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Forum: General Photography
11-29-2018, 08:02 PM
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The best camera you have is the one in your hands at the time.
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the tools in your hands at the time and how to get the best out of them is what separates a professional from an amateur (or as my mother would say, it's a poor craftsman who blames his tools).
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
06-27-2018, 02:34 PM
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You can push the Kodak Tri-X quite a bit; back in 2000 I was hiking around France and used a few rolls under the summer sun at ISO-100 with a Red-90 filter in place.
You'll be shooting with an F5.6 to F8 (or better), the film certainly can take that.
Also, just for giggles, here's two photos I took in Boston from 1999 / 2000 using Kodak's Color IR film.
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Forum: Film Processing, Scanning, and Darkroom
05-31-2016, 06:57 PM
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As much as I love to be a DIY kinda guy, this is one of those things that outsourcing is just better.
Go with Dig My Pics.
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
02-19-2016, 06:07 PM
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For your friend's big day, and so you know what the 645z is like, just rent it for the week.
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
12-15-2015, 11:43 AM
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Having actually shot using blacklights for lighting, I can tell you that there are a few things that you'll need to do to do this right.
Blacklight is extremely hard to focus under (it's dark), so have a flashlight to assist with the focusing if you're using autofocus, otherwise manual focus is best, and a tripod is required.
Blacklights do not put out a lot of light. Think what you're going to need to light the room up and double or triple it. A place to get a blacklight is Hot Topic (they sell the 48" tube and a fixture. Amazon probably has a good deal more.).
UV reactive makeup is around, you'll want some. In our case it wore off quickly and we had to reapply often. White clothing reflects the best. A good black backdrop helped too.
Your eyes will get tired, best to give yourself some breaks.
A caveat is that I took these with my K-20 way back in the day. -- correction; EXIF is saying my wife's K5. Okay then.
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