Leica Film Odyssey for a beginner

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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Then stick to digital?

Why.......are we not allowed to have fun shooting film?

[Joshua Lowe]

Hepcat. I agree I am at a crossroads, turn left and if you get a fantastic picture great, if you don't NO BIG DEAL. Turn right and if you get a fantastic picture great, and if you don't NO BIG DEAL

I do this for FUN, thats all it is to me fun, I work my ass of on an Oil rig and have done for the last 36 years. When I come home I want to relax and have fun.

 

ABSOLUTELY I want to learn how to take pictures with a film camera but only if its fun, not reading books not going to school just go out and shoot film and if I get crappy pictures my wife and kids still have dinner, if I get some snap shots I will post them on FB and if I get some (to me ) fantastic pictures I will post them on my website and on here.

 

I really appreciate all the help everyone has given me in this thread and for the last 3 years that I have been coming to this forum, I just don't need stuff shoved down the back of my throat, you have to do this you have to do that...............I just want to go out and take some pictures and have fun

Thanks

Neil 

 

Neil,

 

Film can be just as simple as digital.  The only caveat is that paying for others to process and scan your film is expensive.

 

I don't know if you've bought a camera yet, but if not then I would suggest getting an M6 or MP, a few rolls of Portra 400 and Tri-X 400, and then go out and shoot.  

 

Don't worry about processing or scanning them yourself.  Just have a lab do it.  If you like the results and feel like you want to continue shooting film then you can try your own hand at processing and scanning, if you want.  You don't have to do it if you don't like it, there are no rules!  Everyone keeps trying to stick rules on this stuff, it kills me because it sucks the fun out it.

[hepcat]

 You don't have to do it if you don't like it, there are no rules!  Everyone keeps trying to stick rules on this stuff, it kills me because it sucks the fun out it.

 

Nope. No rules.  Just the laws of physics and chemistry.  

[Doc Henry]

never got a reply about this........ Please

Neil I already answered you here

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/258574-leica-film-camera-for-a-beginner/?p=3020181

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/258574-leica-film-camera-for-a-beginner/?p=3020226

http://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/258574-leica-film-camera-for-a-beginner/?p=3020265

 

1600 is insufficient for "big" print on paper ex: >A3 (for print by your lab,they use Jpeg) *

for posting it's enough , may be a bit too big in LF I post 950-1000 long

but here in LUG I post in 1200 (click on the top, middle, right icon to enlarge) :

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Doc+Henry/Image3balkod400lfhtcf___1200.jpg.html

Nice Hassy but too heavy for me

Best

Henry

* in my case I use my enlarger Focomat for print on Ilford silver paper (b&w) from negative,

it's nicer

[Doc Henry]

Here a picture for Neil, 

My last and recent home lab work with my enlarger

prints on Ilford silver paper in size 12,7x17.8cm and 17.8x24cm

 

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Leica M9-50LA

 

Rg

H.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Here a picture for Neil,

My last and recent home lab work with my enlarger

prints on Ilford silver paper in size 12,7x17.8cm and 17.8x24cm

 

L1015924-2homlabm9la50lf+++900.jpg

 

Leica M9-50LA

 

Rg

H.

ill get there mate[emoji3]

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

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My M6 battery died after 5 days. When asking my mate Raymond about that he said have I been switching it off when not shooting and I have not, another learning curve

[rpavich]

My M6 battery died after 5 days. When asking my mate Raymond about that he said have I been switching it off when not shooting and I have not, another learning curve

That shouldn't matter. It shouldn't have died in 5 days.

[Doc Henry]

My M6 battery died after 5 days. When asking my mate Raymond about that he said have I been switching it off when not shooting and I have not, another learning curve

 

Neil, when I finished shooting and when I put in my Billingham bag

I turn off by setting "off", careful check that this is on "off" when stored in the bag

because it can get back to "on"

For 1 year I still did not change the battery and I have already made a dozen rolls

Best

Henry

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

That shouldn't matter. It shouldn't have died in 5 days.

That's what I'm thinking...... Maybe it wasn't a new one??

[pop]

If the shutter is cocked, the light meter will turn itself on if the shutter release is touched but lightly, as might happen in  a bag. Either store it in your bag without cocking the  shutter or set the time to "B" which will turn the meter off completely.

[Fotoklaus]

As pop described. The battery should last a year, at least. And use silveroxide- or lithium- batteries instead of cheap alkaline.

Two SR44 (357) or one CR 1/3N from a well known brand should be used, in my opinion.

[jaapv]

My M6 battery died after 5 days. When asking my mate Raymond about that he said have I been switching it off when not shooting and I have not, another learning curve

Just make sure it is not recocked when you put it in the bag. It cannot switch on inadvertently then.

[honcho]

Someone might need to explain what cocking the shutter means. All part of the OP's 'learning curve' and I'd hate to seem him fall foul of the law.

[Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS]

Someone might need to explain what cocking the shutter means. All part of the OP's 'learning curve' and I'd hate to seem him fall foul of the law.

 

You all mean by that.........winding on the film ready for the next picture, right????

 

What I an now doing is as soon as I take a picture I wind on the film ready for the next shot, but then sometimes I don't see another picture to take.......

The reason behind this is I keep upsetting my old lady when taking her picture because I will take time to focus, then half press to get the exposure right and if the film is not ready then I have to wind on the film and then go through the whole process again.......this irritates the shit out of my wife, and trust me a irritated Thai lady is not fun to be around :)  

[EoinC]

never got a reply about this........ Please

Yes

[EoinC]

My M6 battery died after 5 days. When asking my mate Raymond about that he said have I been switching it off when not shooting and I have not, another learning curve

Yes, Neil - They can go flat if you leave the shutter dial on. The batteries are easy to find and cheap. Usually last a long time.

[honcho]

You all mean by that.........winding on the film ready for the next picture, right????

 

What I an now doing is as soon as I take a picture I wind on the film ready for the next shot, but then sometimes I don't see another picture to take.......

I see you have a toe-hold on your learning curve.

 

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.......such a relief........

[EoinC]

You all mean by that.........winding on the film ready for the next picture, right????

 

What I an now doing is as soon as I take a picture I wind on the film ready for the next shot, but then sometimes I don't see another picture to take.......

The reason behind this is I keep upsetting my old lady when taking her picture because I will take time to focus, then half press to get the exposure right and if the film is not ready then I have to wind on the film and then go through the whole process again.......this irritates the shit out of my wife, and trust me a irritated Thai lady is not fun to be around :)

I cock the shutter when I'm ready to shoot (lightmeter doesn't function unless shutter is cocked). My wife is Thai, too.

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[wattsy]

I always wind-on after each shot, it's just an instinctive reaction. No battery loss for me (my main cameras are all battery-free ) but I do sometimes find (just when I'm taking a potentially important shot) that the shutter has already been tripped whilst the camera was in my bag.