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Jean-Marc, did you use to live in Sweden? 

 

 

Hej Philipus, 

 

back in 1995, I was at a wedding in the Dalarna County when I spotted this classic car left in a field . Bought it for the price of a used 40 Summicron lens and drove it back to France.

 

Fuji Provia 100 Hexar AF

 

 

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1995 Les Courtines by JM__, on Flickr

 

It was good fun but the Amazon was leaking oil seriously ... :-)

 

Cheers, JM.

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Perhaps some of you could advise me regarding film choice for this. I will be documenting a building and shoot various indoor spaces. Most are lit by daylight and/or artificial ceiling lights (flourescent tubes).

 

I'll be using 120 film only and will probably need fairly long shutterspeeds to get deep DOF. 

 

I'll be shooting colour film and would prefer to use films I know, which basically means Provia, Portra or Ektar. I would love to be able to use Ektar for the apparent lack of grain combined with C41's flexibility in post-processing but I'm worried about the reciprocity limitations of that film.

 

Which film would you pick?

 

Thanks in advance

Philip

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Perhaps some of you could advise me regarding film choice for this. I will be documenting a building and shoot various indoor spaces. Most are lit by daylight and/or artificial ceiling lights (flourescent tubes).

 

I'll be using 120 film only and will probably need fairly long shutterspeeds to get deep DOF. 

 

I'll be shooting colour film and would prefer to use films I know, which basically means Provia, Portra or Ektar. I would love to be able to use Ektar for the apparent lack of grain combined with C41's flexibility in post-processing but I'm worried about the reciprocity limitations of that film.

 

Which film would you pick?

 

Thanks in advance

Philip

 

Philip -

 

Cinestill 800T in 120 format should be the perfect choice for this but unfortunately the quality control is spotty and the halos may not provide the professionally clean look that you are after.  

 

I would stay away from the portras unless the lightening is pure daylight or fairly weak tungsten as the orange affect from the tungsten is very hard to reverse.

 

Provided that you don't have subjects that are moving. Ektar could be a very good choice, even at really long exposures.  The RF only kicks in at about 2 seconds but the published RF adjustments are readily available and rock solid in terms of accuracy.   Ektar is very resilient to long exposures.   The same can't be said for other C41 films.  Even Cinestill 800T has a big question mark when it comes to RF adjustments and the red CC filter needed after about 10 seconds, etc....

 

So I would go with Ektar.  At 4 secs, you'll need 6 secs, at 8 secs you'll need 14 secs, at 15 secs you'll need 30 secs, and at 30 secs you'll need 1:08 of exposure.  Not a big deal with a strong tripod.  A piece of cake for Ektar.

 

Provia 100F is excellent in that it requires no RF adjustments up to a minute.   But the contrast levels may be too high  to capture the shadow detail.  You may want to give it a try in any case.

 

 

For an outside-the-box idea, you might consider some properly stored expired rolls of Ektachrome 1600T in 120 format:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodak-EPT-160T-120-Ektachrome-Tungsten-Pro-pack-of-5-sealed-rolls-Exp-06-1998-/282477884547?hash=item41c4fe7483:g:VtkAAOSwuLZY4NLw

Having said all of this, Tmax would be good indoors as it has very good RF characteristics.  And you obviously don't have to worry about the effects of the artificial light.  But I know you want color....

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Pastoral peace   :)  R5, 90mm Elmarit-R, Neopan 400.

 

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Hej Philipus, 

 

back in 1995, I was at a wedding in the Dalarna County when I spotted this classic car left in a field . Bought it for the price of a used 40 Summicron lens and drove it back to France.

 

Fuji Provia 100 Hexar AF

 

 

36331193092_3f501fcfac_b.jpg

1995 Les Courtines by JM__, on Flickr

 

It was good fun but the Amazon was leaking oil seriously ... :-)

 

Cheers, JM.

 

Very nice color JM with some rays of sun it's great

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Henry

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And some interiors -  a cool old diner that was packed and served a great breakfast.

 

Kenosha_Franks_Portra-1.jpg

 

 

Kenosha_Franks_Portra-2.jpg

 

 

Kenosha_Franks_Portra-3.jpg

 

Leica M6

Summicron 50

Portra 400

 

GNU it's a great series very well done and superb color.

Not easy to take with difficult light condition but the result is great !

in addition soft lines of faces and arms specially of the lady at right

(specially picture 2 and 3) not hypersharp like in digital , and color of

skin is beautiful.

I love film color

Thank you

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Henry

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Reflection

 

 

Hoi An

VN 2016

 

 

Kodak TMAX100-Leica MP-50 Summilux Asph

 

 

 

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Kodak Ektar 100-Leica M7-35 Summilux Asph

any correction

 

The blue...

 

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Kodak Ektar 100-Leica M7- 35 Lux Asph

 

 

Hoi An coast

Aug 2017

 

 

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Adam, thank you very much. You have read my mind regarding the chromes. I think they would result in quite contrasty images since the celing lights will really beat down on whatever is below causing strong shadows. I will bring a second film magazine with something else in it. Perhaps I'll rotate that mag and shoot some scenes with Provia and some with my new friend XP2 or Acros. But Ektar does seem to be the best choice. I don't think I want to take the risk that Cinestill goes belly up on me and ruins the shots. 

 

Best

Philip

 

Philip -

 

Cinestill 800T in 120 format should be the perfect choice for this but unfortunately the quality control is spotty and the halos may not provide the professionally clean look that you are after.  

 

I would stay away from the portras unless the lightening is pure daylight or fairly weak tungsten as the orange affect from the tungsten is very hard to reverse.

 

Provided that you don't have subjects that are moving. Ektar could be a very good choice, even at really long exposures.  The RF only kicks in at about 2 seconds but the published RF adjustments are readily available and rock solid in terms of accuracy.   Ektar is very resilient to long exposures.   The same can't be said for other C41 films.  Even Cinestill 800T has a big question mark when it comes to RF adjustments and the red CC filter needed after about 10 seconds, etc....

 

So I would go with Ektar.  At 4 secs, you'll need 6 secs, at 8 secs you'll need 14 secs, at 15 secs you'll need 30 secs, and at 30 secs you'll need 1:08 of exposure.  Not a big deal with a strong tripod.  A piece of cake for Ektar.

 

Provia 100F is excellent in that it requires no RF adjustments up to a minute.   But the contrast levels may be too high  to capture the shadow detail.  You may want to give it a try in any case.

 

 

For an outside-the-box idea, you might consider some properly stored expired rolls of Ektachrome 1600T in 120 format:  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kodak-EPT-160T-120-Ektachrome-Tungsten-Pro-pack-of-5-sealed-rolls-Exp-06-1998-/282477884547?hash=item41c4fe7483:g:VtkAAOSwuLZY4NLw

Having said all of this, Tmax would be good indoors as it has very good RF characteristics.  And you obviously don't have to worry about the effects of the artificial light.  But I know you want color....

 

Excellent Henry, just the kind of abstract I enjoy looking at.

 

Reflection

 

 

Hoi An

VN 2016

 

 

Kodak TMAX100-Leica MP-50 Summilux Asph

 

 

 

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You guys really are too fast for me ... :rolleyes::)

As I have lots of work at the moment I thought I'd shoot one of these over the date Agfa Portrait Colour film with the very vintage wooden camera I presented, some time ago.

And yes, Henry, I have put one roll of this film away for You. If You have a 6x6, or a 6x9 camera ... well any cam that takes 120 roll film , just tell me.

I gave the film to the local photographer, simple devellopment, scan of the photo as I have little time for more at the moment.

Not a great shot, but I simply love the way this old camera still works. Less side light than the last time, as I put black scotch tape around the back. Some "flare" ( is this called "flare" in English , the way the sun comes in on the bottom ? ), but I don't care.

 

 

 

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And this is a Leica IIIf / Elmar 3.5 shot of the old camera. Film is Kodak Gold 200.

 

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From my Project "Living Like This"

 

Bride in Bradford, West Yorkshire. UK,

 

Leica M6 with 90mm Summicron lens - wide open at F2.

 

Film is Kodak TRI-X at box speed, in D76 stock.

Amazing series, Paul.  Judging by the subjects of these latest images, you really must have won their trust.

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