Analog film photography and cameras

Fucked up one roll loading in the 'dark'..... clearly not dark enough!

These two are from the roll I didn't mess up.

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awesome portrait

Yeah, great start for a new page. Lovely greys. What camera / film if you don't mind asking?

Paris?

Cheers! I used my (grand father's) Canon A1 with Ilford XP2 Super 400.

@Poetic Yes! How did you know?

Thanks! @Lycee, great set.

Look at the size of that camera!

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Those chairs in the Jardin des Tuileries are pretty distinctive.

What are your thoughts on shooting with it? Pics are great.

It was fun. Massive simple controls, pretty nice rangefinder patch, and easy film loading.

No DOF preview so more like shooting the Rollei than the Pentacon Six.

I think the 6x7 version might be the sweetspot for me but I can't afford it.

Negatives are huge and Delta 3200 in medium format is awesome..... I'm hooked!

I'm going to try a 50mm lens on the Pentacon Six next in my adventure into different medium format cameras.

Most photos from my last two film are shit. But here's some I like:

A few from a roll developed last week

I'm curious, are they super grainy because of poor focusing on my part, the camera (OM2n) or because they are 'Small' scans from FilmDev?

Porta 400, camera set to 400 iso.

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so many great pics on this page
really like @Hulsroy ´s hanging screens and the train station and @mk1mark ´s man on the stairs

double exposure shot on an otherwise fucked up, expired film that couldnt handle the years

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Venice

I'm curious, are they super grainy because of poor focusing on my part, the camera (OM2n) or because they are 'Small' scans from FilmDev?

Out of focus images don't produce grain, and the scan size won't make a difference at this size on the forum.
It may be the camera slightly under exposing the images with the scan then lifting the image to correct exposure ?
See if you can compare your cameras light meter with an external one ?
Alternatively, bracket a shot - say shoot the same subject with Portra 400 at 200,400 and 800 ISO and compare ?

I've got an Olympus Trip that slightly under exposes. Shots in direct sunlight with Portra 400 are usually fine, shots in shade or under clouds do have more grain.

@mi7rennie - haha, another nice one! Jealous of massive cameras as well as kids to do shit like this with : ]

@Hulsroy - very nice shots; first one is my favourite!

@DavidTMB - nice double exposure, love the colours..

@haveo - like the last three especially. Understated colours are neat.

These are ace!

Thanks.

@haveo I like the last photo. Naughty little ducting

Has anyone used a Leica 35mm 1.4 summicron? Ive got a voightlander 35 2 the now and I think its pretty soft wide open but obviously its about 6 times less than the Leica.

I have a zeiss F/2 and also want to get rid of 50 summicron and a silver M6

Any suggestions where to get a A2 ish backlit film printed? Like the food photos you find in kebab shops etc.

Metro do em, but £

Of course if you're not looking for quality reproduction then just find a commercial printer that supplied kebab shops. Haha.