Show us yer film shots then!

So, rough and ready!

These shots are not from my recently acquired OM40 but from a film I found lying in a box so had processed. I just took a photo using my 1:1 macro lens, inverted it and this is what I got.

I used my phone as a backlight and you can really see the pixels, going to work on this and find a solution.

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So there we have it, my first ever, non edited, digitised negative, :D
 
dd1989 said:
So there we have it, my first ever, non edited, digitised negative, :D
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brilliant...:D

looks like some of the prints i got back from 'Tru-Print' in the 1960s......:lol:
 
Yardbent said:
brilliant...:D

looks like some of the prints i got back from 'Tru-Print' in the 1960s......:lol:
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The film wasn't even branded except with ISO 200, I think I ripped it out a disposable and threw the camera. The film must be very out of date, that garden is a house I lived in10+ years ago! Film has sat in a junk box ever since.
 
dd1989 said:
So, rough and ready!

These shots are not from my recently acquired OM40 but from a film I found lying in a box so had processed. I just took a photo using my 1:1 macro lens, inverted it and this is what I got.

I used my phone as a backlight and you can really see the pixels, going to work on this and find a solution.

P7316727.jpg


So there we have it, my first ever, non edited, digitised negative, :D
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Not much that a bit of Colour Correcting can't help with...

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still not perfect, but better than Truprint ;)
 
TheBigYin said:
Not much that a bit of Colour Correcting can't help with...

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still not perfect, but better than Truprint ;)
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Cool thanks. I worked out a way to reverse the negative in Lightroom so I can do it all within the app, used the colour picker and set the WB based on the white tab at the side of the film strip.

Can see how adjusting colour helps though. :love:
 
I guess we all thought we were cool in those days.:lol:

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Richard .... an idea for another film thread

god i loved that jacket - a Blacks Ventile IIRC ...+ cords .....so cool ...:D

''The Way we Were''
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Yardbent said:
Richard .... an idea for another film thread

god i loved that jacket - a Blacks Ventile IIRC ...+ cords .....so cool ...:D

''The Way we Were''
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Yes I agree, but who did you post, not you?;)

Yes let,s do the "THE WAY WE WERE" thread.
 
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Some from the Pentax Auto 110 - despite what may be said about 110 film the negatives are quite sharp and contain quite a bit of detail although I suppose I am using a very high quality 110 camera compared to most of them!

Unfortunately the film was 5 years out of date and despite what it said on the ebay auction was definitely not kept in the fridge as is evident from the magenta colour cast! I have had a go at removing it in GIMP but its difficult. I also unfortunately had to overexpose by 1 stop as it was 200 speed film but the 110 'low' speed for the Auto 110 only allows for exposing at ISO 100. I originally thought it was exposing at the 'high' speed setting of ISO 400 as it looked like there was a notch to signal the high speed, but actually the tab was still there and tripped the microswitch I found out later that for years only low speed cartridges had been made. For the next cartridge that I've just finished I filed off the tab to signal high speed.



24mm lens (50mm on 135), shutter speed above 1/30th (only a green LED to indicate above 1/30th and a yellow to signal 1/30th or below)



18mm lens (35mm on 135), shutter speed above 1/30th.

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18mm lens, shutter speed 1/30th or below.

Almost lost a lens before taking the picture above, the 24mm lens is absolutely tiny (about 25mm diameter and 20mm long!) and as I took the camera out of the lens case I had it in, the lens fell out and started rolling down this rock to the edge of this steep 25m drop! I ran after it but it went over. Luckily I then realised that it had caught on a small tuft of grass just down the drop. One of the other guys on the hike who does a lot of climbing was able to lean down and get it. I felt just so lucky then and I even found the lens cap that had fallen off on its roll down. The lens was fine, it just needed a wipe to get rid of the moisture.

The scans could be a bit better, their the ones from the lab which seem to have been scanned at a low resolution. I have had a go at rescanning them with a flatbed, but its very difficult to keep them in the right position throughout the scanning as the holder is designed for 35mm. I'll make a card mask at some point. The couple that I have done look good though.

I now can't wait for ADOX to release Adox Pan 400 110 film!
 
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Yardbent said:
Richard .... an idea for another film thread

god i loved that jacket - a Blacks Ventile IIRC ...+ cords .....so cool ...:D

''The Way we Were''
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The first thought I had when I saw this shot was "Where's the Arran sweater?!" :D
 
Low tide and foggy morning at the Siuslaw river waterfront in the costal town of Florence, Oregon.





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Another view of low tide and foggy morning at the Siuslaw river waterfront in the costal town of Florence, Oregon.





Mamiya 7II, N 43mm f4.5 L, Kodak 100TMX, PMK Pyro, Pentax Digital Spotmeter

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AlanSmithee said:
Another view of low tide and foggy morning at the Siuslaw river waterfront in the costal town of Florence, Oregon.





Mamiya 7II, N 43mm f4.5 L, Kodak 100TMX, PMK Pyro, Pentax Digital Spotmeter

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That has a really spooky feel to it, excellent work as usual! (What's PMK Pyro?)
 
Haven't yet delved in the world of Pyro(catechol/gallol) developers. Results seem to be quite good for the scanning though!

Not sure if the toxicity of the chems put's me off a little though.......

Nice shots of the bridge btw, you always seem to get a very good tonal range in your shots!
 
Gandhi said:
Haven't yet delved in the world of Pyro(catechol/gallol) developers. Results seem to be quite good for the scanning though!

Not sure if the toxicity of the chems put's me off a little though.......

Nice shots of the bridge btw, you always seem to get a very good tonal range in your shots!
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Thanks. Yes, you need to wear gloves with this developer. These types of developers are mostly used by the large format crowd but I use it for the 10-year shelf life and one-shot application. I find it very economical. People have reported capturing 17 stops of light with this developer by employing what Gordon Hutchings, the author of this developer, describes as "minus-x" development. You meter and place the low values ignoring the high, add 3 stops of exposure either by aperture or time and under develop the film by 1/2 the time. Obviously easier to do with sheet film or by a roll devoted to it on a camera like a Hasselblad that has hot-swapping backs.

I meter with the a zone system of metering and scan by histogram (ignoring appearance) to get the full range of tones captured. Then, in the editor, I adjust the curve and decide if I'm going to represent the fullest range of tones or, say, compress the blacks for effect.
 
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Low tide and foggy morning at the Siuslaw river waterfront in the costal town of Florence, Oregon.

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excellent for 2 reasons
1.. it's a great atmospheric capture
2..i 'now' remember driving over that bridge Vancouver to/from San Francisco ..thanks
 
Yardbent said:
excellent for 2 reasons
1.. it's a great atmospheric capture
2..i 'now' remember driving over that bridge Vancouver to/from San Francisco ..thanks
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Thanks. Wow, that's a long drive via the cost highway. And it can be slow too. I tried going only half as far and it taxed my patience. After that experience, I concluded that large, slow-moving motor home vehicles are the fastest rigs on the road. Why? Because they are always in front of you. :thinking:
 
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Still having fun with the Neopan 400cn. The dog on the other hand, is not enjoying it so much.
 
Alan, those are beautiful! Haunting almost :)

I finally ran a roll of Ilford XP-2 Super 400 B/W through my Pentax MX in Brussels. Really happy with the shots that came back, surprisingly! No light leaks either, amazing :)

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Snip!
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Shelf life and one-shotness appeal to me, gloves do not. especially as I have to dev in the kitchen currently with my other housemates sometimes bimbling around making snacks (fools).

So effectively, when using "minus x" dev, you are putting the shadows on zone VI? e.g. normally put shadows zone III and then add 3 stops exposure?

Final question - Scanning - As I use a hybrid process and scan in a very similar way to yourself - How do you find the stain affects the scan itself?
 
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Alan, those are beautiful! Haunting almost :)
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If I captured a mood then I call that a success, thanks!

Gandhi said:
Shelf life and one-shotness appeal to me, gloves do not. especially as I have to dev in the kitchen currently with my other housemates sometimes bimbling around making snacks (fools).

So effectively, when using "minus x" dev, you are putting the shadows on zone VI? e.g. normally put shadows zone III and then add 3 stops exposure?

Final question - Scanning - As I use a hybrid process and scan in a very similar way to yourself - How do you find the stain affects the scan itself?
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I do it all in a large sink with little spill so it is pretty contained. You just don't want to be absorbing any through your skin via contact. Any spills dry quickly and wipe up.

Yes, you are ultimately placing zone III at zone VI. Another way to look at it is to simply adjust your EI by 3 stops. So you'd meter, say, ISO 400 film at EI50 and place zone III as you'd normally do.

I'm not sure about the stain and scanning. I've e-mailed Gorden himself asking that question but didn't get a concrete answer. Before I scan a roll I sample the film base and lock the exposure on the base similar to what you'd do with a color negative with Vuescan.
 
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A foggy morning on the sand dunes near Dunes City, Oregon.




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yet another............:thumbs:


where DO you find the time...:lol:
 
First roll through F70 with sigma 24mm attached Konica Centuria 200Asa well OOD by six years.
Only auto correct with CS5, no sharpening, so I hope you see what the set up gives.
Taken circa April this year.

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Hey the Union flag is showing yet they are all foreign scooters ;)
 
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