Analog film photography and cameras

Oh I've been shooting film for around 10 years and have gone through enough kit. It's always for the same purpose I meant. Practical rather than aesthetic. Camera simply being a tool to document.

Not the cleanest image but the shot is there. Some film or the other. ProgramA 50mm and stuff.

Well, just because you were asking "how I see these things".

Nice shot, would crop though (cut off stuff on the right).

It's always for the same purpose I meant. Practical rather than aesthetic. Camera simply being a tool to document.

Yes I pursuit this approach as well, but definately prefer digital for that.

If I really shoot film, pay a lot of money for a roll, for developing, go to the lab two times, invest hours to scan the fucking negatives,
then I want it to look really good / the way I want it, as much as possible, or else I'm annoyed.
I don't archieve this with, lets say, a throw-in-my-pocket AF Mju-II I realised.

Realised I made a booboo, said XA when I meant Mju II.

Good point. It's a game of patience I suppose. Maybe I should shoot something else other than people for a while.

Need some help, flying out tomorrow to 3 beautiful cities and don't know what camera to take apart from the dslr. Pentax me super with 50mm 1.7/ 28mm 2.8/ 135mm 2.8or a mamiya 645 with a 80mm 2.8?

What would you take?

Personally, I think if you're mainly shooting with a DSLR, it'd be nice to get the really special shots with the 645 as it'll be hard to switch between a 35mm slr and a DSLR (unless you only take one out at a time).

More than one camera?
Working holiday surely?

I just packed 3 cameras to bring with me.

DSLR, SLR and film Compact seems perfect for a 2 week holiday.

That's either dedication or insanity.
Either way, I bow to your fortitude.

To be honest, if I'm bothering to lug my RB67 somewhere, it's little extra effort to put other stuff in too! My XA or T4 are both smaller than a lens or back for the 67. I took my OM1 out for the first time in ages the other day, it amused me how small it feels now.

That's either dedication or insanity.
Either way, I bow to your fortitude.

Snowboarding holiday so shoot video on the dslr, use the MX when I want to and then the gr1 for nights out/other shit.

I couldn't do it - I don't have the dedication or skill, or the room in my 15-17 L travel bags.
I just replaced my GXR system with an E-PM2 loaded up with the 17mm 1.8 lens.
Some would say it's a downgrade, but I'm happy so far.

Fair enough, we're bringing so much stuff that my hand luggage alone is 40l it'd feel wrong not bringing cameras!

will your mobile have a camera too ? wouldn't want to be caught short now ?

Ha yeah but no space left on it for more than a few pictures.

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Bought myself a pack of Ektar 100 as I fancied trying something different from Portra,

I haven't shot any yet but from looking around it looks like I'm going to get very pink skintones with it if I shoot te kind of stuff i usually like to, but that this is reduced by not shooting in direct sunlight

any suggestions of how to get the best out of it?

Shooting dull stuff comes out nicely. It's just very sharp and punchy and the palette is a bit mad. If you've gone for 35mm just shoot a load of different stuff, if 120 do the same but be aware portraits might be a bit weird.

Like anything, it's probably worth shooting a bit of what you normally shoot so you've got something to compare it to! You need at least one constant for comparison ;)

It sounds like its worth chucking a roll through the camera just to see what I get before I try it out on anything more important

The only side by side comparison I have found so far is this...

Kodak Ektar VS Portra 160 - Rangefinderforum.com

Agree with both of nerafius' posts.

In my experience skin tones are unnatural and contrasty, especially in bright sunlight.
I liked photos of things in bright sunlight though, especially reds have a lot of punch.
Have not done flash stuff (check nefarius' blog for this) or much artificial light.

Really liked "dull" light, like cloudy / overcast skies gives you.
Do like the majority of films light like that though, basically want slide film for sunny stuff I guess.

Ektar is kind of a vivid, punchy, contrasty film, sort of an extravagant character.
And sharp!

Just now stumbled over a picture shot on Ektar, with a Rolleiflex SL66. Nice.

Lyes Kachaou

I clearly don't shoot enough film, 2 films shot through a little Ricoh R10 spanning about 3 years!