I like film...(open thread)

[mikemgb]

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I guess I will have to go and shoot this again :(

 

Was the the watch lighting up?

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[blackandwhite]

I love Your pics, but You're so fast for me :-)

What happened is I visited an old schoolmate, from back in the early seventies. He showed me a couple of nice old cams ... asking me "Do you want them? I do not use them anyway" ...- an Agfa Box from the early 30s that I most certainly shall try out very soon, a Rollei 35S I just develloped the film that still was inside and a Yashicaflex from the 1950s, I think it is an "A  II"  ( made some research)

I shot a 120 film with the Yashicaflex - quite a bit more "basic" than the Rolleiflex, but excellent lens. There was a bit of dirt on the lens, I only saw this after a first film shot. Cleaned the lens as well as I could, hoping it is just an outside dust problem..

Although this little problem ( like there was more light in the left of the photo than on the right) here's a picture I took of my bike, a couple of days ago. You can see the light "halo" - but the sharpness of this 1950s lens looks great to me.

Kodak Tri-X, stand devellopment Paranol S, 1:100, one hour and fifteen minutes.

 

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[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Was the the watch lighting up?

 

No I had 3 million chinese tourist around me who first came to shoot the towers then decided I was a better picture. after taking the picture I dropped the holder while putting a sleeve on it to 3 million "ohh ahs" and one loud F@CK

 

Neil

[blackandwhite]

Poor Neil ! At least, You're not alone... sh.. happens, as one may say...

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Poor Neil ! At least, You're not alone... sh.. happens, as one may say...

 

Not poor Neil at all.......I will have fun shooting it again, there were some cute ones in amungst the crowd  

[gbealnz]

Go for the Pen F, as the viewfinder is brighter (no light diverted to the meter), and the meters rarely work in an FT these days (and if they do, modern batteries mean they are inaccurate). They are a special treat to use, being smaller and lighter than a Leica. If you like the gritty kind of black and white photos having half-frame negatives helps a lot!

 

Chris

Thanks Chris.

I have my eye on a nice F, in black, with the 38mm lens. I'll get a look at it in the coming months. and if it still there and looks OK, might grab it.

It's a whim anyway, much like the desire to get an SWC, always lusted after one, and found one last year, very happy.

Gary

[gbealnz]

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A couple of a nice old building, was a post office, now an art centre, (old being a relative term for NZ as opposed to the other side of the world).

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A couple of a nice old building, was a post office, now an art centre, (old being a relative term for NZ as opposed to the other side of the world).

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Gary

How do you get your color film developed mate?

 

 

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[mikemgb]

A couple of a nice old building, was a post office, now an art centre, (old being a relative term for NZ as opposed to the other side of the world).

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Gary

 

Love the colours! I must get the E6 I have out of the fridge and into my camera.

[gbealnz]

How do you get your color film developed mate?

 

 

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T'was a few years back Neil to be honest. When I was actively shooting colour stock, and E-6 processing was "common".

 

Now so, unfortunately not so common. There is in NZ anyway a few places that still do it, but not as many.

 

I have a survival pack of E-6 film on it's way for my Europe trip, and through a the fortuitous intervention of an Ozzie member I now have a solid contact in Sydney that processes E-6 (and C-41, plus B&W).

 

Plan of the moment is to shoot the bejeebers out of them while in Europe, then send the whole lot off to be processed in Oz, once we get back.

 

After digging out the swathe of trannies I have, the lure of seeing such vivid and awesome colours has me wanting to shoot E-6 again. And I see my old mate Mike in St Louis is suffering the same fate, LOL.

Gary

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My daughter.

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[david strachan]

I don't put a lot of pics into the "Film Forum", but I have a question...

 

Do your images get much post processing?  I mean does one still do colour corrections, sharpening, noise control etc.

 

I for one do not...very occasional crop is all, as I prefer the raw film look (even though it is digitised from a scanner).

 

Perhaps some wisdom from Henry on this?

 

all best..

[mikemgb]

I don't put a lot of pics into the "Film Forum", but I have a question...

 

Do your images get much post processing?  I mean does one still do colour corrections, sharpening, noise control etc.

 

I for one do not...very occasional crop is all, as I prefer the raw film look (even though it is digitised from a scanner).

 

Perhaps some wisdom from Henry on this?

 

all best..

 

I do not do any corrections, I was an E6 shooter and what comes out of the camera is it. I treat digital the same, I shoot RAW + jpg but 99.9% of the time I use the jpg as is.

[gbealnz]

Me as well, normally pretty much straight from the scanner(s). Occasionally, a slight sharpen, depending on what type of film/camera/format etc. And often I have to set the white points, as sometimes my colour balance is outta whack.

Gary

[A miller]

 

 

Goddam it Adam!

 

As you say, amazing color contrast!

And a touch of colour contrast.

Same details as above.

Gary

 

Thank you, Henry!!

Wow what beautiful palette of color like a painting

You're an artist Adam

Best

Henry

 

Good stuff, Neil.  Getting better and better.

So this morning I decided to go out and shoot a few Kuala Lumpur Landmarks. I love this city, such a diverse culture and amazingly friendly people. I actually parked my car in the middle of the road (four way flashers on) and set up my tripod and Chamonix 8x10 to shoot the Parliament building. Low and behold a police car pulled up and was about to tell me to move when he saw my camera and was like Waaa CTFCO.

 

So we got chatting and I told him that I worked in Nigeria and lived in KL. He said why Malaysia , so I told him that KL is my home and that I love KL.............it put a massive smile on his face and he got in his car and left.

 

All pictures are taken with Ilford HP5+ 8x10 film and developed with D76

 

The the first picture is Putrajaya Parliament 

 

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The second picture is of Seri-Gemilang-Bridge

 

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I have some more negatives hanging out to dry, I will post them later

 

Enjoy

 

 

Last one for today...............heading out for dinner and a few well deserved beers :)

 

Masjid Putra

 

great colors, Henry

Some color now for me

 

Fuji Provia 100-Leica R4S-50 Summicron

No correction   

 

Road to Spain

 

 

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Best

Henry

 

Reminds me a little of the HCB shot...

On the road to Castles Loire Valley

 

Kodak TMAX400-Leica MP-50 Summilux Asph

 

 

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Best

Henry

 

Very cool, Phil.  Love that camera!

It's au revoir from me for a couple of weeks. Keep the great work coming! I'm not going anywhere near Europe, yet strangely, here's a shot from Henry's neck of the woods:

 

 

Sarlat, France 1997

Hasselblad 501C, 80mm Planar, HP5+

 

Looks like a screensaver, Ian.    LOVE LOVE LOVE Portra

Some primary(ish) colours on the Dorset/Hampshire/Wiltshire border. Portra 400 and 28 Summaron.

 

 

Very lovely, Shiva.  Great use of pro film stock for a beautifully rendered moment to treasure for many lifetimes.

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[erl]

I don't put a lot of pics into the "Film Forum", but I have a question...

 

Do your images get much post processing?  I mean does one still do colour corrections, sharpening, noise control etc.

 

I for one do not...very occasional crop is all, as I prefer the raw film look (even though it is digitised from a scanner).

 

Perhaps some wisdom from Henry on this?

 

all best..

I may be a bit different in approach on this question. I consider the variables that are always there and deal with them individually as possible.

First variable is film selection, exposure and processing. These three factors are variable and so must tolerate some correction from time to time, what ever anyone says. The question is how do you want it to look, as opposed to how does it look straight out of the camera and the developer. Lab processing fluctuates up and down. Home processing can be pretty precise if you use 'one shot' processing. So much for the analog part of the process.

 

Then there is the scanning and posting. Scanning can be done many ways. I use the VueScan method where I set the scanner to record the maximum amout of detail it can capture, which always results in a flat looking raw scan. Then I am free to select the dynamic range that suits my intended use. This always involves adjusting the Black and White points, and sometimes the Mid point. Finally I examine the colour balance and decide if I like it or prefer a change. Not always what is accurate, but what is pleasing to my eye. This is exactly how I work in the darkroom as well, both for colour and B&W.

 

The result is sometimes accurate to the truth, sometimes accurate to my taste, which can be different. I exercise my freedom as an artist/technician.

[Wayne]

I don't put a lot of pics into the "Film Forum", but I have a question...

 

Do your images get much post processing?  I mean does one still do colour corrections, sharpening, noise control etc.

 

I for one do not...very occasional crop is all, as I prefer the raw film look (even though it is digitised from a scanner).

 

Perhaps some wisdom from Henry on this?

 

all best..

Aside from  the pure joy of the "hands on" of processing, the fact that there is no more real involvement with PP is the thing that has kept my digital cameras in the drawer. It has gotten so bad that I was trying to remember the term for "white balance" the other day.......No kidding, I had completely forgotten the name for it.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

I may be a bit different in approach on this question. I consider the variables that are always there and deal with them individually as possible.

First variable is film selection, exposure and processing. These three factors are variable and so must tolerate some correction from time to time, what ever anyone says. The question is how do you want it to look, as opposed to how does it look straight out of the camera and the developer. Lab processing fluctuates up and down. Home processing can be pretty precise if you use 'one shot' processing. So much for the analog part of the process.

 

Then there is the scanning and posting. Scanning can be done many ways. I use the VueScan method where I set the scanner to record the maximum amout of detail it can capture, which always results in a flat looking raw scan. Then I am free to select the dynamic range that suits my intended use. This always involves adjusting the Black and White points, and sometimes the Mid point. Finally I examine the colour balance and decide if I like it or prefer a change. Not always what is accurate, but what is pleasing to my eye. This is exactly how I work in the darkroom as well, both for colour and B&W.

 

The result is sometimes accurate to the truth, sometimes accurate to my taste, which can be different. I exercise my freedom as an artist/technician.

Erl

That's pretty much me. In a darkroom you can add filters, you can bleach, dog and bun........... hell if you have that available to you on a computer use it ........ that's what I say.

On another subject the timer in my darkroom has shit itself. I ordered another one on eBay but the seller decided to send it pigeon post so I won't get it for a while.......... so until that arrives I will be scanning and digitizing:)

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Erl

That's pretty much me. In a darkroom you can add filters, you can bleach, dog and bun........... hell if you have that available to you on a computer use it ........ that's what I say.

On another subject the timer in my darkroom has shit itself. I ordered another one on eBay but the seller decided to send it pigeon post so I won't get it for a while.......... so until that arrives I will be scanning and digitizing:)

Neil, I remember the early days when I didn't know you can have an enlarger timer! I had (I still have it) an old Ansonia wind up clock with a pendulm. I used to count the beats of the pendulum as my only timer.!!

[A miller]

On June 8 we had one of the most dramatic sunset I've ever seen.

In anticipation of something nice (but fully expecting to get what I mostly get, which is nothing), I made arrangements to hop over to Brooklyn to shoot it after work.  

First choice was the Brooklyn Piers.  But the tide was high and the piers  were hardly visible.

So I scooted (with my new electric kick scooter, which I LOVE) over to my favorite spot and decided to camp out amongst the dozen or so digital photogs who were already there.

I set up the SWC, loaded the Ektar (also brought Tri-X but didn't end up using it), positioned the 3 stop medium ND grad as best as I could and pulled out my spot meter.  Luckily I had an unused kitchen trash bag in my camera bag and used it to sit on next to the rocks so my work clothes wouldn't get dirty. I sat there for about an hour and my bladder was about to explode.  But it didn't, and instead the sky did.

I have 5 photos to share illustrating the evolution of the sunset.  Would love feedback.

Here is the first

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SWC, Ektar

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