It's That Numpty Time Again - Who is up for it?

ChrisR said:
HP5+ should give results recoverable in scanning with something like 5 stops over exposed or 2 stops under exposed, possibly a little more. The colour negative ones have fairly similar latitude, maybe slightly less. Over exposure doesn't "overload" the sensor in the same way as digital; the whole negative gets denser, but with a good scanner a great deal can be recovered right across the scene. Of course you can still lose highlight detail, particularly with a basic scan.

Anyway, like @Yv says, just pick one and shoot it off. I've done colour ones the past two years, may try b&w this year just because I've started home devving...
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Thanks Chris - useful to have a bit of a ballpark idea of what stands a chance of coming out!
 
I think I read that 3 photos are allowed to be entered, on the very slight chance that I get anything worth publishing at all, is OK to enter 3 snaps from different cameras, e.g. B&W and colour?
 
I'm up for this.. any excuse to buy a new camera :banana:

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I might have a go at this. I've seen a few disposables this week through the C41, I wonder if they're from this thread.
(PS, is cross processing allowed?)
 
OOOoooh I'm up for this @Yv will purchase a disposable this weekend and hope for the best! :naughty:
 
if it's CHEMICAL cross processing, then yes, it's fine. Faked Cross Processing in Photoshop etc, is a no-no.

so C41 film camera in E6 chemicals would be fine, and I'm sure that certain labs would acommodate this for you...
 
RumpFace said:
I might have a go at this. I've seen a few disposables this week through the C41, I wonder if they're from this thread.
(PS, is cross processing allowed?)
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Buy yourself a Rollei crossbird disposable, then send it back to them for processing (y)
 
Oh...well if he is the guy that works for Peak, then probably not, no :D
 
I purchased one from Boots for £4.95 with a second one at half price, I dedicated two hours on Tuesday with a 27 exposure ,very strange not being able to review as the first thing I did with first shot was to automatically look at the back of the camera ,nothing to be seen , I then had to start thinking a lot more about composition ,my light (what I had ) and c a long wait in one place waiting for something interesting to happen with only so many shots available ,must admit I enjoyed it ,camera now in for processing with a 5 day wait
 
Haha yes I'm very well placed to cross process films. Believe it or not I've never shot any myself to cross.
 
Well I will be out and about doing some shopping today and will be taking my 1 use camera with me just in case something catches my eye :)
 
OK got to ask the same question as last year, as the disposable i used was terrible. Can I use one of my car bootsale £1 polaroids if I use my 20+ year old film stock? (would be B&W). Otherwise I'll see what I can pick up in California
 
H'mm there is no level playing field if you can't tweak in Photoshop as most Asda scans (and would assume Snappysnap) need adjusting while the guys who get the film dev and scanned by a lab are going to get better results to post. :rolleyes: The only way around this is to judge the contents\subject only and ignore if it's too bright\dark\spots and so on.
 
Byker28i said:
OK got to ask the same question as last year, as the disposable i used was terrible. Can I use one of my car bootsale £1 polaroids if I use my 20+ year old film stock? (would be B&W). Otherwise I'll see what I can pick up in California
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Yv said:
2 - It must be a simple one use camera, not an old film camera or anything else that can be used again
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I guess rule 2 answers the question
 
I cannot even remember when I used a film camera for the last time but I will give this a go as it sounds fun. Mind you, it will make me think twice (probably even thrice!) before I decide to take a photo.
 
CanonLady said:
I cannot even remember when I used a film camera for the last time but I will give this a go as it sounds fun. Mind you, it will make me think twice (probably even thrice!) before I decide to take a photo.
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That's the idea. To think.
 
Yep. Got it.
I just hope I will not be thinking for so long that I'll find myself with not enough time to take the pics, get them developed and post here on time.
 
I think i already answered in another thread. I'm in but if you don't mind i've used a camera a few weeks ago and got the scan back last week from ag photographic. So i am way ahead from you guys...
 
Oh dear, my plans are needing revision. Just got my two HP5 single use cameras. I thought taping a red filter on the front of one would be interesting in knocking a stop or two off the light, and also increasing contrast. Just held my 49mm red filter against it, and it's so comparatively large it's going to be almost impossible. The only way will be to tape it over the VF as well (at least that will remind me which is which!). And I'm almost guaranteed to get oodles of finger marks all over my filter! :(
 
If anyone is thinking about taking part, you might like to know that Boots have a buy-one-get-one-half-price on disposable cameras, including the Ilford ones.
 
Felt really weird using my Ilford HP5 in London this morning.... Looked at the back of the camera after every shot! Felt a lot more conscious too using what is clearly a disposable camera than I do when using a DSLR or even my wee Sony RX100...
 
Ive got a 2 year old Rollei crossbird sitting at home...looks like ill be using that then :)
 
Might have a go at this, tell me are we aiming for the best image we can get or the worst.
 
The s***box came with a disposable in the glove compartment, a few years out of date but it should be ok given the light levels here. Just need to get it D&S when we get home and see if anything's worth lobbing into the mix!
 
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