black and white film

not a lot in it really ,,, but i wont be getting any of the ortho for a while ,,,well not before it drops below £20 a roll anyway :lol:
 
donutagain said:
not a lot in it really ,,, but i wont be getting any of the ortho for a while ,,,well not before it drops below £20 a roll anyway :lol:
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that's not out of the ordinary price for 25 off 4"x5" sheet film... only looks dear in comparison as it's not offered in 35mm rolls.
 
david1701 said:
ortho?
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mega high contrast graphic arts type stuff I think. Some guy was doing a talk on it at my camera club the other week. If you think slide has no exposure lattitude then ortho makes slide look forgiving.
 
TheBigYin said:
that's not out of the ordinary price for 25 off 4"x5" sheet film... only looks dear in comparison as it's not offered in 35mm rolls.
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oops , i must learn to read someday .:lol:

in that case its a bloody bargin , i'll take two ,,,now can someone tell me how to use sheet film please?
 
Yes,
1. Buy a 5x4 or an 8x10 field cam.
2. Put one sheet of film in the film holder.
3. Attach the film holder to the cam.
4. Press shutter release / The End...:)
 
so is sheet film just like one big negative??
 
donutagain said:
so is sheet film just like one big negative??
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Its no coincidence that a 5x4 camera shoots a frame on a 5 inch by 4 inch piece of film....;)
And the 10x8 is exactly what you'd expect it to be, they go larger still.
Some peeps shoot 10x8 to contact print, the neg is so large you can make a 10x8 print by just laying the neg directly on the paper and shining a light through it effectively, no enlarger required.

One thing I have always wondered, why is 35mm & M/F all measured in mm, but as soon as you hit large format we go to inches..:thinking:
M/F is sometimes measured in inches, like 6x6 being 2 1/4 but I dunno, just seems daft that 5x4 dwarfs 6x6..:shrug:
 
Joxby, from what I remember, 35 mm is a measure of nothing really. It was originally Kodaks film No 135; which somewhere along the line became 35 mm ( I remember some dimension or the other in the film, the long side, I think, is actually c36.5 mm.

Small film sizes were standardised by Kodak; 120, 125, 110 etc. were all numbers designating film types

Or may be, I am talking rot :D:D
 
ujjwaldey8165 said:
Joxby, from what I remember, 35 mm is a measure of nothing really. It was originally Kodaks film No 135; which somewhere along the line became 35 mm ( I remember some dimension or the other in the film, the long side, I think, is actually c36.5 mm.

Small film sizes were standardised by Kodak; 120, 125, 110 etc. were all numbers designating film types

Or may be, I am talking rot :D:D
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Nope I reckon you are spot on.:thumbs:
 
Actually, non of its right, is it....:lol:

35mm is 36mm, 6x6 is 56mmx56mm, chuck in kodak's made up out of nowhere numbering system and its a wonder anybody knows anything..

The guy cutting film up is Dean, he's cutting 120 < (made up number :lol:) from 9.5 inch wide 400ft long IR aviation film..:eek:

Kodak Aerochrome
 
:lol:lol..andy, thanks. You must have noticed, I certainly am one sad b****r. I know more about photographic equipments than photographing.

And given the little I know of equipments; the less said about my photographing skills the better.

But the good thing is, I know how to become a good one. I need the camera which is right for me. Just as HCB had leica, and Capa had contax, I need my own brand. Unfortunately, I am still looking for it. :D:D

Didn't someone once say : stop talking of equipments and start taking some photographs. :lol::lol:

P.S : does anyone know what camera was used to take the famous Red Flag on Reichstag photograph.
 
ujjwaldey8165 said:
snip...Didn't someone once say : stop talking of equipments and start taking some photographs. :lol::lol:
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I tend towards the approach of a certain Mr. L.Armstrong, albeit he applied his maxim to Cycling - "It's not about the Bike"

Just as well, as I can't afford Hasselblads, any more than I can afford Super Record equipped Pinarellos :lol:
 
joxby said:
Photojourns all shot Leica in those days, I'd put money on it..:)
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Not all; Capa used Contax II ( a far better camera, really)

But you are right about Khaldei and Leica. Another snippet google threw up : The two men got on well, and Capa gave Khaldei a "Speed Graphic" camera when they were both covering the Nuremburg war crimes trials.

Ironic, really that the great german engineering produced the finest witness of its destruction
 
joxby said:
Actually, non of its right, is it....:lol:

35mm is 36mm, 6x6 is 56mmx56mm, chuck in kodak's made up out of nowhere numbering system and its a wonder anybody knows anything..

The guy cutting film up is Dean, he's cutting 120 < (made up number :lol:) from 9.5 inch wide 400ft long IR aviation film..:eek:

Kodak Aerochrome
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&#8364;18 a roll + &#8364;3 postage, but I'm still going to buy 5 rolls ;)
 
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