Analog film photography and cameras

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

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

This is awesome - but looks perhaps a little over-sharpened?

Thanks all!

^ Agree, but that's how they came from the lab... You should see them at 100%, branches looks like scratches... I'm looking for a proper scanner, just waiting for the right one to come up on ebay

Some shots I took last summer on an old rangefinder kindly loaned to me by EEI, using old 35mm E6 stock, so I had no idea of the condition of the film itself.

Had the film developed and scanned at Genie, which is just down in wandsworth common, and I'm really happy with the quality..

rest of the photos are here..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11623716@N06/sets/72157632816525905/

Have fun picking a new camera!

Thanks, and thanks for you input!

I am personally loving number one and the one Stu posted of kboy's. Misty forests FTW.

A lovely entrance, Corny! Your subjects all look super relaxed, happy and natural in front of the camera. What's your secret? It's the laugh, right? :)

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..

Hi, haven't posted on this tread before, should probably take more pictures and get involved.

I have a few photos that were taken with my mum's 30 year old Nikon EM with the 50mm 1.8. I haven't used any other 35mm SLR so i can't really compare, but i do like the EM, feels good in my hands.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61621437@N08/sets/72157629608077759/

B&W is Ilford HP5, colour is maybe fuji superia.

Different angle:

(Doesn't qualify as non-digital though)

Hi, haven't posted on this tread before, should probably take more pictures and get involved.

I have a few photos that were taken with my mum's 30 year old Nikon EM with the 50mm 1.8. I haven't used any other 35mm SLR so i can't really compare, but i do like the EM, feels good in my hands.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/61621437@N08/sets/72157629608077759/

B&W is Ilford HP5, colour is maybe fuji superia.

Fountain by the Tower Bridge is excellent.

I have a few photos that were taken with my mum's 30 year old Nikon EM with the 50mm 1.8

Thanks for posting!
Bit hard to judge the quality as it apparently went through a digital minilab, but thanks anyway, it's an impression.

Considering swapping the AE-1 -
I just wondered if there maybe is a canon body that doesn't sound as tinny / clangy, that I'm not aware of?
AE-1 is the only Canon non-digital SLR I've used so far, just assumed they all sound like this.

Thanks again for any input!

Next time I'll contribute some pictures : ]

wools, thanks.

I'm just getting back into the photography thing. I'm not one for posed portraits, mostly as I don't like asking people if I can take their photograph, and I've always disliked the posed portraits of my youth, where you get the fixed smile and bright eyes...

I'm just one for seeing what happens, mix in a bit of alcohol, some sunshine and a bit of patience and every so often you grab something which is interesting...

I generally just keep the camera close to my eye, so no one knows if I'm taking something or just thinking about it..

Still got some rolls left so will start taking some more when the days get longer...

Might even try some posed ones as well...

ebay was kind to me today. got one of these for £11!

Sweet! Post pictures!

On a sidenote I nearly got mugged in my very own hallway last evening at like seven effing thirty in the evening,
and those junkies apparently were after my 34 year old canon AE-1 whose bag looks like mold!
If I recall correctly I focused more on not-letting-the-camera-go than protecting my ribs while they were kicking me, lying on the ground.
They can not haz!

ouch!

Hope you're ok?!

As others have said, hope you're ok.

Easy to say with rational hindsight, less so in the heat of the moment: a camera can almost certainly be replaced but some injuries are permanent.

Some cross posting, having read the digital thread as well...FWIW, most of my (film) cameras have a commercial value that is only slightly more than two years (UK) specialist insurance premium, so not really worth insuring in cash terms. Insurance companies don't put a price on sentimental value or 'I value this because I like it' but you might be able to get quotes on an agreed value basis - expect to pay dearly. Have you looked at the small print of your house & contents insurance? You might already be covered for single items less than £500 (looking at mine) but that would have to be balanced against increased future premiums?

A new DSLR would be a different matter - worth insuring and equally worth letting go in a confrontation.

Incidentally, my Canon case (early '70s) also has a 'patina' that looks like mould. I think it's just age related degradation rather than fungal growth - no sign of it on anything else so far...

well done on standing up to the muggers. doubt i would have been able to do the same

Glad you're alright! Does seem silly but I suppose these things have sentimental value rather than just their monetary value. I'd certainly take a kicking to protect my Asahi Pentax SP500, my favourite camera which my Dad saved up for and bought when he was 18.

one of the pictures from a ride in the nice sun we had last week, i really need a better scanner it really doesn't do the photos justice

99p agfa photo film and 99p konica 'z up 60'? camera off ebay

That makes me wanna go riding!

Love that!

Yea, I'm pretty much alright, fortunately they were junkies or something, did not have that much force.
Thanks for the kind words everyone!

I haven't shot film in almost 10 years but I enjoy dropping into this thread from time to time. Even so, now that digital sensors are getting so good, I've found it hard to shake the feeling that film is something of an anachronism. However, this weekend I had somewhat of a revelation.

My GF didn't really get into photography until after digital was widely available and I was surprised to discover she didn't really know much about slide film etc. So this weekend back at my parent's I dug out a folder of old slides, a loupe and lightbox and showed her some shots of a trip I made to Uganda in 2002.

Frankly I was just blown away. Something just seemed so intangibly "right" about sifting through sheets of transparencies and the colours just seemed to "pop" in a way that I've never got digital to.

My first reaction was to ask for slide scanner recommendations but even that feels like it would mute some of the images. I guess next time I visit my parent's I'll just have to lock myself away with my dad's old projector instead.

/csb

@Tina, glad you're ok!!

^^ Exactly why I love shooting film. It's something magic about the serendipity of not knowing what to get, and that when you get it, it's like you say, just right.

Scanning slides seems hard though, super hit and miss for me when I've got stuff back from labs.

^^^ There is very little in the digital realm that comes close to that moment you scatter a bunch of Velvia 50 slides onto a light table and the colours pop out at you like that.