SteveYork Posted September 12, 2012 Share #41 Posted September 12, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) By last count, I have two original Leicaflex, three SLs, three M5s, a few FTbs and a Nikon rangefinder, but I rarely carry more then one camera and lens at a time. (What can I say; I get bored easy) I always have one loaded with color, and typically two with different speeds of B&W, and often I let the timing of the day determine what I take. If it's those magic hours in the early morning or late afternoon, I'll take color; otherwise it's B&W. Mood and variety too play a role. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jagwar.jim Posted October 12, 2012 Share #42 Posted October 12, 2012 My Lomo is broken at the moment, but when it isn't broken, I have it on me for colour film. My rangefinder usually had black and white, but lately (due to broke lomo) I have been using it with colour. But since using my rangefinder for colour I have found the photos to be very different. I know that's obvious, but shooting in colour with an M and shooting in colour with a Lomo give two very different results. Not sure what ill do when my Lomo is fixed... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gidion27 Posted November 5, 2012 Share #43 Posted November 5, 2012 I generally use B&W in my M6 and color in a piont and shoot like my Nikon 35TI (great lens and if needed AF) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan2010 Posted November 5, 2012 Share #44 Posted November 5, 2012 I use separate III/IIIf for 50mm and 35mm or 90mm to avoid lense change, both with color negative, while travelling I take an additional IIIf with me for bw. Very rare I also take my M6 with me, mainly because my wife doesn't like to take picutes with the III Stefan Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penzes Posted November 5, 2012 Share #45 Posted November 5, 2012 When I'm on travel, I carry most of the times, more than one body. However, I shoot color with the M9 and use different speed of B/W films in the film M's. Sometimes, I feel a need for slide film, which I prefer above digital images. But than I choose a metered one. M3 brothers by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kivis Posted November 6, 2012 Share #46 Posted November 6, 2012 Lately I have been a major cheater. I shoot 400 ISO color then if I want B/W, I PP it with DXO Filmpack using the Tri-X profile or the XP-2 profile. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted November 6, 2012 Share #47 Posted November 6, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) When I'm on travel, I carry most of the times, more than one body. However, I shoot color with the M9 and use different speed of B/W films in the film M's.M3 brothers by Istvan Penzes, on Flickr My methodology too. M9 for colour, MP for Acros100 and M7 for Tri-X. Before venturing forth on any particular day, I'll make a choice between Acros100 and Tri-X, depending on the likely subject matter and conditions. Two bodies OK, three is pushing it - except when the urge to take my Rolleicord Vb as well becomes too strong! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrid Posted November 9, 2012 Share #48 Posted November 9, 2012 I use two bodies for different speed b/w film. One is loaded with 400asa, the other with 1600. I grab the rare color shot with a compact digital... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
overtoom Posted November 15, 2012 Share #49 Posted November 15, 2012 I always loved slides. So the M7 is my designated body for it while the M8 is for all my bw stuff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 16, 2012 Share #50 Posted November 16, 2012 My methodology too. M9 for colour, MP for Acros100 and M7 for Tri-X. In truth I'm not entirely comfortable using a mixture of both film and digital but I feel I'm heading towards going with neg film for colour and digital for B&W (though not on the same occasion). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted November 17, 2012 Share #51 Posted November 17, 2012 Ian -- interesting you should write that. i am using an M4 and M9 with the original intent of using the M4 for b&w. as time has gone by, however, i find myself enjoying the color negatives (mostly portra 160 shot at 100) more than the b&w. which has me thinking of swapping the m9 plus some cash for the mm. haven't done it yet, just mulling over the possibilities. over, for that matter swapping for m9 for an x2 and another film body. in the end, nice to have choices. one reason behind thinking digital for bw, especially the mm, is that most of the time i prefer b&w is in low light situations anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messsucherkamera Posted November 17, 2012 Share #52 Posted November 17, 2012 In truth I'm not entirely comfortable using a mixture of both film and digital but I feel I'm heading towards going with neg film for colour and digital for B&W (though not on the same occasion). Interesting. I would have thought film for B&W and digital for color. Will you elaborate a bit on why you would choose the approach that you have chosen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalArts 99 Posted November 17, 2012 Share #53 Posted November 17, 2012 Interesting. I would have thought film for B&W and digital for color. Will you elaborate a bit on why you would choose the approach that you have chosen? I can't answer for him, but my feelings are similar. Digital can often produce wonky colors and you have to contend with fixing certain outside of gamut colors (especially bright reds), color aberrations, fringing, and color artifacts, etc.. Personally I feel film has the best potential to deal with color more realistically than digital, and it just looks better to me. Overall I find it easier to work with film color than with digital color. Converting RGB digital to grayscale images you eliminate those issues. To me, B+W with digital looks okay (you can add noise for grain, etc..) (btw, Photoshop CS5 has that Greg Gorman B+W conversion hidden away in the actions palette which works well as a staging point for B+W conversions. I'm not sure if CS6 still has it. imho, there's no real need for expensive plug-ins like NIK software since PS can do everything already although with a little bit more work to set up your own custom actions.) 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sblitz Posted November 17, 2012 Share #54 Posted November 17, 2012 i started out with the bw for film, etc and really evolved in the other direction. i find that the grayscale bw conversion in digital gives me a wider gamut of gray than does film -- and i can go from there. the mm is even better than that from what i can tell, especially in low light situations. the color from digital is okay enough, but when i got back from a vacation in spain looking at my portra 160 and my m9 color, i kept going back to the film shots. perhaps there is some deep nostalgic thing going on, who knows, and i am going to try to get into a technical discussion because its besides the point. the point is what you like and what conveys the image you want to portray want portray. i am not shooting pictures as a profession (weddings, journalism, adverts, corporate portraits, and the like) -- if i were, the line of reasoning would be very different Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattsy Posted November 18, 2012 Share #55 Posted November 18, 2012 Will you elaborate a bit on why you would choose the approach that you have chosen? It isn't exactly my "approach" but it is the direction I'm leaning towards – pretty much for the same reasons given by CalArts. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted November 18, 2012 Share #56 Posted November 18, 2012 but when i got back from a vacation in spain looking at my portra 160 and my m9 color, i kept going back to the film shots. This is my feeling. I look at the rich colours and microcontrast of my holiday film shots that were processed and scanned by a lab, and I know I couldn't achieve the same look with digital with my inadequate PP skills. I certainly wouldn't want to sit down and process over 100 shots like I used to. I've been very impressed by many of the digital B+W landscapes I've seen on the net, particularly M8 and M9 conversions. Pete 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobey bilek Posted November 19, 2012 Share #57 Posted November 19, 2012 For 25 years I carried a chrome M6 for color and a black M6 for B&W. Now I'm finally getting back to that with an M9 and MM for digital color and B&W! Tina Same M6 set up. Now M8 & M9 I am not dedicated enough to get MM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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