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Recent scan of old negative. M6 Tx400. Tony.

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This is what happens to poorly processed Kodak Ektachrome slides from 1968.  I had them done at a local lab in Thailand.  A few years ago I got them out and was shocked to see how badly they had held up.  The colors are almost gone, even the mounts were falling apart.  My camera at the time was a Petri Racer with a 1.8 lens.  I have always liked range finder cameras, simple to operate, simple to own.  

 

 

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Gary/Adam......I appreciate the response and your suggestions.  Here's the shot I took last year with my D810, 800iso, f4, 20sec, 24mm prime.  The skies by me are pretty light polluted, you can see a lot of light coming from behind the tall trees to the right.  I also had to fight the surrounding streetlights to the left, behind me, and the one I blocked intentionally with the wooden monument to provide the shadow.  The was shot #1 that night after a few test shots to get the correct exposure..I couldn't believe I caught two meteors side by side and one at the lower left just above the treeline.  The Milky Way faintly displayed to the left of the meteors.

 

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2015-08-13_001-018-Nik by Marc Tauber, on Flickr

 

 



Marc - i am not an astrophotographer buy just the sound of what you are proposing to do suggest to me that tri x is not the right film. it has very bad reciprocity failure characteristics and I fear that you will get very very high contrast with your results

 

 



Marc,

I have shot a bit at night. OK, I've shot a lot at night.

While Adam makes a case for reciprocity, I always used as fast a film as I could, back in the day.

Now, I would only suggest digital I am sorry.

My suggestion would be the D810 and shoot as many as you can be bothered, before, during, and after the expected timing for the show.

Something like a 14mm lens, the Nikkor 14-24, or similar, something wide, and fast, so wide open. The meteors will appear as streaks, but they should all come back to a common radiant.

If you have the burning desire to use film, stack the D810 on top, or alongside the film camera you select. Again I'd use something like the 14mm (for full frame). It gives some wriggle room for centering, and allows a slightly longer exposure to be used, without showing trailing.

Good luck.

Gary

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Thanks Henry...I was basically planning on pointing my SWC in the same direction as I did last year with my D810/24mm prime; SWC is close to a 24mm equivalent lens in 35mm terms.  If for example, I like a 20sec exposure in a digital test at 800iso, f/4.0...where would you set the timer for Portra pushed to 800?  Keep the same the 20sec or should I set the Reciprocity app with Portra 100/400 at 20sec and use the value of 51sec to expose the film?

 

Marc for astrophotography of stars or moon I have made some tests with Kodak Portra 400 push at 800

and TX400,  the results are good
I'll get some pictures and I'll post. 400 Isos is the minimum IMO
A tripod is essential with long exposures+ a timed trigger would also be advisable
or you can leave the shutter open (option B on cam) if you like stars trails

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Henry

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Thanks Henry...I was basically planning on pointing my SWC in the same direction as I did last year with my D810/24mm prime; SWC is close to a 24mm equivalent lens in 35mm terms.  If for example, I like a 20sec exposure in a digital test at 800iso, f/4.0...where would you set the timer for Portra pushed to 800?  Keep the same the 20sec or should I set the Reciprocity app with Portra 100/400 at 20sec and use the value of 51sec to expose the film?

Marc - i would suggest using ektar rather than portra. The effects of the RF are much better and the colors will be better. Even if due to the slower speed you needed a exposure time of several minutes, id still suggest considering ektar

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Thanks Henry...I was basically planning on pointing my SWC in the same direction as I did last year with my D810/24mm prime; SWC is close to a 24mm equivalent lens in 35mm terms.  If for example, I like a 20sec exposure in a digital test at 800iso, f/4.0...where would you set the timer for Portra pushed to 800?  Keep the same the 20sec or should I set the Reciprocity app with Portra 100/400 at 20sec and use the value of 51sec to expose the film?

 

Marc I only did some outdoor tests and in the country in early fall with clear weather

 

Firstly with the digital camera and increasing isos you also increase the background noise

and you can have the digital banding sometimes with long exposures (sensor heating)

 

With the film it requires longer exposure time in minutes and increased isos also increase

the grain but less than digital . So the idea of ​​Adam is good , I'll try next time Ektar 100

In my test I did it with a  tele lens 135mm and with Portra 400 push  to 800 (just put your isos to 800)

but in general for the stars it is better to have wide angle most luminous as possible (example 35mm

Summilux) I had tried the Summilux and Summicron , Summilux open at 1.4.See picture below

ah Marc I also use a cable release :)  + tripod required as I said above 

Another remark , urban light pollution influences much on the rendering of the photo

You need a dark sky without pollution of the ambient light so far from cities

 

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Henry

 

Here an example from Jean Marc Lecleire , taken with a 35mm on Kodachrome 64

with 4 hours of exposure !

 

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Adam,

 

I understand where you are going, however I'm looking to keep the exposure to 30sec. or there about, not much more.   If you go longer, stars start to look like footballs, as opposed to dots, due to the earth's rotation.  To determine to proper film exposure time would I take the exposure time on my digital test shot I like and plug it into Reciprocity app to get the film's equivalent exposure time?

 

Marc - i would suggest using ektar rather than portra. The effects of the RF are much better and the colors will be better. Even if due to the slower speed you needed a exposure time of several minutes, id still suggest considering ektar

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Took a quick picture at my friend's wedding, shot on R6.2 & 80mm Summilux @ f/2 with Tri-X 400.

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Adam,

 

I understand where you are going, however I'm looking to keep the exposure to 30sec. or there about, not much more.   If you go longer, stars start to look like footballs, as opposed to dots, due to the earth's rotation.  To determine to proper film exposure time would I take the exposure time on my digital test shot I like and plug it into Reciprocity app to get the film's equivalent exposure time?

Then why not use tmax 400; it doesnt push as well as tri x but has much better RF characteristics than trix and portra
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Took a quick picture at my friend's wedding, shot on R6.2 & 80mm Summilux @ f/2 with Tri-X 400.

 

Tony lovely shot i like the light contre jour giving in relief under the two faces . Nice bokeh

Thanks and you are always welcome :)

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Henry

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Adam, 

 

With the Leica-0 Leica really produced a replica of one of the original ur-leicas, the main differences being a housing a few mm higher to accommodate modern 35mm film rolls, and a lens which is coated (it still can flare quite a bit though). The 28mm summaron lens was designed something like 35 years later, and adding it to this body would be practical but quite out of style.

There is no rangefinder on the camera, one has to guess. The finder used on the year 2000 replica is so bad that it never made it into mass production even in the 20ies! (the 2004 replica has a finder similar to that of the Leica I model A) There is a distance scale for focusing the lens, though no depth of field indication. Working with apertures limited from 3.5 to 12 can be challenging. Not forgetting to cap the lens before film transport as well (there is no self-capping shutter). And also having to change the shutter times somewhere in the middle of winding the film on is something to get used to. It is a real cool camera, I'm having a lot of fun with it, and it does take quite sharp pictures (the above one is un-sharpened by the glass). 

 

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Leica-0, CN-200, ns

 

Rgds

 

Christoph

The picture is beautiful for color and definition Christoph

Thanks

Rg H

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This is what happens to poorly processed Kodak Ektachrome slides from 1968.  I had them done at a local lab in Thailand.  A few years ago I got them out and was shocked to see how badly they had held up.  The colors are almost gone, even the mounts were falling apart.  My camera at the time was a Petri Racer with a 1.8 lens.  I have always liked range finder cameras, simple to operate, simple to own.  

 

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Nice pictures and sunset

The scene is charming beautiful landscape

Wayne it's normal if you develop in Thailand my same remark for VN

Thanks

 Rg

H

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