Analog film photography and cameras

Love the flyover against a purple sky

Get a c41 dev kit and push

Might do just that (but push Portra rather than Ektar).

You are using that Digibase kit, right?
Still having problems with the stabilizer?

Would appreciate any tips regarding C41 home dev (done black and white a lot, albeit ages ago, so familiar with the workflow in general).

Thanks!

Great grain by the way!

Wow, I love the flyover shot particularly. So painterly - quite Syd Mead.

I think I solved the stabilizer thing by simply taking the hung up film between my index and middle finger and running them down to take off the excess (I didn't want to risk scratches with a squeegee). It's still not as clean as my monochrome (which is always spotless after a quick rinse in wetting agent and simply being left to dry) but it's no longer a problem.

In general the main thing I'm still not sure about is whether or not to prewet the film. The instructions say you should, but the internet and what I understand about the effect say you shouldn't... I just decided to follow the instructions and I it's caused no problems for me, maybe the difference is too small if you're correcting the colors after scanning anyway.

Also although you can develop at different temperatures and the kit gives you times I'm pretty sure developing at low temperatures gives you crappy thin negs.

Thanks, pretty much what I was going for - the area around where I work now is basically the future.

Thanks for your feedback!
Read quite a lot about working with that kit, and gathered as well that higher temps make for better negs.
Got conflicting info on whether it's a good idea to add a washing step after dev (which is not mentioned in the instructions). Guess I'll have to try myself.

Yea, never liked the squeegees myself, index & middle finger it is!

Oh yeah, I don't wash after the dev, I go straight to the bleach. I figure it stops the development quicker than just water, plus it shouldn't have a negative effect on the bleach, but I haven't tested to see if it makes a difference.

Your last few sets have made me order the c41 kit. Such amazing work dude.

Expect lots of pushed portra fence photos.

Your last few sets make me buy the c41 kit when it's available again. Such amazing work dude.

Expect lots of pushed portra mattress photos.

When I was in North London, Kodak in Camden was pretty good for me.

http://www.kodakexpresscamden.com/Develop_Process.htm

Love the purple flyover too

Thanks @GA2G

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Just discovered the photography part of this forum...

Took this with my old pentax a few years ago.

A few from Gnarpark 2

3rd one is fantastic.

Cheers!

Any recommendations for cost-effective film development in London? I feel like there's got to be something better than Snappy Snaps...

This is from a Hexar AF? Looks lovely, very zeiss-like.

1,2 and 4 are from the Hexar, the other 2 from mju ii. Cheers

That's interesting. The zuiko glass has good overall contrast but the difference is quite noticeable. I've been shooting on Olympus glass for a while (OM and MjuII) but now have some Zeiss lenses to play with. They are as yet unused but I'm hoping for 'the look'.

I wrote a blog!

http://www.badbeaglephotography.com/blog/2016/3/11/whyshootfilm