madNbad wrote:
I definitely will go back with color film!
Haha, when I saw these I had my mother's voice in my head, saying ..und das jetzt in Farbe!! ("..and if only you shot this in color!")
(she is just not impressed with any b&w photography at all, probably because she grew up right after WWII and associates black and white images in general with photos of the war and the aftermath..
So looking at your images I kinda wished they were in color as well to be honest 🙂
madNbad wrote:
A couple of random frames just to boost my post count
I like those pics! And also they look just proper nice, from the exposure / dev standpoint, my HP5 never looked this smooth, and "good", for lack of a better word.
Tina Kino wrote:
Haha, when I saw these I had my mother's voice in my head, saying ..und das jetzt in Farbe!! ("..and if only you shot this in color!")
(she is just not impressed with any b&w photography at all, probably because she grew up right after WWII and associates black and white images in general with photos of the war and the aftermath..
So looking at your images I kinda wished they were in color as well to be honest 🙂
Tina Kino wrote:
I like those pics! And also they look just proper nice, from the exposure / dev standpoint, my HP5 never looked this smooth, and "good", for lack of a better word.
I’m trying to work through the remaining B&W stock. There are six rolls of HP-5, six rolls of ArtistaPan 100, five rolls of Pan F, five rolls of bulk loaded FP-4 movie film and a dozen rolls of Tri-X. I’ll use the miscellaneous films, then go back to the Tri-X. The question I have now is stay with Tri-X or go back to TMax?
Some pinhole madness, Ondu 6x6 with FP4+, triple exposures with an improvised slider.
I learned something in this process; I had hoped that by taking three exposures with the camera placed at different spots on the same horizontal plane, I'd have three suns in the photo but I only got one. I had in mind a photo that I would call "My Three Suns" as a joke. In fact what I found is that distant objects stay where they are even though the camera was moved horizontally; only closer objects appear as three distinct images in the photo. I think to get three suns I'd have to tilt the camera to the right and left for two of the shots, which I'll try next.
Tina Kino wrote:
Some great scenes there, I love the "Cat on a hot motel roof", and the lifeguard at the lake!
Though I think something has gone wrong here with the exposure; the shots kinda look like shots that are underexposed by quite a bit, and then auto-corrected during scanning (bit dull and grainy, especially the shadows, bit of a color shift as well).
That, and / or the film is quite old / was badly stored, is that possible?
Portra 400 has a huge latitude, you can find exposure tests with it online that show it definitely handles -1 underexposure and +2 quite well, so my guess is you severly underexposed and / or the film was bad....Show more →
There was definitely some learning on the exposure for me. I would use my phone a decent amount to try and get exposure but still learning, I have keks light meter being delivered next week. Another significant issue with this roll was I didn't take the time to learn how to rewind the film and inadvertently opened the back. I ended up losing about 6 of the shots and I'm sure it did something to the rest of the roll.
Seabassius wrote:
There was definitely some learning on the exposure for me. I would use my phone a decent amount to try and get exposure but still learning, I have keks light meter being delivered next week. Another significant issue with this roll was I didn't take the time to learn how to rewind the film and inadvertently opened the back. I ended up losing about 6 of the shots and I'm sure it did something to the rest of the roll.
Here’s a loading tip. Slide the end of the leader under the tab on the take up spool instead of trying to push it under. When thel leader is positioned properly, you’ll see an arrow.
Nice pictures and have fun with it!
Seabassius wrote:
There was definitely some learning on the exposure for me. I would use my phone a decent amount to try and get exposure but still learning, I have keks light meter being delivered next week. Another significant issue with this roll was I didn't take the time to learn how to rewind the film and inadvertently opened the back. I ended up losing about 6 of the shots and I'm sure it did something to the rest of the roll.
With scenes as you showed them - with a lot of sky in the frame- it’s quite likely that reflective meters will be thrown off, resulting in underexposure.
For scene like this I usually take a reading by pointing the meter (phone or camera) towards the foreground, excluding the sky from the frame or leaving only a little bit of sky in there. Works quite well for negative film as it handles a bit of overexposure easily, but falls apart quickly when underexposed.
madNbad wrote:
There are six rolls of HP-5, six rolls of ArtistaPan 100, five rolls of Pan F, five rolls of bulk loaded FP-4 movie film and a dozen rolls of Tri-X.
That's a lot of film 🙂
The question I have now is stay with Tri-X or go back to TMax?
I would really love to see a proper comparison of the two (as in: same scenes with both films (and same lens / settings), developed with the same developer at established times)!
Today I added a roll to my exposed c-41 shoebox. My e-6 only has about six rolls, but the c-41 hhad 13. So I mixedf up the Cinestill c-41 kit, and only quit after 11 rolls, because I ran out of places to hang the film. Shot this last fall about late Septenber or early October.
Canon EOS-1 Portra-160 Cinestill C-41 4-min at 103 degrees Not sure on the lens - either the ef 20mm f2.8 or the ef 28mm f1.8
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