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not usually. saves $$ and space. you get decent scans that are suitable for putting on the web or for small to medium sized prints. you can always get prints of just the ones you want made later.
― gr8080, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess, i have a lot of photos that are really just blur+lightleak
― plax (ico), Friday, 6 August 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
costco, wal-mart, wallgreens will all do "process only" for a buck or two and then charge $3-$4 for a CD cd scans. which seems like a lot but fuck it scanning negatives on your own is such a pain in the ass, especially when you have 6 or 7 rolls to do.
― gr8080, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry to hijack this thread-- maybe you guys have a FILM thread somewhere?
― gr8080, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Typical high-street prices in the UK:
36exp C41, dev+print+scan - about £736exp E6, dev+mount+scan - about £1036exp B&W, dev+print+scan - approaching £15 (and it takes two weeks!)Medium format - £15+
You can get better deals sending away to some of independent labs, or with the likes of Truprint (but you get what you pay for - the scans are dreadful).
xxxxp
― Michael Jones, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
ouch! one of the things I'm looking forward to is developing my own B&W. once my job starts again and I start getting paid I might pick up a plustek film scanner - dedicated scanner similar to the old konica minolta dual scan IVs. one good workflow might be: epson v500/v700 to make a quick contact sheet of a roll, plustek/some other dedicated to make high quality high res scans of keepers. maybe replace the first part with a light table and a loupe instead.
― dyao, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah ive been paying €10 for 36ex 5x7s but thats cheaper than every other place around town and the prints are way nicer too.
― plax (ico), Friday, 6 August 2010 20:52 (thirteen years ago) link
for USA people: if i have lots of slide/B+W/Medium format to do at once, its worth it to send to dwane's: http://www.dwaynesphoto.com/
then again, i live on an island with only one lab that does slide film
― gr8080, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:55 (thirteen years ago) link
also I've heard that some places are selling DIY c-41 kits (i.e. freestyle photo) and that with one kit you can do at least 10 rolls, usually more, and it's a pretty simple 'dunk and dry' process
― dyao, Friday, 6 August 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmm... isnt the whole thing with C-41 that there's a lot less range wrt water temperature? like you have to keep your bath at EXACTLY 103F for 15 mins, wheras b+w it can flux a little?? hence no one doing C-41 at home?
― gr8080, Friday, 6 August 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
\(o_O)/ just passing on what i've read
― dyao, Friday, 6 August 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Just got back some Neopan 1600 prints (put it in at Jacobs a month ago and forgot about it) - ridiculously contrasty, not a lot of midtones. Shot quite a bit of it with a hired 12-24mm back in June - I'll pop the best on the photos thread eventually. Which might not be much.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 6 August 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i never worked out a happy medium in terms of b&w re: midtones - i love shooting 1600 or 3200 for the insane contrast; 100 comes out way too grey, no ink black in sight, and i'm still waiting on seeing what 400s look like. don't think ilford or fuji make an 800 ...
developing wisdom is useful - i don't think i could ever put a film in the mail. do you send it registered or something? i'd worry.
― baby i know that you think i'm just a lion (schlump), Friday, 6 August 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I've got some Neopan 400CN in the fridge - be interested to see what that's like (and, as a C41 film, it'll be cheap and quick to get back).
I trust the Royal Mail maybe more than I should. I liked using Metro in Birmingham for E6/120 - their scans were super - but the last time I used them they neglected to include the CD-R I'd paid for and didn't respond to any emails. So sod them.
― Michael Jones, Friday, 6 August 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Regular Neopan 400 was the bomb. Tonality akin to Tri-X or HP5, grain more like the Deltas/TMaxes.
Got a Canon S90 tonight to keep with me for times when the D700 is inappropriate.
― a cross between lily allen and fetal alcohol syndrome (milo z), Saturday, 7 August 2010 02:12 (thirteen years ago) link
as promised
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4868821090_2735a9b560_z.jpg
― dyao, Saturday, 7 August 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shiiiiiiiiit
― pies. (gbx), Sunday, 8 August 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Totally psyched: I have an Olympus RC which is missing the shutter dial (my fault) so I eBayed a lot of 5 broken models, got em for $30, received them today and am pretty sure that at least 3 of them are in very good working order. Yanked the dial from one of the broken ones, and now I've got gift cameras for my friends and family!I realize that my last camera post on here also began with the words "Totally psyched." It's a good life I guess.
I'm mostly lurker here anyway, but had to brag.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 29 October 2010 01:07 (thirteen years ago) link
those are very good cameras
― dayo, Friday, 29 October 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
A couple weeks later and I'll say how much I agree: great cameras and they all work (or uh at least the three I've tested). So sharp! So small!
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Sunday, 21 November 2010 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
After downloading a few of the X100 sample images and playing with them in LR, I really hope the camera handles well - ie autofocus is half decent and it's responsive. The files on Fuji's website are unsharpened and the B&W ones are particularly badly processed - five minutes in LR and a bit of sharpening does wonders for them.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Friday, 11 February 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
A beater Leica M2!! Couldn't resist the price. I will still be skipping a few luxuries for a bit though, since I'm normally a thrift-store and flea market cameras kind of guy.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Thursday, 17 February 2011 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i might be buying a new camera today but idk i feel like i would be betraying my old one, still it would mean i could put some 800iso film in it for taking night time photos and i wouldnt have to use the whole roll before i could go back to my normal ones.
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 10:46 (thirteen years ago) link
cool! come w a lens? how beater? details? xp
― dayo, Friday, 18 February 2011 10:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Eh, it's pretty beat looking. It would mostly be just normal scratches and occasional flaking vulcanite, but on the counter-side corner there's some significant denting. Looks like it took a nasty fall at some point. Functions (seemingly) fine. Shutter speeds seem accurate etc. but I'll know better when I finish off the roll I've started going through.No lens. So I am just starting off with a low-end Voigtlander 35. Will be on the lookout to upgrade when I have the money or a deal comes up on CL etc.
And xp: I also feel as if I've betrayed my Olympus RCs! After lauding them so much and all. And I feel sorry for my Pentax, and my Minolta AL, and my borrowed Nikon F2, or the FED, or the XA etc. I'm a little nostalgic about every camera I pick up and feel kind of guilty when I get new one. I think the goal is to settle on just a few that each have their purpose.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 18 February 2011 12:36 (thirteen years ago) link
plax i usually roll w/ 2 cameras: 1 loaded w/ b&w and one w/ color/slide film
― gr8080, Friday, 18 February 2011 12:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i dont do b+w but i wanna be able to take night photos that dont look like something christopher doyle vomited on
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 12:47 (thirteen years ago) link
but yeah, looking into soviet copies of leicas and stuff on ebay.
now that i have a job and shit
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 12:49 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway 2 cameras = roll w/ 2 diff types of film
― gr8080, Friday, 18 February 2011 13:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this is something that actually only occurred to me for the first time last night!
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:08 (thirteen years ago) link
its awesome try it
― gr8080, Friday, 18 February 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
as long as nobody outbids me I will!
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:09 (thirteen years ago) link
one of them comes w/ like additional lenses. Idk it all seems a bit much, this is my only camera except for this shitty digital thing i never used and a crappy one an ex gave me when he was done w/ it that survived abt a month w/ me as owner
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:10 (thirteen years ago) link
lol. go for 1600 i say.
― your LiveJournal experience (schlump), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:11 (thirteen years ago) link
really, i only start getting handshake at 1/8 and most of my night shots are 1/2 - 2s atm, i thought 800 would be fine?
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:16 (thirteen years ago) link
god i used to think u just had to press a button
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:17 (thirteen years ago) link
new board description
― ullr saves (gbx), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:50 (thirteen years ago) link
plax russian cameras are kind of hit or miss
― dayo, Friday, 18 February 2011 16:44 (thirteen years ago) link
chinavision strangely enough I also bought a beater M2 recently, that's dented in the same area as yours :o
I have a disease
I'd just buy the new Portra 400 that can be shot from 400-1600 on the same roll without issue, and shoot 1600 when light demands it.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Friday, 18 February 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
200 is the only iso i've used even though i have some 400 but its all 24exp so im too cheap to use it.
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
well i bought a supercute little FED-3 for £31 incl deliver and a leather case. goes from 1s-1/500+B so i figure it can be my night one for throwing some 800/1600 (depending) into. feel v. excited about all this btw!
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 20:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean, its not a leica but i've never used a leica so idk what im missing and its a helluva lot more appro for my budget.
― plax (ico), Friday, 18 February 2011 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
My parents bought themselves at 60D (which I will probably be selling for them in a year when they realize it hasn't been used). I've played it with for a few hours here and there - definitely an improvement over the T2i/Rebel series (which is what my brother just got, giving them the impetus to buy something one step better), and the viewfinder is pretty big and bright for a crop sensor (except at night indoors, with the kit zoom).
The fold out screen is interesting - I could see maybe using it during the day, when shutter speeds are high enough to not care (holding a camera at arms' length to view an LCD screen is less stable than elbows locked and braced against your face). But OTOH, in daylight is it going to be visible at all? Guessing it would be more useful to someone who has some idea WTF they're doing with video.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Tuesday, 22 February 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
i got my fn ФЭД
― plax (ico), Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i get the focusing thing, it made no sense to me when it was explained. dying to get a test roll but its like it takes forever to take all those photos.
― plax (ico), Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:29 (thirteen years ago) link
it doesnt have to.
― gr8080, Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
well i had work all day and i got it today. i might be 2/3 through a 36 roll
― plax (ico), Saturday, 5 March 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link