A little challenge? 36EXP project.

^^^ Too bloody right. In fact I do believe that I'm finally starting to look older.....probably looking about 28 now. :whistle:
 
Andysnap said:
^^^ Too bloody right. In fact I do believe that I'm finally starting to look older.....probably looking about 28 now. :whistle:
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Still..it's great not to show ID in the offy any longer.
 
I'm in! I assume we post our shots here whenever they're ready? It'd be great if the thread could be pinned (though this section does have a lot of pinned threads; ,aybe time for a review?).

Oh burger, got to think of a theme now :oops: :$ :help:
 
Umm, can we create our own virtual contact sheets from either our own developing, or from develop only from a lab? I've been repeatedly disappointed by lab scanning (at a price I'm prepared to pay!), so vowed to do all future scanning myself.
 
Great idea for a challenge.

Count me in please
 
Film purchased. I had to resort to some kodak gold 200 which I bought from boots. Probably a bit naff, but £lol on a roll of Portra 160 I couldn't really justify. I have to save ALL of the pounds just to buy ten sheets :(
 
Southdowns said:
Umm, can we create our own virtual contact sheets from either our own developing, or from develop only from a lab? I've been repeatedly disappointed by lab scanning (at a price I'm prepared to pay!), so vowed to do all future scanning myself.
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I was planning to get my contact sheets done at either AG photolab who do them by hand, or in a darkroom myself. When I get access to a darkroom I'd be happy to help people out with doing some contact prints, black and white only though.
 
robhooley167 said:
I was planning to get my contact sheets done at either AG photolab who do them by hand, or in a darkroom myself. When I get access to a darkroom I'd be happy to help people out with doing some contact prints, black and white only though.
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OK, thanks. If I go B&W I might well take you up on that :). But if not, are we saying only a lab contact sheet is acceptable? Can we not scan our negatives, then create a virtual contact sheet in Lightroom or Photoshop?
 
I would be up for this - I may have to repack my camera bag for an upcoming holiday...

Or could I be annoying and use a 120 roll?
 
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Sectionate said:
I would be up for this - I may have to repack my camera bag for an upcoming holiday...

Or could I be annoying and use a 120 roll?
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Nope...It's called the 36EXP project, mainly because you have 36 shots (simple innit?), the name of the game is to shoot a single roll of 35mm
 
Strappy said:
Do we have to convert those northern years to human years in the same way as you do for a dog?
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Not quite as simple as the dog conversion - Northeners count the summers so you need access to the meteorological records for the area to calculate their true age (round pound accounting, 1 Northern summer ~ 5 years!)
 
Also, you have to take into account natural wastage from wolf packs and bear attacks, average age is still only 28 in more rural areas. Still, its better than being a southern softie with your namby-pamby living to old age rubbish or worse still being from Norfolk....:D
 
Southdowns said:
..........are we saying only a lab contact sheet is acceptable? Can we not scan our negatives, then create a virtual contact sheet in Lightroom or Photoshop?
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Does anyone know the answer to this one?
 
Yeah it's fine if you can't get one done on paper and scanned in, but the "traditional" approach is preferable.
 
OK thanks Rob, I'll see what I can do.

(no-one tell Rob, but I'm going to scan my negatives, create a contact sheet in Lightroom, print it, scan it into Lightroom, then submit it. After all, most lab contact sheets are exactly that anyway - prints of scanned negatives rather than darkroom produced items ;))
 
I'm going to hang my negatives in strips of 6 in the bathroom, photograph them with my phone, upload to Lightroom, convert to DNG, print each photo, photograph the prints with an MF camera, develop the negatives, hang those in the bathroom, photograph them again with my compact digital with on-board flash, upload to flickr, share to facebook, download again, arrange in rows of 6 using custard creams painted black as sprocket holes and photograph with the proper digital camera, then share that final image here. That'll show 'im, bloody rules jockey.

Well, either that or I'll shoot slide. After all, it's Velvia weather outside. :)
 
Well that's just ridiculous Dean. Why waste custard creams when Oreo's are already black, and are inedible anyway?
 
Oreo's are the wrong shape for sprocket holes unless you're prepared to nibble round the edges and I'd sooner use them as suppositories than eat the horrid things.

Mind you, making custard creams black isn't that great an idea either. Anyone know how to get ink off your teeth? I'm, erm, asking for a friend.
 
Strappy said:
Anyone know how to get ink off your teeth? I'm, erm, asking for a friend.
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Yes. Image>Adjustments>Replace Color>Pick black with eye dropper>Choose yellow to replace with>OK.
 
You guys just crack me up. I'm now sitting here with a coffee coloured lap after reading those last 3 or 4 posts... nutters. :D
 
We aim to please :)
 
Strappy said:
I'm going to hang my negatives in strips of 6 in the bathroom, photograph them with my phone, upload to Lightroom, convert to DNG, print each photo, photograph the prints with an MF camera, develop the negatives, hang those in the bathroom, photograph them again with my compact digital with on-board flash, upload to flickr, share to facebook, download again, arrange in rows of 6 using custard creams painted black as sprocket holes and photograph with the proper digital camera, then share that final image here. That'll show 'im, bloody rules jockey.
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Bloody Lomography . . .
 
Andysnap said:
You guys just crack me up. I'm now sitting here with a coffee coloured lap after reading those last 3 or 4 posts... nutters. :D
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Yeah, yeah, "I spilt my coffee", we know the truth, Andy, these accidents happen at your age. ;)



abdoujaparov said:
Bloody Lomography . . .
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You'll all be doing it next year, I'm so hipster that I'm there ahead of the rush. Wish I could fit into the skinny jeans though :(
 
Well, ive decided on a theme, and its crying out to be done on slide film. Jeez, what have I got myself into?
 
Southdowns said:
OK, thanks. If I go B&W I might well take you up on that :). But if not, are we saying only a lab contact sheet is acceptable? Can we not scan our negatives, then create a virtual contact sheet in Lightroom or Photoshop?
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Asda give you a small contact sheet when getting your film dev and scanned
 
*Cough Cough*

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I've messaged them to see how much they charge, will update when they reply.
 
Having just rung them up, for a roll of B&W developing and hand contact print it comes to £9.99 + return postage. For C-41 it comes to £8.99 + return postage.
 
It'll end up being the first roll of B&W that I've shot and not developed myself.
 
robhooley167 said:
Having just rung them up, for a roll of B&W developing and hand contact print it comes to £9.99 + return postage. For C-41 it comes to £8.99 + return postage.
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Serious question - do they do it for E6 or should I line up the negs on a light board and take a photo of them?
 
They don't appear to offer traditional contact prints for E-6, so just line them up and shoot them (y)

Edit - The negs, not AG Photographic
 
Can I line my C41 scans up on the screen and take a photo of them using Velvia?



Sorry, couldn't resist! :coat:
 
excalibur2 said:
Asda give you a small contact sheet when getting your film dev and scanned
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I know, but their scanning is crap, so I object to using it. My (sort of) serious point is, why do we have to pay a lab to do something we can do ourselves, i.e. produce a contact print from scans? I think the rule is turning out to be "if a lab offers what you need, you MUST pay a lab. If, and only if, there's no lab that'll do it, you're free to do whatever you want"?
 
If you don't want to pay the lab to do them from the negs, do it yourself from scans.
 
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