Analog film photography and cameras

Cheers Snoops. I love the sharpness, to the extent that I'll forgive Ektar for it's insane colour palette making all skintones and reds look mental.

Very atmospheric Mac!

Re Hexar, I use mine with Tri-X (iso400) and rarely find I have any problem with exposures.

I've shot when it's said I shouldn't and still had a usable neg.

If it was that much of an issue you could fit an ND filter and fiddle with the iso setting to get correctly metered shots - you can change iso in the middle of a roll I'm sure so taking ND on and off wouldn't be an issue either.

I quite fancy a GR1 of some description - mostly for the increased pocketability - but the reliability issues put me off spending that kind of cash. I've had a few cheaper Ricoh fixed lens compacts though and loved them, if you can find an R1 at a decent price (there's one or two on ebay pretty regularly for £200+ but they don't sell, they crop up for about £20-30 every so often) then I suggest you give it a try. The panoramic mode can be bodged to give a full frame 21mm or so mode.

The R10 is much more plasticky but still fun to shoot.

The only thing likely to go wrong with a Hexar is the shutter button getting dirty and that's a 10 minute job and it'll be like new.

They have other neat features too, double exposure if it's been activated, focusing in pitch black is fun but ultimately rather pointless I imagine! Silent mode is cool. I love that it rewinds and leaves the leader out.

I think i'll keep an eye out for both, I looked a couple of weeks ago for a Hexar and it seems that the same ones on ebay are still there.

The R10 was my very first camera!

Good deal here - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bronica-S2-Zenzanon-75mm-f2-8-lens-12-24-on-120-film-mag-/331023160925?pt=UK_Photography_VintageCameras_SM&hash=item4d1284965d

Gower.

Three cliffs?

Aye, stayed on that camp site right on the cliff. Stunning place.

I thought that to,but if thats Worms head or Oxwich point in the background then its not
cause they are both north of Three Cliffs Bay........I hav'nt been for a while.......my family
had a cottage on Sandy Lane at the top of the valley and spent most school hols there
through the 70s....was total bliss.

Oh you might be right, we did go to Rhosilli but stayed at Three Cliffs

No thats not worms head, take it from a Swansea boy.

Where do folks in East London get stuff developed?
Can't remember what that lad on B Green road is called?

eye culture, 225 bethnal green rd.
I've never been there but I hear good things.
http://claudiamoroni.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/photography-resources-in-london-the-cheap-lab-near-brick-lane/

I found a bunch of cheap scans from a few years ago. I have no idea where the CDs or the negs are. ffs. I really need to take about 3 months off from the world and organise my photos, maybe 6 months to include making contact prints etc. there are a few years where they are super organised, then a couple of years of chaos, then a couple of organised years again. it really disturbs me when I just have no idea what's happened to 20 films worth of photos... I found just the digi-lab mini-contact sheets in a wallet. plus they (the photos in general) are in two different towns. I really feel this is something I need to do... maybe next summer?

eye culture, 225 bethnal green rd.
I've never been there but I hear good things.
http://claudiamoroni.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/photography-resources-in-london-the-cheap-lab-near-brick-lane/

Cheers!

For those that might be interested:
theheavycollective.com

eye culture, 225 bethnal green rd.
I've never been there but I hear good things.
http://claudiamoroni.wordpress.com/2010/09/20/photography-resources-in-london-the-cheap-lab-near-brick-lane/

I don't like to speak negatively about anything online but recently I've had some dusty scans from Eye Culture, I think.

Unless you can see another reason for this being speckly? They processed and then scanned BTW.

I'm interested in a reliable dev and scan place that's central. Please say it exists.

yeah looks it.
not really an excuse but I know they don't do B&W themselves, it gets sent somewhere else (which is presumably used by other small photo places). they do C41 themselves.

From what I've seen here, the place nefarious uses up north is the best place to go to. Don't think he gets any special / expensive treatment, just a job well done. Prob worth the postage

Yeah, I've been looking into that place. I think it'll be my next port of call but I'm never happy about putting rolls of film in the post.

+1

some shadowy ones from a couple of years ago. forget what films, all Leica M3. cheap scans.

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...nice input freckL.

hoefla - really dig the first one with the trees!
looks like a diptych of two frames on first sight.

Last one for me, lovely muted colour

There's this drugstore-slide-film around here (two rolls of 36 for €8,50) which is supposed to be Provia 100F in disguise

Pro-lab says it's some sort of Fuji.
Internet says it's rather cool and green-ish.
Mine came back rather warm, and rather contrast-y (considering it being slide film).

Oh, and it's this "AGFA" one -

Recommended, especially fot that price.

Trees and chair are lovely Hoefla. Light through the window looks lovely.;

...what lens, btw?