Analog film photography and cameras

Non digital = cavemen.

I think we should organize a fight between ldnfgss film and ldnfgss digital.

Midnight - Hyde Park - Naked.

Pretty Happy with how the Mamiya is working for me just need to practice a little, anyway if you want a butchers at the larger versions http://flickr.com/photos/jordanphoto

Used to bother with film but the cost of developping were killing me...
Here are a few of mine though:

Yeah over exposed..

Note the spottee on the first which I didn't notice till after I took the picture..

Non digital = cavemen.

I think we should organize a fight between ldnfgss film and ldnfgss digital.

Midnight - Hyde Park - Naked.

To me film is mostly a novelty, I doubt people will only shoot film unless they have been for a long time. As a recent photographer, it makes no sense not to go digital, especially because photoshop is way too much fun and instant sharing is priceless..litterally.

And on that note: PLUG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/miniphan/

Medium format FTW! :) Fiiiight!

What about them? I've heard peperoni, James and another guy whose name I don't recall talking about them. I always thought they were more fore studio work and that they were generally very sharp?

the trouble i had with medium format is unless you use a tripod and mirror-up with cable release you always seem to get movement from mirror slap, unless you use flash.
you don't notice it until you go to print big, which for work that's going to repro is important so i always shot jobs on a tripod which i preferred anyway but as a walk around camera they are a bit limiting IMHO, although with 400 film i would hand hold and use the mirror-up.
i use 35mm didital in the same way, tripod/mirror up as movement seems to be exacerbated with digital as the sensor is just a micron thick whereas film has several layers for light to bounce around in so you don't notice small amounts of movement.
hand holding at low speeds (1/60-1/125) always seems to show micro-movement at 100% it looks sharp 'enough' but compared to using a tripod it's often soft.

the trouble i had with medium format is unless you use a tripod and mirror-up with cable release you always seem to get movement from mirror slap, unless you use flash.
you don't notice it until you go to print big, which for work that's going to repro is important so i always shot jobs on a tripod which i preferred anyway but as a walk around camera they are a bit limiting IMHO, although with 400 film i would hand hold and use the mirror-up.
i use 35mm didital in the same way, tripod/mirror up as movement seems to be exacerbated with digital as the sensor is just a micron thick whereas film has several layers for light to bounce around in so you don't notice small amounts of movement.
hand holding at low speeds (1/60-1/125) always seems to show micro-movement at 100% it looks sharp 'enough' but compared to using a tripod it's often soft.

Get yourself an IS lens, I have found you can have a can of Stella in one hand and a FF35mm in the other and still get sharp images with an IS lens.

Unless I can hear whirring noises from my lens I am not happy.

the trouble i had with medium format is unless you use a tripod and mirror-up with cable release you always seem to get movement from mirror slap, unless you use flash.
you don't notice it until you go to print big, which for work that's going to repro is important so i always shot jobs on a tripod which i preferred anyway but as a walk around camera they are a bit limiting IMHO, although with 400 film i would hand hold and use the mirror-up.
i use 35mm didital in the same way, tripod/mirror up as movement seems to be exacerbated with digital as the sensor is just a micron thick whereas film has several layers for light to bounce around in so you don't notice small amounts of movement.
hand holding at low speeds (1/60-1/125) always seems to show micro-movement at 100% it looks sharp 'enough' but compared to using a tripod it's often soft.

But for reportage you can get away with 1/125 on 400 film - interiors/weddings/portrait/landscape/buildings tripods are the way to go

What about them? I've heard peperoni, James and another guy whose name I don't recall talking about them. I always thought they were more fore studio work and that they were generally very sharp?

it also how it look, a wide angle medium format photo look very different to a wide angle 35mm;

this medium format photo is the equation to a 28mm on 35mm (or 18mm on on cropped sensor DSLR, as many of you know, never look that linear).

and large format look sweet as fuck;

this is Edward Burtynsky photographs, he use a large format camera to take these.

but when they are 600x400 pixels they all look the same.

as i have said before on this forum the images printed A3 in my book are shot on anything from 10x8 film down to 12mpixel digital. you can't tell what was shot on what,

Anyone on here used a pentax 6X7 been looking into them.

thinking i might do the ebay hunt.

also anyone know where i can get a WLF for a mamiya 645

yeah I have used one (Pentax 6 x 7) very good but heavy.

WLF for a 645 is actually a very rare thing, try MXV or Mr Cad (just dont try and use Mr Cad's website)

I love my cheap ass canon 35mm.
thanks smeear!
I'm no photographer, nor even a good hobbyist, but i love my SLR, because it makes me really think about photos.

some on my flickr (hdjtay), not the best ones

I just love the vintage feel, the rough edges in prints and the ever forgiving overexposure

Was this the thread in which we talked about scanners?

Anyhow... has anyone got or used one of these:
CanoScan 8800F Film Scanner: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

I'm basically looking for a versatile scanner that can do documents and books, and still do negatives well enough to consider them a backup to having photos.

get yourself an EPson 4490, I use it daily will scan up to medium format and is incredible quality for a little over £100 cant go wrong, the canon 8800F is also good I have used one once, but the Epson is just so fast and easy.

1+ for the Epson too, flatbed scanner are never going to be good for 35mm, but for medium format it's pretty good, you don't need to set a high dpi just to get a huge resolution.

Joe Cornish and David Ward, on the BBc today, discussing photographing the UK......and why they use 5x4 cameras and FILM.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7997559.stm

I'm still trying to find an appropriate event to use my photosniper. I have the model shown below (this one isnt mine but I found a website with pics of all the different models on),

my wife bought it for me as a present, it was in the corner of the local camera shop window looking dusty and unloved, and I had been lusting after every time we walked past.

Trouble is, I think it will attract too much attention from SO19 if I wielded it in public! plus I would look like a tit.

It is based on the old Zenit 35mm with a 300mm lens and a pointless but cool gunstock thingy for the shutter release. It feels very cold war, especialy with its metal case:

the good friday event would have been ideal

suicide by cop ?

shameless self promotion.
new site is up, built by the forum's own TheAhi.

comments welcome.

www.leowilliams.net

just got my first batch of cross processed film back, and i'm quite happy with the results..

a few from the holga...

and a few 35mm ones from my FG ..

the rest can be seen here...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8458973@N04/sets/72157616675844891/