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I am sure you have shared it before but I would love to know your workflow for home scanning and your NLP conversion. I can never get colours I am happy with scanning at home so I don't do it and it ends up costing me a fortune. I have seen many good results from other people using various...

Recently flew to Spain. CT scanner on the way out so got a hand check except for the roll loaded in the Hasselblad. An expired Provia 100 which I expect to be ruined. Spanish folks were happy to hand check on the return journey too even though it was normal X ray.

I am not wise enough to predict but I can certainly hope and I do have my feelings that it's going to burst based on the reasons you (and others) say. I am not a fan. in fact I am an avid avoider of it. The people shoving it down our throats telling us to accept it or fall by the wayside are the...

Flew through Manchester and Ibiza this last week. Manchester T2 (new scanners) were very happy to hand check. Sadly, I had a roll already in the Hasselblad of E6 which went through so is probably damaged. Ibiza had normal Xray but I asked nicely, saying please in Spanish and they did me a quick...

So you're taking note of aperture, shutter speed for every shot in 35mm and 120 or have I misunderstood?

for me, it's the scanning that lets me down which is why I still use the lab for colour and B&W 35mm and 120. 4x5 B&W I home dev and scan and 8x10 I lab develop and home scan (B&W) I can't get high enough quality scans at home from 35mm at all and I can't for the life of me get colour that I...

Same with my P67ii, couldn't keep both and that, at the moment, beats all because of the 105mm (for me personally)

Only thing that stops me is the Pentax 67ii with the 105mm is just so good for that format. It's heavy but I have carried it to some great places. Can't manage to part with it.

Same! I am very envious of the Makina 67. I remember talking to Martin Parr about that series a couple of years ago, actually. I mean, I know it's not the gear but I love a 6x7 and that looks a camera that I could really get on with.

Weirdly, for the first time ever, I am the opposite. Been running the fridge down for a while and I'm going to have to buy some more before a trip to Spain soon. Still weighing up which format to take. What remains is some Ilford FP4, HP5, some E100 and P160 in 4x5 and a brand new box of 8x10 HP5.

I have also found I have to meter differently for different colour films. I always incident meter and with, say Portra400, meter at 200. With Ektar (my favourite travel film), meter at box. Same with Gold 200. I think it's only Portra I give an extra stop to as it just responds really well to...

Appreciate you taking the time to explain that and it does make me understand the 'why' a little more, especially with the type of subjects Adams was photographing. I guess some people just love to embrace the technical side. For the type of things I photograph, I don't think it's a route I'll...

Yes I'm very similar in a lot of that. Even with the photo books. Very few of mine have any technical information in there. I do like Magnum Contact sheets as it shows how many photos photographers took and some of the thought process in different compositions and how they settled on the final...

Of course. Totally agree with that. Was just trying to understand the reason why OP was asking. I see. Fair enough. So many thoughts but I'm not articulate enough to put them into written words. It does make me think about my own images and wonder if there's something distinctly wrong with...

These threads whilst making for some interesting reading, are at times completely baffling to me. Do we feel this is all absolutely necessary to make good photos or is it purely for the theoretical knowledge (both of course are fine, it's whatever interests you and why photography is so rich in...