Analog film photography and cameras

ah, well I couldn't even glean that the location where their mechanics are based is open to customers. I'll look into it, thanks.

What's my best bet for getting b&w film developed and put on a CD? Not in London so it'll have to be posted, and the cheaper the better...

I'd guess Genie are your best bet - cheap but very good quality, as used by quite a few pros.

Peak imaging are bloody good

AG are cheap but two week turnaround...

Friend of mine just had really poor scans back from Genie. Peak has been great for me lately.

With difficulty. Take a bunch of meter readings (reflected and incident) and a bit off guesswork. Another shot didn't really come out properly at all but having a lit subject helps.

Diapositives are, I think, best shoot at night under ambient illumination with brain and not meter. If a meter, only incident is of any good utility (a spot meter will only confirm that the whole undertaking is daft) but the general problem is not just the illumination of the subject but the total image contrast, highlights and shadows. Its typically serendipity. When less should be left to chance, in cinema before all the wonderful HMI lamps one "solved" the problem by shooting night shots in daylight--- the title of a Trufauft film was even "Day for Night".

Interesting.

Reminded me of lash up slide copying (not done it for 30 years) - Googling 'slide copier' gave more food for thought

^^What scanner / camera / software was used?

Tempted to try with MR16 LED lamps instead of flash - can't imagine problems with colour cast in monochrome - and moving the paper (light box perspex?) back from the negative to throw it out of focus.

The bandwidth of LED lamps is narrow.

The best fullspectrum MR16s offer an emission curve of:

T-Max film for example has the spectral response curve:

I think getting things right is much much more trouble than its worth given the simplicity of a flash box or daylight---- the old Leitz copier, for example, was designed for exposure in sunlight.

@umop3pisdn
I'd recommend Asda. They produces good results from my b&w film shots and are really cheap only £3 for developed and to cd.

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Boat for restoration. by furiousfisher, on Flickr

I normally use Asda, but they can only process c41. Ended up using Max Spielmann, £4 for development a scanning to cd.

aw i see never realised you were using e6 film.

T4 doesn't rewind properly at all. Potentially just wasted a roll of Velvia. On the plus side, it has a guarantee so it should be refundable and putting a new battery in the Mju II has brought it back to life. It may only be temporary but it's something.

Just treated myself to one of these on evilbay

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Olympus-OM1N-MD-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-body-k-/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/z/VxsAAMXQWx1RH7GB/$T2eC16RHJGkE9no8hm5lBRH7GBU2Kw~~60_12.JPG

Looking forward to putting some B&W through it.

@umop3pisdn
I'd recommend Asda. They produces good results from my b&w film shots and are really cheap only £3 for developed and to cd.

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Boat for restoration. by furiousfisher, on Flickr

That looks like pen and ink on my monitor...

Does anybody on here own a Nikon EM with the 1.8/50mm?

I think I do, why?

It's at my parents' but may be calling past there this afternoon.

Edit - I'm pretty sure the lens on the EM isn't the E-series 1.8/50mm but I'll check

Just treated myself to one of these on evilbay

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Olympus-OM1N-MD-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-body-k-/00/s/MTA2MlgxNjAw/z/VxsAAMXQWx1RH7GB/$T2eC16RHJGkE9no8hm5lBRH7GBU2Kw~~60_12.JPG

Looking forward to putting some B&W through it.

If you have it by the weekend and the weather's good, fancy meeting up in town for a couple of hours to get some street shots?

Does anybody on here own a Nikon EM with the 1.8/50mm?

I used to own one 30 years ago but traded it in for an FM2n. The EM was built to a price but took good pics. I still have the 50mm f1.8 E and the 28mm f2.8 E lenses. What do you want to know?

Basically if the handling is good (I read it has a unconventional lever with a 'knee joint' for example),
if it's nice to work with in general or if it does feel like a toy somehow,
and I'd like to see some pictures shot with it's 1.8/50mm.

I consider swapping my Canon AE-1 with the (really nice) 1.4/50mm for the Nikon EM,
I'd like to have something a bit smaller, and I always hated the tinny sound the AE-1 makes
(assuming the EM has a rather 'Nikon' like sound despite it's plastic parts).

Thanks for any feedback on this!
Can't find the thing in local shops here to give it a try unfortunately..

If you have it by the weekend and the weather's good, fancy meeting up in town for a couple of hours to get some street shots?

Sounds good. Hopefully will be here by Sat. I'll PM you.

I consider swapping my Canon AE-1 with the (really nice) 1.4/50mm for the Nikon EM,
I'd like to have something a bit smaller, and I always hated the tinny sound the AE-1 makes
(assuming the EM has a rather 'Nikon' like sound despite it's plastic parts).

Tina, I'm not sure that'd be a good swap. IIRC the AE-1 is shutter-priority. The EM is aperture-priority. While I'm a die-hard Nikon user, I'd have to say that the 50mm f1.8E lens is not as good as the 50mm 1.4 Canon. Forget about the E lens and get a Nikkor (not Nikon) 50mm 1.8 or 1.4 lens - noticeably better, albeit a bit heavier.

If you want a camera that is light, bullet-proof and takes great pictures, get a manual FM2n. Mine is now 30 years old and has seen a lot of use. In that time it's been serviced twice, that's it.

If you want some sort of automation, get an FE (which isn't that much more expensive than a used EM), FE2, or an FA - depending on your budget. The FA in my opinion is massively underrated. Check out http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/fa.htm. There is lots of info on all those models on Ken Rockwell's website.

Have fun picking a new camera!

Achim

Coupla new ones from a sunny day back home at christmas

More at http://do.kallelind.com/ as usual

Lovely. Particularly like the second.

Needs the blacks for me in the second one, unless that's just this monitor.

Has there ever been a photography drinks? would be fun to have a few drinks and talk shit about photography I reckon

so much light in this one but not burnt out at all. super

http://www.kallelind.com/do/wp-content/uploads/CNV000152.jpg