposure, only recently have I been working on color correction and simple dodging and burning effects.
In other news, I sold my RZ67 kit to KEH. I think I spent around 6 or 7 hundred on it about 4 years ago, put less than 10 rolls through it and mostly collectled dust with it. Well that ended up biting me in the ass because the appraiser found mold in a couple lenses apparently and I ended up with only $250 for it, pretty bummed but it wasn't getting any use and I was in need of any sort of money at the time and was too rushed to try to sell the "moldy" lenses (I am very certain it was miniscule and didn't effect picture quality) on ebay or something.
junyawatanabe
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Just got my dads old film camera working today, still super confused. I feel like it is going to be lots of trial and error until i get some good shots.
Jarvis
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So, I'm just starting film photography. I'm taking a school class for it. I'm using the rebel k2 because my school let me rent it for free. I'm just wondering, can you change the lenses while film is loaded? My teacher is of the opinion that you can, but I'd like a second opinion before I try it, so that I don't ruin a roll of film.
84west
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13915267:Rafiki said:
Beautiful Camera. I'm less bummed about acros then i thought i would be, I think i'm desensitized to fuji killing off films at this point. (Also TMAX 100 is an okay substitute although not the same character) I've heard rumors from a few places that at this point they are only coating instax and their RA4 lab paper. I just hope that Kodak/Ferrania get their shit together with e6 before fuji cuts velvia and provia, and all the labs that run it disappear.
That massive flash bracket setup on my fuji 6x9 I posted has worked out pretty well:
(GW690iii/TX400@1600/HC110B)
Also going to include a shameless claim photo on the state of my fridge thanks to roger (pictured above) who offered me a very generous rate to buy out some of our film as the lab closed. Picked up a lot of Portra and Tri-X although the portra is going to go on ice for a project this winter and until i can get finished setting up my colorhead and RA4 chemistry in the darkroom.
13915267:Rafiki said:
So frustrated theyre discontinuing that film..
its become my absolute favourite black and white stock... (I pretty much only shoot 100 speed anymore)
Oh well. Ultrafine Extreme 100 it shall be from now on.
84west
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13923108:TWoods said:
That was Ektar 100 and a bronica SQ-A with the 80mm 2.8 PS, I have a a roll from the same day of Velvia for comparison. I find the Velvia tends to run cooler with much deeper blues. Velvia does really well with reds and blues, but can be tricky with earth or skin tones. Ektar does pretty well for me as a sunny day available light film, although if i'm shooting c41 I almost always buy Portra.
Velvia (same camera but a slight crop):
13923264:84west said:
Good to know. Love the color rendition there. I've struggled to find a slide film I like. I've shot a bit of Velvia and Portra, which I like OK, and I bought about 80 rolls of Ektachrome once for about a dollar a roll that I will likely never get through (also just good not great)
I shot Ektar a number of years ago and really liked it - not sure why I've never just gone back to it.
13923326:TWoods said:
Haha that Ektachrome that the place in Salt Lake was firesaling? I still have some too. I've shot a few rolls but haven't developed any.
So, I'm a big fan of stand development, because I'm A: Lazy, B: Busy and 3: never liked getting high on chemicals (and yes, I just said A, B, 3)
I've been pretty much only devoing my B&W films for years and sending in my c41 stuff.. because, as any dumbass lazy millennial, I hate dealing with the temperature consistency nonsense. Because it's haaaard ughhh
But I just found out about c41 stand development using the compard digibase c41 kit...
https://www.lomography.com/magazine...g-and-optional-bleach-bypass-for-cool-effects
anyone tried this? Do they even make this kit anymore?
Basically develop at 65f/18C
Presoak in water 3Min
Developer agitate 1Min, stand 45Min
Wash for 3 Min
Bleach (not blix) agitate 1min, stand 45 Min
Wash 3 Min
Fix (again.. no blix) for 7min
Ilford 5-10-20 rinse
Stabiliser
I probably wouldn't want to blow through all my ektar in my hasselblad and devo this way until I'm more confident with the results, but my collection of expired film, and cheap Vista 200 and Fuji c200 would finally get to be shot... (not to mention, I'd actually develop the dozen or so undeveloped C41 films I'm sitting on)
I've been pretty much only devoing my B&W films for years and sending in my c41 stuff.. because, as any dumbass lazy millennial, I hate dealing with the temperature consistency nonsense. Because it's haaaard ughhh
But I just found out about c41 stand development using the compard digibase c41 kit...
https://www.lomography.com/magazine...g-and-optional-bleach-bypass-for-cool-effects
anyone tried this? Do they even make this kit anymore?
Basically develop at 65f/18C
Presoak in water 3Min
Developer agitate 1Min, stand 45Min
Wash for 3 Min
Bleach (not blix) agitate 1min, stand 45 Min
Wash 3 Min
Fix (again.. no blix) for 7min
Ilford 5-10-20 rinse
Stabiliser
I probably wouldn't want to blow through all my ektar in my hasselblad and devo this way until I'm more confident with the results, but my collection of expired film, and cheap Vista 200 and Fuji c200 would finally get to be shot... (not to mention, I'd actually develop the dozen or so undeveloped C41 films I'm sitting on)
13923400:84west said:
13923569:TWoods said:
Yeah I only bought 10
Temperatures are heating up again... Fuckin bromide drag...
Guess I'll start doing a semi stand for 120 now.
Guess I'll start doing a semi stand for 120 now.
13926435:jca said:
It's a total fuckup.
Look at the gradient from left to right. Way lighter on one side than the other.
The bromide dragged down the film due to inconsistent temps and left one side underdeveloped. I'm surprised it didn't create a bunch of streaks.
13926880:jca said:
Thank you.
I got the exposure right, but you can only tell by looking at the middle third of the images. There is uneven development from the left side to the right side due to mismanaging the temperature during the stand, unfortunately.
I'm frustrated, because the weather that day was spectacular for photographing that area. The clouds were very well toned, and it's almost never like that. It's generally extremely sunny out all the time, or high cloud cover overcast, rather than moisture laden cumulous clouds. It was exceptional weather conditions that I won't see for a long time, and I screwed it all up in development.
I'll be shooting the same area sometime this summer with a very strong red filter (because artz) to make the sky black. should provide a very different result that I might like even more anyway.
**This post was edited on Jun 9th 2018 at 6:19:18am
In other news.. I just picked up a Pen F and a super clean AE1 yesterday for a cool 75 bucks.
Already sold the AE1 for 120. Free Pen F AND 55 bucks? That's a fucking come-up.
Already sold the AE1 for 120. Free Pen F AND 55 bucks? That's a fucking come-up.
Restored a little monolta I found in my dad's garage, thankfully she works. write my name in a heart with portra 400.
I now officially have a darkroom for making prints.
Picked up a brand new enlarger for free (like... Its from the 70s, but still in plastic. For free from a guy who's brother ran a studio. Brand new lenses and all) all the trays and timer and safelight, easels, etc for like 30$ from some guy on craigslist.
Picked up 100 sheets of paper and a bottle of multigrade developer and boom. Now I can make prints of everything. It's been so fun
Picked up a brand new enlarger for free (like... Its from the 70s, but still in plastic. For free from a guy who's brother ran a studio. Brand new lenses and all) all the trays and timer and safelight, easels, etc for like 30$ from some guy on craigslist.
Picked up 100 sheets of paper and a bottle of multigrade developer and boom. Now I can make prints of everything. It's been so fun
13936810:84west said:
Do it. Otherwise you may as well just shoot digital
84west
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I've been cheating on HC110 with XTOL a little lately, here's few random singles from those rolls. Might have to switch fully.
All tri-x pushed two stops XTOl 1:1 one shot in a jobo and pre ai nikkor glass. (I believe 35/2.8 for the first one, I know its 55/3.5 micro for the second, and either 24/2.8 or 35/2.8 for the third)
All tri-x pushed two stops XTOl 1:1 one shot in a jobo and pre ai nikkor glass. (I believe 35/2.8 for the first one, I know its 55/3.5 micro for the second, and either 24/2.8 or 35/2.8 for the third)
13936819:84west said:
You need to make time for yourself to shoot some stuff for yourself.
Thats probably the biggest reason I shoot film nowadays - it's all for me. For my side hustle, I shoot digitally, and don't get me wrong, digital workflow is pretty convenient... but it's all just faff at the end of the day. There's nothing tangible about it. I'm never going to go through my hard drive, clicking through digital photos on a screen and just look at them..
But prints.. and negatives.. those are physical media.. ones that don't even take up much space (seriously a box of 5x7s takes up less space than the brick of a hard drive sitting on my desk) one's that I take joy from when I flip through them. I actually treasure them.
We are always scared of our hard drives blowing up. Of corrupting all the files. Of bricking our whole portfolio.. we spend more and more money on backing these files up... just to make sure theyre safe...
When all we really need is a couple negative archives, some plastic sleeves, and a box full of prints we have made with our sweat and toil.
Shoot personal work on film only. You will never be disappointed.
On that note...
^the squares all taken on Hasselblad. All shot on Ultrafine Extreme either 100 or 400 and dunked in 1:100 rodinol for 1hr. Hence the gradients on the ledt side of the image from the bromide drag. I'd change up my developing schemes but I just love the vintage look to it too much. I just cut off the left edge in my prints if I want to keep it looking "correct"
The last two were taken with my Vivitar Rangefinder on kentmere 100 pushed to 400 in d76. A combo ive been shooting a ton with lately.
**This post was edited on Aug 15th 2018 at 12:42:02pm
^the squares all taken on Hasselblad. All shot on Ultrafine Extreme either 100 or 400 and dunked in 1:100 rodinol for 1hr. Hence the gradients on the ledt side of the image from the bromide drag. I'd change up my developing schemes but I just love the vintage look to it too much. I just cut off the left edge in my prints if I want to keep it looking "correct"
The last two were taken with my Vivitar Rangefinder on kentmere 100 pushed to 400 in d76. A combo ive been shooting a ton with lately.
**This post was edited on Aug 15th 2018 at 12:42:02pm