Analog film photography and cameras

BARSPINZ

Tremendous.

^ That pretty much sums it up for me.
Some of the Dolomite shots, particularly this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Nefarius/andrewscan166.jpg

and this:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Nefarius/andrewscan179.jpg

And the cityscape:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/Nefarius/andrewscan200.jpg

...are some of the best images I've seen in some time.

Clifton Bridge Nottingham

this is awesome. i went down there the other day with some out of date slide film and an old Zenit-E... not expecting anything close to this. very nice.

anyone have a medium format camera(6x6) they want to sell?

Tent

love this!

This is an image taken quickly on a Bakerloo line tube, quite a while ago. I'd gotten on the tube and noticed this little boy sleeping in his mother's arms. I asked if I could take his photo and his young mum agreed. I had to set up my BenBo quickly, and take a incident light reading. I dialled this into my OM1n, and only had time for one shot, before mum and sleepyhead left the tube. Apols for the poor scan. Oh, the lens was 50mm f1.8. Film was Ilford 100 Delta.

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^ very nice.

Wow

;) Cheers fellas.

Handheld incident light readings FTW. Can't go wrong.

I had a Zenza Bronica ETRS lying around for 2 years already, but never got around using it, since I was still in the process of learning to properly work with a camera and digital is more sufficient for that.
Now I started a new study, documentary photography, a few weeks ago and was finally pushed to use it.

I gained the basic knowledge for developing and printing 6 years ago, but the moment I got into the darkroom again last week, I got into this zen-mode - lovely. Didn't have it back then.
I'm now thinking about buying some equipment to set up my own DR, since I've got some space left and these photo's above really motivate.

Having a hard time getting it perfectly sharp with the enlarger, next time use a smaller aperture?
So, nothing special and bit out of focus, but to keep thread alive.

Ilford FP4 125, 75mm f2.8, auto exp through prisma.

Hmm, scanner is cheapo and creates these weird vertical lines.
Need to scan the negative at school..

MrSmyth will be along shortly. :D

Save me.

I suggest Nomex, and a stern constitution.

Haha, well, now you got me all curious.

Having a hard time getting it perfectly sharp with the enlarger, next time use a smaller aperture?

smaller aperture isn't the solution.
use a proper grain focuser. don't stop down beyond the lens's sweetspot (f5-6-8?)
check baseboard alignment if you still have problems.

or buy a decent digital camera and print with a modern 6-8 colour epson/canon/hp printer on the semi gloss papers now available that look exactly like oriental seagull put through a bit of selenium.
the first time i looked at prints made on this paper an notion of going back to film was seen as a pointless nostalgia exercise not worth bothering with when identical printed results were so easily achievable.
most people only look at stuff on shitty computer monitors anyway.

:-)

or buy a decent digital camera...

Benny Hill was an amateur compared to this man. :D

MrSmyth, I was certain you would have extolled the virtues of blacks and highlights that were neither murky nor blown out.
For once, you've given the chap an easy time. You must be getting old.

despite a shitty scan, jpeg compression etc there is detail there. :-)

a decent scanner isn't cheap, you could argue that another step in the chain plus the A to D conversion step is just further degradation. the money spent on a good scanner would buy a decent digital camera.

MedFormat FTW.

/wipes off his sweaty forehead.

Thanks for that. :)
This was stopped down to f8, but apparently too much out of focus. The test was way sharper.
Had a try with a grain focusser, but there was no one around to ask and I just couldn't figure out how to properly use it - if that makes any sense, might have been me being too tired.

Need to get an digital photo printed on A2 by friday, so I'll get to see the results of an Epson print upclose soon.

Won't post testshots in here again..

First up is dumping my laptop for something with a proper monitor, after I recently bought a 5D (mk1).

Stick with it. MrSmith is a perfectionist, and he knows good from crap. He's just funny sometimes when delivering his evaluation. And you can post test shots if you wish, but if they're below par, expect someone to mention it.

don't let me stop you posting your test shots.
i didn't actually comment on the content just offered a bit of advice on focusing

the digital comment was just that. a comment more about the digital medium used for sharing something analogue.

Didn't take it like that!

That's what I'll be coming back here for.
Obviously I think it's nice to have some people around who are experienced with the analog proces and give some substantive criticism.

Make sure the enlarger lens is wide open (not stopped down). That will brighten the image and reduce DoF to make precise focusing easier. Also sacrifice a sheet of photo paper to put in the easel and put the grain focuser on top of it. If you just focus on the easel without paper the focus will be off.

Focus the image on the paper by eye first and then put the grain focuser on top of the paper. That way you will just need a slight tweak of the bellows to make the grain jump out at you. Once you have it focused, stop down, swap out the paper and hit the switch.

Can anyone recommend a good place in central/east to get B+W film developed?