Show us yer film shots then!

VirtualAdept said:
I picked up one of those DIY TLR kits from Waterstones recently. Three odd hours to build it, and I'd heard some horror stories about it, but set out with a heart full of hope and a thermos full of coffee...
DIYTLR-kentmere400-510pyro_ 1 by Madison S, on Flickr
So far so good(ish)

DIYTLR-kentmere400-510pyro_ 2 by Madison S, on Flickr
Not exactly great quality, but I've seen worse...

DIYTLR-kentmere400-510pyro_ by Madison S, on Flickr
Oh... oh no...

DIYTLR-kentmere400-510pyro_ 3 by Madison S, on Flickr
Well... it looks nice on a rustic looking book case I suppose
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Is that the plastic one that takes 35mm film?

My step daughter bought me one for Christmas a few years ago but it's just stayed on the mantle shelf.
 
LeeRatters said:
Nice. And welcome. I have a folding Voigtlander Bessa but composition is such a pain!
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Thanks. Yep, composition can be hit or miss with the old folders. I have to confess that I cheated with my favourite No.2 Autographic and attached one of the those cheap tele-wide brightline finders. It's not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot easier than the tiny prism finder.
 
Tavitonian said:
Thanks. Yep, composition can be hit or miss with the old folders. I have to confess that I cheated with my favourite No.2 Autographic and attached one of the those cheap tele-wide brightline finders. It's not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot easier than the tiny prism finder.
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Mine is basically a "sports" finder :ROFLMAO:

Like I said, I didn't mind the mechanics of actually using the camera, but I couldn't handle not knowing if things were framed properly - if I had bought a rangefinder one or something, it might have been different.
 
Tavitonian said:
Thanks. Yep, composition can be hit or miss with the old folders. I have to confess that I cheated with my favourite No.2 Autographic and attached one of the those cheap tele-wide brightline finders. It's not perfect, but it's a heck of a lot easier than the tiny prism finder.
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I normally use my old folders on a tripod and use a smartphone with a viewfinder app to estimate the composition. Obviously, I'm not photographing moving things.
 
If I'm photographing something that moves, it's usually a Dartmoor pony. Here's a couple with a film that my local camera shop has recently started selling and recommended. It's called Dragon Film No.1 and it turns out that it's actually respooled Svema NK-2SH motion picture stock. It's not the cheapest option, but I have to say that I like the look it gives. These are with the Olympus XA1, my everyday pocket point-and-click.

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Olympus OM-10
Zuiko Auto-S 35mm f/2.8
Kodak Gold
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.


Leah's Yard-4 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Olympus Trip 35
Fujifilm Superia 100 (expired 2008)
Lab developed.
Home scanned and converted with Negative Lab Pro.


Sidestreet by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr
 
The Olympus XA1 has become my go-to 35mm camera. My beloved old Pentax K1000 that I've owned since 1980 doesn't get a look in anymore.
 
Some from my recent visit to Norfolk and Suffolk (with a few cameras).
From a couple of cams,
Boots P&S Fomapan100 in Bellini Duo Step
Note the scratches... I hope these were on the film that I loaded incorrectly from a bulk loader (must remember- open the gate before winding!!!) and not from the camera.

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Ah! no scratches from the second roll....
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And a couple from a c1958 Baldessa 1b on Fomapan 200 in Bellini Duo Step.
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New thatch underway.

The Baldessa chewed up one film about half way through. I think the mechanics are a bit rough on thin film. Two other rolls successfully shot, so just an isolated issue maybe.
 
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F1.2 said:
Boston has 2 phone boxes to show the younger generation what making a phone call involved .
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There are still some working ones where I live, as there are still some spots on Dartmoor with no mobile phone signal. Apparently there's a legal requirement to provide phone boxes for communities in such cases, although they tend to get a bit overgrown from lack of use. This one is Ilford XP2 in a Pentax K1000 with. . . um. . . a lens. . . maybe a Tamron 28mm?1.jpg
 
so I was GIVEN another Russian ZENIT but the LENS was a newer version with ' Auto-Diaphragm' an dthe ZENIT need a 'Pre-Set ' lens , The lens was a 58mm f2 HELIOS 44M-4 so I put it onto my PRAKTICA MTL3 on which I was trying a 1.55 V battery instead of the now-illegal Mercury 1.3 V and loaded with an outdated 'ACTIVA 400 ' probably KONICA which T set 200 ASA The LENS is very good -- I got great results at f 2.8, f4.5 ,f 5.6 and FULL APERTURE ( The Fire Engine One in Brentwood High Street)
f2.8 Bloke on Bench in shade
PRAKTICA MTL3 + HELIOS 44-M-4 01 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
f5.6 Motor Bike Bloke
PRAKTICA MTL3 + HELIOS 44M-4 02 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
f4.5 Workman
PRAKTICA MTL3 + HELIOS 44M-4 03 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
f2 Fire Engine
PRAKTICA MTL3 + HELIOS 44M-4 04 by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
 
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