Topic: Friday 31 ...

[Sandeha Lynch]

Here's a portrait from Claire's new wooden box.  Paper neg, scanned and inverted.



I didn't take the shot, I just built the camera.



IMGP7840a by Sandeha Lynch, on Flickr

[KevinAllan]

One from my recently acquired Lomo Fisheye 2:


Fisheye vintage fire engine by Kevin Allan, on Flickr

[MiguelCampano]

My first attempt at using Ilford Pan F 50... Taken at noon. I was trying to get the reflection 


poles by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

[Aksel]

That wooden box looks amazing!

My sister and niece
Badly focused Soligor 85mm f/1.5 "Biotar" on F100 with 10+ years out of date Neopan 1600 - stand dev. in Rodinal.

[robclarke]

I have been trying out handheld large format photography with my Linhof master technika.

img348 by biotecbob, on Flickr

img347 by biotecbob, on Flickr



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[calbisu]

Getting used to the little Ricoh

Ricoh GR1 s Kodak TriX 400 28mm by calbisu, on Flickr

Ricoh GR1 s Kodak TriX 400 28mm by calbisu, on Flickr

Ricoh GR1 s Kodak TriX 400 28mm by calbisu, on Flickr

[02Pilot]

Zeiss Ikoflex Ic, HP5+ in Caffenol C-H(RS):

[MiguelCampano]

Zeiss Ikoflex Ic, HP5+ in Caffenol C-H(RS):

Nice!

Reminds me of Kansas/Oklahoma, where I lived when I first came to the U.S almost 8 years ago.

[02Pilot]

Zeiss Ikoflex Ic, HP5+ in Caffenol C-H(RS):

Nice!

Reminds me of Kansas/Oklahoma, where I lived when I first came to the U.S almost 8 years ago.

Thanks. It's actually upstate NY, which in places looks a lot more like the Midwest than people expect.

[Fluminian]

Fuji GA 645 Zi, Fomapan 100, Rodinal.


weathered_door by Miljenko Vrankovic, on Flickr

[kentish cob]

My sister and niece
Badly focused Soligor 85mm f/1.5 "Biotar" on F100 with 10+ years out of date Neopan 1600 - stand dev. in Rodinal.

"Badly focused.." Nah... Beautifully soft..! Lovely family portrait, Aksel.

[Jeff Warden]

I have been trying out handheld large format photography with my Linhof master technika.

Wow that sounds like fun!  The images are great too.

 

[jharr]

Loving the family portraits from Bob and Aksel (Sharp focus ain't all is cracked up to be!)

Cactus flower buds.
Nikkormat FTn
Nikkor 50/1.4 + 27.5mm ext tube
Dacomatic Recordak @ iso 20
Parodinal 1:100 x 50 min.


Swollen Bud by James Harr, on Flickr


Cactus Flower Bud by James Harr, on Flickr

[Bryan]

Sandeha, will Claire be sharing photos from that camera, it would be nice to see how it works out? 

James, nice macro shots, I think I will be doing more of that this year.

I have a few more from North Dakota.  The first is the same cabin I shared last weekend, in color this time.  Both were shot with my Olympus OM-2n Using a Zuiko MC Autozoom f/4 35-70mm lens.  The film is Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400.

Theodore Roosevelt's Cabin by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

Assumption Abbey by Bryan Chernick, on Flickr

[Sandeha Lynch]

Sandeha, will Claire be sharing photos from that camera, it would be nice to see how it works out? 

Eventually I'm sure, but she'll be travelling most of the summer and posting may only be on Instagram @ckdocphot.

[gsgary]

20 years out of date Ektachrome, M4-2

[Kai-san]

I love Kevin's fire engine!

Nikon F3 / Nikkor 135mm f3.5 Ai-S / Expired Fuji Superia 400 exp. at box speed.

[Indofunk]

Wow! Gary's E6 shots are stunning! I also love Aksel's soft focused, grainy, vignetted portrait 

[ManuelL]

Great set of shots again this weekend! The different portraits stand out to me.

A shot from a trip to the Oker valley; Mamiya 6; Velvia 50

[gsgary]

Wow! Gary's E6 shots are stunning! I also love Aksel's soft focused, grainy, vignetted portrait 

Thank you

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[Andrea.]

My pal Alex Boyd gave me some plus-x expired in 1958 to play with. SH
hot it at 50 asa and developed in PQ universal 1:10 2 mins. Seemed to work.
Old Industar 26m lens.

Roads on the island here.

[MiguelCampano]

I took this last Saturday in Philadelphia. After a few drinks, I began developing this roll of Tri-X 400, which I shot setting the EI to 800 on the EOS 650, and I developed it "attempting" (my first attempt, ever) to push it to 800.... However, since I was tipsy, I forgot to set up a timer and my assumption is that it spent around 14 minutes with Ilfosol-3 at 1:14

Whoops




Wanamaker Alley by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

[Indofunk]

Recently, I've been shooting Tri-X exclusively at either 800 or 1600, depending on whether my camera only meters up to 800 (Canonet, XA), or if it can meter up to 1600 (Pentax ME, Minolta SRT). If I shoot at 1600, I stand develop it in HC110 1:100, otherwise at 800 I push it in HC110 dil B for 8min. The great thing about negative film is that it has a lot of latitude, so most "whoops" moments should come out fine I once famously stand developed some Tri-X for about 8 hours and it was fine (I was drunk that time, too )

[MiguelCampano]

Recently, I've been shooting Tri-X exclusively at either 800 or 1600, depending on whether my camera only meters up to 800 (Canonet, XA), or if it can meter up to 1600 (Pentax ME, Minolta SRT). If I shoot at 1600, I stand develop it in HC110 1:100, otherwise at 800 I push it in HC110 dil B for 8min. The great thing about negative film is that it has a lot of latitude, so most "whoops" moments should come out fine I once famously stand developed some Tri-X for about 8 hours and it was fine (I was drunk that time, too )

To be completely honest, I was not only drunk but also catching up on some episodes of Archer, on Netflix. I mean, what is Kodak going to do, sue me? 

[Bryan]

Recently, I've been shooting Tri-X exclusively at either 800 or 1600, depending on whether my camera only meters up to 800 (Canonet, XA), or if it can meter up to 1600 (Pentax ME, Minolta SRT). If I shoot at 1600, I stand develop it in HC110 1:100, otherwise at 800 I push it in HC110 dil B for 8min. The great thing about negative film is that it has a lot of latitude, so most "whoops" moments should come out fine I once famously stand developed some Tri-X for about 8 hours and it was fine (I was drunk that time, too )

To be completely honest, I was not only drunk but also catching up on some episodes of Archer, on Netflix. I mean, what is Kodak going to do, sue me? 

Developing Under the Influence (DUI) is much more acceptable than the other DUI.

[Francois]

As long as you don't decide to pee in the developing tank... 

Sepia negatives anyone? 

[Late Developer]

A few from our trip to the East Anglian Railway Museum. Leica MP, 35mm Summicron and Kodak TMax 400:

[gsgary]

My pal Alex Boyd gave me some plus-x expired in 1958 to play with. SH
hot it at 50 asa and developed in PQ universal 1:10 2 mins. Seemed to work.
Old Industar 26m lens.

Roads on the island here.

Really nice, I would love to ride that road on my motorbike

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[gsgary]

I took this last Saturday in Philadelphia. After a few drinks, I began developing this roll of Tri-X 400, which I shot setting the EI to 800 on the EOS 650, and I developed it "attempting" (my first attempt, ever) to push it to 800.... However, since I was tipsy, I forgot to set up a timer and my assumption is that it spent around 14 minutes with Ilfosol-3 at 1:14

Whoops




Wanamaker Alley by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

Being tipsy helped, next time have more Beer and develop it the next day

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[MiguelCampano]

First go with the "Nifty-Fifty" from Canon. My roommate's daughter was leaving for prom as I was coming back home from work, so I snapped this picture of her before she left. I'm pleased with my *cheap* 50mm 1.8 


Bianca by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

[EarlJam]

Nikon F2, 50 1.4, Ilford HP5+.

[Klaus]

First couple of scans from first EFKE 25 film - St John the Baptist Hospital ruins High Wycombe.
Nikon F60, Yellow Y2 Filter, Tripod, around 1/8th, Ilfosol 3 for 7 minutes.
Very nice tonal range I think. Sky is burnt out, no clouds otherwise Y2 would have helped with that.
More to come.

[gsgary]

First go with the "Nifty-Fifty" from Canon. My roommate's daughter was leaving for prom as I was coming back home from work, so I snapped this picture of her before she left. I'm pleased with my *cheap* 50mm 1.8 


Bianca by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

I wish you had turned her to her left and you had moved a bit to your right to get more light on her face

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[AJShepherd]

First roll from the recently acquired Voigtlander Vitessa. If I had any criticism of the camera it would be that loading film is a bit fiddly. First film was OK, but the second roll I put in it got snagged on something and ripped the film, luckily it was clear something was amiss early on so I only wasted the first few frames taking the back off and clearing the rip.

Still. These are Fomapan 100 developed in R09, and I'm pretty pleased with the results from my day out to Alfriston.


Market Cross by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr
(despite the pub's cheesy name, it had the best selection of beer in the village)


Badgers by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr
Always love how black and white captures the texture of things.


Tin roof by Antony Shepherd, on Flickr

[Blaxton]

I had an opportunity to hang with our school's piano technician as he worked his magic on a Steinway D before a concert.

Olympus OM-1, 35mm lens, Tri-X (probably asa 1600), Caffenol C-L, semi-stand development.

[Klaus]

Treetrunk waiting to sprout ....
Nikon F60, Efke2, Ilfosol3 - first roll

[hookstrapped]

Mmmmm... cactus flower buds and old Ektachrome

from Fuji FP-100C in a 4x5 with petzval lens

[Klaus]

Some amazing stuff here - Cactus Flower Buds - one of my plants is in full flower (only got digital pictures...). Plus-X from 1958 - that's not a mistake? As old as I am ....
Anyway another one on EFKE 25 - at work on a Friday afternoon - wish I was on that flight. The sky is not lit evenly - maybe it's due to the scanning. The film is very springy, in both directions, so probably caused by that.

[Klaus]

Before the weekend is over .... couple of shots taken with the GW690iii.
Neopan 400CN - dev by mail order - expiry date 2005 (storage conditions average - under a bed
Cropped within 6x9 aspect and a little treatment in PS, mainly dust and spots.
1 - St Annes and St Peters High Wycombe
2 - Paper Mill Sculpture High Wycombe - somewhat abused with stickers and markers .....

[Indofunk]

Oh! Almost forgot about the weekend thread! Here's my contribution. Ilford FP4+ in an XA taken at Land's End in San Francisco. Somehow I've been going to SF my whole life and had never been to Land's End. Highly recommended, not for this tree, but for the spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge.



I scan with a very odd setting on my V500 ... I set the film type to B&W negative, but then scan in 48 bit color as opposed to grayscale or B&W. I did that by accident once and it looked better than either B&W negative/B&W or color negative/48bit color. Anyways, I always covert to B&W in Lightroom, except for this one, which I though looked great toned from the scanner.

[Francois]

You do have more color information that way. You can use the layers tab to select the sharpest layer (not all colors are equally sharp on scanners) and then convert it back to 16 bit grayscale.

[Indofunk]

You do have more color information that way. You can use the layers tab to select the sharpest layer (not all colors are equally sharp on scanners) and then convert it back to 16 bit grayscale.

Layers tab is only in Photoshop, right? May have to experiment with that. But the curious thing to me is that scanning in BW neg/48 bit color comes out sharper and more contrasty than color neg/48 bit color. Actually, I think it's just that the BW neg/48 bit color option gives me deeper blacks for some reason. And I do play around with the Epsonscan histogram as well.

[02Pilot]

Layers tab is only in Photoshop, right? May have to experiment with that. But the curious thing to me is that scanning in BW neg/48 bit color comes out sharper and more contrasty than color neg/48 bit color. Actually, I think it's just that the BW neg/48 bit color option gives me deeper blacks for some reason. And I do play around with the Epsonscan histogram as well.

I always try to get a scan with the widest tonal range, which almost inevitably looks flat, but adding contrast is much easier than lowering it. You can always build more contrast with a simple curve adjustment.

[Indofunk]

Layers tab is only in Photoshop, right? May have to experiment with that. But the curious thing to me is that scanning in BW neg/48 bit color comes out sharper and more contrasty than color neg/48 bit color. Actually, I think it's just that the BW neg/48 bit color option gives me deeper blacks for some reason. And I do play around with the Epsonscan histogram as well.

I always try to get a scan with the widest tonal range, which almost inevitably looks flat, but adding contrast is much easier than lowering it. You can always build more contrast with a simple curve adjustment.

Excellent point. I just hate scanning and post-processing so much that I'll do anything to save time If crushing the contrast in the scanner helps me in the Lightroom stage, then I'm all for that 

[02Pilot]

Layers tab is only in Photoshop, right? May have to experiment with that. But the curious thing to me is that scanning in BW neg/48 bit color comes out sharper and more contrasty than color neg/48 bit color. Actually, I think it's just that the BW neg/48 bit color option gives me deeper blacks for some reason. And I do play around with the Epsonscan histogram as well.

I always try to get a scan with the widest tonal range, which almost inevitably looks flat, but adding contrast is much easier than lowering it. You can always build more contrast with a simple curve adjustment.

Excellent point. I just hate scanning and post-processing so much that I'll do anything to save time If crushing the contrast in the scanner helps me in the Lightroom stage, then I'm all for that 

I don't relish time spent post-processing, but I've figured out a workflow that keeps things to a practical minimum (I use GIMP, so I can't say how applicable it might be to LR, but there's nothing terribly complex involved). Seriously, a curve adjustment might take a minute at most (I use a separate layer for non-destructive editing - that probably adds another second or two to the process).

The biggest motivator for me right now is that I'm printing, and there's nothing more irritating that looking at a big fresh print (with all the costs unavoidably swirling about in my mind) and feeling like the tones are off. I was tweaking things in the same way before, but I've gotten a lot more attentive to the details now.

[Aksel]

My sister and niece
Badly focused Soligor 85mm f/1.5 "Biotar" on F100 with 10+ years out of date Neopan 1600 - stand dev. in Rodinal.

"Badly focused.." Nah... Beautifully soft..! Lovely family portrait, Aksel.

Loving the family portraits from Bob and Aksel (Sharp focus ain't all is cracked up to be!)

Wow! Gary's E6 shots are stunning! I also love Aksel's soft focused, grainy, vignetted portrait 

Thank you guy´s, I totally agree, sharpness has never been a big priority with me, just this time it was a lucky miss or hit? Love how it turned out and it looks good printed and framed.

[hookstrapped]

and Andrea's road

[MiguelCampano]

Taken this Sunday. Fuji Neopan Acros 100, Canon 50mm 1.8 developed in Ilfosol-3 1:14 for 9:45 minutes. While the pictures are nothing out of this world, I like the sharpness and tonality of Neopan. I think it'll be my go-to 100 ISO film.


window by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

flowers by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

Bianca by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

Thanks,
Miguel.

[jharr]

While the pictures are nothing out of this world, I like the sharpness and tonality of Neopan. I think it'll be my go-to 100 ISO film.

Thanks,
Miguel.

Firstly, the pictures are quite nice. The highlights might be a tiny bit blown out, but that can be remedied with a little less dev time. I agree that this is a beautiful film. I really like it in Caffenol-CL stand for 70 minutes. The grays are so creamy smooth. It doesn't have the blackest blacks (in my hands), but I generally prefer lower contrast anyway.

[MiguelCampano]

While the pictures are nothing out of this world, I like the sharpness and tonality of Neopan. I think it'll be my go-to 100 ISO film.

Thanks,
Miguel.

Firstly, the pictures are quite nice. The highlights might be a tiny bit blown out, but that can be remedied with a little less dev time. I agree that this is a beautiful film. I really like it in Caffenol-CL stand for 70 minutes. The grays are so creamy smooth. It doesn't have the blackest blacks (in my hands), but I generally prefer lower contrast anyway.

I've heard a lot about Caffenol, however, I don't think I'm ready for it yet.

Highlights blown is an issue I've been dealing since I started using this camera. Obviously, coming over from digital where everything is so blah in terms of fixing/adjusting a shot, it will take me a bit of time to fully adjust. It would also help if my camera gave me more indication about exposure, other than a "CP" or "OP" awkward lettering.


trail by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

playhouse by Miguel Campano, on Flickr

I'm seriously considering getting another body, perhaps an EOS 1n or 3... Even an Elan 7NE, something that gives me a better visual reading of exposure. And has a better autofocus system too... I've been shooting in manual focus for the most part, which seems to defet the purpose of an AF camera.