Show us yer film shots then!

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Please do let me know what you guys think of this..This is shot with a Nikon N80 on Konica Centuria 100 film.
Thanks! :)
Chaitanya
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I like it. Love the composition and you caught the very essence of the moment. :clap:
 
jgredline said:
Jox, I was looking at this image yesterday as was a little perplexed. I would not think that the building would have that kind of lean with a 50mm lens.
I normally see that with my real wide lenses..
Now personally, I think it works very well as it gives the image a daunting look about it. I especially like the way the buildings on the left lean in and blend into those clouds. The colors are superb.
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Its 120 film, medium format, its much bigger than 35mm, a 50mm lens on medium format is a wide angle, a standard lens like a 50 would be on 35mm film, is 80mm.
I just shot some negs on a lightbox for you, the difference between M/F and 35mm film.
Bottom is 35mm Fuji 1600 B/W neg, middle is 6x6 Fuji Velvia 100F slide film, top is god knows what 6x9 B/W neg.
I've only shot maybe 3 rolls of 35mm in my life and one of those was my only roll of colour neg...:LOL:
Slide gives you something that b/w and colour neg don't, something to see without scanning or printing.
I've given colour neg a miss, but I'm actually coming around to the thought of using it after seeing some of you're shots.

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These are from a roll of Efke 50 Stand developed in Fomadon R09. The roll was only shot so I could try out the film / dev combo but I quite like the results - shot in Belgrade.

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Converted to Grayscale in PS which I realise now that I should not have done.

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joxby said:
Its 120 film, medium format, its much bigger than 35mm, a 50mm lens on medium format is a wide angle, a standard lens like a 50 would be on 35mm film, is 80mm.
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I did not know that. This explains why the medium format systems I have been looking at have what I would consider long lenses like 90 or 135mm. This explains allot. Thank you!

joxby said:
I just shot some negs on a lightbox for you, the difference between M/F and 35mm film.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

Bottom is 35mm Fuji 1600 B/W neg, middle is 6x6 Fuji Velvia 100F slide film, top is god knows what 6x9 B/W neg.
I've only shot maybe 3 rolls of 35mm in my life and one of those was my only roll of colour neg...:LOL:
Slide gives you something that b/w and colour neg don't, something to see without scanning or printing.
I've given colour neg a miss, but I'm actually coming around to the thought of using it after seeing some of you're shots.

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Slide film? Been wanting to try it, but don't know how to start.
As for medium format, it is amazing to me that many of the Pros down here in Los Angeles (Hollywood and so forth) still use medium format film for there portfolios and such.
 
jgredline said:
I did not know that. This explains why the medium format systems I have been looking at have what I would consider long lenses like 90 or 135mm. This explains allot. Thank you!
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Large format goes even further, a 90 on L/F like 5x4 or 10x8 (measured in inches btw), is a wide angle, its related to the physical size of the capture medium.


jgredline said:
Slide film? Been wanting to try it, but don't know how to start.
As for medium format, it is amazing to me that many of the Pros down here in Los Angeles (Hollywood and so forth) still use medium format film for there portfolios and such.
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Just buy a cartridge of slide, its in exactly the same container as b/w or colour neg, except the negs when you get them back are a positive image, still transparent but positive.
It can be less forgiving for exposure though, you need to make sure your camera metering is pretty good.
Fuji's Velvia, Astia and Provia, and Kodak's Ektachrome, E100, E200 are all daylight balanced slide film, both make a 64T, the "T" means it is colour balanced for tungsten light, not daylight.
There are different speeds available for them all, and they all have their own characteristics, Velvia is super saturated, Astia gives much more accurate skin tones...etc
Slide film is also known as transparency film, I don't think they are any more expensive to develop than colour neg.
 
The place where I get my film developed, a roll of C41 is £3.50 and E6 is £5.50. So some places do charge a bit more for slide but the results are soo nice. Here some of mine below using Velvia 100F


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Bought some ND grad filters a while ago, don't know why but I just did, and have never used them until now. Defo going to be using them a lot for doing landscapes I think. Just adds that little something to the sky :D

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I wish I had commented on that photo now, when you first asked.
 
All shot with Bronica SQA, 50mm at about F4, Ilford HP5 and plenty of off camera flash.

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One hot off the press today... (Well hot out of the tank - scan of a neg...)

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Oooh, I like that! Softer than a soft thing though - give it sharpen. ;)
 
Cheers CT. I did a quick scan at quite a low res just to get a feel as to which shots are OK (don't have a Loupe or a lightbox). I think I'll scan this in at high res and give it another go...
 
It can be a bugger trying to get a sharp image straight from a neg scan. A lot depends on the height the neg sits in the carrier -the better ones are adjustable, but it can be a faff to get it just right. It's often easier to just sharpen in processing.
 
Any better? I am using a flat bed scanner BTW...

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Arggh I think something is happening when they get uploaded to Flickr. I am sure they are sharper on my screen here before uploading :cautious:
 
CT said:
What I do is upload my shots to Flickr at the exact size I want to show them - usually 800 pixels on the longest side. If you load them larger, their compression software seems to soften smaller versions of the image.
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That's exactly what I do - upload at 800 pixels so they are the right size on here... :shrug: Maybe I need to sharpen it more. I've done it in lightroom and I am right at the top of the scale (almost).
 
3rd time lucky?

 
Well I've sharpened your already sharpened image, so it's possible you're getting really soft images off the scanner, which is why you're near the top of the scale in LR?
 
CT said:
Well I've sharpened your already sharpened image, so it's possible you're getting really soft images off the scanner, which is why you're near the top of the scale in LR?
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CT said:
That's loads better. (y)
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Well I did the same here. Lightroom export right at the top of the scale then did a bit more sharpening in PSE! Similar process as you I guess...

I think Ekimeno was moaning about soft scans with the Canon 8800. :(

Thanks for your help.
 
The neg carriers which come with scanners really aren't the best, even with the expensive ones. There are aftermarket ones which allow you to fine tune the neg height for max sharpness. I'll try to find a link.
 
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Cheers for that CT.

If you are interested in a single channel film holder for these Canon scanners, please email us and let us know that you are interested. We are currently evaluating prototype holders for these scanners. The holder will include a glass ANR Insert as a standard feature, would be very similar to the single channel variable height holder we offer for Epson scanners (our current single channel variable height Epson holder can be found at this link) and probably have a similar price.

Please send us a quick email at scanning@betterscanning.com (just click on the link to initiate an email to us!) to let us know if you are interested. We will then notify you via email with more details when a holder is ready for sale.
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Best I better ping an email off and be patient!
 
Freester, I think I've got to the bottom of my 8800F problems. I'm using the 'configure scanner with every scan' (or something like that) option in the Scangear software and I've had sharp scans without problems since...

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ekimeno said:
Freester, I think I've got to the bottom of my 8800F problems. I'm using the 'configure scanner with every scan' (or something like that) option in the Scangear software and I've had sharp scans without problems since...
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Cheers Mike I think I use that setting as default. I think you mean the 'calibrate every time' or something similar? Will double check that I am still using that setting though...
 
Freester said:
Cheers Mike I think I use that setting as default. I think you mean the 'calibrate every time' or something similar? Will double check that I am still using that setting though...
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Yep - under Calibration Settings just turn 'Execute every time' to 'ON' (y)
 
Here's another from the same studio session as the one above. This time a scan of a print I did in the darkroom tonight.

Need to dodge the background a bit and the dust and watermarks are quite evident. I think I also overcooked the skin tones. 5s less exposure under the enlarger next time I think. However this is my 3rd ever dark room print and I am quite proud...

 
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Delta 100@ iso 50 in ID11 that is pretty exhausted, didn't compensate enough on the time so pretty crap neg. Lovely day at the Lake, but crap sky :(

Oh, and I know about the big hair on it too!
 
Gandhi said:
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Delta 100@ iso 50 in ID11 that is pretty exhausted, didn't compensate enough on the time so pretty crap neg. Lovely day at the Lake, but crap sky :(

Oh, and I know about the big hair on it too!
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That looks like the type of place that would be worth another visit? I'd love to see some colour trannys!! :)
 
yeah, tis a lovely place called Shearwater. Strangely unphotogenic most of the time but occasionally it gets interesting! If it had been a colour slide all you would've seen was a white-ish sky too, the sun was setting just out of the shot on the left and there was nothing in the sky.
 
didnt want to see this thread slip off the radar so here's some welsh porn

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donutagain said:
didnt want to see this thread slip off the radar so here's some welsh porn
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Actually, I was thinking the same. I have missed this thread. I will processing some film today, so hopefully I will have something worth posting.
As for your image, it is great. I love the composition and perspective that you gave it. The color is spot on.
 
that should be an album cover John. (y)

i think it was a vivitar series 1 19-35 at the wide end ,,ilford hp5plus ,
 
*beats Raa to the punch*
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as promised, some from yesterday with the Mamiya 6 and mostly 50mm lens:love:

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All on ADOX CHS 25 stand developed in Rodinal. I'm gonna have to break out the enlarger and print some of these, need to buy some bigger paper though as square on 8x10 with a bit of a border gives not very big prints:crying:

I've also got some slide stuff I just sent away but cant get my scanner to focus on them very well, need to have a play I think

Love the ****ing cow btw, its the look of contentment on its face that makes the shot :D
 
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donutagain said:
that should be an album cover John. (y)

i think it was a vivitar series 1 19-35 at the wide end ,,ilford hp5plus ,
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***, cows peeing :|.........:LOL:

I forget how wide 19 actually is on fullframe..

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as promised, some from yesterday with the Mamiya 6 and mostly 50mm lens:love:
All on ADOX CHS 25 stand developed in Rodinal. I'm gonna have to break out the enlarger and print some of these, need to buy some bigger paper though as square on 8x10 with a bit of a border gives not very big prints:crying:

I've also got some slide stuff I just sent away but cant get my scanner to focus on them very well, need to have a play I think
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yeah, its sharp as a bugger, a bit more wibbly than I thought it would be but nice and wide, I wasted a few slide shots on street on Saturday and 6ft from subject is miles away:LOL:
Nice range of tones in that bridge one with the peeps.
You'd have been better with the mam 7 from a printing perspective, 6x7 fits 8x10 perfecto, no waste.
I'll be interested to hear how you get on with printing 6x6 with the obvious framing problems/choice of paper/height of enlarger stuffzz.
 
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