Analog film photography and cameras

Thanks. I'm not really the biggest fan of b&w ... but shooting it is a great exercise in composition (and light obvs).

This was C200 with some help from LR.

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Thats almost 3 stops over what dumb auto exposure suggests.

ftfy

What is/was the structure?

Fremantle House. The area around the Dover St estate is just interesting.

{edit} ... oh ... you mean the thing above? I think it's either an abandoned observation post for customs or airforce training. There were many airfields close-by.{edit}

Another shot on portra 400 120 down in Aldeburgh

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For anyone stocking up on 120 for Christmas Brexit:

7dayshop have some 5 packs of Ektar and the amazing Pro 400H on clearance for £25 (free postage).

[but don't buy Fujifilm because they're deleting lines whilst Kodak is doing the opposite]

Cheers, but I actually meant the little hut/observation post/ticket shack or whatever it is.

... I realised this and edited, but still didn't fully answer your question.

It's on the north Cornish coast near Morwenstow. There is another interesting hut along that footpath, a hangout for the poet Robert Stephen Hawker.

Perfect

Quick phone invert of some film.

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Duuuuuuude yes! Wonderful.

Thank you! Snowdonia is a spectacular place.

Well first time using it..'look through wlvf, need to move left, no right wait that's right, tilt a little, no the other way, press shutter, doesn't work, check dark slide is out, check lock is off, try again, nothing, give camera a shake and recompose poorly, shutter goes off.

Times after initial learning curve, love it! I don't shoot a lot of black and white as I fear I'll miss out on shots that I think would look better in colour mid-roll. With the Bronica, just whip the back off and pop another on - ace! I think I bought it as a 'only for special occasions' camera but I've been wandering round town with it just using it for anything ha. Guess I better start looking at developing at home and saving some money..

This. Ive borrowed a friends M645 and using a wlvf is extremely difficult coming from 35mm slrs. Going to shoot a few more rolls through it to see if I can get used to it

..yea I hear you, it takes a while to get used to, especially with a waist-level finder.

Frankly I did enjoy these types of cameras right from the start though.
Was living in a flat sharing community at the time where two people had (503cw) Hasselblads, another a Mamiya 645, and then the boss of one of the guys gave us his RB67 as he thought it's better we use it than the apertures get sticky from the thing just sitting around.
Long story short I think it's a good idea to just practice a lot (the framing of shots, the handling in general) - without film in it! I always loved doing that, just the sheer sound of those cameras firing was very satisfying, so I did that a lot, haha.
Have fun!

See above.
To add one more thing: in my opinion those types of cameras need more discipline / force you to slow down because of the left-right confusion. Especially levelling things and getting lines parallel to image boarders etc.
I once gave my mum my Mamiya, asking her to take a picture of me, and she got so confused and was moving around like crazy.. it made me sort-of sea-sick just looking at her, it was ridiculous!
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If you get the hang of it you're rewarded though in my opinion:
with medium format waist level finder cameras I get a much clearer idea of the whole frame than even with the nicest SLRs.

Yeah I completely understand how slowing down helps you compose. Just frustrated me that once Id decided the shot I want, I struggled to achieve it. Im sure this is just practice. I've only taken 14 frames so far

Once you get used to a WLF it's really bizarre going back to a digital camera with a articulated screen.

I got so used to the Rollei even though it was totally awkward to start with.

Those look really good for a phone scan. Although it looks as though you have some crap on the phone's sensor or on the light table ?
What's your method ?

Chuck the negs on the light table, shoot with a phone. Jpeg mode, nothing fancy. Then into Snapseed, invert curve and get blacks black.

Small amount of sharpening and clarity and export.

I will scan them properly after Christmas.

get blacks black

In all seriousness though these are well nice, especially digging the half frame goodies.
Those buildings look like ships or whales.
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Once you get used to a WLF it's really bizarre going back to a digital camera with a articulated screen.

Haha, never really been in that situation but I can imagine this being quite a mindfuck!

In realted news lately I'm regularly switching between roadbike and shopper, which means swapping between freewheel and coaster brake. It's very confusing.

Thought it would be worthwhile to use all the experience on this thread for any feedback I can get in regards to my photo's . Think I need to work on my composition a bit more? If anyone could give me any tips It would be greatly appreciated....all feedback welcome

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Very much this! I stood in front of a door with some nice light on it for a good 1o mins until I was happy with the framing, double / triple checked my exposure and finally clicked the button. With my OM1 it would've been 10 seconds, snap, moving on. Definitely not a format to be rushed, but then again looking through that ground glass is a real treat so I don't mind!