Analog film photography and cameras

If it were me then I'd probably be using ektar as a colour negative (100 iso), or portra at 400.
Black and white Fuji neopan acros (100) or ilford delta 400, or of course HP5 for grainy high contrast stuff.

eh? why not use a b&w film and be able to do enlargements? is it just for convenience? and do you actually get decent contrast? do you have to do lots of digital post-processing?

questions questions

It all gets drum scanned hi-res and ends up in Adobe Lightroom.

Sacrilege?

meh.

If those night shots are with flash then 100iso will be fine... .

Sorry miro_o, but that goes against everything I have learned about photography, in more than 30 years.

If you equate INDOOR Photography to NIGHT Photography, then I understand your recommendation. However, night photography is often taken to mean outdoor photography....at night. Therefore I couldn't recommend 100 ASA/ISO film for night work.....unless using a sturdy tripod and a cable-release.

Better to use a 400-1000 speed film at night outdoors. I'd go for a 400 myself. Of course its grainy, so you lose definition, but you gain that back in faster shutter speeds or wider apertures. That's my take on it anyway.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Night time photography:

1. Long exposure – use low iso film such as iso 100 (as it helps avoid reciprocity failure).
   
2. Flash – use whatever depending on how much of the scene you want lit, I use fill-in and 100 iso as this avoids overexposed areas that can't be brought back.
   
3. Outside with streetlights etc. Then you want a fast film, maybe.
   
   

Two out of three means I win.

:)

Diacord received today (Royal Mail working on a Sunday?).
Very happy with it.
Thanks Spenceey.

Blimey only posted on Friday!

Blimey only posted on Friday!

Yeah, Royal Mail in efficiency shocker!

Your packaging was very novel, wondered what it was at first!

Ah so that was one of the Christmas wrapped ones?

Figured it's Christmas time you might want to put it under the tree for yourself!

I'm actually giving it to my gf for christmas, I thought about leaving it wrapped up but wanted to see what it was like before I gave it to her and I did stuff like took the finder off and the mirror out and cleaned it and stuff.

Kinda want to keep it myself actually!

Blimey you did a good job of cleaning it up then. TLR's are lovely cameras to look at.

Double-X | D96

My neck of the woods.

North Six Shooter, Indian Creek, Utah.
Olympus OM1, Velvia?

The scan is gash - got a bunch of other shots that aren't fixable. They project fine but the scans are terrible.

XA2 turned up Spence, going to have a quick look now. Ta

Brilliant. Hope the case is ok too. Fits the XA2 and flash perfectly.

In ways I actually prefer the XA2 because it doesn't have a rangefinder. So quick for shooting on and still so small, especially without the flash on.

Get some film through it Mac!

Some new shots on me blerrg.
http://imdabestmayne.tumblr.com/

In ways I actually prefer the XA2 because it doesn't have a rangefinder. So quick for shooting on and still so small, especially without the flash on.

Get some film through it Mac!

Exactly, I sold my XA because it didn't really fill a gap so to speak. Liking the simplicity of the XA2, just put some Tri-x in!

Sacrilege?

not all. jealous of drum scans though.

MetroLandman - you live in Dungeness?

Some new shots on me blerrg.
http://imdabestmayne.tumblr.com/

You've been proper busy, Andy. I'm particularly liking the 'big' shots. Are you back in Scotland yet?

@spenceey
Got the scanner today and just gave it a quick test with this 6x7 neg from a film I shot recently. Works pretty well and came in pretty festive packaging.

That might be down to what colour profile you are saving your images as.

You were right Taxi, I'd just forgotten to embed the colour profile when saving the image.

Brilliant. Hope the case is ok too.....

Cheers spenceey, I received the Bessa yesterday, and the case is perfect. My twin in Canada is well jealous. Perfect little prezzie to myself.

You were right Taxi, I'd just forgotten to embed the colour profile when saving the image.

I've had loads of issues with colours and flickr. I know it's down to profiles but there's so many variables in there (embed in jpg, browsers, flickr etc) that I just gave up flickr completely. The shit interface didn't aid them either.

My take on 'Hurricane Bawbag'

IMG_0004 by Ande Murdoch, on Flickr

IMG_0002 by Ande Murdoch, on Flickr

IMG by Ande Murdoch, on Flickr