Show us yer film shots then!

^^^^ I'm sure I saw him at Whipsnade^^^^ :D
 
The dome and the bike are top notch, RJ. Really great light, excellent composition.
 
Last two for me RJ....the bike is my fav!
 
One I'd dismissed immediately after scanning it, this was Kodak Ektar but the colours were ruined by a spot of flare. I can't remember exactly where this was, it was somewhere in Manchester city centre. @PMN might remember, he was there.

Manchester Backstreet by Rob Hooley, on Flickr

Kodak Ektar 100
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robhooley167 said:
One I'd dismissed immediately after scanning it, this was Kodak Ektar but the colours were ruined by a spot of flare. I can't remember exactly where this was, it was somewhere in Manchester city centre. @PMN might remember, he was there.

Manchester Backstreet by Rob Hooley, on Flickr

Kodak Ektar 100
Fuji GW 690
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That is a really good B&W conversion with the lady in the background and the lack of any modern paraphernalia (apart from the yellow lines and that sign :)) in could be from the turn of the 1900,s. I like it very much.(y)
 
abdoujaparov said:
A Hasselblad, @skysh4rk ?! Are you cheating on your Bronica?
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Errr, kinda and reluctantly.

I prefer the handling of my SQ-A, so that's why I had never considered picking up a traditional leaf-shutter Hasselblad outfit, but there are just some things that the Bronica system simply can't do. As I'm heavily involved with sport, I wanted access to faster shutter speeds and faster lenses when necessary.

Consequently, I picked up a focal-plane-shutter Hasselblad to supplement my SQ-A.
 
abdoujaparov said:
You're forgiven ;)
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I had bought a focal-plane Bronica EC first a few months back, but there were issues with the focusing screen, so I ended up returning it.

So, you see, I did try to keep it in the family. ;)
 
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AshleyC said:
The also-ran's

top one is off the Mamiya RZ67, Ilford Delta100. Bottom is the Wista 5x4 Velvia 100



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I couldn't choose, they're both excellent.
 
cheers guv :) i will wait until 23:59 this month before i just chuck one in.
 
Kevin Allan said:
Both sets are really top-notch. They could easily be used for a tourism/marketing brochure.
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Thanks, Kevin!

Kevin Allan said:
Took a trip to Swaledale on Sunday. The weather was pretty gloomy so I decided to concentrate on waterfalls. This is Catrake Force, which I think is also called East Gill Force, near Keld.
RZ67 / 50mm lens / TMax 100


Catrake Force No 1 by Kevin Allan, on Flickr
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Oh, that's a nice one. I'd like to see it printed.

AshleyC said:
The also-ran's

top one is off the Mamiya RZ67, Ilford Delta100. Bottom is the Wista 5x4 Velvia 100



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I think I prefer the black and white one. Perhaps the Velvia photo could have used just a hair more exposure? I do prefer the aspect ratio of the Velvia photograph though.
 
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Lots of grain there,but,I like the second and last shots very much the developing and grain just suits them and they look great.Shame about the OOF in the cannon foreground,but,I can see a ship entering it,s range for a ball to be sent to destroy that Spanish galleon.:D(y)
 
medwaygreen said:
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Lots of grain there,but,I like the second and last shots very much the developing and grain just suits them and they look great.Shame about the OOF in the cannon foreground,but,I can see a ship entering it,s range for a ball to be sent to destroy that Spanish galleon.:D(y)
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skysh4rk said:
I like the tones in these. I also rather like the grain too; it gives the photographs a bit of texture.
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Appreciate the comments, chaps! I'm a fan of grain, I must admit.

Here's one of the cannon with a bit more DoF. The cannon is much better, but I prefer the background in the first one.

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You may be right; perhaps the ideal would be partway between the two? In the first one the far end of the barrel is also OOF.

I noticed you were using the ME Super. I've often found with my Pentax lenses that the DOF is narrower in the final image than it looks on the focus screen. Could it have been that? (Of course, with the rangefinder I'm currently using you get no clue at all, apart from the markings on the lens, and some crossed fingers!)
 
I should really get a proper DoF table printed out to put in my camera bag - I'm always getting it a bit wrong when I'm just relying on the lens markings.

You're right that an intermediate aperture would have been better - IIRC those two are at f5.6 and f16, so f11 probably would have been peachy.
 
abdoujaparov said:
I should really get a proper DoF table printed out to put in my camera bag - I'm always getting it a bit wrong when I'm just relying on the lens markings.
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I just use the lens markings ordinarily for my photographs, but will use an app on my iPhone if I'm needing to be very precise. The problem with charts is that you need a different one whenever you change focal lengths, film sizes, or any combination thereof.

abdoujaparov said:
You're right that an intermediate aperture would have been better - IIRC those two are at f5.6 and f16, so f11 probably would have been peachy.
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This is a difficult shot no matter which aperture you should ultimately choose, as the background blur diminishes as you stop down, but then there's no clear focal point on the cannon if you decide to open up. It's an issue that probably requires movements to really solve...
 
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Keith what lens were you using for the cannon shot as I took a shot of a smaller cannon and it came out quite good for 35mm lens, but the same type of cannon as your one and trying to get a name plate on a wall (about when it was used) all in focus was very difficult even with a 28mm lens and it was one of my failures.
 
Good idea. Just installed DOF and Hyperfocal Calculator on my Android phone. Not bad value for nowt, and covers formats from m43 up to 8*10! Not entirely intuitive, but worth a try.
 
excalibur2 said:
Keith what lens were you using for the cannon shot as I took a shot of a smaller cannon and it came out quite good for 35mm lens, but the same type of cannon as your one and trying to get a name plate on a wall (about when it was used) all in focus was very difficult even with a 28mm lens and it was one of my failures.
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50mm.
 
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