Analog film photography and cameras

*HANG IN THERE
Here at hard graft beautifully composed photographs that are sharp with an optimal play of light and shadows are just as important to us as each of our designs. The camera is therefore one of our most loved gadgets.

*Uh-huh.

FFS, please shut up!

Finally got a few rolls developed from over Christmas.
Pretty happy with the way most have turned out.

Olympus om2n with Ilford HP5.

Olympus om2n with Portra 400

Nice! Makes me want to get outside in the country

Have you adjusted levels on them? Looks like the scans are a bit flat?

Just very minor touches, and adjusted any problem shots (a few were very flat, presumably from me overexposing).

I left a few completely (the first B&W one, the viaduct, the boots) as I quite liked the charm it gives.

Those are all fantastic!

Thanks!

Hadn't had anything developed from this camera yet, so I was expecting light-leaks and a dodgy meter. Happily it's fine.

I really like those, Mr Cox. Especially the aquaduct one. What do peeps mean when you say an image is "a bit flat"? Just curious.

MacReady, that last one is ace. Colours are great!

I imagine he's talking about large depth of focus and lack of contrast change over distance.

Probably not actually.

Eg:

Three fucking thumbs up! I'm almost expecting a planet to come into view from behind the clouds. You really have a way with lighting landscape. I'd hardly call these flat.

Three fucking thumbs up! I'm almost expecting a planet to come into view from behind the clouds. You really have a way with lighting landscape. I'd hardly call these flat.

I was just using them as an example of that tonal variation with distance ;)

I remember a lot of that roll was duff but those came out EXACTLY as I'd wanted.

Ah, I see. it's why I hate taking pictures of landscape or any subject with vast distances. Despite the general idea of closing down for detail, I still find it difficult to make an engaging picture.
These though. The start to Prometheus? Yeah....exactly.

There are so many variables too though.

Those shots in particular worked so well because it was a particularly hazy day with high humidity, more moisture in the air really bringing out the gradation.

I understood it as flat being low contrast. I think what you're talking about is aerial perspective, not that I've ever heard anybody actually say that in real life.

That first one is perfect, Nefarious.

Love those colour ones too, definitely makes me pine for the countryside

Nikon 35ti/superia 400poundland agfa/asda processing/no post

Untitled by 40 skid patches, on Flickr

edit: just checked the negs and noticed I got the film wrong.

currently scanning about 200 rolls of old 35mm film negative .... not every frame thank goodness but getting the best ones out

the scanner seems to be doing a decent job

Looking good, what scanner you using?

I told you there were submarines in the boating lake.

Thats absolutely class indra.

nikon coolscan iv ls40
bought it about a year ago but found it wasn't windows 8 compatible
people have now done work arounds so finally getting round to scanning 25 years of 35mm film

once done it'll be up for loan / sale

I understood it as flat being low contrast

yep

north wales - winter walking trip

Fantastic. Shame about the scratches.

What were they shot on?

Thats absolutely class indra.

Cheers, I really seem to enjoy shooting with my compacts more than almost anything else.

Compacts are a lot of fun. But once you start shooting larger formats you'll start lusting for the higher res.