Analog film photography and cameras

Cheers guys!
@Well_is_it ..well C41 dev already is a "cross" process for CineStill film as far as I understand it.
The fact that the colours are a bit shifted in that image is due to the way I scanned it though.

Ah I see. I posted that before seeing it was Cinestill.

You seen their kickstarter for 12o? They needed $120,0000 and have got $177,000 with two days to go.
Looking forward to hopefully playing with some of that.

..yea, just had a look on their page - 4x5 sheet film soon as well, apparently!

Nice.

Utter noob q. What is the difference between Portra 400 120 and 135-36? Which will be most appropriate to my casual existence?

120 is medium format, 135 is (confusingly) the 35mm canister type. The 36 just refers to the amount of frames per roll.

Medium format is more appropriate for general usage I assume?

It's different formats -

35mm catridge on the left, roll of 12o (medium format) film on the right.

Depends on your camera!

ALL THE NUMBERS. 35mm. Tell me what to do. :P

Just get the normal wee canisters.

A 135 is a 35mm cartridge film. Each negative is 24 x 36mm.

A 120 is a medium format roll film and 61 x XXmm (depending on camera).

What camera do you have to use?

35mm so I went for the 135-36.

@Sam_Doman your photos are beautiful

A few old ones that I just came across.

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OK. Have fun.

That 90s architecture style! I have a few unprocessed #mallwave shots myself.

Portra.

..yeah it's likely I'll settle on Portra. It is good film and scans well.

Was looking for alternatives as well as I don't need Portra's great skin tones as I hardly ever shoot people, so could use a somewhat 'bolder' palette.
Also wouldn't mind a more 'unique' look - Portra's very balanced and a lot of people are shooting it, so while it's quality it's look is somewhat 'mainstream'..
Kodak Ultramax came to mind; have only shot 2 rolls of it yet and pretty happy with the results - it is sort-of weird though, as it's like cool and warm at the same time, it gives rather warm reds but is always looking somewhat "fresh" (see attached pic).
Ah well.. in an ideal world there'd be CineStill 100, 400 and 800D for a fiver!

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OK, if you're trying to avoid the hipster "kinfolk" look, maybe ektar instead.
Like you say, you don't shoot many people and it scans gloriously. Or you could go crazy and shoot Tmax for a year...

Also, nice photo etc ;)

Get a c41 dev kit and push Ektar to 400. Instant unique, bold palette and it doesn't seem too bad with skin tones either. I suspect it is tricky to scan tho.

I have the same reservations with Portra tbh but it's just so good and flexible (plus I have a freezer full of random expired stuff when I get bored).

Yea I thought about pushing.
Just had a look at a lot of pics shot on Ektar pushed to 400, must say I'm impressed in a way while at the same time I can't imagine having colours that scream like that constantly, haha!

Cheers.

Ha, I have a roll of TMax in one of my cameras since last October, on frame 23 currently, so not sure if that would be a good idea..
;)

Best place for photo processing near north London? I've got 5 reels from my last trip to Jamaica. Usually I just do boots.