Recent content by southernjessie

Thanks - I can't even remember the last time I changed the batteries and it's easy to forget to switch off or the lever can get a knock and move to Auto/On accidentally. I love the size and the lenses but my FE2 has a much better system where you have to half-cock the winder to engage the meter.

Thanks Peter / Nige - that did fix it and it worked fine after I changed the batteries. Hopefully the issue is just this and nothing else...

I was shooting in London today with my OM2n and suddenly the shutter just wouldn't fire....I'm not sure if it tried to, as in a long exposure, but I was using about f8-f11 because of the sunny conditions and in aperture priority. There are about 6-7 frames left in the film - I'm not too worried...

Cheers Chris - I do like Tri-X and I'm about to send a roll off to Filmdev so I'll see how the results look

Thanks Kevin - I'll take a look!

Thanks Ian - that's also really helpful. I will be sending it away - probably to Filmdev as I send my colour rolls to them as well. I've no idea what they use but hopefully the results will be good. I haven't tried HP5 before because from what I'd seen with other images they looked a bit too...

The price really - HP5 is cheaper than Tri-X

Thanks Nice - those pics of 35mm HP5 pushed to 1600 look great and what I'm after I think

Thanks Toni - so you reckon it might be better to rate it at 1600 and tell the lab to push it 2 stops?

Hi everyone Does anyone push HP5 to 800 or 1600 and what are your views on this with the results? I mainly shoot Tri-X but was thinking of trying this to allow for shooting in lower light or where I need faster shutter speeds. I do have another question which I'm embarrassed to say is pretty...

Use it and don't worry....unless you're selling a film camera where you are expected to know the shutter count otherwise you're not a proper photographer :eek::p

Yep - thanks for that. I had read about that but I'm happy with colour negative and B&W at the moment, which gives much more flexibility. I've shot Portra 400, Fuji Superia 400, Kodak Gold 200, Ektar 100, ColorPlus 200 and Ultramax 400 so far and the only ones I didn't really like that much...

Thanks again everyone - much appreciated. Btw - I may be in the minority but I use manual metering when I shoot film and digital. I just like complete control over everything. I got used to doing this when I first learned about exposure and using a DSLR. I know I can do this in aperture...

Thanks guys - I actually do have a roll of TMAX 3200 as well...so maybe set the camera to 1600 and just develop as 3200? (I don't develop myself but will send to AG to do) If I use the others I'll take your advice and just shoot at box speed. As long as I don't underexpose too badly it should...

I just wanted to pick your brains please. I'll be shooting either Tri-X or HP5 with my Nikon FE2 soon - the first time I've ever shot B&W film. Should I shoot them at box speed 400 or push 1-2 stops? It won't be for fast action but mainly environmental portraits (natural light), still life...