Funny see you talking about film. Since we started selling it where we work a few weeks ago, I can't believe how many rolls go out a week. Ilford, Kodak and Lomography.
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Photo of the Day - November 2021
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Well Kodak announced a sizeable price hike, so I have read many people are stocking up and freezing (literally) it at current prices. I think Lomo is rebranded Kodak (but not 100% on that). And of course, Ilford is classic, but I haven't shot black and white yet.
Do you have any trouble with grainy images with the 400 film?
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Hugh
A few, but I think they were poorly scanned. They were also woodland images with sunbursts, so the lab may have though I underexposed when shooting and overexposed in scanning. I have the negatives back, but don't have a negative holder to do my own dSLR scanning. This roll I shot at box speed, and I tend to slightly over expose, so grain is minimal.
This is the only roll from my working camera, so I have a lot to learn on film exposure still. My first camera of course had poor images from the wonky focusing system, but they were on Portra 400 sent to a different lab; in terms of color and exposure I prefered the Portra. The lab I used for the Fuji I picked because it was less expensive and had a faster turnaround, which was important for the camera test roll.
Going forward I'll probably try Portra at the slower lab again. But now that I know my camera works properly, I can experiment more with filmstock and exposure.
I have read, though, that it's good to stick with one camera and one film for almost an entire year to get to know the film. I probably won't last a year with only P400, but I do want to try to be consistent with it for a number of rolls to get started. ?
I am old enough to have grown up shooting film, but almost always with a P&S. In college I did buy a nice film SLR (Canon Elan IIe, which had eye focus, meaning you looked at the focus point and that was the one that got used, it was pretty slick), but I couldn't afford enough for film and development to learn how to shoot properly, and at the time I had no idea that you could buy better film than what you found at the pharmacy, so I probably used the equivalent of Kodak Ultramax.
My first introduction to digital cameras was almost exactly 20 years ago on my honeymoon, when the staff photographer at the resort we went to shot a photo of us on digital. It was probably one of the first Canon or Nikon dSLRs, at like 3mp. Our anniversary is on Wednesday, so that's kind of a funny thing to think about. I took a film camera with us on our honeymoon, but we bought a Canon digital Elph either our first or second Christmas together (I think first). Unfortunately my grasp of digital negatives wasn't strong at that point, and I lost all the photos when we got a new computer. I do have some of them printed though, because we still printed everything back then.
My first introduction to digital cameras was almost exactly 20 years ago on my honeymoon, when the staff photographer at the resort we went to shot a photo of us on digital. It was probably one of the first Canon or Nikon dSLRs, at like 3mp. Our anniversary is on Wednesday, so that's kind of a funny thing to think about. I took a film camera with us on our honeymoon, but we bought a Canon digital Elph either our first or second Christmas together (I think first). Unfortunately my grasp of digital negatives wasn't strong at that point, and I lost all the photos when we got a new computer. I do have some of them printed though, because we still printed everything back then.
I have a roll of Ilford Delta 400 waiting to go in my 1950s Lordomat 35mm rangefinder.
I've left it so long before trying it out that's it's gone slightly out of date, but I feel inspired to have another go soon.
Do you do any pp on your images when you get them back?
Early congrats on your anniversary
My wife and I have just completed 20 years of marriage, though in her current state it didn't mean anything to her.
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Hugh
I've left it so long before trying it out that's it's gone slightly out of date, but I feel inspired to have another go soon.
Do you do any pp on your images when you get them back?
Early congrats on your anniversary
My wife and I have just completed 20 years of marriage, though in her current state it didn't mean anything to her.Cheers
Hugh
Ilford also do colour film, but we mostly sell the B&W.
a few of them i did light edits on to align them closer to my normal editing but this one is sooc. ?I have a roll of Ilford Delta 400 waiting to go in my 1950s Lordomat 35mm rangefinder.
I've left it so long before trying it out that's it's gone slightly out of date, but I feel inspired to have another go soon.
Do you do any pp on your images when you get them back?
Early congrats on your anniversary
Cheers
Hugh
happy anniversary to you also. i’m sure your wife is very thankful for you even if she doesn’t know it. ?
I'm sure somewhere in her memory it does mate. 23 years here recently.I have a roll of Ilford Delta 400 waiting to go in my 1950s Lordomat 35mm rangefinder.
I've left it so long before trying it out that's it's gone slightly out of date, but I feel inspired to have another go soon.
Do you do any pp on your images when you get them back?
Early congrats on your anniversary
Cheers
Hugh
Good luck on your future endeavor, I have enjoyed your photos. Looking forward to your iPhone shots.
Being lazy. Have to walk with a walker to another room to get to the laptop, so searching the history on the iPad for a POTD. From last July. When the physical therapist asked me my goal, I told her “hiking and photography.” She actually put that in my patient notes.
Philly skyline yesterday 11.6.21. FRIGID morning, but temps rebounded a bit & turned out out to be a super clear, cloudless sky. Been trying to get this vantage point for a while, just south of the Camden, NJ main waterfront - especially when the sun is reflecting off the south side of the skyscrapers this time of year, but I'm never in this area. Just a random spur of the second drive.
Good morning all. Poured my morning cup, turned to grab something and when I turned back the sun was blasting through the kitchen window. Grabbed the camera with kit lens, all automatic and snapped a couple.
I hope you all have a nice day.
I hope you all have a nice day.
Yes, it’s: beautiful photo and funny face !
So this image was zoomed all the way in, 360mm equiv. Then further post camera digital cropping to get an effective 740mm equivalent FL.
A few hidden faces if you look carefully.
Lumix ZS200
A few hidden faces if you look carefully.
Lumix ZS200
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Shot facing south-ish just east of the BC-Alberta border. Peak is south of Island Lake and behind the shoulder of Sentinel Mountain. Photos were taken from the North side of the Lake. The Crowsnest Highway 3 runs across what used to be the island and divides the lake in half.
This is a nearby view with a normal Focal Length. Have reduced it in size for educational purposes so it shouldn't count as an extra, but just to be fair I will use the larger size as tomorrows POTD.
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From a couple of years ago...
Cheers
Hugh
Cheers
Hugh
