it's not heavy, it's my brother
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:10 (twelve years ago) link
this is the best way to load a leica btw
http://nemeng.com/leica/000b.shtml
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link
that's how I did it!
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
hmm. well it may need a CLA? or it might be really cold in duluth and the lubes may be slow because of the cold. my m4 had a really stiff rewind, I sent it in for a CLA and the guy fixed it.
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
The rewind isn't stiff tho is the thing
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
oh sorry, I completely misread what you had typed! sounds like your M is fine. and yeah, after the first few rewinds the film starts running real smooth (at least for me). I can usually feel though when it's released from the take-up spool
uhm, the worst that has ever happened to me was that the film broke on the last shot, so when I rewound, there was no resistance, and all the film stayed on the take-up spool. lost a roll *_*
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
oh man I wonder if that's what happened? it's fcking freezing here---the film could've gotten super brittle maybe?
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
so when you opened up the cam, was the film still attached to the canister?
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
honestly don't remember. it all happened so fast!!!
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
I wld probably rewind it a lot, then go into a bathroom and turn off all the lights and open it and see if it was rewound
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I opened up the back on a Leica once - you'll probably get a kind of wavy pattern where light has penetrated through the three leaves of the take-up spool, just a bit.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I think whatever happened, the roll is lost so I should just open it up and do an autopsy
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
did you open it in broad daylight? i've salvaged rolls that I opened in daylight before
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
take into a store & get someone to put a bag on their head & poke around, it's fun to watch & will preserve whatever you've got as things are
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Saturday, 21 January 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, January 21, 2012 3:52 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
so i just checked this out, in the bathroom with just a sliver of light: canister and film have completely disassociated.
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
:( what kind of film was it?
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:11 (twelve years ago) link
if it was cold it could be that you wound too fast. film gets very brittle in the cold and a little caution is needed or it can snap.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:23 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw the film that I had break off in the camera was kodak e100, and it was like 70 degrees outside!
― I am that young sis, the beacon, a yardstick (dayo), Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
Did the rewind lever slip to where the takeup spool wasn't disengaged? I had that happen once.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 21 January 2012 23:48 (twelve years ago) link
maybe, but i'm def thinking it was the cold. it was prob 18F at the time? maybe i can take what's out and stuff it in a sock or something? seems like its worth a shot, might get something interesting
― i love pinfold cricket (gbx), Sunday, 22 January 2012 00:30 (twelve years ago) link
Kodak getting out of digital, staying in film:
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2145203/kodak-phases-digital-businesses-film-alive
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 10 February 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
know your strengths
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Friday, 10 February 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2156493/kodak-discontinues-colour-reversal-films
:(
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:16 (twelve years ago) link
oh goddamn right when I'm itching to try working with chromes a bit. gotta grab some and do it now I guess.back to the old film pessimism for me!
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 03:51 (twelve years ago) link
Is Fuji down to Provia and Velvia in E-6, or are they still making Astia?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 2 March 2012 06:31 (twelve years ago) link
oh damn. i have to recheck the negs but i think i shot some E100 recently and loved it, i was meaning to order some more online :/
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Friday, 2 March 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
no more Astiaschlump, if you have to check the negs, it's probably not Ektachrome!
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
lol
outside of kodachrome have rarely if ever shot slides. according to TOP, slides have always comprised single digit percentages of color film sales. :/
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 13:57 (twelve years ago) link
oh ha right, thanks, yes. i should look it up & find out what it was though. i took this w/it.
― john-claude van donne (schlump), Friday, 2 March 2012 13:58 (twelve years ago) link
wow. like a stained glass window!
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:05 (twelve years ago) link
feels weird -I thought all the lomographers loved kodak slide films for x-processing. didn't think they were too hot on the fuji stuff.
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:06 (twelve years ago) link
not surprising about the rarity of slide film use. kind of a pain to use, more difficult to manufacture, more expensive to buy etc.but the vivid and saturated colors can be a revelation. high saturation negative films don't really achieve the same effect, and it's hard to 'fake it' in the computer too.if anything I think it's maaayyybe even easier to fake digital for chrome than it is to fake negative for chrome? exposing for the highlights with each etc.
xpost
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:09 (twelve years ago) link
fake digital for chrome?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
lomography in not saving the film manufacture industry shocker?
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:10 (twelve years ago) link
salty dog photographers always said digital was like shooting chrome - because of the decreased exposure latitude, the ease with which highlights are blown. it's not strictly true - clipped highlights look like ass in digital, blown highlights look more pleasing (to me) in slides
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:12 (twelve years ago) link
haha. feel like hipstamatic + instagram killed lomography
I mean that I think it might be easier to take a digital picture and try to achieve the "chrome look" than it would be with negative film. The "chrome look" being the exposed for the highlights deepened shadows thing.
xpost again
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
ie. salty dog theory
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
MJ's stash at the top of the thread is looking better and better each day!
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:15 (twelve years ago) link
I shot some fuji 64 tungsten balanced slide film last year. now there's a film that you probably won't see on the market for long!
― flagp∞st (dayo), Friday, 2 March 2012 14:18 (twelve years ago) link
so i am going to drop off films today (tri-x 400), and am gonna have them scan it---any rec'd instructions i should give? or should i just see what comes out? (this was all p much 'how do i shot film' rolls, so i'm not worried that they'll turn out weird or anything)
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 5 March 2012 17:16 (twelve years ago) link
just check on the available scanning resolutions I guess? (usually there's a low and high res option) if you feel that you consistently over- or under-exposed you could ask them to push/pull, but I'd probably just let loose and see what you get. Everyone does it differently. Some labs are def. better than others for scanning, and the price seems to vary pretty wildly.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Monday, 5 March 2012 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
gbx send the rolls to me
― flagp∞st (dayo), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
...if you want to wait three months to get them back. but hey!
actually, I'd probably just ask what their standard B&W development process is - what developer they use being p important
see the problem is that I wouldn't know how to follow up on that question
and ty for yr offer!
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:40 (twelve years ago) link
haha well let me know what they tell you the answer is, and then I'd tell you my ~informed opinion~ about it
― flagp∞st (dayo), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
"excuse me a moment I need to consult a message board"
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
hey it's the year two thousand and twelve, get with the times
― flagp∞st (dayo), Monday, 5 March 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
good lord
asked to get the stuff scanned (2 rolls, 1 horrible broken roll that i pulled from the camera in my darkened bathroom and threw into a stuff sack), and they said that hi-rez scanning would be $2.50. PER FRAME.
six rolls and i've got a neg scanner of my own at that price, holy shit!
― catbus otm (gbx), Monday, 5 March 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
that prob means they are using a really high quality scanner like a drum scanner or a noritsu? prob overkill if you just want to get a general feel of what each neg looks like
― flagp∞st (dayo), Monday, 5 March 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link