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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
07-14-2009, 10:28 PM
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Okay, whoever it was that raised the bar on this thread... stop it! :p
Some really great stuff of late. I gotta say, that train sequence PiratStian posted stopped me dead in my tracks (sorry for the pun). Simply awesome.
Which brings us to my feeble work. A few Neopan 400s from the weekend outing to our retiring baseball stadium.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-24-2009, 11:10 AM
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Maybe the 8800F comes with better software? Or just works better - it is a grade up from the 4400F. The 4400F came with "Canoscan Toolbox 5.0", and you see the result above. It does fine for B&W though.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-24-2009, 06:38 AM
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heehee - first thing that hit me was "What is the name of that Michelangelo painting?"
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-24-2009, 06:33 AM
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Thanks Douglas. To be perfectly clear though - that's posted just for example's sake of what the other's colors *should* have been. That photo itself is digital - from my K20D.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-23-2009, 09:31 PM
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Thanks Javier.
I gotta tell ya though, when I scanned the first strip of that film through the 4400F with the Canon software I thought I'd completely screwed up the processing...
because that frame should have looked a lot more like this (from K20D):
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-23-2009, 07:52 PM
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Well, I gotta say shooting color film is a whole new ballgame for me. Other than a roll of Gold200 I burned up to test my PZ-1 when I got it last fall I had not shot color film since 1995.
Not being one to go into anything half way the following images are from:
- my 1st rolls of Portra 400VC ever,
- first color since '95,
- first roll of color I processed myself,
- and first roll of color film I have scanned.
Out of all those the last was the killer. For the record - Canoscan software SUCKS unless you really really like blue/purple images. But VueScan and a bit of trial and error over the past couple days gave me these. Not the best, but not bad IMO for a 4-way first time out.
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/23/portra400vc_01.jpg[/IMGWIDELEFT]
Canna is getting big.
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/23/portra400vc_03.jpg[/IMGWIDELEFT]
A wee nymph on a soon to be daylily (approx. 1:1.3 macro)
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/23/portra400vc_04.jpg[/IMGWIDELEFT]
Yesterday Lily
[IMGWIDELEFT]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/23/portra400vc_07.jpg[/IMGWIDELEFT]
Requisite photo of Nate.
(Post #900 in this thread! WOW!)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-23-2009, 07:40 PM
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That is what's called a "pearl". :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-18-2009, 02:51 PM
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I just grasped for a straw on your thread, Robin. :)
In another slightly off-topic spin ... I just got 5 rolls of Portra 400VC delivered and I'm about to load up the PZ-1. Kodak MAX400 is the most "exotic" I've done with color film. Any tips for the uninitiated? Photo requests? :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-12-2009, 02:16 PM
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Beast or not, I'm gonna have to pick up either a 645 or 67 one of these days soon. Local shop has a couple of both in the consignment case - they taunt me!
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-11-2009, 01:22 PM
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No doubt, all of those do. That's some intensely cool grain. :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2009, 08:02 PM
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Huh? Color is welcome. And your photos are most definitely welcome. :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2009, 03:29 PM
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Could very well be spot on there, Steve. These are the first rolls of 100 I've shot - bought 2 rolls each of Delta, Plus-X, Acros and TMAX. Both the Delta and Plus-X came out with a bit more grain than I expected and I am merely assuming it's the dilution (63:1) of HC-110 that contributed to it.
Here's a couple more off the first roll of plus-x thru the PZ-1 and Tam90...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-06-2009, 03:19 PM
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haha! DIY processing changed my whole outlook and continues to open my eyes up about differences between films and developing chems and procedures. I picked up a bottle of TMAX developer today. Didn't plan to; I was just going in for a bottle of Kodafix and a pack of archive pages...
Thanks for the compliment. That was the last frame of the roll.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-05-2009, 11:34 PM
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Yesterday was Plus-X 125. Man, this stuff has a wicked fast developing time I had to go with HC110 @ dilution H (half strength) just to get into the 5 minute zone.
I'm not sure if I'm liking HC110 with these lower (sub 400) speed films, especially at higher dilution ratios to extend developing time. They seem a bit grainier than I expected and I'm wondering if a less reactive developer like D-76 or TMAX would treat them better.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-04-2009, 03:22 PM
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:) Sometimes words won't convince even the most hopeful of listener. Sometimes you just gotta experience it for yourself.
Heck, 30-odd years ago when my dad first put a camera in my hands I *couldn't wait* for the day he'd let me put a cartridge of "real film" (color) into my instamatic. Now in my fourties, I look forward to every frame of B&W that comes out of my two film bodies. :)
Sometimes I wish I'd taken photography more seriously as a kid and wonder what might have happened if I had. But in the end I am who I am and I learned everything I have in life because of the path I took and I wouldn't want to change that even if I could.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-03-2009, 10:38 PM
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I recall seeing that post and biting my tongue (err, keyboard). :)
If I'm going to shoot C41 B&W, XP2 is my choice. BW400CN does a good job and is much easier to get, but XP2 just has a higher quality feel.
So now that you have a taste you gotta go for the real deal and get some genuine silver halide. It's like the difference between a can of Coke from the vending machine and a fresh fountain draft. :) Of course, then you're gonna want to start processing your own film too because there's nothing quite as sweet as hanging fresh negs up to dry...
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-02-2009, 07:26 PM
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Thank you, Javier. There's a little motion blur (or perhaps slightly oof) but it's one of the better from that roll. I was showing the wife the scans the other night and when that one came up her words were something like "and now we're back to 1950" :)
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
06-01-2009, 10:37 PM
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I'm in permanent film test mode I think. Ran a couple rolls of Ilford Delta 100 this weekend and processed them in HC-110 dilution H @ 10min.
1st two made with superProgram & M135/3.5
[imgwideleft]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/02/super_20090531_18.jpg[/imgwideleft]
[imgwideleft]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/02/super_20090531_13.jpg[/imgwideleft]
Next two made with PZ-1 & FA28-105/4-5.6 (power zoom) ...
[imgwideleft]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/02/pz1_20090531_13.jpg[/imgwideleft]
[imgwideleft]http://www.perzactly.com/posts/2009/06/02/pz1_20090531_04.jpg[/imgwideleft]
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-17-2009, 05:52 PM
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Ahh. Thank you both. Now just have to figure out if there's a way to compensate/correct it with the 4400.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-17-2009, 11:23 AM
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Okay, okay, a slight exaggeration in the post title. :p
I so have a question though. Notice in both shots there is a "smear" apparently on the negatives these were scanned from? 1st photo right down Nate's chest, 2nd photo it's mid-frame on the left edge.
I'm trying to pin down what exactly is causing this so I can hopefully prevent it in the future. I see it on scans from different films, different cameras and different processors ( local pro lab and myself both ). It doesn't appear on every frame nor on every strip.
I don't know the pro lab's "process" but here is mine:
After develop/stop/fix/hypo-clear steps I do a final rinse and bath in a weak solution of Photo-Flo (1ml per gallon H20) and then squeegee before hanging. The squeegee is a *brand new* Paterson and I meticulously rinse it in the solution and then shake off the excess before applying it to the strip. After drying I cut the strip into 6 frame slices and scan them with a CanoScan 4400F and import to LR2.
What the heck causes it? Is it the Photo-Flo itself? Can it be due to the slight curl of the negs causing some distortion in the scanner? Could it be the squeegee (it is brand new and treated like surgical equipment)?
I'm going to post the same Q as its own thread but thanks in advance for any help.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-07-2009, 10:36 AM
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I'm guessing getting the temps right and keeping them constant is the biggest headache
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-07-2009, 09:29 AM
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Pretty cool stuff, Agnostic!
So compared to B&W processing how did you find the C-41 experience? I'm feeling the tug to run some color film thru my cameras but now that I've started processing my own B&W I really don't want to send film off ever again.
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Forum: Film SLRs and Compact Film Cameras
05-06-2009, 12:51 PM
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I think the reverse actually tends to be more true. :)
Nice shot, Javier.
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