Analog film photography and cameras

Really like those, Kolor. What film/camera you using there?

Also forgot to say I really enjoyed those Snowdonia pics a page back. Defo prefer the colour ones. But they're all cracking really.

Top one's lovely

^ yes more details please (esp about the film)

^ What have you decided then? You've had enough time to think about it now! ;)

under tate modern, leftovers from its power station days

Under Tate Modern?
Geez, I've been there a couple of times (really like that space too) but never heard of the tanks.
One day...

Mighty mood on those by the by, creeps me.

Just been to aperture UK, they have a really good condition R3m with 50mm f 2 for £670 .. tempted!

Cheers all!

Yeh those were taken at the tate modern. there was some performance art type thing going on in the main room when i went there.

Film is fp4 devved in d76, shot wide open on a canon fd 1.4 ssc.

One from a recent roll I shot in Edinburgh on my XA, can anyone tell me why it looks almost HDR? I mean the car looks like its glowing! Im fairly certain the exposure was correct when I shot it. Film was Sensia if that makes any difference.

what does the neg look like - and how was it scanned?

Looks over exposed and cross processed t me

Case came this morning btw. Really nice. It was second hand but only a bit of damage to the base. Fits the M6 perfectly, obviously - being an official case for it - and the leather provides a nice bit of protection. Perfect for the flight and perfect for carrying around out there.

Will upload some highlights when I get back. Desperately need to pick up some colour slide film so will see what I can find at Heathrow.

@danb Neg and the unedited scan are both already very bright, no idea how it was scanned though, I had the roll processed by the fuji lab in Leeds. Is the effect a result of something the lab would have done whilst scanning to compensate for over/under exposure? I know next to nothing about how film is developed.

@mike It is entirely possible it was over exposed, but I dont know why they would have cross processed it. There are a few other shots on the roll where the sky is pretty blown out and glowing but the rest of the roll looks fine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22657465@N07/sets/72157631790563021/with/8096716737/

ah sensia is slide film isn't it? That would explain it - yes - its overexposed, slide is very sensitive to exposure and the xa doesnt have a huge amount of control - I am thinking the meter got fooled by the black building/darker central section (as I think the xa's meter is fairly centrally biased)

Its not x-processed, as the other shots would have been too and they look normal

Ah, that would explain it then, cheers Dan!

Agreed, the lab have darkened the image and whacked up the contrast to compensate.
Nice image all the same :D

Haha. It's like photo CSI in here.

Lomography Belair, just ordered myself one;

Specification, it sound like a cracking medium format camera.

auto exposure
3 format (from 6x6 to 6x12)
2 lenses (90mm standard and 58mm wide angle)
zone focusing
flash hotshoe
compact body.

always like to have a compact reliable medium format camera, this fit the bill.

surprisingly tempted... and not a bad price either.
max speed 1/125 second though?! and it doesn't really say what the slowest speed is... saying "Unlimited" in Bulb mode is not that helpful.

not much different to the other medium format pocket camera really, it's the auto exposure that really sold it for me, the wide angle and 6x12 should make one great landscape camera.

the max aperture is F/8, but then, once you're used to a Holga...

Can't wait to see results. Hurry up and post something please!

First picture taken with the Yashica RF bought off here
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7jmf8j0J1rc6dclo1_1280.jpg

First picture taken with the Yashica RF bought off here
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7jmf8j0J1rc6dclo1_1280.jpg

Lovely shot.

hey all,

I've been shooting some old 35mm slide stock over the summer and want to get it processed and scanned. Any recommendations? Only thing I remember about trying to get some done years back was it felt hellish expensive.

I have a flatbed scanner here, an old epson 1660 perfection which has a negative and slide unit, would it be easier/cheaper/better for me to scan the processed film myself, or to get developer to do it. Seems my scanner goes to 1600 dpi (main scan) 3200 dpi (sub scan) I have no idea what those numbers mean and whether I'll get a good scan out of it..

many thanks in advance..

3200dpi is plenty high enough. Not sure about that model particularly, but generally, modern scanners produce good images.

I use http://www.the-darkroom.co.uk/ for slides. They've just added postage to their cost so dunno if it's that cheap anymore.

Heard about http://www.genieimaging.co.uk/ too but can't vouch for how good it is.

I've had a similar epson scanner to that, could never get good enough scans even with medium format films so i've always gone for dev+scan when developing