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Understatement of the year!
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As a huge fan of getting it right in camera its all I use it for. Just having a bit of an organise of my files and I'm at around 160k photos, 2020 and 2021 were slow years
Dug out some film cameras this week and some Tri-X that has been in the loft for 3 years, it should still be good to go
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Lofts are generally bad places for film. Large temperature swings and in summer very high temperatures (unless you have very good insulation below the tiles). Film emulsion doesn't take kindly to that.
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But its Tri-X, it will be fine
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I was once asked to photograph the Alhambra in Bradford
Even first thing it was busy, I tried panoramas, many mosaic shots but too many cars and people to get a usable set of images to merge
In the end I set up a tripod with a dslr, a wide angle lens and every nd filter I could find. The winning exposure was about 35 minutes long, no people, no traffic and fantastic tonality
Even first thing it was busy, I tried panoramas, many mosaic shots but too many cars and people to get a usable set of images to merge
In the end I set up a tripod with a dslr, a wide angle lens and every nd filter I could find. The winning exposure was about 35 minutes long, no people, no traffic and fantastic tonality
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Ah, OK. You obviously bought the lnvincibility Special Edition version...
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Which is nonsense as it's not all that difficult
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I think you are missing the point. I will also be developing it in 10 year old Rodinol
If I wanted perfect shots I'd use a DSLR or new film. I will need some more fixer though
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Nothing like "fixing" then washing and the lot disappears
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Never had that if im honest, I ended up with a setup and was able to develop colour and slide film
I tried things like mono bath developing and colour film acceleration. All good fun
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Night photography is basically a trade off between shutter speed and ISO. The limit on ISO will be how much noise your specific camera generates at the higher settings and how much you can put up with.
With a nice stable tripod you'll be able to slow the shutter and lower the ISO. Also good idea to use RAW mode as JPEG compression noise can show more in night shots.
With a nice stable tripod you'll be able to slow the shutter and lower the ISO. Also good idea to use RAW mode as JPEG compression noise can show more in night shots.
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It's my brother that does it, I've never been that interested in film.
He's got a pretty decent enlarger and interesting chemical stash
I used to spend hours taking photos but lost interest, I think partly because no-one understands what getting it right on camera means. I am a snob and seeing a DSLR set to auto makes me wonder why bother with an SLR
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I am exactly the same, lent a friend a Canon 5d (think he had a 650 but wanted full frame for a trip) and he was appalled it didn't have auto. Told him to stick it in P or learn how to use it properly
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Anything you like. Results vary, but if it's less than ten years old, shoot it at label speed.
Some say the label speed is good up to twenty years, but it largely depends on how the film has been stored - colour film stored in a fridge or freezer for two decades might be perfectly good. There's no knowing until you try it.
I assume, if the film accompanied the camera, that it's probably ancient Ilford or Kodak B&W, in which case it might be stable enough to use as-is, but might need extra exposure. Some films have the annoying habit of picking up the printing on the backing paper just to add to the mystery and thrill of discovery.
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I naively assumed you were using film because you actually like the medium, not as a premature ageing experiment. I'd be concerned that if I came up with an image I really liked then the quality wouldn't be up to par. But I guess you're deliberately aiming for lo-fi?
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I love film, I always have but photography is not always about the perfect shot. That is sometimes the aim but its about having fun and seeing what you can achieve
I love using Rollei Retro and Rodinol for some super grainy shots, I also love using HP5 and getting perfect shots
Ive just found my Ondu pinhole camera, 120 film and looks to be half used, that will be fun to finish and develop
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10 year old Rodinol will be fine even if it is the colour of Ribena, I rather like Rodinol 1:100 and stand dev for a hour.
The old TriX, rate it at 200 and shoot away, might have a bit more fog but it will work.
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I love film as well and am a comparative late-comer to digital, but my aim was always to try and squeeze the best quality I could out of the medium, so it's a bit disconcerting when I see someone deliberately using aged stock. But as you say, it will be interesting to see the results. I have a small stock of unexposed B/W (FP4) and colour (Fuji Velvia, Ektachrome) film that have been kept refrigerated for the last 15-20 years. I guess I should try them out and see what gives. I also have two rolls of B/W infra-red film. I think they will get used when the spring foliage arrives.
