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What film do you like to use and why?
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Tsk.. Okokok.. I won't mention iPhones, Hipstamatic or the even more evil Fosters again..
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Mostly Astia or Portra 160 for me, need to see if I can find some more Astia hiding somewhere on the web before the summer though as I'm getting dangerously short
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I think we all know that nobody is the same as Rob Hooley....definitely a one-off.
Just one of those Hooley creatures is very definitely enough!
I'm in the very early stages of figuring out which films I love but Acros 100's certainly on my love list. I think I'm possibly going to develop quite a love of Provia too!
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Portra has very good reciprocity, however it depends what you class as a long exposure.
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Today I am mostly using Kodalith, because it interests me. It is Line film - meant for repro work, so high contrast and very little grain. Dev'd in Paterson FX-39, just to see if it works. Kodalith has a very thin Estar base that keeps very flat, which is good. It also uncoils when you are trying to close the bulk loader, which is bad, especially as the emulsion is very delicate. So by the time you have tried to re-coil it, shaken it, sworn at it, and crammed it back in the loader, the emulsion is covered in tiny abrasion scratches. These show up nice and clearly on the neg, as it has next to no grain. Tsk. It does dry nice and flat, very quickly, but the strips flatly refuse to go into acetate neg sheets and only reluctantly into paper ones, as getting them in is like pushing string. Apart from being covered in scratches, I love the smoothness - no discernible grain in my scans. All of a sudden I am clearly seeing the limit of my lenses and the scanner. I didn't realise how much you can get away with using FP4+ and Rodinal..
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
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Today I am mostly using Kodalith, because it interests me. It is Line film - meant for repro work, so high contrast and very little grain. Dev'd in Paterson FX-39, just to see if it works. Kodalith has a very thin Estar base that keeps very flat, which is good. It also uncoils when you are trying to close the bulk loader, which is bad, especially as the emulsion is very delicate. So by the time you have tried to re-coil it, shaken it, sworn at it, and crammed it back in the loader, the emulsion is covered in tiny abrasion scratches. These show up nice and clearly on the neg, as it has next to no grain. Tsk. It does dry nice and flat, very quickly, but the strips flatly refuse to go into acetate neg sheets and only reluctantly into paper ones, as getting them in is like pushing string. Apart from being covered in scratches, I love the smoothness - no discernible grain in my scans. All of a sudden I am clearly seeing the limit of my lenses and the scanner. I didn't realise how much you can get away with using FP4+ and Rodinal..
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Kodalith Trial by Ali Lampard, on Flickr
Reading what you've written and making flat hand sweeps above head gesture
but I love the images you've posted to justify/explain/excuse all that stuff which I've reproduced in bold font!
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Well, in 35mm if I could only ever shoot one film for the rest of my life it would be rollei retro / Agfa Apx ASA100 so I'm holding 3 bulk rolls of the stuff somewhere among the frozen peas, bread and meat products but I've also got stocks of some Kodak Gold 100 which came at £1/roll probably from Ebay and Agfa Vista 200 ex Poundland. I much prefer the Agfa to the Kodak. Also I'm playing with a roll of just out of date Agfa 400ASA traffic film: quite like it.
In 120 I don't really have a favourite because I've not shot enough to decide, which is due to lack of neg scanning facilities but there seems to be a lot of Velvia in the freezer.
In 120 I don't really have a favourite because I've not shot enough to decide, which is due to lack of neg scanning facilities but there seems to be a lot of Velvia in the freezer.