Analog film photography and cameras

No need really for a viewfinder

I want to say yes @ f/8 especially but let me get the results back from the first roll :P

Also the viewfinder has a lower limit, it just 'stops' at close focussing distance e.g. after 1 feet on the 50mm summicron. Not a huge deal for me.

I've got a Rollei XF 35, its a tiny rangefinder. One of those no good?

It looks ok, but the just seems a bit below the quality I'm after. I'd just buy another XA if I find one for an OK price, but I figure I might as well try something new and attempt to fix my XA. And also because the 35TE is such a beautiful looking thing.

Hardcore light leak in the middle of the film :(

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Someone open the camera by accident?

I can't say, maybe it's the x-ray the film went through twice. But then again I shot the whole film between the two flights and the other shots look fine

Don't want to expose my friends too much on the interwebs :)

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Ektar skies look ace! Shame about the light leak, I don't think it's x-rays as they tend to "fog" the film and I'd expect them to do the whole roll not just select frames. I brought some fast film back on a flight in checked baggage and the film still looked ok when looking at the negatives like that but it was like the contrast and saturation had been dialled right down on everything when scanning.

@amey You'll have a blast in New york, infact there just too much to see for one trip. Do all the major sites tho if you haven't been before. Empire state, brooklyn bridge etc etc etc

Yeah first time in the land of the free .. only for a week though. Only NYC. Bike ride on 30th or 31st with Ilford Disposable camera.

Ilford Disposable camera

Talking of which. It aint too bad.

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#tukt

That middle one is great..

The x-ray from those machines will not affect 400 ISO or slower films.

This is not really true. All film is affected and it's cumulative. Each scan doing a little damage. You probably won't notice it with most films on most trips.

If you're pushing film, treat it as if it's the dev (rather than box) speed.

I leave the film boxed in an easy-to-hand-check bag.

I wouldn't recommend lead liners. Understandably, they don't like those.

I've totally fogged iso 400 stuff after 4 scans :-(

I second all this.

A couple of years ago I had to resort to duty-free disposables for a trip. I managed to jam an OM1n in the airport before departure (FML!!!!!).

The results were some of my favourite ever photos and plenty more interesting than from a phone ... but I wished I'd had a backup camera, even just a cheap compact. I always take a backup now (like a mjuII, Silvi 2.8, Vivitar UWS or something).

Have a wicked trip.

Some more home dev and scan. This time Ilford Pan F. Great negs, I really need to learn to darkroom print.

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I definitely think I wrecked a load of film having had it scanned too many times. I'm now also in a situation where I'm not sure what has been scanned at all, which makes me think I'm just gonna have to sell loads of my 120 stuff as it seems stupid to shoot on suspect film.

So if you ask them to check the film by hand will they do this without thinking your up to something?

More.

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makes me think I'm just gonna have to sell loads of my 120 stuff as it seems stupid to shoot on suspect film

..so you rather sell the suspect film?

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Some more home dev and scan. This time Ilford Pan F. Great negs, I really need to learn to darkroom print.

Yeah.. really nice.

Yes you should definitely learn to darkroom print, I think you're going to love it!

I've just got to buy a lens for my enlarger. Going to focus on my 6x6 medium format negatives first, so I think that means a 75mm lens.

More Pan F

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Yes, or at least when I do it. @amey might get a rubber glove. #thatsracist

It's long standing protocol that you can request to have items searched by hand so that's what I do with exposed and unexposed film bags. Pack your film to be easily identified (as film, not bombs) and let them open a box or do whatever to satisfy themselves.

They'll probably answer the request with "film is fine with our scans" (which is a half-truth). Scanning is quicker and easier for staff so they'd prefer not to hand-search. I politely reassert that I don't want it x-rayed under any machine and they're ok.

The slower b+w film might still be ok. Fogging = #mood

:-)