I like film...(open thread)

[gbealnz]

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I would think he means the rewind lever, the one that allows the sprocket rollers to rotate backwards while rewinding. Moot now though, as the film can easily pass over the sprockets with the rear door open, IN THE DARK of course.

The camera tech comment makes me happier, he is unlikely to stick his pinkie through your blinds, unless of course he's short of work this time of year, LOL.

Gary

[EoinC]

Found a forgotten roll - The unpredictable (at least to me) Rollei RPX25...

(M6 w/ Summilux 35, I think)

 

A001 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

[mikemgb]

I would think he means the rewind lever, the one that allows the sprocket rollers to rotate backwards while rewinding. Moot now though, as the film can easily pass over the sprockets with the rear door open, IN THE DARK of course.

The camera tech comment makes me happier, he is unlikely to stick his pinkie through your blinds, unless of course he's short of work this time of year, LOL.

Gary

 

Yep, that one, I didn't know if an M7 had that or a button.

 

Can the take-up spool of an M7 be removed once the base plate is off? If so that would make recovering the film very easy.

[A miller]

I would think he means the rewind lever, the one that allows the sprocket rollers to rotate backwards while rewinding. Moot now though, as the film can easily pass over the sprockets with the rear door open, IN THE DARK of course.

The camera tech comment makes me happier, he is unlikely to stick his pinkie through your blinds, unless of course he's short of work this time of year, LOL.

Gary

 

Ha ha, but he doesn't want to be short a pinkie so he better use his brain!

[A miller]

Yep, that one, I didn't know if an M7 had that or a button.

 

Can the take-up spool of an M7 be removed once the base plate is off? If so that would make recovering the film very easy.

I have no clue.  I just know that I will be biting my nails off until tomorrow afternoon when I find out what this guy can do 

[A miller]

Found a forgotten roll - The unpredictable (at least to me) Rollei RPX25...

(M6 w/ Summilux 35, I think)

 

A001 by Eoin Christie, on Flickr

 

Very cool, Eoin.  The luminance surrounding the women in the burkhas has a certain holiness to it.

[gbealnz]

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Yep, that one, I didn't know if an M7 had that or a button.

 

Can the take-up spool of an M7 be removed once the base plate is off? If so that would make recovering the film very easy.

I recall it being a fixed take up spool I think. This will only mean that the film has to be "drawn" out back over the sprocket rollers rather than the whole lot being pulled out. Slightly more work but it'll get sorted.

Gary

[A miller]

I recall it being a fixed take up spool I think. This will only mean that the film has to be "drawn" out back over the sprocket rollers rather than the whole lot being pulled out. Slightly more work but it'll get sorted.

Gary

 

yes it is definitely a fixed take up spool.

[gbealnz]

Still not impossible, slightly more difficult, but perfectly fixable, hang in there.

Gary

[stray cat]

For Phil and James ,  Kodak Portra 160 dev home lab in Tetenal 38°C

 

 

 

Leica M7-Macro Elmar 90-Tripod

 

 

 

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Henry

 

 

Thank you sincerely, Henry. This is an absolute stoater, as the Glaswegians would say.

 

Very cool seen, Phil.  It has it all!  Now I see why people love that film as the contrast can be made quite strong with the deep blacks and bright whites all rolled into one!    The cloud in the distance seems to mock the elegance of the bird flying  And congrats on the development.

 

Really love the vibrance of the colors and the bokeh from that f4 lens.  Impressive

 

Many thanks indeed, Adam. I was very nervous for the development but, in the end, it was like Henry and others said here - much the same as black and white. And so rewarding. Ilford XP2 Super is a great film - I especially like using it with the M2, as it has the latitude to cover any slight exposure miscalculations. And I've found there is a certain feeling of freedom using a camera without referring to a meter, so it makes a good walk around kit.

 

Nice result. When I fist looked at it, I thought you were being pretty brave with B&W film in C41 process.............It then came to memory that XP2 is a C41 film.

 

So how long did the flying bird make you wait?

 

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Wayne

 

Thank you so much Wayne. To be honest I was more worried that the other seagulls would take off as I advanced on them slowly, trying not to panic them. I did see the bird approach, and thought/hoped I'd caught it (aaah, the benefits of no viewfinder blackout!) and I had fairly high hopes for this picture, but when I saw the negative I was delighted to find that it had tilted itself at a nice angle as well.

 

So today was bitter sweet here in New York City.  It SNOWED like mad pretty much all day.  With major winds.  I was like a kid in a candy store with my M7, 28mm, portra 400 and flash.  I got two good rolls in.  That is the sweet part.  The bitter part is that my second roll tore and is stuck in my camera.  ARGHH - never happened to me!  So I took my camera to the lab and hope that they can successfully extract the film without damage.  The film tore off of the container and is wound around the spool on the right side of the camera.  Anyone have a sense of whether the film is salvageable?  

 

In any case, I gave Newsday a blizzard photo from last year for their Intagram account, which has garnered some above-average interest...  I'm always happy to make people smile. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdhxwzSnxFh/?hl=en&taken-by=newsday

 

The lab will sort it Adam, no problem. Congratulations for the coverage in Newsday - great shot! Can't wait to see the recovered film and the other one you shot yesterday!

[stray cat]

 

 

What a dream picture, Phil, not only to get a bird passing through the frame at the right moment but also capture it in that pose. And then the clouds in the background...awesome.

 

 

 

 

Thank you most sincerely, Philip. Yes, as it was I had to go down to the local shops for something just as the storm was rolling in, so I stopped by the jetty on my way home as I thought I'd like to get a picture of the rather dramatic light and clouds. The birds were a bonus! Boy did it bucket down just after I took this shot though - didn't quite make it back to the car in time!

[Sharif]

Jazzkeller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

 

Jazzfans #2 by Herr Sharif, auf Flickr

 

Zeiss Ikon ZM, Leica Summicron 2.0/50, Ilford Delta 400@1600, Ilford ID11, Scan with Plustek Opticfilm 7600

 

Sharif

[kalkadan]

in the new Russian orthodox church

Paris dec 2017

 

 

Kodak TX400-Leica MP-50 Summilux Asph

 

 

 

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Henry

Love it Henry.  The composition and exposure, such a good range.  It's great the way you held the exposure in the candle flames.  I always find that very hard to do - generally resort to spot metering, but don't think you have that on the MP?

Dan

[kalkadan]

Jazzkeller, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

 

Jazzfans #2 by Herr Sharif, auf Flickr

 

Zeiss Ikon ZM, Leica Summicron 2.0/50, Ilford Delta 400@1600, Ilford ID11, Scan with Plustek Opticfilm 7600

 

Sharif

This is just terrific Sharif.  The perfect moment, and the perfect exposure for the job. Reminds me of the work of some of the great photo-journalists of the 30s, 40s and 50s

Dan

[rijve044]

So today was bitter sweet here in New York City.  It SNOWED like mad pretty much all day.  With major winds.  I was like a kid in a candy store with my M7, 28mm, portra 400 and flash.  I got two good rolls in.  That is the sweet part.  The bitter part is that my second roll tore and is stuck in my camera.  ARGHH - never happened to me!  So I took my camera to the lab and hope that they can successfully extract the film without damage.  The film tore off of the container and is wound around the spool on the right side of the camera.  Anyone have a sense of whether the film is salvageable?  

 

In any case, I gave Newsday a blizzard photo from last year for their Intagram account, which has garnered some above-average interest...  I'm always happy to make people smile. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdhxwzSnxFh/?hl=en&taken-by=newsday

[philipus]

Last summer I spent some time near the amazing sand dune Dune de Pilat in southern France and had the opportunity to visit a few times. It's Europe's tallest sand dune, currently approx. 110m tall and 2,7km long. Since I'm perpetually behind on my scanning I've so far only processed my 35mm photos. Here's a sunset photo looking south. Actually if one turns to the right at this spot one will look across the water and towards the Plage de la Pointe where I shot the Atlantikwall graffiti photos posted earlier.

 

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50/1.4A Velvia 100

[A miller]

Last summer I spent some time near the amazing sand dune Dune de Pilat in southern France and had the opportunity to visit a few times. It's Europe's tallest sand dune, currently approx. 110m tall and 2,7km long. Since I'm perpetually behind on my scanning I've so far only processed my 35mm photos. Here's a sunset photo looking south. Actually if one turns to the right at this spot one will look across the water and towards the Plage de la Pointe where I shot the Atlantikwall graffiti photos posted earlier.

 

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50/1.4A Velvia 100

 

gorgeous, Philip.  Has everything.

[rijve044]

hi Adam

It happened to me incidently and I assume you don’t have a changing bag or darkroom.

What about a small room/ toilet and darken it with black plastic or textile?

Check 5 min in the dark for light leaks, put the camera front on a blanket on the floor, open the camera

back and check if the film end is still on the sprocket rollers and pull the film slowly under 45degrees

from the upwinding spool, roll it carefully and put it in the black lighttight container (Kodak)

Take the cassette out on the otherside and rewind the end of the film in the cassette.

In the event the film is complete on the upwinding spool you should take a pair of tweezers to catch

the film end out. Once you have this you make circular movements (anti-clockwise) seen from the bottom of the camera with the film end and slowly roll the outcoming film every 20-30 cm step by step and put it in the lighttight contaner. Done. It isn’t difficult but work slowly, be patient and relax.

Note: the take up spool moves freely in both directions independent of the rewind lever on the front.

Be carefull with the shutter blinds.

If you don’t want to do this you can try this in daylight with an old film for another occasion.

Good luck anyhow.

[sblitz]

So today was bitter sweet here in New York City.  It SNOWED like mad pretty much all day.  With major winds.  I was like a kid in a candy store with my M7, 28mm, portra 400 and flash.  I got two good rolls in.  That is the sweet part.  The bitter part is that my second roll tore and is stuck in my camera.  ARGHH - never happened to me!  So I took my camera to the lab and hope that they can successfully extract the film without damage.  The film tore off of the container and is wound around the spool on the right side of the camera.  Anyone have a sense of whether the film is salvageable?  

 

In any case, I gave Newsday a blizzard photo from last year for their Intagram account, which has garnered some above-average interest...  I'm always happy to make people smile. 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdhxwzSnxFh/?hl=en&taken-by=newsday

 

just saw this .... same thing happened to me once .... went to the color house then downstairs to their darkroom in the basement ...  more like a dark ballroom .... anyway I was finally able spool it off the take up reel but some of the last shots got ruined by whatever implement I was using to get some leader out to get a grip so I could unspool the rest of the roll without incident. good luck with it!!!!!! didn't have time to shoot film today, but I got some digital shots in, posted in the street forum ..... look forward to seeing your efforts!

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[Doug A]

Playback has been disabled - but I get the gist.

Problem with home developing -> how to do in a normal domestic setting where the only rooms with running water are the kitchen and bathroom (bathrooms in the UK have a bath ). Neither are ideal for photo-chemistry. Only option is to use a commercial photo lab. I have no doubt others have the same predicament.