Show us yer film shots then!

[Asha]

Yes, and glass framed on hard board too. The venue will of course be somewhere in North-West England, and each entrant must provide at least 10 prints for the curator to choose from for display.

There we go chaps, sorted... the shipping costs alone should make him change his mind to 6x4 enprints now!

Im touched by such efforts to discourage my participation....... all you have to do is refuse European entries!

 

[Mr Badger]

Im touched by such efforts to discourage my participation....... all you have to do is refuse European entries!

Much too unreliable, after all, Australia has been known to enter the Eurovision Song Contest, so we can't run a risk like that!

Joking aside, it wasn't you taking part it was the thought of grain-free A1 prints... I mean, it's just not natural!

 

[Asha]

A fairly recent 'grab shot' ( if there is such a thing with a LF field camera ) on a very 'close' , humid, humid, thundery day.

 

[ChrisR]

Foggy trees in January, first shot on the second roll this year. Pentax MX, M50/1.7 lens, Kodak Tri-X. HC 110B based on 7:30!



Oops, who didn't do a good job on the dust and hair spotting!

 

[FishyFish]

Bronica ETRSi
Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8
Fomapan 400
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9 12mins @ 20°


Across the Rother on the Trans-Pennine Trail by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[Harlequin565]

M7, & 28mm Summicron from my local walk around the village. Don't think Diafine likes it. Shadow detail pretty poor on the contact sheet. I can feel another test coming on.

 

[ChrisR]

Nice bit of snow in January... Pentax MX, M50/1.7 lens, Kodak Tri-X. HC 110B based on 7:30...

 

[ChrisR]

And that castle in the snow again... Pentax MX, M50/1.7 lens, Kodak Tri-X. HC 110B based on 7:30!

 

[Asha]

I posted a scan of this a while back.
Exposed through the Chroma Snapshot camera.
This is a 10x8 wet print n MGIV paper , grade 5 filter ( the neg seriously lacked contrast which for the scanner was fine but for the enlarger was a non starter with lower grade filters)



And then when one forgets to turn off the enlarger lumination fogging a sheet of paper, what other use is there for it?! Lol

 

[Harlequin565]

EOS-1v on some newly rolled Maco Eagle traffic camera film..

Two Suns In The Sunset by Ian, on Flickr

 

[FishyFish]

I'm unsure as to why this photo is so grainy. It, and a few other low-contrast scenes, have very noticeable grain while the images on the rest of the roll have much smoother grain (even in low-contrast areas like sky etc.). Whatever the case, I still like the result.

Olympus OM-2N
Zuiko 135mm f/2.8
Ilford HP5+ (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°


Across the lake by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[Harlequin565]

I'm unsure as to why this photo is so grainy

Weird isn't it. The "8" looks so clean & sharp and I was surprised to see that considering the grain elsewhere. I do wonder whether the quality of the light makes a difference and whether there's more to it than simply an EV.

Lovely image.

 

[Boots]

I'm unsure as to why this photo is so grainy.

I do wonder whether the quality of the light makes a difference and whether there's more to it than simply an EV.

As you both know I have been having my own issues with occasional grain, and have been wondering exactly the same thing - sadly I have failed to come to any conclusions so far.

I too agree that it is a lovely image, made all the more beautiful (in my opinion) by the grain.

 

[excalibur2]

...artifacts when scanning a thin underexposed neg?
In the news:- Gustav Klimt got away with the "look" for his painting.

 

[Peter B]

I've had results like this before when shooting 35mm HP5+, but not really for any obvious reason and not for the whole roll. I don't shoot it in 35mm now, and have never had similar issues in 120 or 5x4, even in well OOD film.

 

[FishyFish]

...artifacts when scanning a thin underexposed neg?
In the news:- Gustav Klimt got away with the "look" for his painting.
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The frame isn't underexposed though, it's relatively dense, otherwise I'd agree. As I mentioned to @Boots in another thread, it might be an artefact of the scanning process - although I got pretty much the same results using both Silverfast and Vuescan. I don't have a loupe, otherwise I'd have a close look at the negative to see if the grain is apparent at source.

 

[StephenM]

The only variable I'm aware of that can increase grain that wouldn't affect the whole roll is exposure. More exposure = more grain.

 

[Boots]

As I mentioned to @Boots in another thread, it might be an artefact of the scanning process - although I got pretty much the same results using both Silverfast and Vuescan. I don't have a loupe, otherwise I'd have a close look at the negative to see if the grain is apparent at source.

That reminds me, I did not report back. I used my loupe. but could not see any grain in the negative - but, my loupe probably isn't powerful enough, I get a 20mm section filling the field of view. I also rescanned an affected negative at the maximum resolution of my scanner (3200 thingies) and it did improve matters quite considerably, but not entirely. That seems to add some weight to your thought about a scanning artefact being (at least partially) responsible.

 

[Chungle456]

HP4+, Rollei SL66 + red filter. Rodinal @9mins

 

[Chungle456]

I also found one of my older scans I'm particularly fond of, but can't for the life of me remember which camera or film I used for it. It was either a Minolta CLE or a Minolta X700.

 

[Kevin Allan]

A few weeks ago I walked into Newcastle with a Horizon 202 and an Olympus 35RC. The film snapped in the Horizon so I only showed pictures from the 35rc. Yesterday I repeated the trip and the Horizon played nicely with FP4+


Manors car park, Newcastle by Kevin Allan, on Flickr

 

[Asha]

A few weeks ago I walked into Newcastle

Yesterday I repeated the trip

Blimey Kevin, glutton for punishment or what?!!

 

[moggi1964]

I think I may have posted this image elsewhere on the forum but given it is on film then no harm in doubling up. Yashica Minister D (with no meter) and Portra 400.

Straight off the lab scanner with no PP by me. (I will rescan it myself and have a play at some point).

 

[FishyFish]

Another overly grainy HP5+ shot.

Olympus OM-2N
Zuiko 135mm f/2.8
Ilford HP5+ (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°


Ducks and geese by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[ChrisR]

EOS-1v on some newly rolled Maco Eagle traffic camera film..

Two Suns In The Sunset by Ian, on Flickr

OK, I'll bite! How the 'eck did you achieve that? Camera sits on tripod for 4 hours between shots??? VERY intriguing shot, Ian!

 

[Harlequin565]

OK, I'll bite! How the 'eck did you achieve that? Camera sits on tripod for 4 hours between shots??? VERY intriguing shot, Ian!

As you've bitten I'll give you an honest answer

2 different trees along the same path alongside the playing field. However frame 1 was at the end of 1 strip and was scanned in correctly, but frame 2 was on the next strip and scanned in back to front (not flipped L-R). When they came up in Lightroom, purely by chance, they looked like this...



I just thought it looked really cool, so pulled them into photoshop, blended them together down the middle of the tree trunk, and cropped to 6x17. The subject was always the shadow, with the trunk and branches acting as frames. When I finally finished it, even I couldn't work out how I'd done it!

In short - it was an accident

 

[sirch]

The only variable I'm aware of that can increase grain that wouldn't affect the whole roll is exposure. More exposure = more grain.

Another overly grainy HP5+ shot.

I was going to suggest the same thing as Stephen, I have noticed increased grain on "poorly" exposed frames and I have a hunch that it might be due to the scanner increasing the contrast and so emphasizing the grain.

 

[ChrisR]

HP4+, Rollei SL66 + red filter. Rodinal @9mins

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I like that a lot, nice and clean. I didn't remember HP4+ (I know there was HP4 from the late 60s, see http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Ilford/Chronology.html). I suspect it's a typo, perhaps FP4+?

EDIT to add: forgot to say, welcome to TP and F&C, Pte!

 

[Mr Badger]

I think I may have posted this image elsewhere on the forum but given it is on film then no harm in doubling up. Yashica Minister D (with no meter) and Portra 400.

Straight off the lab scanner with no PP by me. (I will rescan it myself and have a play at some point).

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An MGB GT in Bermuda Blue - reminds me of the one my Dad had for a few months in 1970 while on the waiting list for a new Triumph Stag, it was the same colour and brand new and within about 3 months it had to go back to the main dealer as rust had already started to appear from the seams on top of the wings! So I'm surprised that one has lasted as well as it has!

 

[sirch]

Two Suns In The Sunset by Ian, on Flickr

Was out for a quick cycle at lunchtime and for whatever reason the Pink Floyd reference came to mind, now I've got that song stuck in my head

 

[moggi1964]

Was out for a quick cycle at lunchtime and for whatever reason the Pink Floyd reference came to mind, now I've got that song stuck in my head

Could be the human race is run!

 

[ChrisR]

This is my favourite overly grainy shot. I'm pretty sure it's well over-exposed as well as heavily cropped, but I really like it. On Kodak Plus X using my Werra 1, Tessar 50/2.8. No light meter and off Mykonos, no doubt explains the exposure problems! Taken in 1970...

 

[Kevin Allan]

Two more panos with a Horizon 202 and FP4+ :


Concrete walkway by Kevin Allan, on Flickr


Swan House, Newcastle upon Tyne by Kevin Allan, on Flickr

 

[Harlequin565]

Put a roll of Delta 3200 through the RB67 yesterday to see if I still liked the camera.

I think I'm watching it gather dust because "going out with a camera" has been so restricted.

Dusty. RB67 + 127mm lens 1/60 @ f/4 on Delta 3200 in DD-X for 9:30 at 22 degrees. Left it in the microwave for too long!

 

[Boots]

That's lovely!

to see if I still liked the camera.

... and?

 

[Harlequin565]

... and?

I think I'll keep it until the end of the year at least. The 127 is a relatively small lens and these portraits weren't difficult (apart from low shutter). When lockdown eases I'll be able to take it out again. Hopefully a couple of rolls of Portra 160 through it in the autumn might rekindle the light.

And if not, I won't have lost any money on it!

 

[FishyFish]

Olympus OM-2N
Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f/1.8
Ilford HP5+ (@800asa)
Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 10mins @ 20°


Oak leaves by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

 

[FishyFish]

Put a roll of Delta 3200 through the RB67 yesterday to see if I still liked the camera.

I think I'm watching it gather dust because "going out with a camera" has been so restricted.

The lockdown is a big reason why I've not shot much with my recently acquired GW690. I ran a few rolls through it after I got it, but I really want to take it out somewhere different. Whether that's back into the city centre in a few weeks, or maybe out into the countryside to get some landscape stuff I'm not sure, but I don't have much enthusiasm for taking it around the places I've been restricted to over the last few months. So I've mostly been sticking with formats that give more shots per roll so I can be a little more experimental on the same old scenes.

 

[Boots]

EOS 1v, HP5+ @ 1600 ISO, DD-X 13 minutes at 20C

 

[Asha]

Dusty. Left it in the microwave for too long!


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