film & conventional

Hello, I recently bought an Olympus OM10 camera and shot 3 rolls of film (Fuji 400, Ultramax 400, and Portra 800). Most of the shots came out very blurry, except for a few that weren't, but the overall quality was disappointing. Aperture: between f/16 and f/11, maybe f/8, pictures are urban...

Hi all I'm about to embark on holiday to eastern Europe for a few weeks and plan to take my 35mm film camera with me. This will be the first time I am travelling with a somewhat expensive analogue camera. For those in the UK that travel regularly with their analogue camera equipment on holiday...

I'm interested in creating a thread that has any resources on taking photographs in as sustainable way as possible. This can include developers that use alternatives to chemicals; developers that reuse or filter chemicals to prevent toxicity to the environment, companies that use cardbard...

I am considering getting a film camera and would like to know your thoughts on a Nikon F60 available here. My reasoning for this particular model is as below: 1. Needs to be a Nikon as I already have some AF-D lenses. 2. Needs to have some form of automation. 3. Needs to be cheap. Thanks...

Hi all I have been having the same "dust" marks problem with the last 3 negatives I developed. What is strange is this problem has repeatedly appeared on the negatives despite the fact I've been using different film, different developer and even fresh stop bath & fixer. It even appears over the...

So I ordered a 1L bottled of Kodak HC-110 Developer from a UK camera shop that sells through ebay for £45, as a new product. When it arrived I could see no expiry date on the bottle, but there is "2003" indented on the bottom. I'm guessing this is when it was bottled? It's definitely unopened...

I'm struggling to find the right sort of bag to carry LF kit around in. Whether it's my Chroma Snapshot or now Intrepid 4x5, I need a bag to carry the camera, some film holders, loupe, dark-cloth, meterand a couple of lenses on lens boards. I habn't got anything very suitable at present, as the...

Locally grown Devon flowers, captured with my Minolta Dynax 5 and Kodak Portra 400 with my bedside photo setup.

Hi, I’m new to the forum (shoot mostly film on old rangefinders)…..but I wonder if anyone can help…….I’m trying to obtain some Spur Acurol N developer in the UK………. I’ve tried the web and Silverprint are out ……. German countries won’t ship due to the ubiquitous “ complexities of Brexit “ ……. Any...

Hi all, This forum was recommended to me last week when I purchased a secondhand Chroma Advanced 4x5 camera on Ebay. I make, mainly landscape, images in most formats: Nikon DSLR, 35mm, 6x6 medium format, pinhole and, more recently, 4x5. I am finding that I am tending to neglect digital a bit...

Hello. I'm relatively new to the forum. This is my first post but I've lurked for months now. I finally decided to create an account, since this community seems very nice and welcoming. I'm a young adult from France who's been shooting film for quite some time now (+10 years) and since 2017...

Hopefully this is the best place to ask, although possibly it should be in the equipment section... I know there are quite a few threads about scanners, but I haven't been able to glean the information I'd like. Like many others before me I am trying to scan some old prints. I have a Canon...

(Some of this has already appeared in the “New Film on the way” thread, but since that’s primarily about a different film, and because it might be of interest beyond TP Film & Conventional, I’ve re-written some of it here.) A few years ago, I supported the Film Ferrania Kickstarter for their...

Talk / Whinge / Moan ;) about the topic here... No Picture submissions here folks - put them in the entries thead.

Okay, given my (non film) stuff for the past few years up until my recent shooting hiatus has all been "Candles, Skulls and Dimly lit rooms", this shouldn't come as a surprise, but my topic for the next challenge is "SPOOKY" (not @Spooky - an entire thread of pictures of the same person...