Analog film photography and cameras

My Olympus Trip gives me better results than my Yashica T4. Very underrated camera.

I've yet to purchase any of that new Polaroid film, they stock it at the Photographer's Gallery, as the results seem rather dubious at the moment: BJP blog.

Can't believe i've just found this thread. I shoot mostly film, 35, 120 and recently started large format. I'm currently curating my first solo exhibition with all film prints which is good fun.

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelrolph

Dude, you're slow.

On a plus point - you're 'Silence is so accurate' pic has been my iPhone wallpaper for freakin' ages. :)

Love your pictures Mr Rolph. What was the competition you won?

and i thought this forum was just for bikes...
lol, good to hear it's your wallpaper, that's made my day :D

Right, medium format - thinking of making the jump with a Bronica, probably SQ-A.

Any thoughts on this camera? Also for those who shoot 6x6, what would you say your average cost per picture is?

Dude, you're slow.

How can you tell? He hasn't said anything about his ISO number.

Love your pictures Mr Rolph. What was the competition you won?

Thanks! Just an art competition i saw in the local paper, think i won as i was one of the only entries under 60. hmmm fresh blood.

Haven't had first hand experience with bronica's, but friends of mine really like them, and i personally can't argue with the picture quality. As for 120 costs, this weekend i got a roll of 120 (shot with mamiya rb67 pro sd, push sellotaped specs closer to face) prints only from snappy snaps for £15. I think this is way over the top, but if you can use a scanner sure it'll be under a £5 for processing

chortle chortle

How can you tell? He hasn't said anything about his ISO number.

Right, medium format - thinking of making the jump with a Bronica, probably SQ-A.

Any thoughts on this camera? Also for those who shoot 6x6, what would you say your average cost per picture is?

reliable little workhorse, if you can get one for cheap, perfect.

the other option is a TLR camera, cheaper in general, a good one would be a Yashica or a Seagull TLR.

As for you Mr Jambon, I strongly recommend you to check out Simon Robert's work called "We English", I'm fairly certain you'll like it.

http://we-english.co.uk/index.html

anyone bought any cheap slaves off ebay?

in the British empire that kind of thing was banned in 1834.

He's documenting the general election campaign too, I like his setup:

As for you Mr Jambon, I strongly recommend you to check out Simon Robert's work called "We English", I'm fairly certain you'll like it.

http://we-english.co.uk/index.html

Can't believe i've just found this thread. I shoot mostly film, 35, 120 and recently started large format. I'm currently curating my first solo exhibition with all film prints which is good fun.

www.flickr.com/photos/michaelrolph

Some good work there - keep it up :)

Ed, Thank you for making me aware of Simon Roberts. His work looks great, some similarities on subject matter with Martin Parr. I'm confident Simon Roberts will be a source of research for future projects. cheers again

On the subject of TLR's, the minolta autocord is massively underrated, but then i may be a little biased (bit of a minolta collector)

As for you Mr Jambon, I strongly recommend you to check out Simon Robert's work called "We English", I'm fairly certain you'll like it.

http://we-english.co.uk/index.html

in the British empire that kind of thing was banned in 1834.

Yeah, Very unfortunate :(

[QUOTE=Fox;1311498]He's documenting the general election campaign too, I like his setup:

We can join in too!

Anyone know about processing film at home?

Anyone know about processing film at home?

Yep, what do you need to know? I can help you out aslong as it's black and white. I have no knowledge of processing colour at home.

I want to start doing it at home as well, just curious as to which B&W films are suitable for the job as C-41 seems to be far to tricky to do when first starting out. Also where I can get chemicals from?

Scrap that about the chemicals, stupid question.

I currently use an LX3 but am considering switching to a film camera as they're more reliable in mountain environments, which is where I take the majority of my photos.

What should I be looking to get and how much to spend? Would like a wide angle and compact as possible, ie, I don't want to take a load of lenses.

Any advice much appreciated!

The mountaineer's camera of choice appears to be the Ricoh GR1v which is of course wide angle. Only problem is that you can't seem to get it anywhere... where can you pick up these type of second hand cameras?

Ffordes

Mifsuds

I've bought from both, with no problems. Ffordes especially, were excellent.

Though I'd be more than a little tempted to get a Voigtlander Bessa, with a very wide and a medium lens. Very wide lenses are the 12mm and the 15mm. A medium could be the 50mm.

An even smaller alternative, and maybe an even better choice, would be a Pentax MX. Its mechanical, so no batteries required for actual photo-taking, but only for the built-in light meter. The MX is smaller than the better known K1000, but maybe superior for that. Certainly easier to carry and pack away. Its not hard to find Pentax lenses on Ebay, or Ricoh (same fit), or Tamron (with adaptor).

Or an ME-Super over the MX, same size too, but with automatic option too;