I like film...(open thread)

[gbealnz]

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Hi all , I have one question to ask you

Can we do street photos with the SLR ?

 

My answer is :

yes , but needs 35 or 28 lens , not 50 mm ? (my case here)

but M RF light and discreet has my favor !

 

and yours ?

 

Kodak TMAX400-R4S-50 Summicron

Kodak TMAX400 is really a great film , superb black . I used many years ago

and I forgot the rendering and just purchased again 15 rolls recently.

 

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Best

Henry

Couple of beautiful cinch marks Henry. End of the film?

I agree, sort of, a 28 or 35mm would be handy.

Gary

Edited January 29, 2017 by gbealnz

[gbealnz]

Yes Gary , my two "old" cameras are still valid for photos . Not need to spend money to buy

another camera (except the M-A) ... what nice and clear view through the SLR , specially

with the Summicron 50 lens .

Gary you know now what you have to do

Best

Henry

Yes Henry, I do, and am doing it. I have roll of Kodak 200 all but finished in the R8, and once that's done I'll get a roll or two through my Leicaflex SL.

Gary

[DirkR440]

streets of Hanoi

(Rolleiflex 3.5F and Rollei Superpan 200)

 

Hanoi by Dirk Raffel, auf Flickr

[Doc Henry]

I've been thinking about the meaning of the statement of [straight out of the scanner] "with no correction" that you often make, presumably meaning that you're happy how the image looks scanned by your Coolscan 5000 applying the preset from the Coolscan scanner software for the film in question, color or B&W. To me, however, all that means is that you're happy with the quality equivalent of a small "drugstore print" that one used to get from a processing machine, which necessarily used an average, automatic setting. Often, speaking of color negative film, we used to take a frame we particularly liked to a custom lab to have a large print made by a master printer; the same for a special frame of B&W film, if we didn't make large prints ourselves in our own darkroom

 

From this point of view, I don't see as a positive value the fact that a particular scan has had "no correction" applied to it. This, I think is particularly true today since a "hybrid workflow" has revolutionized the ease with which we can make digital prints from negatives, particularly color negatives — even silver prints, if we so wish. And for this purpose many photographers, if not most, prefer a low contrast scan, that lends itself to processing into the best final image and print.

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Alone in Bangkok essay on BURN Magazine

 

Good notice , when I tell "no correction" it's in comparison with what I did with DNG out of my 2 M digital.

I agree with you that when we scan , we pass through the software of the scanner and especially the

digitization of the image and as you said "the hybrid workflow". The best way is through an enlarger

without digitization and print ... but if I want to post here I need this workflow but no correction through

LR or PS as I always do for my digital image.

Thanks for this useful notice

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

Couple of beautiful cinch marks Henry. End of the film?

I agree, sort of, a 28 or 35mm would be handy.

Gary

 

No that's the beginning of my roll. I just want to test SLR for street photos but I'll shoot

more next time.

Thanks Gary

Henry

Edited January 29, 2017 by Doc Henry

[Doc Henry]

One from a morning stroll with LUF member Harold (colonel) on his last trip to NYC...

Times Square

M-A, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Portra 400

Good morning.jpg

 

Lovely guy and well captured Adam à la manière de Henri Cartier Bresson

alos wonderful color !

Thanks Henry

[Doc Henry]

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Zeiss Tenax II, 2.0 Sonnar, Portra 160

 

I occasionally come across these shrines as I poke into corners, but rarely this neglected.

 

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Wayne like in a scary movie.Well done

Best

Henry

[Doc Henry]

Well, I am back. It has been a long ride...image.jpeg

 

Yes Dave glad see you back with this nice picture , it's a long time

Thanks Henry

[Doc Henry]

I have 50,000+ photos on my Flickr around 95% of which is untagged which makes searching a bit difficult (mildly put). This is because my workflow has changed a lot over the years. Occasionally I'll dig up stuff from years back and process them.

 

Here's one from one of our lovely heathen festivities, the 'Valborg' or Walpurgis night on 30 April taken in 2002 on the island of Gotland where I grew up. The motif itself is nothing special except a really large bonfire near the sea. Still I like how it came out after a bit of processing in Adobe Camera Raw. At that time I shot virtually exclusively Velvia 50 pushed one stop. The camera would have been my trusty EOS 1N and the lens probably the (less trusty) EF 50/1.4. Scanned on my Coolscan V ED (which I almost prefer to the 9000 for 135 film since it can leave a bit of a frame and the quality is almost the same).

 

Br

Philip

 

Flickr

 

Philip that's what we call a real fire

Splendid color

Thanks Henry

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Henry,

 

Well, you could scan the prints from your enlarger, but you'll still have to do some sharpening of the scan and probably in most cases some color correction.

[Doc Henry]

No motorised vehicles allowed on the Champs Élysées this day.

 

No cars.jpg

 

Nice black Suede.

 

I'll send you by PM the addresses in VN . For Thailand I think you can ask Nowhereman

(send him a PM) .He lives in BKK.

For Laos I remember you have 1 or 2 Kodak labs in the center , near the Central Market of

Vientiane who develops film , but people use much now digital , not the case in VN.

In Burma I don't know, may be someone here can help you.

Best

Henry

Edited January 29, 2017 by Doc Henry

[stray cat]

An art-gallery street shot (well there's a street outside) from 2008:

 

 

Leica R8, Summilux 35mm, Agfapan 400

[philipus]

Very funny, Adam, he must have been really surprised. Was this with the SF-24D?

 

This photo is also a perfect example that engaging and interesting photographs need not be sharp.

 

br

Philip

 

One from a morning stroll with LUF member Harold (colonel) on his last trip to NYC...

Times Square

M-A, 28mm elmarit pre-asph, Portra 400

Good morning.jpg

[Doc Henry]

streets of Hanoi

(Rolleiflex 3.5F and Rollei Superpan 200)

 

Hanoi by Dirk Raffel, auf Flickr

 

Very nice b&w street photos , typical of Hanoi .Well seen  Dirk.

 

Dirk as I said to Suede, I'll also send to you by PM the addresses... I am

currently  looking for ...

As soon as I have them , I will send them to you

You have a lot of addresses of labs who develop and sell film in HN and HCMC .

Vietnamese people and especially young people shoot now film.

in example look at this link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/285092744860966/

Best

Henry

Edited January 29, 2017 by Doc Henry

[philipus]

Hilarious Phil, really funny, esp. the borderline obscene figure on the right

 

 

An art-gallery street shot (well there's a street outside) from 2008:

 

 

Leica R8, Summilux 35mm, Agfapan 400

[philipus]

Another from the archives. A Velvia 50 frame (also at EI100), shot in 1996 outside the city of Visby on Gotland. This was with my EOS 650 (a great camera) using the 35-70mm kit zoom lens, which was the only lens I had for the longest time (Coolscan V ED). 

 

br
Philip

 

Flickr

[DirkR440]

Very nice b&w street photos , typical of Hanoi .Well seen  Dirk.

 

Dirk as I said to Suede, I'll also send to you by PM the addresses... I am

currently  looking for ...

As soon as I have them , I will send them to you

You have a lot of addresses of labs who develop and sell film in HN and HCMC .

Vietnamese people and especially young people shoot now film.

in example look at this link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/285092744860966/

Best

Henry

 

Hi Henry,

 

thanks a lot and take your time. I think my next trip to Asia will not take place before May.

 

I'll requested to join the FB group.

 

Best 

Dirk

[Doc Henry]

Henry,

 

Well, you could scan the prints from your enlarger, but you'll still have to do some sharpening of the scan and probably in most cases some color correction.

 

When I tell "no correction"  I mean like in example , in this case ... but despite this

I cannot have the similar color of sand , not easy IMO !

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/205842-i-like-filmopen-thread/?p=3197504

 

When I scan (your "hybrid workflow") I scan in TIFF and generally I convert in Jpeg

for post here... but sometimes for some pictures I admit , it needs a little correction

like for exposure.

When I have DNG (digit M cam) , I must convert in Jpeg after for post , but there I

correct in LR generally specially for color who is not satifying IMO and I use DNG

for this correction .

 

For scanning prints, I sold now my Epson V700 scan , and I cannot scan prints.

 

On the other hand , I have a original Nikon Software for the scanner and I cannot do "some sharpening"

as you said , it's not possible, no option for that !

I can do sharp , if I want , in using software but I don't like , I am like Wayne 

I put blurry pictures aside and Idon't use them.

Henry

Edited January 29, 2017 by Doc Henry

[majerkeu]

Poznan, Poland

Leica M2, CV 50/1.5 Nokton tri-x 400

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[Doc Henry]

An art-gallery street shot (well there's a street outside) from 2008:

 

 

Leica R8, Summilux 35mm, Agfapan 400

 

Well composing Phil and nice black and grey !

Best Henry